jason1975

The seats facing the stage are the best seats! 🤣🤣🤣

Midnight Bar is a good recommendation. The waiters are charming and speak English well. They are also great fun.

It's possible that he quoted you 1500 because you were staying in a small hotel on your first night in Bangkok. If you had been staying at Le Meridien, he might have quoted you more!

Looks like you like the vibes of Freshboys! Second visit in two nights. Waiting to find out if you eventually offed anyone from there.

I miss staying at Le Meridien. I started staying there after Covid when prices were less than 3000 baht during promotion. But now that prices are back to pre-Covid at 5000 baht, it's out of my budget!

My regular massage guys know my preference to shower together before massage and subsequently massage in the nude.

Yes, rest in peace. A popular guy. My regular guy knows him personally. He sent some money back to Vietnam to the guy's parents for funeral expenses.

At Freshboys, the minimum fixed price for short time is 2500 baht which is mandated by management. The popular guys are welcome to quote 3000 baht if they wish. At other bars, the price is generally 3000 baht before negotiations. I believe it is because of the quoted 2500 baht price at Freshboys that word spread around Chinese customers which is why Freshboys is popular with them.

1500 to 2000 baht rates for short time is available by freelancers on Grndr and other apps. At the bars, there is a sort of minimum fixed price set by the management. This makes it easier for clarity and consistency when customers ask mamasans about the cost for short time. A minimum fixed price protects the guys from customers who may want to pay less. But of course, the guys are welcome to accept a lower fee when customer negotiate directly with them for services that exclude sex e.g. accompanying customer to another bar to drink.

Love your "live" trip report @emiel1981 Looks like your taste in guys is similar to @vinapu and @spoon

Freshboys is packed with customers most nights. Business is good for bar although the guys don't get as many offs as they would like to. This is because most customers go to Freshboys to watch the show. And #31 is one of the stars of the show! He's a friendly guy and a brilliant pool player. I took him out to play pool with my regular guy once.

My regular guy told me the following information. "Since November 17, all Vietnamese passport holders who have been to Bangkok two times cannot go to Bangkok anymore. All Vietnamese passport holders will be allowed to enter Thailand only twice in 2026." His information is from travel agent who arranges visa runs for Vietnamese in Thailand.

But the customer pays the off fee for the boy in the bar.

Another forum member. Staying at same hotel at same time. Le Meridien. They can meet for breakfast!

Are you meeting forum member this weekend?

How much did he ask for?

I will be there for 11 nights. It will be my main place for meals - breakfast, dinner and supper!

Change of date. 28th November to 9th December

I reckon it was money.

I arrive that evening and am available at 9pm after I check into my room.

30 days!

He will cost quite a fair sum of money!

Maybe they were already offed by customers on the nights you went!

I've not known of any guy working in bar to ever request for extension. When their 60 days is close to ending, they do a visa run or go back to home country and return to Thailand a few days or weeks later. I know of waiters who are on long term work permits which their employers applied on their behalf. It will be extremely inconvenient for the guys in the bars to be unable to do visa runs. I read that the new rules only apply to land crossings. A friend of my regular guy will not be affected because he travels by air (thanks to wealthy regular customers!) I believe many guys in the bars are adopting a wait and see stance and crossing fingers to see how the rules are implemented.