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My immediate reaction was: surely, there is really no one formula? I had to reread what @jamiebee wrote about his pre-planning to understand what you're referring to, and I think it's fairly similar to what I myself would do (except for the eye-popping obligation to buy gifts - do you have to pay for excess baggage to lug them home?) and I think some others would do too: have a list of places I would want to check out each trip.
There can't be a single formula because our objectives may differ. You refer to sex; sure, it's a big part of fun, but each of us has other objectives and priorities too, e.g. @jason1975. And then there is the question of how much time one has. Some visitors have the luxury of several weeks and they can (and maybe should) slow down. Others are only able to squeeze in a week or less of holiday time from work.
Let me give you an example: Those who have read some of my blogposts may suspect that for me, it isn't just a simple question of looking for great sex. A big part of the fun I have is to check out places -- within a sensible budget of course, so Capella is out of the running -- to answer the question: "How do these fools manage to run a business?" Once it's framed like that, you'll understand for example why hiring from apps doesn't interest me. It is as much the business that I am interested in as the boy. I know that few others would have such a priority; we're all different. And also in my case, I can (can, not always) find a disastrously bad experience to be very interesting from an observational and analytical point of view. Money badly spent no doubt, but we'll chalk it up to the cost of acquiring knowledge.... about all the things that can go wrong.
- water supply cut off (you'll be surprised how often this happens);
- filipino massage boy in Manila who asks me to recommend an Australian girl he could marry so he could migrate (talk about a mood-killer!)
-  mosquitoes in the massage room... and so on.
I feel for those who are very focussed on scoring great sex. I see posts from them on this board every now and then asking for recommendations; they're hoping for tried and tested service providers who are less likely to disappoint. It reaches its apogee among those who absolutely must have colossal dongs. Unlike businesses for which a to-check-out list can be compiled by careful desk research prior to a visit, folks who are laser-focussed on getting mindblowing sex and/or mammoth manhoods have much less public information to go by.

10-15 years ago, I had several negative experiences with Vietnamese money boys in Bangkok. Friends and forums reported similar. One friend summed it up nicely: they ask a lot (of money), but do very little (in bed).
Whereas the several Vietnamese I met for free online in Bangkok or Vietnam all fine. 

10-15 years ago, I had several negative experiences with Vietnamese money boys in Bangkok. Friends and forums reported similar. One friend summed it up nicely: they ask a lot (of money), but do very little (in bed).
Whereas the several Vietnamese I met for free online in Bangkok or Vietnam all fine. 

10-15 years ago, I had several negative experiences with Vietnamese money boys in Bangkok. Friends and forums reported similar. One friend summed it up nicely: they ask a lot (of money), but do very little (in bed).
Whereas the several Vietnamese I met for free online in Bangkok or Vietnam all fine. 

10-15 years ago, I had several negative experiences with Vietnamese money boys in Bangkok. Friends and forums reported similar. One friend summed it up nicely: they ask a lot (of money), but do very little (in bed).
Whereas the several Vietnamese I met for free online in Bangkok or Vietnam all fine. 

So, back to the “good”.
G ordered a soft drink, just like I did. hmmm no alcohol? interesting.
While watching the big cock show, I asked G if he ever performed on stage.
G said he didn’t want to, as the boys had to take medication to sustain their erection on stage.
A boy who takes care of himself. NICE.
Then came a few Caucasian men with their ladies (I’m assuming they are bar girls).
The girls couldn’t stop shrieking when the big cock boys flirted with them.
And there was G, sitting right beside me, chuckling heartily and uncontrollably.
That infectious laughter, so pure and innocent. It was the moment I knew, I’m taking him with me tonight.
Back in the room, he requested to shower alone first, as he was shy.
I gotta admit, it kinda felt like déjà vu, but that also gave me some time to keep my wallet and valuables locked in my luggage. (Yes I learnt my lesson real quick.)
After I finished showering alone, I found G sitting on the bed, chuckling heartily again while watching funny YouTube videos on his phone.
I did a quick check on my bag. Zip intact, no signs of rummaging. Phew.
When I got on the bed, G seemed genuinely happy to see me, and immediately put his phone away.
PLUS POINTS.
I couldn’t stop admiring that boyish face and manly body, while G was focused on pleasuring me.
After G came, I continued teasing his cock, and he BLUSHED while moaning in ecstasy, ears turning red.
Again, he said he was shy. And I truly believed him. That didn’t seem like an act.
Before showering together, G offered to give me a short massage.
So his day job is actually a masseur, at a shop near Tawan bar.
When I asked if he works at the massage shop every day, he said no.
Because he sets aside one to two days a week for volunteer work, cooking for the elderly and taking them to the doctor.
A HEART OF GOLD. PLUS PLUS POINTS.
Before G left, I tipped him extra to take a taxi home.
But he said his accommodation is just 1km away, and he enjoys walking.
He thanked me for the generous tips, and said he’s gonna buy some stuff for his mum back in Vietnam.
A FILIAL SON. PLUS PLUS PLUS POINTS.
I have a feeling, G is gonna be my regular guy from now on.
 

Here another X of the same massage shop: 
https://x.com/CGame4m/media
This kind of accounts often gets blocked. If you like something you see, download it now and not later! 
Not TK in Ladprao any more, they all moved, I posted separately. 
I have been with several, and the pictures/videos are accurate. 
But elsewhere just in written form, there is indeed some false advertising. I have been with massage boys who were advertised as big, but I would call them average. Luckily, that's not the decisive factor for me. But if it is, you should bring a tape measure!

Here another X of the same massage shop: 
https://x.com/CGame4m/media
This kind of accounts often gets blocked. If you like something you see, download it now and not later! 
Not TK in Ladprao any more, they all moved, I posted separately. 
I have been with several, and the pictures/videos are accurate. 
But elsewhere just in written form, there is indeed some false advertising. I have been with massage boys who were advertised as big, but I would call them average. Luckily, that's not the decisive factor for me. But if it is, you should bring a tape measure!

With my system, I don't need numbers or colors. I could pay blindly. 

Here another X of the same massage shop: 
https://x.com/CGame4m/media
This kind of accounts often gets blocked. If you like something you see, download it now and not later! 
Not TK in Ladprao any more, they all moved, I posted separately. 
I have been with several, and the pictures/videos are accurate. 
But elsewhere just in written form, there is indeed some false advertising. I have been with massage boys who were advertised as big, but I would call them average. Luckily, that's not the decisive factor for me. But if it is, you should bring a tape measure!

Here another X of the same massage shop: 
https://x.com/CGame4m/media
This kind of accounts often gets blocked. If you like something you see, download it now and not later! 
Not TK in Ladprao any more, they all moved, I posted separately. 
I have been with several, and the pictures/videos are accurate. 
But elsewhere just in written form, there is indeed some false advertising. I have been with massage boys who were advertised as big, but I would call them average. Luckily, that's not the decisive factor for me. But if it is, you should bring a tape measure!

Here another X of the same massage shop: 
https://x.com/CGame4m/media
This kind of accounts often gets blocked. If you like something you see, download it now and not later! 
Not TK in Ladprao any more, they all moved, I posted separately. 
I have been with several, and the pictures/videos are accurate. 
But elsewhere just in written form, there is indeed some false advertising. I have been with massage boys who were advertised as big, but I would call them average. Luckily, that's not the decisive factor for me. But if it is, you should bring a tape measure!

Yes those boys ALL have lovely, sizable cocks,  I would SUCK any of them, BUT males ,me wonder if in a world of AI, we are seeing the truth ?   Before AI it was photoshop, but that was easier to detect.....
I also wonder that if because their body type are so dimunitive, their cocks are "appearing" bigger ?   I may sound like a cranky queen, but its only because I have been DUPED so many times.   With the economy so tight every purchase must be completely vetted...    Cant go spending those bucks on promises of 9 inches only to get 6.....    With the proice of meat at all time highs, you shpould GET what you PAY for.  💲💲💲

Before Covid, there was low activity in shopping malls toilets. Now I guess it's all gone. 

There is no 5000 THB note, and indeed it would be impractical. Whereas 100 USD and 100 EUR I find convenient. 
I have two compartments in my wallet, first is 20-50-100, second is 500-1000. When I'm looking for notes in poor light, I just have to feel in first or second compartment, from front or back. 

There is no 5000 THB note, and indeed it would be impractical. Whereas 100 USD and 100 EUR I find convenient. 
I have two compartments in my wallet, first is 20-50-100, second is 500-1000. When I'm looking for notes in poor light, I just have to feel in first or second compartment, from front or back. 

There is no 5000 THB note, and indeed it would be impractical. Whereas 100 USD and 100 EUR I find convenient. 
I have two compartments in my wallet, first is 20-50-100, second is 500-1000. When I'm looking for notes in poor light, I just have to feel in first or second compartment, from front or back. 

There is no 5000 THB note, and indeed it would be impractical. Whereas 100 USD and 100 EUR I find convenient. 
I have two compartments in my wallet, first is 20-50-100, second is 500-1000. When I'm looking for notes in poor light, I just have to feel in first or second compartment, from front or back. 

I visited AA with a boy Id originally picked up in Screw Boy BKK.  He'd been an inmate of the young offender prison in Chiang Mai for a couple of years for selling yaba. He knew most if the boys on stage as fellow former inmates. 

Flight cancellations or major delays are one of the bugbears of regular travel. Thankfully, apart from those affected by weather, we do not see too many.
Other factors can also come into play, though. I once missed a flight from Tokyo's Narita to Hong Kong because of increased security as a result of some bomb scare. All traffic into Narita was always closely inspected with passengers having passports and tickets checked. This happened to me when the security checks ahead of my bus were taking around 100 minutes instead of the usual 10. I missed my flight merely by minutes and then had to pay for overnight accommodation at an airport hotel.
The worst though was on a Cathay Pacific flight from Hong Kong to London in the days of the old Kai Tak airport. Scheduled to depart at 11:30pm, push back from the gate was delayed when an air conditioning problem had to  be fixed. We finally taxied to the end of the runway, reaching there are 11:45. After a seemingly interminable wait, the captain advised we could not take off and would have to return to the gate. The problem was that HKG then had a curfew with no flights in or out permitted after 11:45. The captain said they had been negotiating with the authorities to permit a one minute delay, and were denied. So we had to go back through security and immigration, either go home or spend the night in a hotel paid for by the airline. We took off at 08:30 the next morning. The only benefit was that I was able to see the pyramids below in the late afternoon sun!
Curfews are not uncommon at airports like Heathrow, Sydney, Frankfurt, Zurich, Paris Orly,  Toronto and Schippol affected.
But the possibility of fuel shortages is somewhat scary for those with travel plans over the next few months. I've suffered from that too. A flight from Hong Kong to Melbourne was cancelled at 2 days notice due to a jet fuel tanker drivers strike meaning the aicraft could not fuel up for the return. And again many years ago I was on the then longest flight in the world, Northwest Airlines flight from Detroit to Seoul. After dinner and a sleep, I asked the purser if we were close to Seoul. She pointed out that there had been very strong headwinds and the captain was not sure if there would be enough fuel to get to Seoul (gulp!) But added that a contingency refueling stop at Narita was being considered. Fortunately it was not necessary and the plane did not fall out of the sky!!

The reality is often more complicated or ambiguous than you make it sound. "Would rather" and "would rather not" are not always binary choices.
Looks aren't everything. In a recent post -- sorry, I can't remember which one or by whom -- it was reported that a shop manager once said the good looking boys are the lazy ones. Not always true, I'm sure, but anyway we all have different ideas of what "good looking" means.
I think many of us would have an experience of just going with the flow with whichever boy we get, not wanting to appear rude and hoping for the best. Politeness and giving face are virtues in themselves... though, yes, it can also be exploited by others trying to impose upon you.
Many here would also have an experience in which, as the session progressed, it got better and better than we initially expected based on first impressions of the boy's appearance. These would be the times when, as the situation unfolded, one changed one's mind from would rather not to would rather.
I wrote about one instance (https://shamelessmacktwo.travel.blog/2023/04/28/assigned-a-belly/) when the massage boy assigned to me had a body type that I would almost never choose but I went along with the decision ( based on the shop's roster). It turned out to be a wonderful session. I was glad I kept my initial thoughts/feelings in check 

Good to hear a voice of reason! I think the same and haven't set foot in any bar since Covid. 
"and you've spaffed £300 to £350 by the time..." and that does not even guarantee a good time! When I was still offing boys from Bangkok gogo bars, the success rate was similar to online or cheaper places. Sometimes it just doesn't work out between the guy and me. Even with buying the guy a drink to have an audition, I still had duds! 

Thanks for your very frank report. 
"He was not my type at all…older gentleman, late 30’s or possibly early 40’s, certainly not twink material, definitely on the chubby side…zero attraction whatsoever.  Provided me with a glass of water, turned on A/C unit, showed me a price list.  At this point I should have politely declined and just left,..."
I walked out of massage places because nobody there appealed to me more often than I had massages. I don't understand how grown-ups in this forum spend time and money on something they would rather not, out of politeness or shyness. 
My worst case was that I was already showered and lying nude on the massage table, waiting for my selected masseur coming from elsewhere, but the person who entered my room was not the one I asked management for! I turns out there are two boys of the same name, and the one I wanted doesn't work here any more. I dressed, made an excuse, and left. 

Thanks for your very frank report. 
"He was not my type at all…older gentleman, late 30’s or possibly early 40’s, certainly not twink material, definitely on the chubby side…zero attraction whatsoever.  Provided me with a glass of water, turned on A/C unit, showed me a price list.  At this point I should have politely declined and just left,..."
I walked out of massage places because nobody there appealed to me more often than I had massages. I don't understand how grown-ups in this forum spend time and money on something they would rather not, out of politeness or shyness. 
My worst case was that I was already showered and lying nude on the massage table, waiting for my selected masseur coming from elsewhere, but the person who entered my room was not the one I asked management for! I turns out there are two boys of the same name, and the one I wanted doesn't work here any more. I dressed, made an excuse, and left. 

Thanks for your very frank report. 
"He was not my type at all…older gentleman, late 30’s or possibly early 40’s, certainly not twink material, definitely on the chubby side…zero attraction whatsoever.  Provided me with a glass of water, turned on A/C unit, showed me a price list.  At this point I should have politely declined and just left,..."
I walked out of massage places because nobody there appealed to me more often than I had massages. I don't understand how grown-ups in this forum spend time and money on something they would rather not, out of politeness or shyness. 
My worst case was that I was already showered and lying nude on the massage table, waiting for my selected masseur coming from elsewhere, but the person who entered my room was not the one I asked management for! I turns out there are two boys of the same name, and the one I wanted doesn't work here any more. I dressed, made an excuse, and left.