Differences in Short-time Rooms
Just So You Know

It's Time
Feeling a little inebriated and enjoying yourself in the bar with the friendly and fun bar staff, but now looking to take things somewhere a little more private? Have a quick look in your wallet. Taking the bar staff from the bar and back to your hotel requires that you pay the bar fine and short-time room price.

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First things First
Short-time room prices are completely at the discretion of the hotel staff and bar manager. Short-time room prices vary from bar to bar and season to season. below we have taken each of these points and have gone into more detail how short-time room prices are calculated based on these criteria.

Although Short-time rooms are common in most countries popular for sex-tourism, this guide is mostly based on our experience of short-time rooms in Thailand. Although we feel the information below is a "complete short-time room guide" this information is subject to change at anytime. It's also important to note, as the sex-tourism industry is often not legal or regulated in most of the countries where bar fines and short-time rooms are customary, a lot of the information here is not set in stone.

There may be several reasons why someone would want to bar fine a member of staff from a bar. For this guide, we will be focusing on how short-time room prices will affect overall cost and short-time experience.

Bar By Bar
There are a wide variety of bars in Thailand. These bars also have a variety of targeted customers. From the low cost beer bar to the high-so night clubs. Some of these bars will have short-time rooms owned by the bar and some of these won't. Whether or not the bar itself also rents out short-time rooms, there will almost always be some short-time rooms nearby where bar fined bar staff can be taken. The cost of the short-time room depends on the bar and the room itself. High quality rooms with more amenities such as jacuzzis, harnesses and all-around mirrors will naturally cost more than a cheap, damp room with a bed on the floor. Of course there are many types of rooms in between those two extremes.

Some bars in Thailand also have hotel rooms for rent. These rooms can double as short-time rooms when the rooms are not occupied by paying customers. Often these rooms will have jacuzzies and large king size beds. Naturally, as the quality of the room is much better than dirt cheap short-time rooms, customers may be asked to pay higher short-time room prices than a short-time hotel. Customers may be asked to pay as much as 800 baht for 30 minutes, sometimes with the offer to stay to the next morning.

Continuing on this thought, if a bar specializes in being a short-time bar with several short-time rooms attached to the bar. The rooms are usually very minimalist with a bed and a bathroom with a toilet and shower. These rooms are not expensive usually costing only a couple hundred baht, depending on the bar and the season (below)

Hotel By Hotel
As with the prices differences between bars, hotel short-time room prices will also vary. The only difference being that, unlike bars, high end hotels will rarely have short-time rooms available. When taking bar fined staff from a bar to a short-time hotel, more often that not, the short-time room will have minimum facilities. The cost of a minimum facility short-time room is usually around 400 baht for 30 mins.

Location, Location
When bar taking bar fined staff to a short-time room, another factor that comes into consideration is location of the short-time room itself. The price of a short-time room in a very busy nightlife area are able to charge more than short-time hotels with less demand. Hotels in very busy nightlife areas can charge more without worrying of scaring off customers. In fact, it is not uncommon when taking bar staff to short-time hotels in busy nightlife areas to find a queue of customers waiting for a room to become free. In some of the hotels, once the current room holders finish up and leave, a small team of cleaners will quickly rush into the room, clean the sheets and wipe off the surfaces. It's not uncommon for the price of short-time rooms in busy nightlife areas to be as much as 600 baht.

Toy Box Short-time Rooms
Short-time Bar on Soi 6, Pattaya

Season By Season
Continuing this line of thought, Short-time room prices vary depending on the season. During high season when there are more tourists and more demand, bars and hotels will more often than not, put the prices up short-time rooms.

Happy Hours and Discounts
For a bit of fun and to encourage more bar fines, some bars offer happy hour discounts and promotions from time to time. Also, When taking more than one member of staff, sometimes, bars will do promotions where they reduce the short-time room prices or completely remove them.

Cheaper And No Short-time Room
Just So You Know

Bargain Blowie?
There are some bars that offer cheaper short-time room prices, or sometimes no short-time room fees at all. It is possible to find happy end massage shops, blowjob bars and short-time bars that do not ask for a short-time room fee. Of course, customers will still need to pay the bar fine and short-time, long-time fees. However, by removing the short-time room fee, these bars are possibly a much better option for those on a budget.

Amon Health Massage
Massage and Bar - Soi Chaiyapoon, Pattaya

Massage shops
Looking for a little fun without having to pay a short-time room price?? One way to do this is to get a massage, happy ending or full service. Often, when walking into one of these massage shops, there will be several beds separated by a curtain. Here is is possible to get a full-service short-time on the massage bed without having to pay the short-time room fee. Obviously, there is very little privacy in this option. It it possible to hear another customer being serviced in the bed next to your own, as well as, sometimes it is possible for a leg to come through the curtain. When visiting a happy ending massage establishment it is possible to have full-service or a happy ending massage for less than 1000 baht without having to pay a short-time room fee.

In the Bar
It is possible to avoid the short-time room fees altogether. Visiting a blowjob or handjob bar it is possible to have a blowjob or handjob whilst sitting at the bar without ever leaving. Depending on the bar, in some bars it is possible to get full service in the bar itself. Some bars are well known for having a reputation of giving full service in front of other customers. Looking for a little more privacy? This option may not be for you.

What's Behind the Curtain?
Still in the bar, some bars offer special booths, usually closed off with a curtain, where customers can receive full service short-time. Often the bars will charge a short-time price for these booths. However, the fees can be cheaper than leaving the bar to got to a short-time hotel outside. there is also the benefit of not having to leave the bar and you are able to stay and enjoy yourself in the bar.

Privacy in the Privy?
A well known cheaper option with no short-time room prices is to have a quickie in the toilet. Whether or not a bar will let you do this depends on the bar itself and of course the bar staff member themselves. This option is often used by bar staff when a customer seems reluctant to pay for a bar fine or short-time room prices. The bar staff member may suggest a quickie in the toilet at a cheaper rate.

Closing Time
A little known tip known by many expats who live and work around the popular sex-tourism cities around the world is to wait until the bar closes and the bar staff are getting ready to go home. If you are still in the bar at closing time, if you are looking reluctant or unsure whether to bar fine the bar staff sitting on your lap or next to you,  Bar managers and mamasans may offer "flash discounts", offering discounted prices on short-time rooms and bar fines to encourage you to go short-time or long-time with your chosen bar staff rather than going home alone.

Windmill Agogo Bar Girl
Short-time Hotel Walking Street, Pattaya

Back to Your Room
Avoiding short-time rooms altogether, providing your hotel is nearby, you can take bar staff members back to your hotel. Obviously, this depends on the location of your hotel. The point of short-time is that the bar staff want to leave the bar for as small amount of time as possible and get back to the bar so they have a chance of getting another customer before the bars close. When booking your hotel it is important to take the hotel's location into account. It is also important to check whether your hotel is "guest friendly" and allows guests and whether inviting multiple guests back to your hotel room requires you to pay an extra fee to your hotel.