Differences in Short and Long Time
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 room or short-time room requires that you pay the bar fine, short-time room price and afterwards the short-time or long-time price.

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First things First
Short-time and long-time sex are common in most countries popular for sex-tourism. This guide is mostly based on our experience of short-time and long-time in Thailand. Although we feel the information below is a "complete short-time and long-time 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 short-time rooms, bar fines and short-time and long-time 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 or take a freelancer for short-time or long-time. For this guide, we will be focusing on the prices of short-time and long-time pay for play sex.

Paying for short-time and long-time varies from country to country. In countries such as Thailand, which this blog will mainly focus on, short-time prices can be a set price for all "inhouse short-times" set by bar management but can also be negotiable for bar staff taken outside the bar. Long-time prices are completely at the discretion of the bar staff or freelancer themselves. In Thailand, the short-time fees may be paid to bar management or the bar staff directly before or after the short-time has finished. For long-time the fee is always paid to the bar staff directly and it's usually best to pay at the end although some bar staff may ask to be paid beforehand. In some countries, such as the Philippines, short-time and long-time fees may be paid to the bar manager beforehand if taking bar staff from a bar. Short-time and long-time prices vary from girl to girl, bar to bar and season to season. below we have taken each of these points and have gone into more detail how short-time and long-time prices are calculated based on these criteria.

Set Price
Firstly, depending on which bar or club you wish to bar fine from, some bars and clubs will have a set price for all in-house short-time services. Bars that specialize in short-times are called short-time bars. are Examples of this would be the infamous Soi 6 short-time bars or short-time massage places which can be found on almost every street in Thailand. These types of short-time establishments usually have set short-time prices for all customers and set prices for any additional services. These prices are often shown on menus in the bar themselves or on websites run by the bars. The fact that these prices can be know beforehand, means that you can rest assured that you are not being overcharged.

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

Of course different short-time bars will have different set prices. This may be because the bar specializes in a particular services or there may be no reasons for this. on top of the standard short-time set price for each bar, some of these bars and clubs may charge extra for for additional short-time services such as CIM, COF, etc . It could be assumed that the bars of clubs who charge higher fees will provide higher quality of service, but this is not always the case. When walking into one of the bars or clubs, it's at your own discretion whether you feel that the bar staff member you have chosen and the services that you are being offered are worth the price being asked. It's can sometimes be a good idea to do your research beforehand and know which bars and clubs have a reputation for quality of service.

For bars that specialize in short-times, bar fining bar staff for long-times can sometimes be difficult. Depending on the bar, the season and the location it may be possible for the bar staff member to make more money from staying at the bar and just going short-time with many customers rather than going long-time with yourself.

Kid in a Candy Shop
Away from short-time bars with set prices, it is also possible to take bar staff for short-times and long-times from other bars such as beer bars, agogo bars and clubs. In fact, in cities such as Pattaya it is possible to bar fine staff from most bars. In these cases, where the bar doesn't have a set price for short-time and long-time, the short-time and long-time fees will ultimately be up to the bar staff themselves. However, the price they will want to go with you will vary on a number of factors.

Time is Money
The most obvious determiner in the price of short-time or long-time would be the bar staff member themselves. How much a member of bar staff or a freelancer would ask for short-time or long-time would primarily depend on how much they believe their time to be worth. How much they believe their time to be worth will also vary on a number of factors. We will discuss these in more detail below.

Season by Season
One factor that affects the price of short-time and long-time is high-season and low-season. During a typical high season, bars can expect to have as much as ten times as many customers. With so many customers, demand for bar fining bar girls will increase. Usually during high season, bars will increase the number of bar staff working in the bar. Even so, there is often not enough bar staff for every customer and it is not uncommon to see bars full of customers and no bar staff as they have all been bar fined for short-time and sometimes long-time. With such high demand, bar staff and bar managers increase the prices for short-time and long-time. Often, bar staff will refuse to go long-time, preferring to stay in the bar and have several short-times as this can be more beneficial financially.

Bar by Bar
Another factor that affects the price of short-time and long-time is the type of bar you are short-timing or long-timing from. In Thailand's nightlife scene there are many different kinds of bars. Which bar you bar fine them from will have a factor in the price.

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

As you can imagine, high-so clubs and agogos, which are often much more expensive than regular bars, usually attract a customer base with deeper pockets or at least those who are willing to pay more for the services they want. As such, if you bar fine the bar staff from a high-so club or agogo there will be a long-time price that the bar staff are accustomed to for going with other customers in the past and you can expect to be charged much more for their long-time services.

It is not unusual to be asked to pay three-thousand baht for short-time with an agogo bar staff. Opposed to that, long-time with beer bar bar staff is possible for one-thousand or two-thousand baht. On top of these short-time and long-time prices you need to pay the bar fine and of course your drinks bill. All these prices in an agogo bar or high-so club can definitely add up quickly. It could also be assumed that the higher long-time prices would translate to better professionalism, experience or the attitude of the bar staff. There is no guarantee of this, and it is up to your own discretion whether you feel that the bar staff member you have chosen and the services that you are being offered are worth the price being asked.

The Next Big Thing
Following on from this, it is often the case that the most beautiful of the working girls will find themselves working at these high-so clubs and agogos where they can charge much higher prices for their services, but as well as this, there are also a lot of average looking, or worse, bar staff who work and these clubs and agogos. It is common to find bar staff in these clubs and agogos that have different job titles and working on different salaries. Some of the more beautiful and popular bar staff may be working as "models" or "VIP staff". As you'd expect, bar staff that are beautiful or popular enough to work as "models" often charge much more for short-time and long-time.

Hey Handsome Man!
Another factor that can affect the price of short-time or long-time is yourself. A popular YouTube video title is "Bargirls Have a Scoring System for Customers". In short, this means that when you walk into the bar the bar staff will quickly determine whether they are interested in you as a customer or not. In particular, whether you have money to buy them drinks and whether they would be interested in going short-time or long-time with you.

Some bar staff may be reluctant to go with customers they find unattractive or they feel don't have much money. Bar staff may also take into account the season and how much money they have made already that day. It is not uncommon for bar staff to charge older, fatter or uglier customers more if they are reluctant to short-time or long-time. Following on from that, young, handsome customers can sometimes get cheaper prices. It's also well known that bar staff can sometimes try to charge first-time visitors to Thailand higher prices as they may not know the typical prices and may be easy to trick.

Cost Saving Ideas
Bargain Blowie?

Quality or Quantity?
When looking for short-time or long-time, one of the most important factors is your budget and also, what are you looking for. Do you want to have one high-end short-time or long-time experience, or do you want to have ten of the cheapest short-time or longtime experiences? How much are you willing to spend? And, as with many things in life, you get what you pay for. When buying any product or service, how much you are willing to pay for said product or service will often determine the quality of the product or service. In regards to short-time or long-time, the quality of the service will most likely translate to the beauty, the professionalism, the experience and the attitude of the bar staff or freelancer, but not always!

Can We Be of Service?
Another factor that can be taken into account when working from a budget is the type of service you want. Do you want full service, do you want additional services or just the basics. In particular, when going short-time, Only getting a HJ or BJ would be much cheaper than full service sex. It is a good idea to confirm the final price and any additional service prices beforehand. When going long-time it is usually expected that you will pay long-time full-service prices, how much luck you would have negotiating to only pay for HJ or BJ we are unsure.