... but I just went to take a new look. I never met anyone through this service, but I did receive messages when I had a paid membership and had created a trip plan.
My strategy at the time was to look for someone either local to me BEFORE I travel or to meet someone at the destination I was travelling to. That would let me properly vet her, including a face-to-face meet before I committed to spending anything on her. I was most concerned that it would be too dicey to try to negotiate ALL aspects of a travel arrangement through the site message system, email, or text. Obviously, there was no way I'd buy air fare and incur other non-refundable expenses for someone without ever meting them 1st.
Ultimately, I dropped using the site when I found it much easier and safer to meet a local SB who was down for travel at some time. And ultimately, I took a local SB with me on my one-month trip to Australia.
If you're thinking of trying to meet a travel companion through the site, I suggest you go slow - really slow - before expending any cash on her. Plus, as the risk of getting ghosted (or not getting laid) is high, if you actually do find a travel arrangement, have multiple back-ups ready. One strategy might be to find multiple companions, one for each part of your trip if it's long enough. Then if one bails, you still have others. And on the flip side of that, if the 1st works out really well, you can cancel the next ones.
Just checked current pricing:
30 days - $59.99/month recurring
90 days - $54.99/month ($164.097 charged every 3 months)
180 days - $49.99/month ($299.94 charged every 6 months)
Premium members get:
- Unlimited Messaging with members all over the world.
- Browse invisibly
- Featured Trips in member search results
- New users featured daily on dashboard
If this sounds similar to Seeking, that's probably because MT is (I believe) owned by Brandon Wade, who also owns Seeking and What'sYourPrice.
Life is good
The Cat
In both of the times I took an SB on a month-long out of country trip (yes, I've actually done this twice!), it was only after we had been in an arrangement for a while (at least 8+ months) and after we had tested shorter trips for 4-7 days (San Francisco, Vegas, etc.).
That doesn't mean every one of the 30 days on the road were paradise. But on balance, I think I had more fun with a sure thing than I would have taking a risk on trying to find/meet/vet local SB's (or pros) in the cities I was visiting. To be honest, I kind of got the best of both worlds on each trip. I deliberately scheduled two days in each trip for "alone" time for each of us. This was presented as a "pressure relief valve" to each SB where they could take a day for themselves and ensure they had some necessary time to not be together and not feel pressured to be "on stage" for the full month. What I didn't tell them, of course, was that both of these days were also my time to explore local talent. So I had sessions in Buenos Aires and Santiago when I took my Vietnamese spinner to Argentina and Chile. And I had excellent sessions in Sydney and Melbourne when I did my 30-day wine tour of Australia and New Zealand with my AA slim-thick babe.
BUT - this is NOT for everyone. There are many, many risks. And those risks multiply a hundredfold when you travel to a new city to meet someone for the 1st time, especially for a multi-day (or multi-week!) arrangement. I've done it more than once on short business trips of 2-4 days. But those involved setting up 2 primary and 2 back up sessions for a single hit it and quit it BCD with each. My success rate of going BCD at least once on these trips was around 65%. So I eventually stopped trying and made sure I had an SB from my local rotation lined up when I got home.
After a long business trip, it was always nice to come home and unpack - then about 2 hours later, unload. :p
Life is good
The Cat
