As far as I've observed, this trend has been going on for over a year and has accelerated this summer. Seems the ladies are getting the lesson put forth in a chapter on the topic in  Super Freakonomics.

....ten years.  Granted, I only entertain part time, and most of my dates are multi hour.  If most of my dates were one hour dates, I would have had a gift increase a few years back.

  Gentlemen receive raises, bonus's, etc; why not the ladies?

Hugs and Kisses,
Kelly

They need to be careful and remember the economic law of substitution

Apparently the price of hand lotion has not gone up.

where I actually drop the rates for any appointments booked between now and end of August.

Lina

I have no issue with gifting a little more to  the highly reviewed providers who consistently rate 9's and 10's with well over 100 reviews.  You know what you are getting in advance.  I have noticed that there are some who once they have several high reviews, have raised the gift price a little to the extreme.  Personally, I will have to cut back and be much more selective at whom I spend my time with.

Meh.

There is so much to attribute rate increases to.

Some ladies use an increase to shift gears to garner attention from a different caliber of clientele.

Some ladies are loyalists and will remain static.

Some ladies are want to actually decrease quantity and aim for quality.

I lean towards the latter myself. But I consider my prices uber fair and naturally will consider an increase in rates after examining my business ROI.