Rates increase over the years, and with things being weird right now, many providers would rather make more from seeing less clients. The world stopped but the bills didn't.

I actually haven't noticed particular girls on my "want to see" or "want to see again" lists who are raising their rates since COVID. That had been happening over the past few years. I've noticed more girls new to DMV or girls I hadn't known about before charging $500 or more per hour.
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That said, I know my opportunities to see girls have been drastically reduced, and I can't be the only one. I've gone from roughly 2-3 escort appointments a month with the occasional AMP visit thrown in to 3 total escort appointments since mid-March. So roughly an 80% decrease in activity. There are also guys who are spooked by COVID. So the overall volume of demand has to be down pretty noticeably for many providers.
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For independents who are maintaining an incall location that's not their own home and incurring other expenses, it's probably difficult. So if their volume is down anyway, maybe they come out ahead by raising rates.
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I am stockpiling cash and will be coming back strong when I can.

Folks making less than 150k for families got $2400. Singles making less than 75K a year got $1200.  Providers know this and priced accordingly.   The ones on the lower end of the spectrum are raising prices too. Many who pay for GFE have to have a BBBJ.

My clients who own businesses (specific industry) are doing about the same or more in revenue. That being said, the swings are wild and 'lumpy' in revenue. One side of the business collapsed or is down at least 30-40%, while the other side is up the same or more to come to an income that is 'normal' for them. think plexiglass supplier that also does glass installs. Huge upswing in business for stores putting in barriers, but down for housing glass installs.

Also, fewer clients may mean a lower risk. Pent-up demand for those partaking in the hobby is high - and somebody who is a 3-4 visit per month client has saved up a lot of pennies and huge 'pent-up' demand.  

In the DMV, I've seen some pretty mediocre providers charging pretty high prices. Even some creep up in the agency world, too.  

At the end of the day, though, you don't have to pay those prices. There are alternatives if you want.

The reason for the price increase, and it did go up post lockdown, is the demand is up. I had a regular who I cannot schedule because she is so busy. One sees it when a girl advertises both incall & outcall, but won't travel because she does not need to. There are few ways for a man to meet a woman these days, and there are a lot of lonely guys out there.

I found a sight the other day with the providers that have gone from $300-$400 to $500 and more. They have taken down their ads on other popular sites. Some from the other popular sites have gone to this site and other sites with expensive providers.  

The clientele that uses these sites are highly compensated individuals ($300K/year salary or more) .  Many are working from home and have lots of free time due to lack of commute.  

One of the providers on the site I use to see. She use to be $300/hour to $400/hour. Back in the day she would have a riddle on her site to offer discount rates at $200/hour. Another provider that saw years ago 2011 was charging $200/hour. She is now $500/hour.  At the time I saw her she was very attractive and was worth $500/hour. The other provider I would not pay that type of rate now.

There are many options out there if you are willing to shop around. Some that use to be cbj non gfe have upgraded their services to GFE/BBBJ.  They use to be $200/hour now $400/hour. One was is an Asian.  I did see her at the lower rate and paid the higher rate $400/hour. It was worth it with her service upgrades.  

If you just want a regular provider there are plenty who charge $80 to $200/half hour.  Some will even do GFE at those prices.  I have seen one (cute redhead) who did GFE has low at $90/half hour.

when the new laws came into effect. Within a few days, I saw rates increase up to 2x-3x. Then they started to come down. Many of the providers tried to grandfather rates but slowly the rates crept up and up.
I have had much better luck with SBs, much better value for one's dough, hence have gone that route most of the time in the past 18-20 months.

I have not increased my rates, but something that I haven't noticed mentioned that could be a factor is increased risk. Perhaps some ladies feel that it is more dangerous to work and want to receive more compensation for it. Just a thought from the other side.

Seems like a lot of the $500+ escorts I've been noticing are visitors. Go to DC Ads section and almost all of them are visitors and are $600+. Personally, I think anyone over $500 is not worth it. Once you get into that range, there really becomes no difference between a $400 GFE provider to a $700 GFE provider. I understand that prices in rent, travel, etc goes up and, therefore, so should rates. However, once you start asking for $700 and there is nothing to add to the experience from a $400 provider, then that's just GPS.  

 
I would much rather pay $1200 and see a top tier pornstar for a bucket list experience than pay $700 to a GFE escort when I can pay $400 for the exact same service and similar looks.

Many of the ladies that I like the look of and are in my wheelhouse, have priced themselves out of my range. I am not going to debate the rates with them or ask for a discount. I just move on to someone, that I find visually attractive and can afford.  I sure miss the meet n greets we used to have, so that I could meet them prior and see if we had chemistry as well. I found many favorites that way. But I guess it got too risky to do that in todays climate.

Is this an example of a veblen good?