I recently spent a couple unexpected days in LV and decided to fill my afternoons TER providers. Here's my experience. Would be interested in yours.

First, going for the "8.5" to "9.9" overall rating landed loads of highly reviewed ladies in LV. Almost all were $600 an hour plus. Clearly, the recession/depression in Vegas has not depressed prices there. I concluded that the tourist industry (ie: me,) has permitted the LV providers to maintain their rate structure. Good for them.

So I restructured my TER search to women at $450 to 500, with the same ratings. Wow!! Dropped to less than six. But they were all still consistently rated 9's and 10's in all catagories.  Ultimately saw three of them. One was so unmemorable that when I returned home, I couldn't conjure up enough of our session to write a review.

All that said, not one of the women I did see warranted the 9/10 reviews they had been repeatedly bestowed in their LV TER reviews. In comparison to providers in DC, they were 7/8 or 8/9 at best. Mind you, they were lovely girls with great attitudes, but way over rated by DC standards. And yet their rates were way out of line for here. So, I've concluded we are quite fortunate.

So the quandry. When I wrote the two reviews, do I rate them on DC standards, knowing someone from DC traveling to LV would want a fair comparison. Or do I go with the LV flow, which is likely influenced by guys from all over the US who rarely see a fairly attractive (7/8) provider where they come from, and not an 8/9, that becomes a 9/10 in their view in LV.  Because each of these providers had great attitudes and are competing in a different market,  I oppted to not squew their scores in that market
Right or wrong?

You are right to call them as you see them.  We all should know that the rating system is highly subjective and a little research can produce the necessary balance and context.  I could cite several cases right now of contemporary providers who had stellar recent reviews (9/10) in DC at prices under $300 and are now routinely making 10-15% more in a less active hinterland city.  Of course they adjust their rates to what the traffic will bear, and why not?  They are in business, are they not?  

That said, I think DC has a superb high value lineup here of residents, visitors, and free lancers.  Long may that situation endure!

You seem to have really answered your own question - this is a tale of two cities - one must remember that Vegas is a playground more than a city - I am focusing on the "Strip" when talking of Vegas.  Yes, there are people who "work" there, but mainly their jobs are geared to visitors.  DC, is more of a traditional working town.  It would seem to me that the client base in DC has a higher level of need for a good provider, because of the daily demands for life, where the Vegas client base is more of a fun/fantasy provider.  They (the Vegas provider) has to put up with more reckless behavior from clients, which also means a more frivolous spending habit.  Thus a greater bottom line in price.  People generally don't go to Vegas to save money, but to spend it on debauchery.  So I would say that yes, rate them to ones overall standards, but realize that Vegas is a different environment than DC.

Personally, as I wrote in a post earlier in the week, I feel that DC is a very fortunate town to have such a wide variety of high quality Courtesans.  There are many different genres of providers here in a fair range of price points, that residents as well as tourists can have their fantasy.  I again echo my previous statement that we are a lucky bunch of clients and providers here.

Your observations of overpriced escorts working in Las Vegas is certainly on point.
However as with most things there is more to the story then what you see at first glance.
The girls you see advertising for example, on EROS, and in some cases TER, are focusing their marketing efforts on tourists as you point out.

But, thats not where most of the locals focus their searches. There are local boards which are pretty much the perview of locals or Vegas insiders(no Im not one...lol) If you find them you will see pricing more in line with what we have here, though, for sure, we have much more quality at moderate picing.

Okay, I know what your question is. How do I find these local boards? Well here is what you do since if I simply post it here the moderator may be upset with me since these boards do offer reviews and therefore are in competition with TER.

Go to any Las Vegas based escort website with a lot of links...HINT..One of them is visiting us right this minute...Look at the links and I think you'll find what your looking for.
Or, Option 2, send me a PM in two weeks and I'll tell you how I make out on my next trip!...lol

Hope this is a little help.
Good luck to you.

This is not about the quality ladies that do exist. This is also what I have been told by fellow hobbyists who have been to Vegas. These same folks have also told stories of some amazing ladies in LV.

The reputation of LV as a playground for all things attracts many ladies seeking to fulfill those fantasies and their own dreams of easy money. Throw in the number of guys looking to spend money on impractical things (gambling, booze & women), and who are not thinking with their big heads... Well, you have quite a recipe. Consequently, I have been told that LV is the one place you have to be EXTRA careful for less than stellar service, chronic B&S, etc. More so than most areas.

I sincerely doubt that anybody doing research is trying to calibrate the ratings scale based on the different geographic areas. After-all, how would these researchers calibrate their scales unless they had experiences with these ladies form the different areas?

IMO, you should just write the reviews and rate the ladies per your scale. At least that way, if someone has seen another lady you've seen, then they have a point of comparison.

KISS.