How much do drivers get paid?
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Escort driving 101
Local $20 burbs $30 valley $40+++ per trip. Paid by the girls. That's it. Be on call 24hrs, never reject a ride, don't be a stoner and make sure the girls like you or you get fired. Have good lighting and a big mirror in the car, and let the girls smoke pot in your car on the way over to their date if they want. A degree in psychology and erectile dysfunction are also indespensable assets to the vocation.
Be prepared to talk to the police with a hooker in your car, drive really fast and, of course, go get the girl out if there is an unannounced overtime. I met a lot of great women (and a lot of coked out shitheads) while driving, I only quit to start my own agency (the CAPITOL sin). I eventually set the few girls up as independents because my "partner" was a shithead, trying to fuck all the girls... sure was fun while it lasted. I actually made quite a bit of money driving, and some if the sideruns the girls send you on are hilarious (remember, these women have a lot of money and like to spoil themselves.....). I can't recommend this job to anyone who partakes in the hobby, believe me, it just won't work out.
First post! I just got sick of all the misinformation on this board... someone's gonna get hurt! Be safe!
Local $20 burbs $30 valley $40+++ per trip. Paid by the girls. That's it. Be on call 24hrs, never reject a ride, don't be a stoner and make sure the girls like you or you get fired. Have good lighting and a big mirror in the car, and let the girls smoke pot in your car on the way over to their date if they want. A degree in psychology and erectile dysfunction are also indespensable assets to the vocation.
Be prepared to talk to the police with a hooker in your car, drive really fast and, of course, go get the girl out if there is an unannounced overtime. I met a lot of great women (and a lot of coked out shitheads) while driving, I only quit to start my own agency (the CAPITOL sin). I eventually set the few girls up as independents because my "partner" was a shithead, trying to fuck all the girls... sure was fun while it lasted. I actually made quite a bit of money driving, and some if the sideruns the girls send you on are hilarious (remember, these women have a lot of money and like to spoil themselves.....). I can't recommend this job to anyone who partakes in the hobby, believe me, it just won't work out.
First post! I just got sick of all the misinformation on this board... someone's gonna get hurt! Be safe!
I agree, as an ex-driver, it is actually more cost effective to flip burgers at McDonalds.
Remember even a Vancouver call is 2 hours long (appt plus travel time), it is boring as hell when you wait and may draw attention (block watches and cops don't like it when you just sit there). With the cost of fuel, mileage, licencing and one's time, this job is not what you think it is, especially if a call goes wrong (had 2 memorable incidents).
If you can afford to poon, you'd be dumb to pick up this job. Stick with what you do!
Remember even a Vancouver call is 2 hours long (appt plus travel time), it is boring as hell when you wait and may draw attention (block watches and cops don't like it when you just sit there). With the cost of fuel, mileage, licencing and one's time, this job is not what you think it is, especially if a call goes wrong (had 2 memorable incidents).
If you can afford to poon, you'd be dumb to pick up this job. Stick with what you do!
The job is not what you think. You have to factor this in:static said:
1) cost of your vehicle
2) vehicle insurance
3) gas cost
4) mileage depreciation on your vehicle
5) maintenance costs
6) wear and tear from less than thoughtful SP's who want to smoke, eat drink, and other stuff in your vehicle
7) cost of your time
Next, I don't know how the hell you read a good book at 11 pm to 5 am in the morning. Sitting in a car at these hours, it is pretty cold and dark. If you keep your engine running, you use more gas than if you just sit there with the engine off and you risk doing heat damage to your vehicle engine due to the lack of circulating air that you get when you drive around.
Plus, if you play tunes too loud or you are conspicuous in other ways (lights on to read a book, watching a portable DVD player, etc.) it can trigger neighbourhood watches and security teams to call the cops on you.
A lot of the SP's are also nasty in that they think that you are doing this for fun and not for work. As such, they will try to make you do side trips to MacDonald's or to gas stations, etc. to pick up supplies (which is not part of the contract fee) and use your own cell phone 'cause they don't want to waste their minutes or pay for a pay phone.
Lastly, there is no regular work. You can stay up all night and get no calls or you can stay up all night and be driving all night.
You must be professional at all times because the minute you think that you can cross the line 'cause they are escorts, you will find that you will not be busy anymore.
You should think more in depth about your comment because you have no idea of what this job truly is.
After having done it, I can guarantee you will make more working at MacDonald's!
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Done some driving myself and what the fellow say's above is true. It isn't all what it is cracked up to be. Your better off finding a normal 9 to 5 kind of job out there and maybe drive on the side when you can and/or if your collecting EI the cash money does come in handy. I still sometimes do this but after having to stay up all night and then sleeping all day and feeling miserable and feeling like crap all the following day, it truely isn't worth it. Hey if you want to give it a whirl go for it but believe me a normal job you'd be better off!
Done some driving myself and what the fellow say's above is true. It isn't all what it is cracked up to be. Your better off finding a normal 9 to 5 kind of job out there and maybe drive on the side when you can and/or if your collecting EI the cash money does come in handy. I still sometimes do this but after having to stay up all night and then sleeping all day and feeling miserable and feeling like crap all the following day, it truely isn't worth it. Hey if you want to give it a whirl go for it but believe me a normal job you'd be better off!
I make reasonable money doing it oncall 24/7- but somedays I am busy and somedays not. I like it because it generally gives me time to do things I want but having the cell on to interupt you anytime can be agrivating. My boss is good to me and can tell when I need a break.
I recommend running your income like a business- keep track of costs (gas, insurance, repairs, etc) and money coming in. Ohh, heres a gooder- buy 'rainjackets' (the SP's I work with tend to favour Durex fruit flavour) in bulk- I resell them for a loonie a piece- that really adds up. It pays for the constant trips to Tim Hortons and your have less stops at the gas station!
It is a good idea to have a backup income incase times get slow- I am a bargain hunter buying and selling computers/cars. It works for me plus I get to spend time with beautiful women all the time. Out of most of the people I have come across in society, I personally love the mindset of a SP- but then I have been doing this on and off now going on 13 years.
I recommend running your income like a business- keep track of costs (gas, insurance, repairs, etc) and money coming in. Ohh, heres a gooder- buy 'rainjackets' (the SP's I work with tend to favour Durex fruit flavour) in bulk- I resell them for a loonie a piece- that really adds up. It pays for the constant trips to Tim Hortons and your have less stops at the gas station!
It is a good idea to have a backup income incase times get slow- I am a bargain hunter buying and selling computers/cars. It works for me plus I get to spend time with beautiful women all the time. Out of most of the people I have come across in society, I personally love the mindset of a SP- but then I have been doing this on and off now going on 13 years.
Well there are some cute girls to perv at who work at McDees but I think they might be illegal!
Hell no! (is my answer to working at McDee's)
I make enough money and I am not in huge metro centre like Vancouver (I actually made less money in large cities due to the extra time to get to appointments). Costs aside, it is still a lucrative small biz to run- that is the way I look at it. Some people who think it might be too much drama working with so many woman are failing to miss the point of that all these women are shrewd micro-biz's- that is kind of exciting seeing the cogs turn and the money flow. I consider myself a support service to them. You get worse drama and crap working for more mainline businesses (I figure). I quit a very lucrative, secure computer support job with a government sector in which I had a pension and very good pay to go back to this- am I crazy? Probably but I hated the politics of my job and love my driving job. I say whatever rings your bell. . .
Granted this is not for everyone. It is now 8 am and I am getting my kids off to school after working all nite- and who knows if I will be busy during the day today- you learn to snooze when you can.
Hell no! (is my answer to working at McDee's)
I make enough money and I am not in huge metro centre like Vancouver (I actually made less money in large cities due to the extra time to get to appointments). Costs aside, it is still a lucrative small biz to run- that is the way I look at it. Some people who think it might be too much drama working with so many woman are failing to miss the point of that all these women are shrewd micro-biz's- that is kind of exciting seeing the cogs turn and the money flow. I consider myself a support service to them. You get worse drama and crap working for more mainline businesses (I figure). I quit a very lucrative, secure computer support job with a government sector in which I had a pension and very good pay to go back to this- am I crazy? Probably but I hated the politics of my job and love my driving job. I say whatever rings your bell. . .
Granted this is not for everyone. It is now 8 am and I am getting my kids off to school after working all nite- and who knows if I will be busy during the day today- you learn to snooze when you can.
I think you are missing the point. Be it McDee's, or any other job that pays $8 per hour, it is still better monetarily than driving 'cause you don't have to use your car and resources to do the work.static said:
Yes there are some success stories with drivers but they are not common.
The key is that it is a hit and miss business to be a driver. The rates are not great and they must cover your time, gas, insurance, maintenance and depreciation of a vehicle. If you cannot do basic math and calculate the immense cost of driving vs. the ok pay, then go ahead and take the job.
Someone asked whether it was a good job and I offered my account of my experiences with it.
If you want to follow someone else's dream about this job, be my guest. This board is about offering opinions from one's experiences.
If you choose only to believe the success stories, then that is your choice, but please do not insinuate that I don't know what I am talking about. I am one of the many escort drivers who chose to stop because it wasn't a cost effective job.
nope
If try do that, most of the gals will stop calling you and the ones that accept will take you for everything you are worth.
Bottom line is it isn't what you might dream it to be.
Best to just get a better job, make shit loads of money and hire the girls you want.
If try do that, most of the gals will stop calling you and the ones that accept will take you for everything you are worth.
Bottom line is it isn't what you might dream it to be.
Best to just get a better job, make shit loads of money and hire the girls you want.
I am sure you could wrangle some fringe benefits but I choose not too. These are people I have to work with everyday and no matter what job I have been in I have realized in my old age that you should not partake in certain activities with people you work with- life gets to complicated.
D Duk, thanks for your input. I would have to agree with you in several of your points. Some are valid for me too, but I have weighed in and like my job. One girl even tipped me $50 tonight cause she said I was better then a psychologist- now if I was a psychologist, I would specialize in SP's. Hey, now there is an idea. Maybe I should go back to school cause computers have bored the crap out of me or was it the people using the computers?
D Duk, thanks for your input. I would have to agree with you in several of your points. Some are valid for me too, but I have weighed in and like my job. One girl even tipped me $50 tonight cause she said I was better then a psychologist- now if I was a psychologist, I would specialize in SP's. Hey, now there is an idea. Maybe I should go back to school cause computers have bored the crap out of me or was it the people using the computers?
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Perhaps you have it easier than us Vancouverites. No provincial tax means that gas and other stuff is at least 7% cheaper than here.
Plus with the lower cost of living in Alberta, the SP's can get by easier on their pay.
Here in Vancouver, SP's grumble at paying $25 for a Vancouver call which is still roughly 2 hours of our time (driving and waiting) plus the gas pumps are killing us. In 2 years I only got tipped once for driving a girl home from the agency.
Here the girls expect you to stop at restaurants, gas stations and take them home for free. They keep saying that so and so driver will do that for free.
The driving is alright if you are desperate for cash, but compared to what I do now, there are much better ways to make ends meet.
Perhaps you have it easier than us Vancouverites. No provincial tax means that gas and other stuff is at least 7% cheaper than here.
Plus with the lower cost of living in Alberta, the SP's can get by easier on their pay.
Here in Vancouver, SP's grumble at paying $25 for a Vancouver call which is still roughly 2 hours of our time (driving and waiting) plus the gas pumps are killing us. In 2 years I only got tipped once for driving a girl home from the agency.
Here the girls expect you to stop at restaurants, gas stations and take them home for free. They keep saying that so and so driver will do that for free.
The driving is alright if you are desperate for cash, but compared to what I do now, there are much better ways to make ends meet.
Definitely. I have been offered work in Vancouver but I prefer to eat steak instead of Mcdonalds. Gas is too pricy in Van and lodging/living cost is crazy.
I am such that instead of sitting around for two hours waiting for 1 girl I can have a few on the go and still be close- everyone is 5mins away where I am- plus I have two backup drivers/security at anytime. Tips are regular here as well. Yes we stop for the girls, but I have a one stop rule that is on route to thier home only. ie. I won't drive to thier fave restraunt on the other side of town unless they are paying for my meal etc. All very reasonable.
As for doing anything for free, heck no! We are all hustling dood.
Did you know that drivers in Fort Mac Alberta make $50 per appointment? They do very well there but the oil boys pooning rates start at min $250 for the SP's to walk through the door. . .
I am such that instead of sitting around for two hours waiting for 1 girl I can have a few on the go and still be close- everyone is 5mins away where I am- plus I have two backup drivers/security at anytime. Tips are regular here as well. Yes we stop for the girls, but I have a one stop rule that is on route to thier home only. ie. I won't drive to thier fave restraunt on the other side of town unless they are paying for my meal etc. All very reasonable.
As for doing anything for free, heck no! We are all hustling dood.
Did you know that drivers in Fort Mac Alberta make $50 per appointment? They do very well there but the oil boys pooning rates start at min $250 for the SP's to walk through the door. . .
Call up an agency. Look for ads in the paper. Know someone on the inside. Where are you two-fiver? Take a good read of this entire thread cause there is lots of good info.
It pays to know some working folks like I said. Generally it is not a good idea to approach your fave SP you are seeing as generally they do not want someone working that close to them that they have seen/seeing but who knows?
It pays to know some working folks like I said. Generally it is not a good idea to approach your fave SP you are seeing as generally they do not want someone working that close to them that they have seen/seeing but who knows?
FIGHT FOR YOUR RIGHTS!!!
I was fortunate enough to have worked with an agency 5 yrs ago and with a driver, worked on a rate list that would be used in Vancouver and surrounding areas. I don't know where it went wrong and SPs started dictating what was fair. Drivers have rights!!!
Standard Driving Rates
in a reliable yet clean "shit-box" car. Dwntwn point of departure.
Vancouver....$25/hr
N.Van...........$30/hr
Burnaby.......$30/hr
Richmond.....$30/hr
Twass/Lad...$35/hr
Surrey..........$30/hr
Delta............$35/hr
White Rock...$40/hr
PoCo............$40/hr
Coquitlam.....$35/hr
Horsehoe Bay$50/hr
West Van.......$40/hr
Squamish.......$80/hr
Whistler.........$100/hr *2 hr minimum
These rates are not unreasonable as the client who booked the SP to begin with can afford it. If the SP or Booking Girl was smart they would factor in the driving rates as well when quoting a price for the visit.
One last thing for any potential drivers, avoid using a flashy car as it might be used to divide the potential "crazy" client weilding a baseball bat and the SP. Also you wouldn't want to drive anything antagonistic, threatening looking in the eyes of the client.
I was fortunate enough to have worked with an agency 5 yrs ago and with a driver, worked on a rate list that would be used in Vancouver and surrounding areas. I don't know where it went wrong and SPs started dictating what was fair. Drivers have rights!!!
Standard Driving Rates
in a reliable yet clean "shit-box" car. Dwntwn point of departure.
Vancouver....$25/hr
N.Van...........$30/hr
Burnaby.......$30/hr
Richmond.....$30/hr
Twass/Lad...$35/hr
Surrey..........$30/hr
Delta............$35/hr
White Rock...$40/hr
PoCo............$40/hr
Coquitlam.....$35/hr
Horsehoe Bay$50/hr
West Van.......$40/hr
Squamish.......$80/hr
Whistler.........$100/hr *2 hr minimum
These rates are not unreasonable as the client who booked the SP to begin with can afford it. If the SP or Booking Girl was smart they would factor in the driving rates as well when quoting a price for the visit.
One last thing for any potential drivers, avoid using a flashy car as it might be used to divide the potential "crazy" client weilding a baseball bat and the SP. Also you wouldn't want to drive anything antagonistic, threatening looking in the eyes of the client.
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I might be interested in getting into some part time driving. I know the city, and have good knowledge of the suburbs too. I have several vehicles I could use for the job, and I know how to defend myself should the need arise. I might have a problem though because I am young (20), however I have had experience driving for other jobs (non-sp related). Anyways, I am willing to give it a try so if anyone needs a driver pm me for my contact info.
