Pattaya has the largest amount of gogo bars of any other city in all of Thailand. And its prices are much more reasonable in comparison to the larger tourist attraction of Bangkok (pronounced “Bang Cock”).
Throughout Pattaya, the usual modus operandi is then to buy a girl a ‘lady drink’ and then engage in some kind of informal chat. If both parties appear keen to leave together, the bar is then paid a ‘fine’, usually somewhere between 200 and 700 baht, and then the girl’s fee is often open to negotiation. Girls in Pattaya provide a service for as little as 500 baht on a short time (few hours) basis and would usually accept no less than double this to stay overnight (long time). A lot of these girls are not short of business sense though and they can obtain much higher fees than this from most customers.
The Pattaya bar girls are forward, suggestive and there to empty your wallet, but in a friendly sort of way. Thailand is cheap enough that buying a few drinks (slightly more expensive for the girls and in the girlie bars) won’t break the bank, so it’s worth moving around, sharing a drink with several until you are comfortable with one particular girl’s company. They are experts at making you feel like a million bucks, and their ultimate objective is to get you to invite them back to your hotel, so don’t be decieved by the friendliness of the very first girl you meet because they are all like this. In fact the older and uglier you are the more attention you can expect, for these are the customers that they usually can negotiate easiest with for a high price. Thais are naturally friendly and fun-loving, which is all part of their charm.
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