Originally Posted by Sixth Freedom (Post 23567639)

The standard fare for an attractive escort in London is GBP 150 (EUR 190) per hour. Attractive girls in Dubai are available for AED 700 (GBP 115, EUR 150) and in Abu Dhabi for AED 600 (GBP 100, EUR 130).

Originally Posted by IAN-UK (Post 23629233)

Fascinating. But why is slightly more straight-laced Abu Dhabi cheaper than racy old Dubai?

We need to know these things.

Originally Posted by IAN-UK (Post 23633461)

hmmmmmm .. but with more-or-less contestable markets and a porous border you might expect supply to distribute itself in away that results in uniform pricing.

Originally Posted by GUWonder (Post 23532941)

The hotel owners want the revenue and don't want to lose customers -- including the prostitutes, many of whom are paying a discounted rate but still paying for room and F&B, often with a roommate to keep costs down amongst other things.

So as long as the police aren't called in to resolve a disturbance involving a prostitute at a hotel, the police don't enforce the law because their bosses' bosses have social and business ties to maintain and sustain that also involve the same as other hotel owners.

Keep in mind that the UAE is a small country where it's citizens are a small minority of the population. This has come with relationships amongst the clans/tribes and even intra-family being so interwoven and yet sensitive that nationals have to walk on egg shells when dealing with other nationals because it's sort of hard to keep track of whose cousin just married the bosses' sister and who is the bosses' favorite spouse and kids at the moment. The consequence is that the lower level police aren't going to rock the boat and the upper level authorities want peace in the house and don't want to risk shattering the peace amongst the extended relatives by depriving a group of its national of money from investments unless they really feel they have to do something.

Originally Posted by Sixth Freedom (Post 23633802)

Not correct. Profits should be uniform, not pricing. Maybe Dubai is a more expensive place to operate.

Originally Posted by Mauibaby2008 (Post 23512730)

One night my friend and I decided to go out for a night in Dubai. We were just walking the streets by some clubs and we saw a group of ten or more African women that were clearly trying to sell themselves to us (this was near a Hilton)-

I am positive they were prostitutes, so I ask, how is this possible considering how strict the UAE can be on unmarried tourists sharing hotel rooms??

What penalties do these women face- as the risk-reward doesn't seem worth it

Originally Posted by stockmanjr (Post 23637359)

I'm curious about the more conservative emirates will you see ladies of the night there too?

Originally Posted by muscat (Post 23633778)

Don't know the price, but a friend took a girl home in Abu Dhabi. When he woke up in the morning he was alone in the bed. He wandered in to the kitchen and there she was, busy doing the ironing.