Love for sale
There are a variety of professional groups coming to town for the inauguration, but only the oldest one is able to capitalize fully on what a combination of a million visitors and extended drinking hours can bring about. Yes, escort services and “sex workers” are coming to town in droves, in hopes of cashing in. Several companies, such as Camelot Escort Services, are offering special rates for inauguration festivities, promising “a night to remember” (as if the inauguration in itself is not memorable enough).
On Craiglist alone, the number of posts listed under “erotic services” doubled between Monday and Thursday this week, to about 600, with many of the advertisers citing that they’re coming into town specifically to “service” inauguration-goers. The going rate? Anywhere from $125/hour to $475 for two hours.
“Casual encounters” may be a different heading, but the posts under it were far from what most people would consider “casual.” It becomes pretty clear after agreeing to being over18 years of age in order to view the page that the posts under headings like “pre-inauguration stress relief” and “celebrate with me” are definitely NSFW (not safe for work). We found that this week alone there were more than 10,000 posts of people looking for almost every type of “encounter” you can imagine, including some things you probably didn’t even know existed. Narrowing it down with a search of “inaugural” within these many thousand produced almost 100 inaugural-specific ads looking for someone with whom to “make history.”
We’ve also noticed that many men are finding their own paramours, rather than relying on escort services. Plenty of guys are offering high-demand inaugural lodging, in exchange for, er, companionship. Several men are willing to give ladies a free place to stay in exchange for “some sexy fun.” Other men will take you to a ball, but you’ll need to be more than arm candy. Some have even gone so far as to start an eBay-like bidding process, asking interested parties to explain what you’ll give in return for a ticket to the swearing in ceremony.
Ah, democracy.
