Massage Parlours are places where there are often many girls working. The building may be kitted out with massage tables instead of beds in order to appease the local council, although this is not so common anymore.  Massage parlours are also sometimes called saunas and this is especially the case in Scotland. As a rule the police will leave a massage parlour alone and will only (usually) perform a raid where it is suspected that other unlawful activities are taking place i.e. drug dealing. I worked in Oxford, Swindon, Reading, Chippenham, Cardiff and once in Ilford.  The money that can be earnt in a day depends on the parlour and the area of the country.  

The benefits of parlours are:

• You can talk to and gain advice and support from other girls

• It's safer than lone working as there are always people to help should there be trouble.

• You don't have to worry about advertising and marketing yourself

• You don't have to worry about building up a client base or regulars

• You don't have to travel to bookings

• You can move easily from parlour to parlour and find work anywhere

• You don't have to answer the phone and mess about with time-wasting calls.

• You can work hours to suit.

• You don't have to worry about finding a place to rent or worry about complaints from the neighbours etc etc

• You can make money very quickly

• And... most importantly (for me anyway) you can keep your private life and your work life entirely separate.  You only have to set aside one or two days a week for work.  The rest of the time prostitution does not intrude on your day-to-day existence. 

The downfalls of parlours are: 

• Many parlours take 1/2 of your earnings, at the very least they take one third.

• You have no employment protection and you can be fired at will.

• It can be a very tiring way to work as often you may have sex with over 10 men a day

• Many parlours are run by very unsavoury characters who may hang around.

• Prices are often fixed and you can be fired for 'overcharging'.  You may feel that £120 is not enough for an hours hard-core domination-tough!

• You may be expected to take part in a line-up for customers in which you are compared to other women.  Many women find this upsetting.

• Few parlours are non-smoking

• You may find that shifts have been overbooked and there are more girls working than you expected.

• Some parlours do not have a private girls living room and you may be expected to interact with clients who have had a service and wish to sit around and chat.  Personally I find it very difficult to be ‘on’ all the time and find these sorts of places very tiring.  You may feel differently.

On top of this there are a number of very very bad parlours in the country. I would seriously advise any girls against working in these sorts of places: 

• Parlours where they take half your money AND expect you to tip the maid AND expect you to pay towards advertising.
• Parlours where there is a maid employed but you are expected to answer the phone and do the cleaning and laundry (and no doubt tip her at the end of the shift to add insult to injury!!).
• Parlours where they expect you to pay a bond of hundreds of pounds that is (apparently) given back to you if you prove yourself reliable. Don’t fall for it!
• Parlours where interviews take place where a parlour owner has sex with the girl.
• Parlours where drugs are used/sold on the premises.
• Parlours where you are forced to have sex with people you'd rather not.
• Parlours where you are pressurised into having sex with people you’d rather not
• Parlours where you are pressurised into providing services that you are unhappy about i.e. OWO, A-levels.
• Parlours where you are not allowed a break
• Parlours where they ask for ID (NEVER give your personal details out)
• Places where you are expected to give your own tips to the house.
• Parlours where you are pressurised to show your face on the internet.
• Parlours where there are no fire escapes.
• Parlours which do not take into account your own personal safety i.e. drunk and aggressive men are let into the building
• Parlours which are unclean or structurally unsafe.