Ah the good old days. Charlies Angelz was another gold mine in the pre-SVIP days. Harvie was the gold standard though, IMHO. I've been regular in the Vic scene for most of the last 20 years and for me the high water mark-- in terms of numbers & quality of girls, open minded service and inclusive reasonable rates--- was probably SVIPs circa 2013 - 2019. Pretty much every month Harvie would have 2-3 new girls working, with the majority of the being in the 19-21 age range. They were incredibly well vetted and mentored, and the rates reasonable. Some of them would become established in the industry, and others might only work for a few weeks or months only to disappear from the scene entirely.
People talk about "extras" being a new thing but while the current system is more egregious stuff like BBBJ, CIM, COF etc. have always involved upcharges in Vic. Also Victoria, while possibly the worst for it right now in BC, was by no means the first. Beach Bunnies in Kelowna has had a $100 upcharge for GFE (kissing/daty) for at least the last 10 years. At least at VIPs one could almost always expect kissing and DATY in the base rate. I live for DATY so adapting to having to pay extra for it has been a bummer. My suspicion is that the current rate structures we see in Vic originated in Alberta. Island's Finest, for example, has a parent company in Calgary.
Unlike some it seems 2024 was one of my most active years in a long time. I shared highlights of it
here. In terms of overall qualitiy the providers I've met in 2024 have been as great as any previous year IMHO-- though it does seem to have slowed down in the final couple months. What has changed in recent years is that there are less younger women (19-21) getting into this in Vic. Perhaps the availability of options (Onlyfans, sugar dating) is in some part responsible for this, at least as far as Vic goes.
The biggest shift, as many have pointed out, is with the rates. However things are tough all over right now-- all aspects of the cost of living (housing, food, gas) have gone insane in recent years in Canada and only seem to be getting worse. Presently Canada is lower than Alabama (the poorest US state) in terms of purchasing power of the average person. So I guess (sadly) it's not surprising that what was already a luxury hobby has been placed more out of reach for many. I can already tell going in to 2025 that I'm going to have to be more selective and that I probably won't be making it to Vic as often.