The question may seem so stupid I'm putting it into the "Talk is cheap" section.

I am trying to figure out what veggie massage is and what is the point of it. So it is a massage with no sexual services. But the women in the ads for veggie massage here are very lightly clothed, and they charge 250-500 for a massage, rather than 90-150 HKD at a typical massage parlour. Someone even reported paying $1000 for a veggie massage.

So some degree of sexuality is implied here? Is it the woman touching you with her breasts during the massage, or what? Why is veggie massage such an expensive service and requires beautiful women? Who goes for veggie massage instead of FS and why? (I should try it too maybe)

this has been covered before

a "veggie" massage is a uniquely Cantonese phenomenon - a speciality, you might say - and is quite sought after by connoiseurs.  It involves using various vegetables, sometimes crafted in enticing shapes ...
... but trying to describe it is a bit like trying to describe a foot massage: if you've never had one, you can't imagine the feeling

The price indicates the skill of the practitioner, and like so much in Hong Kong, the most skillful girls (and the highest priced) are not advertised anywhere, as they only perform for a small group of private clients.

Stay away from the fruit massages.  Not much fun at all.

http://forum.sex141.com/eforum/viewthread.php?tid=11767

Come on you guys, you're funny but I still just don't get the point of paying $500 for a normal massage when you can get full service for $280. There must be something I don't understand.

Just in case, I did read the newbie faqs, and I did do search for "veggie" in Q&A section of this forum, and yes I did read a few veggie massage reports, but I still don't get the point. I went for a $128 massage with no sexual services, what is so great about these massages that they cost so much more?

[ Last edited by  russex at 21-8-2013 20:30 ]

If you're talking about the veggie massage services advertising on the 141 DB, then you can safely assume that they offer sexual service, typically a HJ, but could be more. The reason they must say they are "non sexual service" is because they are licenced as legit massage places.

Away from the 141 DB, true non-sexual massages can be expensive or cheap, depending on the venue.

Yeah Russex, there are many, many people the world over, including punters, (and especially women) who absolutely enjoy a veggie (not sexual) therapeutic massage.  I enjoy them as well.  The good, licensed, well-trained therapists can do WONDERS for a stiff necks and backs.  They can have years of training to understand how muscles join and wrap the body and how to get the kinks out.  The good places charge decent fees.

All the term "Veggie" means is a non-sexual service -- and like all services in any industry you have the highly-skilled and highly-paid providers; and the poorly-skilled and poorly-paid providers.

I understand. It's just that, say, French teachers or lawyers do not attach a semi-naked picture to their ads, and we expect just to enjoy their great (non-sexual) service. I do not select my teacher or lawyer by their sexiness, she might as well be ugly, or a he. And definitely I would not pay a sexy lawyer more just because she's sexy.

Anyway I think it has been explained above. Thanks!

Ummm ... but I have to point out ... in Hong Kong millions of dollars of tuition fees are sold every month by pictures of good-looking smiling faces ... just look at the back of pretty much any bus ... they're DEFINITELY not selling their track-record of achievements and accumulated expertise!!  

and for me, if I'm choosing a barrister to make a compelling argument (for example) to a jury, yes i most definitely would choose the most attractive one, male or female.  Sex sells, and people ascribe super-powers to good looks.  

But that's by the bye

for the most part services advertised here are for sex, regardless of what they say
...BUT!!!...
with the comment that some of the providers try to create additional room for themselves to negotiate, by being deliberately vague about what they will and will not do.  

Caveat emptor - buyer, beware - and clarify before you walk through the door.

Yes, it's the context.  If these naughty massage places were advertising on a bus, they probably wouldn't need to state that they're "non-sexual service", but because they are advertising on a paid sex website, they need to.  By choosing to advertise on this kind of website, they are assuming punters know that they know that we know that the authorities know that...