My advice beyond your observations about hygiene is, know what the price structure is in your area. Plan to pay the house fee PLUS the tip in cash.

Make sure you’re clean. Have the money separated by pocket. I put the house fee in a front pocket and then the tip in the back. If you’re new, you might not know how much you will have to tip, so it might be worthwhile to put the max amount you’re willing to tip for the first time.

You can haggle if you want, but don’t be a douche about it. There’s lots of historical posts and knowledge about what is normal, but for normal L1, you are looking at 50-80.

Don’t be nervous or explicit. As far as anyone knows, you are going in for a massage only. Nothing wrong with that. And in my area at least, the MTs don’t have good English so expect to not be able to communicate that well. Body language, pointing and nodding/shaking your head will probably be most of the conversation.

Always get naked when getting on the table. I’ve seen people say that you shouldn’t put a towel over yourself either, so far my results have been mixed with that.

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