I was 23 when I started this hobby. First place was an American place where you picked your therapist (these places don't exist anymore, at least not around here). I was young and naive, didn't know what to expect, but had a great first experience.
This was also when the internet was in its infancy. Had to find places in newspaper ads and bust out "mapquest" for directions
Any old-timers in here remember perusing ads in papers? I used to go through the News Journal and a couple of Philly area papers....and my personal favorite was the actual yellow pages in the phone book! I remember getting my new yearly phonebook and I'd immediately lookup "massage" in the yellow pages to see what listings were there. The good old days, lol