A little over two years ago, a successful, attractive, young New York woman was looking for a date as her plus one to an ex boyfriend\u2019s birthday. She tried various avenues including looking up \u2018Rent a Date\u2019 online, but had no luck! This episode got her thinking on how many women are looking for last minute dates to important events but have nowhere to go to find one. This spawned \u2018Rent a Gent\u2019.<\/p>\n
Meet Sara Shikhman, Founder of Rent a Gent, a former corporate attorney, who gave up the big league to pursue her dreams. My head was brimming with questions, <\/p>\n
How does this work?<\/strong> Club Rules are simple- <\/p>\n Who are the dates and entertainers?<\/strong> Who are the clients?<\/strong> Rent a Gent has been featured on numerous shows including Chelsea Lately, Jimmy Kimmel Live and Tabloids, including Glamour, New York Post. A little over two years ago, a successful, attractive, young New York woman was looking for a date as her<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":76396,"featured_media":72448,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"colormag_page_container_layout":"default_layout","colormag_page_sidebar_layout":"default_layout","footnotes":""},"categories":[1008],"tags":[2117],"class_list":["post-17686","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sex-in-the-city","tag-sex-in-the-city"],"magazineBlocksPostFeaturedMedia":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/asiancemagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/u-113x150.jpg","medium":"https:\/\/asiancemagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/u.jpg","medium_large":"https:\/\/asiancemagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/u.jpg","large":"https:\/\/asiancemagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/u.jpg","1536x1536":"https:\/\/asiancemagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/u.jpg","2048x2048":"https:\/\/asiancemagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/u.jpg","colormag-highlighted-post":"https:\/\/asiancemagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/u.jpg","colormag-featured-post-medium":"https:\/\/asiancemagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/u.jpg","colormag-featured-post-small":"https:\/\/asiancemagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/u-113x90.jpg","colormag-featured-image":"https:\/\/asiancemagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/u.jpg","colormag-default-news":"https:\/\/asiancemagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/u-113x150.jpg","colormag-featured-image-large":"https:\/\/asiancemagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/u.jpg","colormag-elementor-block-extra-large-thumbnail":"https:\/\/asiancemagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/u.jpg","colormag-elementor-grid-large-thumbnail":"https:\/\/asiancemagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/u.jpg","colormag-elementor-grid-small-thumbnail":"https:\/\/asiancemagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/u.jpg","colormag-elementor-grid-medium-large-thumbnail":"https:\/\/asiancemagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/u.jpg"},"magazineBlocksPostAuthor":{"name":"","avatar":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&r=g"},"magazineBlocksPostCommentsNumber":"7","magazineBlocksPostExcerpt":"A little over two years ago, a successful, attractive, young New York woman was looking for a date as her","magazineBlocksPostCategories":["Sex In The City"],"magazineBlocksPostViewCount":254,"magazineBlocksPostReadTime":3,"magazine_blocks_featured_image_url":{"full":["https:\/\/asiancemagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/u.jpg",113,170,false],"medium":["https:\/\/asiancemagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/u.jpg",113,170,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/asiancemagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/u-113x150.jpg",113,150,true]},"magazine_blocks_author":{"display_name":"","author_link":"https:\/\/asiancemagazine.com\/?author=76396"},"magazine_blocks_comment":7,"magazine_blocks_author_image":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&r=g","magazine_blocks_category":"Sex In The City<\/a>","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/asiancemagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17686","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/asiancemagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/asiancemagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/asiancemagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/76396"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/asiancemagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=17686"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/asiancemagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17686\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/asiancemagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/72448"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/asiancemagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=17686"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/asiancemagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=17686"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/asiancemagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=17686"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nReal Simple she explained\u2026it\u2019s like shoe or clothes shopping online\u2026
\nGo to rentagent.me<\/a> and select either \u2018Rent a Date\u2019<\/em> or \u2018Rent an Entertainer\u2019<\/em> and filter based on personal preference- such as Location, Body Type, Age Range, Hair and Eye color, Languages Spoken<\/em> among others, then click BOOK<\/strong> to reserve your date or entertainer. <\/p>\n\n
\nGentlemen ranging from 21-55 (average age around mid 30s)
\nMandatory requirements, 6 feet tall, 6 pack abs, and mostly at least a college grad. All ethnic backgrounds are accepted. Strict casting process, only 5% of all applicants are selected.<\/p>\n
\nClients are mostly successful, independent women ranging from 22-65, the average age being late 30s-early 40s. A large # of them are Asians (as we know have a high level of disposable income). Most common date request is dinner but some range from a date to a family reunion to a tour category_ide in a new city and some out of the box requests include pretending to be a pilot or a brain surgeon to impress family and friends. There is a good amount of married women renting dates as a plus one to key events where their significant others can\u2019t make it. Younger men are also preferred by a large # of clients!
\nInteresting fact: A client in LA rented a date for 3 consecutive days for a family reunion, rehearsal dinner, and a wedding!<\/em><\/p>\n
\nRent a Gent is currently available in 12 states including major metros:<\/strong> NYC, Chicago, Miami, and LA and Sara and her team are working on expanding this overseas in Europe and Australia. To check if you can \u2018Rent a Gent\u2019<\/strong> in your area and to learn more about this service, go to rentagent.me<\/a>\/contact@rentagent.me
\nSara and\/or her team of 10 will be on hand to help you pick your dream date.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"