Rates: the statement, printed in full before you book
Seven lines, in whole pounds, with nothing tucked into small type. These figures apply to every companion in the portfolio, at any address the account serves, whatever the hour you write. Two things alone move a total: the length of the booking and, far outside the centre, the taxi.
One hour
The shortest line on the account, long enough for a drink downstairs and an unhurried conversation.
Ninety minutes
Time to move from the bar to a nearby table without glancing at a watch.
Two hours
A comfortable first evening: one venue, one pace, no clock.
Three hours
A full dinner at its own speed, with the walk back included.
Dinner date, four hours
Aperitif, a booked table and a nightcap. Best requested by the afternoon.
Overnight, ten hours
Dinner, the night and breakfast, held with a 50 percent deposit.
Weekend
Quoted in writing for the dates you name, held with a 50 percent deposit.
Hello, I would like to book [name] on [date] at [time] for [duration]. I am staying at [hotel name], and will share the room number on confirmation.
What each line includes
Every figure pays for her time and her company across the hours booked, and that is the whole transaction. Fees are for time and companionship only. Travel anywhere inside Zones 1 and 2 is part of the figure, whether she is coming to Park Lane or across the park to Knightsbridge. There are no extras, no late hour supplements and no service charge added at the end. To lengthen an evening once it has begun, the extra time is agreed in writing before it starts, and only if her diary allows.
Deposits, and why the house asks for one
A deposit is how a serious agency looks after both sides of an evening. It tells the companion the booking is real before she dresses and sets out, and it tells you that her time is now reserved for you alone. A standard booking at a hotel or residence is held with 25 percent, transferred from your bank once the house has confirmed the companion and the figure. The rest is settled when she arrives.
Overnights, events and travel bookings take 50 percent. A whole night, a gala or a trip is time she cannot offer anyone else, and travel is often paid for before anyone leaves, so the travel component of that deposit is non-refundable. Account details for any transfer are given only inside your own booking conversation.
Travel beyond the centre
Zones 1 and 2 cost nothing extra. Beyond them, the taxi fare both ways is added and quoted in the same message as the rate, so nothing turns up later as a surprise. Heathrow and Gatwick bookings run for three hours at minimum, with the journey counted inside those hours, and are always quoted as one total. St James's, Marble Arch and every other zone on the account sit well inside Zone 1.
Changing or cancelling
Plans move, and the terms for it are short. Cancel three hours or more ahead and nothing is charged. Within two hours of the start, 50 percent of the fee applies, and a booking that is simply not kept is charged in full. If you are held up, the companion allows 15 minutes' grace; after that the booking is rebooked rather than stretched. Should the house or the companion ever need to cancel, your deposit comes back in full.
Settling the balance
The balance is paid when the companion arrives, in pounds sterling cash, or beforehand by bank transfer. Any transfer carries a neutral descriptor, never the name of the site. Cards are not taken, so no card number is ever requested.
Using the booking script
The script above is the quickest way to write. Copy it, fill the brackets with the name, date, time, length and hotel, and send it on WhatsApp or Telegram. The room number waits until the booking is confirmed. The reply names the figure, the deposit and the arrival time, and the booking page covers what follows.
The fine print
A long booking asks less of the diary around it: one journey, one arrival, one evening planned as a whole. Three hours at £700, a four hour dinner date at £900 and an overnight at £1,800 each work out below the one hour rate, hour for hour.
No. What was confirmed in writing is what you pay. Zone 1 and 2 travel is already inside it, nothing is added for late hours, and tips or gifts are never expected.
Only after the house has confirmed the companion, the time and the figure. For a standard booking, 25 percent. For an overnight, an event or travel, 50 percent. Both go by bank transfer. Your evening is held from the moment the transfer lands.
By the taxi fare both ways, stated as a figure before you confirm. Heathrow and Gatwick carry a three hour minimum with the journey inside it, quoted as a single total.
With three hours' notice or more, yes, except for the travel component of a 50 percent deposit, which is non-refundable. Inside two hours, the deposit counts towards the half fee then due.
Cash in pounds sterling when she arrives, or bank transfer in advance. Deposits always go by bank transfer, to details given only inside your booking conversation.
One line settles it.
Date, time and address on WhatsApp or Telegram, and the house arranges the rest without a trace.