This is mostly a question to the providers, but clients are welcome to answer as well.  

So someone has scheduled an appointment for an hour.  What do you consider to be the actual "beginning" of the appointment (i.e. when you start counting down to when the hour is up)?  And what, if anything, do you think is acceptable after the hour is up (that is, after an hour from when you think the countdown should begin)?

I think it might be a little unreasonable to say that once the provider is through the door (for outcall) or the client is through the door (for incall), that should mark the beginning of the hour.  Especially so if it is before the scheduled beginning of the appointment (whether for outcall or incall with instructions from the provider to call just before the proper time).  

Would you go with first kiss of the session?  IMHO, with many of the highly reviewed providers doing that right away, or others not doing it at all, that seems like a bad choice too.

Maybe it seems arbitrary, but I think that the first time a client sits down is a good mark.  It usually happens early, and when both parties have made each other feel at ease and are ready to begin whatever they have planned (let's say it is a dinner date).  I liken that to actually beginning a first workday at a new company after getting a degree/professional certification.

For after the end, while I think that walking out the door at the exact time would be the most courteous option, the time it takes to get dressed should be forgivable.  Other than that, maybe a 2-4 minute shower (without the lady having to join in) might be ok.

This has been discussed several(many) times.
For me personally it is door to door, or Knock to knock.  Either incall or outcall.
It comes down to the simple fact that you are paying for an hour of the providers time. If 1 hour isn't enough time to have the experience you are after ask if she offers hour and a half experiences.

You pay for an hour, you get an hour. How you use the time in between is between you and her.

Of course, in the interest of customer service and getting return business, the provider may strategically schedule some "slack" time for greetings and getting ready to leave.

Or she may not.  I have seen providers go to great lengths to cut short the playtime.  They might make you wait in the parking lot until 10 minutes after the hour, then small talk for another 10 minutes, then spend another 5 in the bathroom and broom you out the door right on the hour.  

Miami Companion girls were notorious for this crap, partially due to their unreasonable schedules.

I won't return to a provider or service that does business like that. Ever.  I won't even look at MC girls ads anymore.  

Thank you. It is simple really. You be respectful to us and we will be respectful to you.

I have no problem giving a bit extra time hear and there as long as: 1. it is not expected and therefore taken for granted.  2.  I feel appreciated when I do extend the time as my time is valuable to me.  

Although I cannot speak for anyone but myself, I am certain most providers have a similar feeling.

Hugs, Belinda

multiple hours, I don't concern myself with when the time starts or ends. Most often, my dates are for outcall, and I prefer to let the lady manage her time as she sees fit. I've only been burned on the time a couple of times, and as it turns out, it was just as well. Those were not among my best experiences. On the other hand, I have rarely had a lady get up and leave "exactly" when the agreed upon time was up. Most have been quite generous.

If that becomes too big of an issue than I don't believe the providers is worth it.

I don't believe that anybody should be abusing the time privillege, but it shouldn't feel like rush hour either.

Once I had a provider actually set an alarm clock...yikes.

An alarm clock? That's a little too precise for my taste.

There was a well known escort in Vegas who brought a kitchen timer with her, so that she wouldn't loose track of time.  We scheduled for 90 minutes, and when the timer went off, she was way beyond stopping.  We went two and a half hours, and I could see why keeping track of time was a problem for her.  Of course, I was a lot younger then, otherwise I would have been done, long before the end of our scheduled time. LOL

Assuming both parties are on time, I would once the two of you are together and she is ready to pay attention to you.

I sometimes call the girl as when I find the room number and when they picku up the phone I say "I am here" and then I knock.

That gives me an exact time in case she tries to short clock me.  I try to look at the clock, too.  Otherwise, I don't consider it a go until I am her focus, which may mean she has and has counted the donation and called her contact.  Then I look at the clock and say the time out loud.  

If I walk in and she kisses me and we are off to the races, then the hour starts from moment one.

If she has some bs burn up the clock routine, I am not paying for that nonsense.  My hour starts when she starts escorting for me.  

Here is a good rule of thumb for someone who will short clock you: she calls herself a courtesan....

When I wrote this topic originally, I was mostly thinking of GFE.  Perhaps I should have said that explicitly (even though most people responding probably are thinking GFE anyway).

I guess I look at it a different way.  Yes, you are paying for a set amount of time but that is a set amount of her time *as an escort*.  That is, you shouldn't be paying for time used for business related matters or requests that she makes to burn time like krackt mentions with MC girls (I'd not heard of that pattern before).

You're probably a responsible client (show up showered and shaved and on time); do you *really* think that you should be paying for the time it takes for her to check your ID, go into the bathroom to count the donation, phone her agency/friend, fix her makeup, and tell you to take a shower?  Now all those won't happen all the time, but your concrete in-the-door to out-of-the-door rule would mean that you are paying for all of that if it does happen.