How much experience would you recommend before attempting to see a provider with no reviews? The girl I'm thinking about seeing didn't pop up on a random search. She has is playing things carefully, and wouldn't even show me a picture without references.  

one needs to avoid dire circumstances.

is very different. If I can't see some enticing pics in an ad or on a website, I am not going to be contacting the provider period.

this business is all about images & why would you consider her with nothing to go on?  

I can't even imagine contacting a woman who's ad contained no pics. and if she asked for references before showing a pic our conversation would end right then and there. Assuming I was drunk and bored enough to contact her in the first place which is HIGHLY unlikely

just ads in the weekly entertainment papers.

I have no idea how many women I met through the weekly entertainment papers like Creative Loafing, but between them, and the Yellow page escort ads over a period of a couple of decades I must have met several hundred women that way. I can't say that anywhere near 80% of them were 7's or better

I emailed her purely out of curiosity, because her ad said that she'd provide pics upon contact. Which isn't a big deal to me; I've messaged a girl I didn't know much about for basic info before. Then I found out she wanted references first, which was weird,but I had already talked to her a bit and thought why not?

She posted the ad on TER. She said it was her first ad, and I couldn't find her anywhere else.

I only contacted her out of curiosity. I wouldn't say I put much effort into it. I put more effort into starting this thread. Anyway, these questions are to help me in general, not just with her.

I don't understand the necessity to take one for the proverbial team. Based on your reviews, I'll presume you hobby in Minnesota. A major city. I typed in the search criteria a range of 5-9999 reviews. The first 20 pages (300 women) of reviews alone only go back to July 2016.  So in reality, you have a LOT of current well reviewed ladies to select from.  

Nothing wrong with asking her for some references in the form of TER clients she's seen or perhaps other respected providers on TER. If she's on some other "verification" site she can provide something there too.

One of the reasons I contacted her is that a fellow guest with more experience already posted that her pics were great and he'd see her. Normally I would wait for guys like that to write reviews, but she's visiting and I don't know when or if she'll be back.

She claims to be brand new, and has only seen some clients through her provider friend in NYC. I don't know if any of them are on TER.

to a website or another ad. You should be able to find out at least a little more info through that.

She linked to a website. That was the first thing I checked. But there wasn't much information on it, pretty much just what her ad said.

I did the personal ad and the yellow page thing too. There were many who were unsatisfactory. I would say the yellow page percentage was probably better than the personal ads.  
Like GaG, that's one reason I preferrred the SWs and MPs. You know right up front what they look like.

If talent like that was still working the corners, I'd still be picking up SW's lol

Some of the best looking hookers I have been with were SWs from Waikiki. Maybe not the best service, but we're just talking looks here.
However, the heydays were the 80s and 90s, and maybe into the very early 00s. I think after that the hotties moved to the Internet. SWs are still out there, walking the track in Waikiki, but the total number is a lot less now, and the really hot ones are few and far between. I occasionally see one that piques my interest, and sometimes have conversations with them, but I haven't gone BCD with a SW since 2002.

If the pics are to your satisfaction and her friend is both reviewed and willing to vouch for her, you have at least established a reasonable expectation that she is legit and not LE. Her performance will still be a TOFTT, but the major risk of her being LE or an ROB have been reduced considerably.

Thanks for the advice. I thought about checking out her friend, seeing what sort of provider she is. But I didn't know the proper for having one "vouch" for the other.

From the specifics (no reviews, no pictures), I suggest you stay away no matter what. Until some others have established her cred.  

She says she's from CA, but she's not Asian nor is she a spinner. She also says she's 29, which I wouldn't categorize as a coed.

Right darmody?

You saw a pic that grabbed your interest? Where? I saw a disaster of a site with a background that could've been a pic of a woman. It was blown up so huge it was all fuzzy. If it was a picture of a woman, it was about a quarter of her. I think I see some blonde hair, the outside of a hip and maybe a calf? The good news is, if the OP does TOFTT, he won't get arrested. Even LE would have their shit together better than that.

That's her. Good detective work. For the record, she sent me a picture and it does resemble what's on her website.  

Normally I would wait for guys like that to report back, but like I said above she is visiting and I don't know if or when she'll be back. Of course, it would be safer to sit on the bench for this round, see if any Minnesotans review her, then wait for her to come back.

And I was using my phone so it wasn't blown up real huge, and wasn't fuzzy. That 1/4 girl looked pretty hot (body wise) lol.
Anyway I agree the website is a disaster and she should have done a lot more work on it before releasing it. Anyway, like I said, the partial pic and the words in the ad grabbed my interest enough that I would write her and ask for more pics, but I don't like the idea of sending screening info just to get pics. Send me pics first so I can decide if I want to book you, then I'll send my screening info.  

I was using a phone too, and could barely make it out. Honestly, I wasn't even sure what I was seeing, so thanks for confirming my guesses, on the parts. Lol. I don't even have a calf, actually, just the outer edge of one. Probably different browsers or whatever.

That's why I said to PM the guy right away and ask him if he wouldn't mind letting you know if he sees her. He may or may not agree, and he may even ignore your PM, but it's worth a shot. If he does see her and gets back to you soon, then you'll have info from a guy with 128 reviews and it should be much easier to make your decision. If you wait for a review, she may be long gone. Let's say he sees her tomorrow, then he waits a couple days (or weeks) to write the review and then TER takes a couple of days to post the review, it could be days or weeks before you see the review, and she might be gone. Anyway it is worth a shot to PM him. He has 128 reviews. You have 7. Do you have any in common? I didn't check but if I were you that is something I would never if so I would bring that up in the PM. If you guys shared one or more ladies, you now have something in common, he might be more willing to help you. Also that gives you a sense of his taste as compared to yours.

And I can see how that one pic (and ad) could generate words of sincere interest. Personally, I would love to plan an event with the event planer but I'll wait for confirmation by others

I just did that and holy fuck,,🍆🍆
Ok the website still sucks and and there is no face shot, but the body does look good. I guess the site wasn't mobile friendly which is why we only saw part of the picture on our phones.

So excitable tonight. That's okay. I'll never be anywhere near MN or NY, and I'm not here to find porn. That's way too easy to find.

We don't have anyone in common; I checked. He reviewed a girl I came close to seeing. It wasn't NC/NS exactly, but miscommunication. I drove half an hour or more to see her and was left hanging. But I don't hold it against her (I swear), and would see her if I had the opportunity.

A couple of days ago I was perusing reviews for a particular city, and came across a very highly reviewed provider. I went to her website and it had no photos. None. Her rate was $600, or maybe even more.

I took your advice and messaged him. We'll see if he gets back to me.

Either she did absolutely zero research prior to starting or she is just plain dumb. She's 29 so usually ladies who start this when they are older and have another career are a bit more business minded when it comes to setting up their persona. Outside of that, things just seem to be a bit off.

I get what you're saying, but that's only if she's trying to build a business. There are a lot of reasons providers join the hobby, and some have more limited intentions. I take her unwillingness to share pictures and the quality of the website as a sort of extreme form of UTR.

Sure, but I think you are overlooking these red flags because you want to see her. Tours are expensive, let's say she is staying at a mid range hotel for the four days of her tour. That's at least $600 and the cheapest flight is $500. So she'd have to do almost four appointments just to break even.  

These are questions I was wondering about as well. While I firmly believe that every lady is entitled to run her business as she pleases, touring as a starting point is quite odd. Not only does the math point to this, but in my opinion it wouldn't make sense to start that far from home in case things did not go well. I could understand NY more if she has a provider friend there, but Minnesota (while I loved touring there) seems an odd first choice.  
That being said, I would agree with the general consensus of allowing someone more experienced in the hobby to see her first. If you decide to provide her with references, I would give the ladies you have seen a heads up too. A lot of us would be hesitant to fulfill a reference request for a lady who has that little web presence and isn't well known.

I want to thank everyone who responded. Whatever I end up deciding, you've been of great help. I will post an update next week.