With her as a reference, I'm sure you'll open up some possibilities.

If you want to go the screening agency route, there are two that come up a lot:  P411 and Datecheck.  There is also a good outfit that is popular in Chicago called Roomservice2k.

You seem to know the ropes already, so I think you'll strike it rich pretty soon.

I think most gals appreciate setting up an appointment earlier rather than last minute.

Ok, pretty much completely new to this, pretty much.  Did have two meets with a certain Asian mistress of Seattle a little over a year ago, but those were off the cuff, and pretty much just play (didn't know about TER nor that she offered GFE at the time)

Anyway, i'm going to be back through soon and decided I want a full GFE experience, looked up some trusted providers from here but the only one that picked up pretty much said 'no' right off the bat and wasn't really able to figure out why exactly.  I understand they might be skiddish of none 'verified/rated' clients, so I was upfront that I'd be a new client as was wondering how or if I needed to get verified ahead of time.  She said she was sorry but couldn't do it, I tried to inquire politely to if it was a scheduling problem or a verification, or even if she had someone as a 'recommend' (her website had affiliates) but she just said 'no' so I politely thanked her for her time and ended the call.

Anyhoo, now that has me worried about contacting others since I am not sure what the problem was. Is there a certain format I should follow while inquiring? Was it a problem with calling two weeks ahead for some reason? Or maybe it's because I said I was passing through Seattle when they are in Bellevue? (I planned on buzzing over for the meet)

Should I get verified through a service and only drop that I am a first time client if asked? What service would you recommend?  I'd prefer not to pay a bundle, and I'm not sure how that works when i don't work for a normal company. (work the family farm [ no worries, I clean up nice ] )

Contacted the provider I saw a year ago as well and she seems down with a meet, but I'm still not sure if GFE is on the menu and would like to dabble in more vanilla providers seeing I'm not REALLY in to the pain stuff anyway, but hey, if she likes it I'll play along. Maybe that will help as a reference but it's only one person and my window of time in the city is small, about 2 days going through one way and 2 back. Not sure if that's enough time to set up meets after your first reference. As well as being concerned the first provider will leave me with some marks, which seems like a bad way to present yourself to a new provider.

So yep, bit over my head here. Help on how to approach providers would be greatly appreciated.

Rather than keep being told no, ladies can see on your P411 profile that you have no refs and were verified through employment. If they don't want to see you, they won't respond at all, and you simply move on. Look for providers with profiles that say "Newbie Friendly" as a start only... many will still want to verify your employment first hand.

I agree, I recently joined and am glad I did

definitely share that you are a newbie and need extra TLC.  Usually, the more experienced or MILF types are better at breaking in a newbie as compared to a 20 yr. old hottie who just wants to get you off and then leave.  Get VIP so you can read the details in the reviews.