When using a two call system, when should you make the second call.  I know you're not supposed to arrive early.  But if you have a 1:00 appt, and you call at 1, does the time start when you get to the room or at 1?  Or if you arrive 5 minutes before and call then is that considered arriving early and thus not good?

I usually call when across the street, maybe 3-5 minutes before time, so 12:58ish according to your 1pm meeting.

That gives me time to get upstairs and gives her a "2-minute warning"

It was not unusual at one time for a provider to have you call from a specific location where she can see you from a window and be sure that you are really there.

Sometimes they would have you call from a spot where a certain number or other identifing sign would be present and ask you to read it as a way of confirming your presence.

Hotel date, call from the lot.  Going to private home call when you park.  She will need time to get ready no matter what. Come on what woman is ready right on time?

I usually go the 5 minute route and just say that I'm in the parking lot and I'm ready whenever she is.

Some ladies do it differently though. One of my ATFs once she got to know me told me to call her when I got in the vicinity of her house even if it was 15-20 minutes early because she would start early (and often let me go over time, what a great gal) if I was ahead of schedule.

Another ATF has someone else doing her scheduling and she told me to call her up if I was early and she'd check if my date was ready yet.

I dunno.  I almost always always always get lost, especially if it is an apartment or condo, so I aim for 15 minutes early.