There have been enough 'newbies' lately, and enough occurrences to enough ladies to finally decide to post this post.
I feel that communication is very important, so this post is simply about communicating some things, that perhaps some of you don't know.
Either you come from a different area and things were done differently there, or you are new to this 'hobby community' and are simply not aware of the protocol, but whatever the reason, I have decided to post this so that it is openly communicated and then there are no hard feelings between the ladies and gentlemen once we have this understanding.

When you book your 'date' with the lady, and we'll say it's for three hours, which may include lunch/dinner or perhaps a longer date to include entertainment, the clock begins at the appointed time of the date, NOT at the time you have your private time. She has reserved that slot of time for you, and that's the start of the date. After all, it is the TIME you are paying for. There are some of you out there, who think that if you book two hours and one hour is spent at dinner, and the other hour is spent privately, then you're fee is for the ONE hour. No, it is for the two hours that you reserved with her. Equate that with renting an apartment. You rent an apartment and then go on a two week vacation. Can you pay your landlord only two weeks rent because you weren't there the other two weeks? No, they have that apartment rented to you which means it's not available to anyone else for that time slot. It's the same thing.

I am referring to just the standard expectation because if we don't discuss it, and it hasn't been communicated, how can anyone know? It has occurred enough lately and some ladies are feeling 'shorted' enough to a point, that it's time to talk about it!
Now, granted, sometimes there are 'deals' made, or she's voiced that this part of the date will be 'off the clock' to you, etc, and that's between you and her, but the standard expectation is the date begins when she arrives.

Which leads to the next thing. If the lady is late by let's say a half hour for her two hour date, then you both can decide whether the date just went to 90 minutes, or simply was extended a half hour later (that's easy), but if the gentleman is a half hour late, and she had that time reserved for you, expect to pay the two hour rate and not short her for you being a half hour late. Again, these are standard expectations, if you and she choose to work through them differently, that's up to you, but at least you know what the expectations are!

This is very important to cover this! For example, if you book a date with a lady for 5 hours to include whatever entertainment (dinner, movie, etc.), expect to pay her 5 hour rate! The fee is for her TIME and I think either some of you forget that, or are new to this arena.

Here's another thing. You feel more comfortable meeting the lady first so you invite her for a drink somewhere. The standard expected fee for one hour for this type of arrangement is $50. Again, if she chooses to waive that, or offer an alternative, that's between you two, but that is the expectation.

Also, the poor guy is somewhat in a Catch-22 because he has questions he wants to ask but knows that she can't say on the phone, nor wants to openly state in an email, how can he be sure he not only knows what to expect, but to be sure he is doing the right things? So, hopefully, this post will help with that, and then one final thing - please check her website and read the pertinent stuff on there! The TER profile is not where to look to see her rates etc. The info on the profile was created by the very first client who posted a review and is not relevant to your date with her. Viewing her website is the sure thing.

I certainly hope this has cleared up some things for you as well as smoothed over some areas that are starting to, shall we say, 'come to a head'? (puns intended)