Standard etiquette says cash goes in a plain envelope on the nightstand / dresser / in the bathroom, but who the heck is stocked up on envelopes anymore? I usually have work envelopes but there's no chance in hell I'm setting that out for someone.

While strictly speaking most escorts probably wouldn't care all that much... I find it to be such an easy thing to do, and it makes them feel safer faster, than why deviate?

Always white

But if you (the general you) prefer using one, I don't mind at all, but I do ask that it's unsealed.

But I always feel a little awkward asking if we can take care of business first.  Perhaps they forget...

Really? Are you too fucking cheap to go to the dollar store and buy some white envelopes? You are just the latest of several newbies recently posting stupid ass questions on this GB. What the hell is going on?

When my money is in an envelope. Personally I use the envelopes to mail off bills. If you don't bring it in an envelope then fanned out in my restroom is preferred.  

I don't mind envelopes, but I actually prefer no envelopes.

First two times, I use an unsealed envelope with "Gift" on the outside.  For subsequent  visits, I put cash on the vanity.  I assume the lady is not concerned about LEO after we've been together a couple times.

then follow those religiously.

I will use the envelopes I receive from the bank when I make a teller or ATM withdrawal, but the banks are getting cheaper and don't always give me back my cash in one. So, if I have one, I use it-if not, I don't. It also is a good way to right down the floor, room number, door code, etc., since I know I won't be taking it home.

There are providers that mention on their website that they strongly prefer large bills. I figured that it was because its easier for them to confirm the correct donation amount quickly and not find out later that they have been shorted. I suppose this would matter less if the providers counted the money beforehand, but I think both sides prefer that dealing directory with the donation at the beginning of the session is off putting and potentially dangerous for first time encounters.

Fucking A..

I can eyeball it and when satisfied, can get on with the job knowing I have been compensated...always makes for a better session for me.

Agree....while some of the topics have been funny, this boarders on nonsense.

it just seems a bit classier and more respectful to us both than "dropping a wad of cash on the table". Hell, I've placed the cash in a "Thank You" card inside that unsealed envelope - little effort, but a genuine expression of appreciation. Plus, she can always reuse the thank you card!

I agree with the $20 bills.  Not only are they easier to get and less likely to arouse suspicion, but I see providers in the $150-250 range, so there's no point in using big bills, anyway.

Just the biggest you can get.

Is that a shoe box full of twenties

Actually a standard bank deposit envelope will hold a hundred bills without bursting at the seams, in hundreds that's ten grand. Ten grand in twenties would be five chock full envelopes full of cash.

I have never used an envelope, nor do I ever plan on using one. If a hooker is so anal  as to refuse my money because it's not in an envelope she's most likely too anal in other ways for us to be a good fit.

Just a false sense of security IMO....

so I can't screw up & forget to leave the donation.  I quickly found out I don't like sharpo cornered  envolupes in my casual clothes...  The donation should be correct & precounted, always, so no fumbling.  I use a big paperclip to keep the precounted donation together.  
IF I was going to use an envolupe, I'd use a generic one that comes with so many bills these days...  and often do not get used...

I couple of years ago I had about $2,000 in twenties in my pockets, and I had to empty my pockets to go through the scanner.  Sure enough a TSA guy had me wait to talk to another fed (treasury?) who wanted to know why I had so much cash on me.  I told him I was on my way to Phoenix, and liked to go to the well known antiques malls over in Scottsdale where cash is king.  I said I didn't like the highway robbery of the foreign ATMs so that's why I travel with the cash.  After a few minutes he tossed me back into the ocean.

I typically make 50-100 flights a year and I have NEVER, not even once been hassled over a few grand in cash.

When I do a scan of the OPs in two pages of posts on the GDB, I have to SMH at some of the lameness.

is having the correct amount whether it is an envelope or not does not make any difference to me.

I have read the ladies like us to wash our hands before a session.  I am thinking if someone washed their hands, then laid down cash not in an envelope they would undo the good they did by washing their hands.  Or, if the ladies handle the cash then touch your goober, that would not be too pleasant.

I prefer large bills (Benjamins) but I sometimes don't have enough with me and I have to top off with 20s from the ATM.  

I prefer to have the cash laid out in full view and I like big bills. But whatever I am not picky about it. Money is money. Just as long as it hasn't been put through the ringer. A client last week paid me with all 20s and they were all jacked up. They were all ripped up and one had dried up blood on it! He said he got them from the atm that way. I was embarrassed to even pay with them but I did at some retail places. The clerks were like um these are ripped up. I replied " yeah well they are real". Haha!!

I don't know about envelopes except that I never use them. Always cash folded on the table, usually on the way in. I may say something like "I brought you something." Never ever had a complaint even from girls whose websites specify they want an envelope.