Suppose you will be out of town for a few days and have done your research on providers and want to see just one provider.  You have it narrowed down to 3 or 4 providers with similar reviews.  What makes you pick one over the others? Her physical appearance?  Her age? The way she sounded on the phone?  How far she is from you?  Her donation? The tone of her emails?  Maybe you are just in the mood for a blonde?  Or is it just a gut feeling?  Or is it all of the above?

First of all donation. Got to play for what you can pay. Then pics, reviews and age. I'm more of a MILFY guy. Too young and it creeps me out. Late 20's to 45 is fine.

Donation goes without saying for me.  

1. Skills
2. Attitude (within the initial communication)
(I need to hear things like babe, hunny, or sweetie)
3. Looks
4. Location

If I was out of town for a few days and I had 3 or 4 ladies that I had not met yet that met my criteria, I would set up a date for each night of the trip.  LOL.  

If that was not possible and I only had one night available, I would choose the one that I was most attracted to.  

All the other factors you list (age, distance, donation) would have already been taken into consideration in addition to the reviews to narrow it down, so we'll assume that all that is equal.  

As far as the tone of her response or how she sounded on the phone, that would only come into play after I had made my initial choice and may cause me to reconsider, but luckily that has been rare in my experience.

Below assumes the donation for all 3 or 4 are within $100.00 of each other.

After reading the reviews I’d pick the one that I felt would line up best with what my personality is,  and what I was looking for at that time.  She’d be the one I’d contact first, and I'd contact her in advance of my trip.  
   
Physical appearance and age don’t factor in because if I didn’t like the providers look, and if she wasn’t in my age range, she wouldn’t have made it to be one of the 3 or 4 on my list.

I’m not going to make a phone call so that doesn’t factor in for me.  I will e-mail the provider, but at that point it isn’t to get the “tone” of her e-mails as I have already decided I wanted to see her

No one under 28,pretty face,nice boobs,great legs and someone on the upper end of the donation scale.

BBBJ vs. CBJ.

A provider, highly reviewed at a super fee? WHO COULD SAY NOT TO THAT?

MENU!

sometimes it's just a killer photo that gets my blood flowing.

.after all, we are bombarded with constant reminders to honor the boundaries and eschew emotional connection... It's a financial transaction where all other elements are considered bad form so we are left with our personal sense of aesthetics..

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I go with the first one who replies that she's available at the time I am looking for. With good reviews I don't usually need to talk to them. Her photos have some impact but great reviews can influence me too.

I start with a sort at DC or more often, P41;, based upon max. price, age range, geography and occasionally services provided, although what a provider claims to do and what actually happens can be two very different things..  

Then I scroll thru the pictures, taking a peek at the profiles of the women that catch my eye.  An interesting or at least informative profile really, really helps.  This is probably where I get most selective.

I will read any review I can get.   If she has many reviews, I do not get overly concerned with the extreme scores. I've found extreme scores, on a well-reviewed provider, tend to be due to a rare or unique chemistry issue.  I actually start with what appears to be average scores if I am reading them here at TER.  I tend to pay more attention to actual services provided and attitude here than anything else.

If I am still interested, I will check out her website. By this time, I usually have it narrowed to one or two.  Sometimes nobody.  Then it is just a matter of who gets scheduled first.  The "runners-up" get marked for future consideration and are usually the first ones I look at the next time I get the itch.

So far, I must say I have been very fortunate.  I would recommend all of the women I've seen in my short time in the hobby.

I look through all reviews, numbers and read them and check their website to find the most compatible ladies. Then, I try contacting them. Assuming, I get answers at roughly the same time, it will depend on how professional or awesome their answers are.

First, my minimal standards: must be attractive (at least a seven by my rating of photos plus I read reviews to see if photos are representative), must have at least five reviews with performance over 7 (6.5 if service-constrained), and no red flags from reviews (unsafe or dirty incalls, presence of potential boyfriend or roommate drama, indicators of drug use, too close to 18, etc.)

Lots of women meet those standards, so beyond that it's a combo of looks, price, personality, and likely performance. I am willing to pay for what I like, but more expensive means I have to wait longer between appointments, so twice as much means I have to be willing to see her half as often

And honestly a great problem to have. I think my final choice criteria would be her reviews, but then again they would've been a major factor in getting to that point, so I don't know for sure.