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I appreciate clients booking in advance. I get messages like, ‘I’m coming to London first week of September (this is in say June) are you available for booking?’ and I will say ‘yes’ or ‘no’ if I’m planning to be away then.
The client might leave booking an actual time until nearer the first week in September and that’s fine but it could be that I’m all booked up for the times he wants. That’s just tough luck so I’d always say to book in advance if possible. I’ve no problem with clients booking 2 or 3 months hence. 
I’m always surprised when clients ask for bookings on the day or for say ‘3pm tomorrow’ when they’re planned their visit months in advance yet they’re somehow expecting I’ll be free at the drop of a hat. Then they’re disappointed because I couldn’t see them on their visit, and so am I because I feel sorry for them.
If you definitely want a session then please book it in advance! I’m not just hanging around all day on the chance someone wants to book. 
I must get about 4 or 5 requests a week for ‘are you free in the next hour or so’ and 99% of the time I have to say no. Think about it…if he’s free in the next hour is he likely to be any good? Will he be focused and prepared for you? It’s unlikely. I think the chances of having a good experience are greatest if you have booked in advance. 

I agree Cade Maddox is Hot as fuck

Burner phone…

This is why YOU are on PrEP.  Only you can guarantee your own health.
It's Russian Roulette relying on someone else to be responsible for your sexual health.

I'd charge 20% more for being asked in a grammatically incorrect way. 

A little research on the meaning of "sex work" reveals it includes escorting, performance in and production of pornography, stripping, and providing of phone sex. None of those activities are classified as providing sexual intercourse in exchange for money.
A worker is required to report all of their earned income and pay taxes on that income net of deductions. For a self-employed individual, expenses incurred as a result of running their business can be considered a deduction. The manner by which the individual earns the income is irrelevant. 
As has been discussed several times, escorting is not illegal. An escort who reports their income as follows 

 
is not misreporting their occupation, is not committing tax evasion (unless they under-report income) and is not engaging in money laundering.   FinCEN (Financial Crimes Enforcement Network, a unit of the United States Department of the Treasury) describes money laundering like this:
"Money laundering is the process of making illegally-gained proceeds (i.e. "dirty money") appear legal (i.e. "clean"). Typically, it involves three steps: placement, layering and integration. First, the illegitimate funds are furtively introduced into the legitimate financial system. Then, the money is moved around to create confusion, sometimes by wiring or transferring through numerous accounts. Finally, it is integrated into the financial system through additional transactions until the "dirty money" appears "clean." Money laundering can facilitate crimes such as drug trafficking and terrorism, and can adversely impact the global economy." 
Describing an escort's business on a tax form as what it is, "escorting," does not involve any of the elements described above. Without the elements described above, there is no money laundering.
 
Bringing this back to the topic, given the cost of living in New York City I don't think $400 per hour for an escort is exorbitant.

In the pursuit of preventing the possibility of any rancour developing in this conversation, for the sake of precision, you are correct that @Benjamin_Nicholas did not have any link in the post you quoted. He did, however, post a link, in a separate post, to a source some 20 minutes later after another member had posted a comment, and before you and he had begun to discuss the issue. He did not subsequently add anything to the post you quoted.
The effect of local prices and incomes in any city is a reasonable part of a discussion of escort rates there, and any information that adds to that data is appropriate.

I realise with clients I have to be on time, so I really try hard with that. Also where I do most of my massages I have the space for the time booked (plus around 15 mins either end) so I do have to be careful to start and finish on time especially if another masseur has the space booked afterwards.
If I’m seeing a client on an outcall at their hotel or apartment then I usually turn up on time (max 10 minutes late) but I’m flexible about when I leave (if they’re ok with that) so it always goes on longer than planned, sometimes by over an hour because I lose track of time especially if there’s no clock visible. I don’t wear a watch, never owned one. 
I remember one time I’d been booked to meet a client and another provider at the client’s hotel. It was about an hour drive away. The plan was that the other escort (who I knew) would start with him first and then I’d join them for the second half of the session. The client wanted a one on one session and then a 3some as part two. Fine, so it was planned for me to join them a couple of hours after they started.
At the right time I set off from home and feeling very happy with myself I arrived at the hotel exactly to the minute at the right time (no waste by being early 🙂). I had the room number so I went to the door and knocked. Assuming they’d be on the mid session break and ready for me.
I could hear some scrambling going on as bodies moved quickly and then the door opened slightly and my escort friend appeared around it, I assume naked as he didn’t open the door far. “Jamie… er you’re early??” he said. “Oh am I? I’m right on time, it’s 2pm we said didn’t we?” I replied. “Yes 2….and it’s only 1pm now” he said “we’re not ready for you….can you wait a bit?”. “Oh sorry….er..yes, no problem, I’ll be downstairs, text when you’re ready” I replied. 
In my anxiety to not be late or waste time on a longish journey I’d misread the time on my phone, and in my car. I simply hadn’t noticed the hour being wrong and I was indeed a whole hour early for the session.
I waited downstairs in the hotel bar while they finished part one. When they were ready (at 2pm) my escort friend texted me to come up. The client thought it was funny I’d been early and had to wait so it was fine. A good session was had and I guess at least I wasn’t an hour late. 
I still have trouble understanding time though. It wasn’t until secondary school (aged 11 or 12) that I could read a clock face and on that occasion obviously I had trouble even with a digital clock! 
 
@keroscenefire With difficulty! As you can see above…is the answer to your question about how I manage in a ‘through-time’ world. I set alarms on my phone and am very careful with checking times for bookings. But being ‘in-time’ is an advantage in many ways because you’re always really present in the moment. I’m always open to explore (there being no agenda or timeline to keep to) and I discover things serendipitously by just being curious and having the inclination to wander off without any plan and see where I end up. 

Ya'll do love beating a dead horse.
He and his rate have been discussed dozens of times before.
If he gets it, good on him.  Clearly, he's not for everyone.
But continue to work towards that dogpile.  I'm sure it'll attract a lot more escorts here to the forum.

It’s possible that I’ve missed it, but I don’t think anyone has pointed out one of the reasons for “high” rates in the US is that escorting operates in a legally gray area in the US.  If you’re buying something on the black market, you are going to pay more for it than you would on an open market.
This absolutely depends on overhead and what type of practice your lawyer has.  In NYC, I doubt $350/hr will get you a law school grad at a large firm; it might get you someone who is practicing on his own.  In Billings, MT, it’ll probably get you a partner who has his own firm.
I’m not sure that an ad is the only overhead in this business.  Some potential ones that jump out at me: lube, condoms, PReP, testing, a home (can also be used for incalls), utilities, and travel.  There are also some natural limitations to the number of clients that can be seen each day unless Viagra is in play, which adds another expense.  And of course, there are other potential life expenses that need to be considered.
As to whether $400 is “worth it” or “too much,” that’s subjective.  That may depend on what’s important to you at the time you’re thinking about your options.  On RM at least, guys push a lot of reasons why you should hire them: height, weight, endowment, sexual prowess, educational background, conversation skills, worldliness, intelligence, physique, personality, etc.  If there’s some combination of these reasons that’s worth $400 to the prospective purchaser, then it’s not “too much.”  If there isn’t, then it’s “too high.”  

I have co-workers with whom I am friendly while at work, but I don't consider them friends.
I have one co-worker whom I regularly see out of work.  We are friends. 
There is a difference.
It's the same with escorts.  There are several men I hired more than once and I enjoyed spending time with them, but I never saw them off the clock (apart from maybe a quick bit to eat after a session) and would never have considered them a friend.  I also didn't give them things apart from their fee.  With the one escort with whom I became friends, that was demonstrated by the nature of our interactions.  It wasn't a declaration on the part of the escort that was manipulative.  We just started doing things that friends would do -- go out to eat, go to a movie, chat on the phone.  When I had no power for days after an earthquake, he allowed me to spend a night at his place so I could finally take a hot shower.  When I lost my apartment due to a fire, he allowed me to use his place when he was out of town.  In fact, he was more generous towards me in that latter crisis time than some other men I considered friends, one of whom basically refused to let me sleep on his living room floor and another who let me know, when my apartment building was still on fire, that he could only host me that night.  I'm still friends with that former escort all these years later whereas some of those other friends are no longer part of my life.

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A first time hire you probably should take the initiative to go to them. Crazy weirdos know then where you live and you could have a real mess on your hands. Just my $.02

At what distance is it acceptable to be charged for transportation?
The distance at which you and the provider agree.
Kevin Slater

It’s possible that I’ve missed it, but I don’t think anyone has pointed out one of the reasons for “high” rates in the US is that escorting operates in a legally gray area in the US.  If you’re buying something on the black market, you are going to pay more for it than you would on an open market.
This absolutely depends on overhead and what type of practice your lawyer has.  In NYC, I doubt $350/hr will get you a law school grad at a large firm; it might get you someone who is practicing on his own.  In Billings, MT, it’ll probably get you a partner who has his own firm.
I’m not sure that an ad is the only overhead in this business.  Some potential ones that jump out at me: lube, condoms, PReP, testing, a home (can also be used for incalls), utilities, and travel.  There are also some natural limitations to the number of clients that can be seen each day unless Viagra is in play, which adds another expense.  And of course, there are other potential life expenses that need to be considered.
As to whether $400 is “worth it” or “too much,” that’s subjective.  That may depend on what’s important to you at the time you’re thinking about your options.  On RM at least, guys push a lot of reasons why you should hire them: height, weight, endowment, sexual prowess, educational background, conversation skills, worldliness, intelligence, physique, personality, etc.  If there’s some combination of these reasons that’s worth $400 to the prospective purchaser, then it’s not “too much.”  If there isn’t, then it’s “too high.”  

It’s possible that I’ve missed it, but I don’t think anyone has pointed out one of the reasons for “high” rates in the US is that escorting operates in a legally gray area in the US.  If you’re buying something on the black market, you are going to pay more for it than you would on an open market.
This absolutely depends on overhead and what type of practice your lawyer has.  In NYC, I doubt $350/hr will get you a law school grad at a large firm; it might get you someone who is practicing on his own.  In Billings, MT, it’ll probably get you a partner who has his own firm.
I’m not sure that an ad is the only overhead in this business.  Some potential ones that jump out at me: lube, condoms, PReP, testing, a home (can also be used for incalls), utilities, and travel.  There are also some natural limitations to the number of clients that can be seen each day unless Viagra is in play, which adds another expense.  And of course, there are other potential life expenses that need to be considered.
As to whether $400 is “worth it” or “too much,” that’s subjective.  That may depend on what’s important to you at the time you’re thinking about your options.  On RM at least, guys push a lot of reasons why you should hire them: height, weight, endowment, sexual prowess, educational background, conversation skills, worldliness, intelligence, physique, personality, etc.  If there’s some combination of these reasons that’s worth $400 to the prospective purchaser, then it’s not “too much.”  If there isn’t, then it’s “too high.”  

I don't think I have seen that attitude around here, but point me to it if I missed it.  What most guys are saying , from my reading, is that there is a difference between cost and value...and they are willing to pay the cost only when it aligns to the value they desire. 
I have established limits for the various experiences I desire. Cost vs value is one of those limits. That means sometimes I walk away from an opportunity. 🤷‍♂️

It doesn't bother me at all because they're not entitled to my money and I'm not entitled to their service. If I see a guy I like and I feel like he's charging "too much", it's up to me to decide if it's worthwhile to make the investment. I'm not gonna get in my feelings and complain about the fact that he feels like his time is worth more.
If I'm out shopping for clothes or food or car insurance, I don't get upset because some shops charge more. I find one that I feel is appealing and at a cost I'm okay with. No sense in getting worked up.

It's a Google translate mistake. The original Spanish word "morboso" translates to "morbid" but actually means sexually attractive/kink/fetish/horny.

Well you seem to have answered your question…you’d know by their actions. If it turns out they really did mean the relationship has turned from a business relationship to a friends relationship then the line “I hope you consider me one of your friends” is not manipulative. It’s unfortunate you’ve had bad experiences when that has happened and I can understand your wariness. 

Talk about full service.  Offers a massage, tonsil examination, and mouth care.  What more could a man ask for?