All of your time spent working as an elite escort, both with an agency or independently, your safety is a top priority – “your safety is non-negotiable”.

You need to take the necessary precautions to protect yourself and those around you if you are to work independently. Therefore it is necessary to screen your clients in advance of your first meeting, both to ensure that they will not harm you and the client is not a police officer working to entrap you.

While working independently, you will learn the right questions and ascertain their intentions from experience, which might leave you knowing the hard way. An anonymous escort says they’ve “dealt with is people who aren’t straight with you, who try to manipulate you into situations where you end up underpaid or unpaid. So you develop a sense of when things don’t add up, like if they keep avoiding certain questions and trying to steer the conversation in the direction, they want to take it, rather than engaging with you in a fair and open way.”

Start off by asking a client their real name, home address, and for authentic photographs – legitimate customers will give you all the information you need, setting themselves apart from the time wasters and scammers. If you are on an agency’s books, they will screen all your clients for you, keeping detailed records of anybody contacting the agency. Often, agencies share details of abusive or scamming clients to avoid taking bookings from, so it is less likely you will encounter a bad client while working for an agency.

When working with an agency, they will provide you with a ‘security buddy’ who is there to keep you safe at all times during your time with a client and outside of work, consistently keeping in contact with you to ensure nothing bad happens. Most often, an elite escort will not divulge their line of work to their family or friends. So if you work independently, it is important that you have someone to fulfil a similar role or begin to risk your own safety.

Another aspect of your safety at risk as an independent is your identity while working as a high-class escort. You will want to keep your private and professional life far apart while working independently, not only for yourself but those around you, especially your children. If you work independently, use an alias and do not show your face or any identifying marks (i.e. birthmarks, scars) in your advertisement or promotional photos. You might want to have a separate phone number, email address, and social media for work purposes, anything from taking appointments to providing services – you do not want your personal details associated with your work persona. If you were to work with an agency, often these would be provided for you, or they would offer advice on how to do this yourself.

Additionally, it is essential that your client feels safe during the booking process. Most men seek to book with a reputable agency to ensure they are not going to be mugged, cheated, or anything otherwise.