I think it's important to make informed decisions. With these we can navigate our lives better and make choices that will benefit us whether we choose to do this work or not.

According to this information source that I've only discovered recently, that comes from a reliable trusty source, Global Network of Sex Work projects on the topic of sex workers and travel restrictions. The pdf doesn't translate to a link that I can send, but you can find their info here https://www.nswp.org/ and you might be able to find the article if you search Sex Workers and Travel Restrictions.

There is a paragraph describing an experience from a Canadian who had crossed the U.S border many times, on one occasion when she was with friends driving to a baby shower, says that as soon as she got to the border, the guard asked for the phone and the others she was with  .. she was sent to a second inspection, the guard kept asking her about her straight job, and other sources of income, then took her to another room and asked her about her sex work website, she isn't even sure how they found out about her work identity she got flagged before she got to the border and was interviewed for 4 hours! She signed a transcript of the interview and was banned from the USA for 5 years and and got escorted back to Canada ....

And there are more reasons to put anyone off. If anyone says this is an easy job .... think again .. you need to be mega informed and smart in your decision making ! All that agro ....

There is a paragraph describing an experience from a Canadian who had crossed the U.S border many times, on one occasion when she was with friends driving to a baby shower, says that as soon as she got to the border, the guard asked for the phone and the others she was with  .. she was sent to a second inspection, the guard kept asking her about her straight job, and other sources of income, then took her to another room and asked her about her sex work website, she isn't even sure how they found out about her work identity she got flagged before she got to the border and was interviewed for 4 hours! She signed a transcript of the interview and was banned from the USA for 5 years and and got escorted back to Canada ....

That's the standard punishment for living/working illegally in the US.  She probably crossed the border for work reasons and it is quite possible someone named her, they wouldn't ban her just for having done illegal activities in the past.  I have entered the States with someone who has a criminal past and was interviewed at the border but was still let in. 

If anyone says this is an easy job .....

If someone says that... it's because they don't know what they are talking about.

The escort profession is a combination of:
 

• sexual performer,
• small business manager,
• actor,
• communicator,
• and psychologist.

It is certainly not an easy job.

Reasons not to be an escort? If you are only interested in the money but not the other aspects of the job, this job is not for you.

And if you want to do it in spite of that, you won't be happy... and probably won't be very successful either.

I went through a phase of very openly telling friends about what I do because I was struggling so much with the double life and feelings of isolation and lack of connection that I was experiencing. I guess I was craving acceptance.

Nobody acted horrified, though I'm aware that things were said behind my back but the result that did come as more of a surprise was how many people expected me to set them up in business and although I did happily help a couple of friends, I rapidly realised that they expected me to do everything for them, as though they were entitled to a slice of all of the "money" they were convinced that I was making.

I had a string of people who seemed to latch on to me and time after time it became apparent that their motivation was to see what they could get from me.

Both from males and females, I made myself a bit of a target by sharing what I do openly. I found that people could get very jealous as they perceive that WG's are earning tonnes of money without having to "work" for it.

I've since relocated and have decided to keep it to myself in this new area. I'm past the stage of feeling that anyone has a right to know my business. A lesson learnt.

Oh yes, the hanger ons (usually guys wanting sex and/or s free ride financially cos they think you earn loads or occasionally some mad emotional need) being gossiped about, I am another who everyone knows what I do, I show my face loud and clear (selling point), not in a big city, I've been followed by group of guys in a car, recognised at traffic lights by another group of youngish guys, and even at garage had a group of guys tryna take a photo of me, smirking making jokes with eachother which really pissed me off to be honest. Since the profile had thousands of views in a short space of time at can only assume a lot are looking, there is not many escorts in this town. I could not care less to be honest but what you say is right..also a good friend is one who will not see or treat you different after finding out your an escort, very hard to come by i must say.

I was groomed from the age of 12 by a friends dad and some of his older mates (all dead now). Initially, I enjoyed the money and attention. When I was 15 the friends dad took me to France in the school holidays and I worked in a brothel (obviously I lied about my age and they didn't care). it continued until I went to university at 18. I stepped away from 'sex for money'. But I didn't know how to live 'normally' so I started escorting again, to pay for university.
I've been to therapy and got all the help I could from various sex worker groups and even the police. But ultimately, it's all I know. I'm 32 now. Still working but I have never had a proper relationship other than users, abusers and pimps.
I don't think sex work has ruined my life at all, that's not what I'm getting at. I'm just saying that I was groomed, then it became a means to an end and now it's all I know. I have tried regular 9-5 jobs but I am used to having decent money and my own timescale.
If anyone is thinking about becoming a sex worker. I can only suggest that you think it through, talk to trusted friends and speak to groups like this and Red Umbrella (I personally found them very helpful with my mental health).
It can be fun, profitable and liberating. But, like everything. It can be a nightmare.

Good luck to anyone starting up. x

I always thought this was the easy route to making money and it's been difficult with my emotions and relationships. It's also caused me alot of difficulties with how I view intimacy. I'm trying so hard to get out now and it's just not happening because there's always another reason why I need money, I have a regular job but it just doesn't cut it at the moment. Anyone else finding it really hard near impossible to get out of the industry? Xx

Before I started sex work, I used to be curious, dynamic, have various career ambitions, had projects and career related things I wanted to achieve in my life but since I started escorting I became more realistic and understood that there aren't actually many careers like this one, where you can get such good time/money ratio (I've always been quite money driven in my life general and also value my free time a lot) so I gave up on all my previous careers ambitions and projects to focus on escorting only.

Nowadays, I have no more ambitions, no more projects, no more curiosity, no professional skills other than escorting and in my case, I see this as a negative because I really don't want to do this all my life but have no more ambitions to do anything else.

All those reasons are valid but if you move to what you call as a normal job, there will be just as many negative reasons for that job too.