My other post got no responses, so will try again 

Decided to take the plunge and offer some real time services - including domme and tantric massage. I don't know whether to use my own home in a small town or travel and stay at a hotel in a much larger city Mon-Fri. I really don't want clients to know where I live tbh. I have some real shitty neighbours too and the chances are someone will say something.

I'm just wondering if the costs will be worth it? Does anyone stay at a hotel for most of the week, and do you find it works out well? Aiming to make £2000 a week (will still be doing webcam/phone/sms in between too).

TIA.

I worked at home for almost a year; it was great in terms of money, but after a while it began to feel more like an Airbnb rather than my home. I could never sleep in my own bed, even if I brought new covers as it just felt dirty and I always felt unsafe even though most of my clients were lovely and respectful. Also, once you start working from home your personal to work life balance will plummet.

I eventually had to move as my neighbours started to catch on and i just felt so unsafe and uneasy, no matter how much i cleaned it always felt dirty and clients were constantly messing up the bathroom, leaving their smell & one time i even had a client leave excrement stains on my bed sheets lol.

Hotel costs & what you make back vary depending on what city you visit, you could tour cities as I've heard that's good money - it depends how often you'd want to work tbh - I know of quite a few relatively cheap hotels in good locations too if you need any recommendations

This is just my experience though, others might be different but if you decide to work from home a few tips id give are:
-Always have a spare toothbrush in the bathroom (more than 1, so it looks like someone is there with you)
-Always have the TV on in the living room (again, so it looks like someone is with you)
-If asked if it's your home, always say no its just an Airbnb (I made the mistake of telling someone it was my home and they began to stalk)
-This one depends on your comfortability, but if asked if someone was with me id always say 'my boyfriend and my friends are here as we all went out last night'.

Hope this helps, this is just my experience though yours may differ!xx

I'm the same as MissWolf as long as you screen properly there is no reason why you can't do it from home.I usually see on average 4 clients per week...I've worked from hotels and apartments and it's not always been a good gain!

I have always worked at home but low key and not every day. Own my home and never had any problem at all.

I really didn't like hotels. In fact I don't even do outcalls.

How far is the city, are there any industrial or tourist areas near your small town?

I have a very low incall limit for the week, then insist on outcall only. I then webcam, phone chat around it.

May depend on the location, and transport options.

I done home and hotels. I rented a flat was busy for a while then work tailed off as not new girl in the area. I also had punters just turning up without a booking.

I now stick to touring only, hotels/ apartments. Least if I get a stalker i can change rooms or move hotels. But if punter works out you working fro home can cause problems. I know one escort was working from rented apartment and some punter she stopped seeing plastered her aw through her neighbours post boxes saying there's a prossie at flat number such and such this is her aw profile.

Yet I know other escorts who have worked from home for years and had no problems.

So personally i'd book hotel or rent a work apartment.

I work from home and I find it more cost effective than using a hotel. I’m not sure about the hotel prices around your area but I am in London and it’s very expensive. There is pros and cons of both though. At home l feel more relaxed and can take bookings whenever I like. Hotels you have the reception where you don’t know if they’re gonna stop your client or not allow guests after a certain time. Some clients don’t like to go to hotels or are too nervous too. My rent is £1500. Hotels in London are average £200 per night. Cost are clearly lower and less pressure to consistently get bookings to just cover your hotel cost. I despise having to wait in a hotel all day, as I said it takes a little less pressure off you working from home if you are renting somewhere you can afford and know you’ll make money to easily cover your rent and other expense. Cons: if you’re renting you won’t be able to tell your landlord what you’re doing unless they allow that, which I’m sure  99% won’t  (unless they’re advertising on AW). Your contract might state you’re not allowed to work from home, meaning you won’t be able to claim it as an expense on your tax return. So you’re taking the risk lying and will have to hope your neighbours don’t make any complaints.

There are pros of hotels: the main I guess is it’s safer, clients won’t know where you live, you can put it as an expense in your tax return. It depends how long you want to do this for if it’s short term then hotel is better option, long term I would say at home where you can build regulars and have a client base.

Thanks for your responses.

I think I'm going to take the plunge and offer meets from my place next month and see how I get on. I only live in a smallish city, so not sure if there's even going to be any interest but you never know. I only deal with submissive men too - and in all the years I have cammed I haven't really had to deal with any rude men - which I feel is rare. I do have some shitty neighbours - but figured they work during the day mostly. I'm super lucky as you can enter my house from around the back so nobody would see the clients entering my home or leaving (unless they are around at that precise time). I also have some secure parking around the back of the house which is better than a driveway I feel.

I'm just wondering thought if anyone has transitioned from camming to meets/escorting? Would you say it's financially better, and a better work/life balance. I feel quite burnt out with camming and fancy a bit of a change. If it goes well, I'd probably jack the webcam stuff in.

I went from real life work to camming & phone then brought real life back in, all driven by the pandemic. I don't know if this is of any use but I can understand why or how camming could become too much. I mix the two to suit what I want to do, my energy levels. I am mostly outcall to keep  footfall down meaning i can leave my cam rig in place most of the time. I have learned by bitter experience to only dismantle it 30 minutes before an incall booking. I do offer both GFE as well as BDSM - I started as GFE then gained enough BDSM experience to start offering this by explicit request.

I do have cross over clients some book a private cam, phone chat, erotic emails, order videos inbetween and around bookings. So there can be opportunity use the skills you've learned to mix things up, have different income streams have different things to offer.

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