I'm not aware of a real high-end market outside of London, so I don't know if charging twice as much as everyone else wold get you any work in Scotland. $500-600 is ?250-300, which I think is unlikely to work as an hourly rate, but who knows, maybe with the right marketing it could be done.

Touring is pretty common here, so there are touring boards. Apparently Punternet is the most popular for that (brace yourself, there are some very unclassy ads there). Punterlink and puntingzone also have touring boards. You can also put up a profile on adultwork based in Edinburgh, and you'll show up as new to the area which will get people's attention.

To make a US phone work in the UK, you need a triband or quadband GSM handset and a contract which allows international roaming. If that doesn't make any sense to you, you'll need to ask your provider. They probably have something on the website dealing with the issue. If your phone is prepay, it's highly unlikely that you'll be able to roam internationally.

You'll want a UK phone if you decide to work independently, you can order one for ?15 from Virgin.

Thanks so much for the advice!  I really appreciate the time you've taken to answer all my questions.

Yeah,  I looked on puntersnet and you aren't kidding!  There are some funny ads.  And it is a diverse group of women that are working from there.

I've been searching for  the high end girls over there and have found a few.  I wonder how much work they are getting.  The market in Chicago is surprising.  When I first posted I didn't have any reviews and posted a high end price and my phone rang off the hook!   Im thinking that I'll post on this site

  http://www.escortsupermodel.com/edinburgh-escorts.htm

unless anyone has any advice against it!  I'll recheck this forum this evening and tommorow,  and whatever I decide I'll do on Monday.  So if you think this link is a bad idea, please post back!

I know I won't book a lot,  but I'm hoping that with the Festival going on and with trying to push the fact that I'm on tour I can get 3 good bookings for the 2 weeks I'm there.  I leave on Tuesday!

Also,

Any cultural differences that you think will lead clients to have different expectations for our time together. I'm reading Belle deJour (about a London call girl)  and she seems to do a lot of anal.   Also,  marketing myself as kind of young and inexperienced (yet naturally sexy with submissive tendencies!) has been a selling point in Chicago.   Do you think  are differences in the way I should market myself in the UK?

Thanks so much for your help girls! 

Ohh, just saw this post,  am I too late to respond?  Are you there and doing the business already? 

Ok, if not, I toured in Edinburgh last month and had a great time.  I only saw one gent per day but all (3) were perfect gents and even gave me tips (who said the Scots were tight?!)  I recommend putting an ad on alba ladies website  and intimate scotland.  It may be too late for you to do that darling but anyone else thinking of visiting Edinburgh should find that helpful - the shops are fab too xx