Just to chime in, if it helps anyone feel more confident with asking for a deposit.. I also ask for deposits for all meetings, incalls and outcalls alike, - bar maybe 2 incredibly reliable clients who’ve never cancelled, gone quiet or even rescheduled come to think of it, but even those the minute they let me down they’d be paying a deposit for the next time.
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Messages/calls wise it’s slowly picking up for me lately, I’ve been moving my locations around about once a week or so, and using a few diff sites, as I had been beforehand but now in regularly updating those as well as AW, - outcalls have been popular the last couple weeks which is just such a relief 😮💨