Hello,
I absolutely love this site, joined today.
Started this work recently, gave 2 agencies a try for a few weeks and settled with one, they had 2 very different business models and the current agency suits me a lot better.
I am thinking of independent work for a few reasons, even though I do appreciate how this agency runs things. I am thinking of maybe doing a bit of both.
I need to go to another town soon for an unrelated reason and have to book a hotel, so I thought why not let this be the perfect chance to do what you call a 'tour'. Maybe I'm jumping the gun a bit, not sure. Do I simply, book a hotel, then advertise myself on Adultwork, saying 'I'm in X city tonight'. Have I got this wrong. If not, what else can you advise that I need to know.

(I also have unrelated tax questions but I thought I'd keep it simple for now- I've searched for answers to both here but don't seem to be getting the right hits)

I would probably advise setting up an AW profile now, if only to get some of the men who have an alert set up for new SPs and other time wasters who have no intention of booking you. It would also give you a chance to think about how you want to do things, what services you will do, what your boundaries are and also your screening process - don’t rely on AW feedback as your only guide.

There’s so much useful information not only across the forum (the search box is your friend) but also the main Saafe site too. Read everything, particularly if you do want to do want to try working independently.

Possibly the only thing that makes an agency worthwhile is that they act as a buffer and you don’t have to deal with the time wasters. Even so, agency work has never appealed to me. I have no doubt that you will quickly realise that paying an agency 30% is silly when you can do everything yourself.

Hi,
Thanks so much for all your input and replies. It has given me confidence and I do just need to bite the bullet. I’m quite excited.
I dropped one agency as certain services , that I actually don’t mind doing rarely,  with discretion, were just expected, like it was nothing, for a bit extra. Pissed me right off! It’s not the money when it comes to what I decide to do or not do when it comes to extras. For me it’s other factors, like how polite they are, and whether I want to invest in them coming back.
I like the idea of being able to fit a few bookings in early in the night, say until about 1am, and then to just be able to ‘clock off’ and get a full nights sleep.