On outcalls I do set an alarm on my phone. I say, "Let me just put my phone on silent." I put it in airplane mode and then set the alarm. I set it for exactly the time they've paid for, starting from that moment. So, the initial couple of minutes and hello kiss aren't counted. I'm not dead set on being out the door within the sixty minutes, but I won't go beyond the time they have paid for.

I am going to look for a pretty, delicate watch to wear when I'm next on tour as I generally like to keep an eye on things so that I can see how they are progressing. This can work in their benefit, as well: if the between-pops chatting looks like it may be going on too long a glance at the clock will remind me that it's time to initiate a second round.

I understand that clients may hate that we watch the clock but you will notice that they do, as well: some of them feel mighty cheated if they leave in 45 minutes. I am just careful to respect their money as well as my time and I will never indicate that they ought to leave until their time is up.

I will go overtime when I feel like it. That is my prerogative.

I use my security buddy.  When I ring him at the beginning of a session, I just tell him to call back at the allotted time in front of the client. Then when I hear my phone vibrate at the side of the bed, I make a point of telling the client that it's my security buddy.  That gives them the prompt they need to get up and get ready.

I bought a plug in digital clock and put it in clear view of bed, when the booking begins they can see the time and know during the booking how much time they have left and when the booking is over. That keeps most clients on schedule and means they know you have been fair.

I usually get up and put my cover up robe on, "it was really nice seeing you, would you like a shower before you go?"

Just make sure it's digital (much easier for clients to read) and in clear view of the bed.
I honestly believe most of my clients don't have very good internal clocks - some will book 30 mins then jump up at 20 and apologise for keeping me and others are the opposite but not many will intentionally try to keep you longer than they booked I've spent nearly 3 years organising work in 30 minute increments so it's easy to forget most people find guessing time quite hard.

I have an internal clock and I dont need an alarm. And I dont mind if they overstay 5-10 minutes as I leave plenty of gap between clients.
I dont like to be perceived as a clock watcher, its the punters most hated thing aabout us.

I completely agree with you.

Also what about just raising your rate about 10BPS, so you might be more relaxed about it.
If I am very happy with my rate I am actually enjoying to even give them 20min extra and they appreciate it a lot and some then even tip.
But not too often, as we know independents still don't get many tips for some reason.

I was always unsure of this so I went with just using an alarm on my phone. Making them aware of when the time had started and then just popping it out of the way. I like the ideas of playlists though, I have never thought to use music at all never mind as a timer if you like. Can anyone recommend songs that are good for this line of work ? x

I was always unsure of this so I went with just using an alarm on my phone. Making them aware of when the time had started and then just popping it out of the way. I like the ideas of playlists though, I have never thought to use music at all never mind as a timer if you like. Can anyone recommend songs that are good for this line of work ? x

On my playlist I have modern r'n'b and easy listening songs, like Jamie foxx, Alicia keys, Leona Lewis. I have a few in there with some reference to the job, like Jeremih 'Down on me' and Nelly Furtardo 'All good things come to an end' - this one is my 50mins song.

For the ones who don't seem to be in any hurry to leave pisstakers I'd love to have a button I could slyly hit that made the countdown clock noise.