Yea likewise too much contact before is a very good sign of TW. You have to be especially careful with these guys if you are working from home because they will try and get your address without planning to visit you legitimately, as in follow your procedure of (pretending) to get to the landmark you've suggested so you'll hopefully give out your full address from there. No-one wants the kind of crap even if youre taking bookings from a working flat or a hotel, but its especially worrying if you're working from home.

make sure to talk to them on the phone first dont accept any bookings by sms and dont text your flat number/floor, only postcode then have them call you on arrival. Don't open the door in underwear or naked

Make sure you have the local police station postcode to the ready  send to  known &  obvious  harassing wankers  if necessary !

what do you mean? that if we go to our local police they can give us a list of potentially dangerous customers operating in our area??well tks for the tip i didn't know this was possible

You don't need to go to the local police station .
I meant if you are harassed by somone demanding to see you or a known time waster just text the police postcode instead of your own .they will get the hint or not turn up anyway  so if they are an address collector also  not a genuine caller they don't have your details.
I've done this be and they never called anyway .

Hehe. 
Or give them a postcode to a morgue. Or to a place of worship, where they can reflect on their behaviour.

Once I got a text 'Postcode?' and replied with the postcode to the Buckingham Palace.
He texted back asking if I'm close to the Gloucester Road station.
It was very disappointing he didn't get the hint.

   

Meeting up for coffee's and meeting clients in public areas beforehand, isn't the best way to conduct business.
If it was through a dating site, then told him your escorting, is bound to put him off.
I would recommend, to get off any dating sites, whilst your charging.
Keep business separate from anything else, in this industry. 

Update:

Yep you were correct, my first so called client was a complete timewaster, Lots of contact right up until his car supposedly broke down and he could not make it to mine. He wanted to reschedule for next weekend and said he would be a regular if I dropped my  prices, lol. I politely told him not to waste my time and not to contact me again.

I literally spent my last bit of money on some new bedding, duvet and towels too just for escorting 

Lesson learned, thanks for your comments, I am so glad I found this forum 

All the warning signs, incredible how many car breakdowns happen to supposed genuine punters.

I remember one new client actually changing his own tyre to get to me, he noticed I was incredibly surprised. Yes I was because usually that's the end of that.

Very impressed.

Screen the hell out of them. I work from home and have to be very particular in who I allow in. Although I've had boundary pushers I've actually had very few problems and been working from home for nearly 2 years.
I have a verisure alarm with a panic button by the front door, cameras (if alarm triggered) and a panic button by the bed.
Make sure someone knows you're seeing someone and to check in on you if you don't get back to them.
I ask them lots of questions about my profile to make sure they've read it. Anyone that fails is told I will not see them.
I don't send the actual postcode, I send the next street, so if they no show me, cancel minutes after booking or fail to follow my strict arrival procedures they get blocked. I can't actually see them from where I tell them to park although sometimes I'll ask what colour the door is it they are parked by to ensure they are actually there.
I don't give full address via text, it has to be via phone. Because I don't want them repeating my address on the street they have to phone from inside their car, therefore I do not allow visitors by taxi or bus, or by foot.