If You Go Down To The Woods Today
27/10/2022Diamonds & the Demi-monde
28/12/2022I wanted to have a little chat about rates / fees / donations / considerations or whatever you choose to call them. I doubt it’s gone unnoticed that while most companion rates are the same/similar, we do not have a one size fits all policy at Lulu Black. You may (incorrectly) be thinking that companions with higher rates are somehow ‘better’ than those with lower rates.
I wanted to chip in and clarify: that’s not the case.
I thought long and hard about rates and equity of booking access when looking at the rate structure for Lulu. My main consideration being that different areas of the UK have different benchmark price points. In London, for example, paying £700 for 2 hours companionship is quite normal and it can often be much higher. While in cities elsewhere, the average 2 hour rate may often be below £600.
Would it be fair and right of me to work with a lady at the opposite end of the country to London and insist she has a very high rate? While I could huff and puff that no companion on the team is worth more than another, I may be doing her a massive disservice by pricing her out of her local market.
So as a general rule, the rates shown are always influenced by the city in which the companion does most of her work, as well as her own personal opinion on how much her time is worth. Rate structure is flexible and does change.
Other things worth noting (for transparency):
When booking a duo, the lower rated companion’s fees are always upped to match the higher rated companion’s fees. And if you’re booking a duo/trio/moresome overnight (proving very popular with our libertine clients) I will be the boring, sensible voice asking you to please ensure adequate sleeping arrangements, either an extra bed in the room or a separate bedroom altogether. Three or four people sleeping in a king bed is just not cricket.
If you invite a companion out of her resident area and it’s a late finish, there will be an additional fee added to cover a local hotel room for the night. I am not trying to screw as much money as possible out of you here, I am just being a responsible booking organiser. I don’t want anyone falling asleep behind the wheel on the motorway, or getting stranded/sexually assaulted/worse on a late-night train.
All pretty sensible really, and be assured that when you enquire about your date, all charges and fees will be made clear before you part with your deposit. And where there is an uplift, it will be explained why. Often it can be avoided with an earlier finish or a location tweak.
It goes without saying but thank you so very much for supporting the Lulu companions to work safely and sensibly. It’s a win-win really, because the more relaxed, grateful and inspired a companion feels, the better time you will have as a result. That is a stone-cold, undeniable, hard fact!
Lulu xx