What Escort Terms Mean

A booking where the client visits the escort at a private address, such as an apartment. The address is shared only after an enquiry, never in an ad.

A booking where the escort travels to the client, usually to a hotel room or a home. Longer distances can carry a travel fee.

A long booking that runs through the night, often ten hours or more. It usually leaves time for dinner, sleep and breakfast.

A booking with two escorts at the same time. Some profiles call it a duo. It usually has a longer minimum than a single booking.

Any booking longer than the usual one or two hours, such as an afternoon or an evening out. It leaves time for a meal, a show or a walk.

Fly me to you

A booking where the escort travels to another city to meet the client. The client usually pays her flights and hotel on top of the booking fee.

An outcall to a hotel room. Many city hotels have key-card lifts, so the guest may need to meet the escort in the lobby.

How far ahead a booking is made. Weekend evenings and big event weeks need more lead time than a weeknight.

The price of a booking for a set length of time, such as one hour or a night. In Australia rates are quoted in dollars, and the total is agreed before the booking starts.

A part payment made ahead of a booking to hold the time. It is more common for long bookings and for trips to another city.

An extra charge on an outcall to an address far from the city centre. It covers the time spent on the road, and is agreed before the booking.

A client who books the same escort again over months or years. Regulars often ask for her by name and plan longer time together.

An escort visiting a city for a short stay, often a few days to a few weeks. A touring profile usually lists the dates she is in town.

Time out together in public, such as dinner, drinks or an event. It often comes before private time, as part of a longer booking.

The checks made before a booking is confirmed. It can include a name, a phone number and a call back.

A list of clients an agency will no longer book, usually after unsafe or disrespectful behaviour. Escorts on the same roster share it.

Girlfriend experience

A booking style with the feel of a date with someone familiar: easy, affectionate and never rushed. Talking matters as much as the clock.

Porn star experience

An escort term for a more performed, high-energy booking style. On a profile it sits at the opposite end of the scale from GFE.

A booking where one escort meets a couple together. Both partners agree to it before the enquiry goes in.

A massage that is sensual rather than remedial. It sits between a relaxation massage and a full booking.

A slow massage style drawn from tantra, with the focus on breath and touch. The pace stays gentle from start to finish.

A body-to-body massage style from Japan that uses a smooth, odourless gel. "Nuru" comes from a Japanese word for slippery.

A sex worker who meets clients by appointment, at a hotel, a home or out for dinner. It is the most common word for this work in Australia.

An advertising term for an escort booked at higher rates, often for longer social time. It describes the style of a booking, not a legal category.

The general term for anyone who sells sexual services, including escorts. Victorian law, health services and support groups all use it.

A business that advertises escorts, takes enquiries and screens clients. The escort and the agency share each booking fee.

An escort who works without an agency. She writes her own ads, answers her own enquiries and does her own screening.

A venue where clients visit sex workers on site. In Victoria, a brothel can now operate anywhere a shop can.

The name an escort uses for work, different from her legal name. It keeps her private life apart from her work.

Removing the criminal laws and licences that applied to sex work between adults. Victoria completed it on 1 December 2023.

Using condoms and other barriers to lower the risk of STIs. In Victoria, a sex work business must take reasonable steps so condoms are used when appropriate.

A legal rule that a person must say or do something to find out whether the other person consents. Victoria’s version began on 30 July 2023, and it applies to paid and unpaid encounters alike.

A part of a city known for street-based sex work and brothels. In Melbourne the name is most linked with St Kilda.

An escort of small build, usually about 162 cm or under and a size 6. On a profile, the word describes her height and dress size and nothing more.