Has anyone ever asked a girl if she would match HoD pricing when booking direct. Girl gets more money, punter saves money and you avoid HoD.
Someone must have tried that. I've seen that HOD girls generally charge more when operating indie. However, they have to cover their own operating costs (mainly somewhere to offer services) and they probably attract fewer clients since the HOD machine does bring them in.
Simplistically, say she earns 60% at HOD and has 6 hour bookings in a day so earns £470/day.
Working solo @ £200/hr at a £100 hotel, she might have half the number of clients, so earns £500/day
Obviously there are other variables/costs, and some of the assumptions may be out, but depending on how many indie clients she has on any given day, it might be attractive to her. Probably better to see her at HOD first and have a chat about it for any repeat visits.