I also have a hard limit of £250 to start, moving to maybe £300 over time. That may then have lunch / dinner or drinks tacked on, plus the hotel costs of course. So there is an overall cost to me of £400 - £500.
It does take some filtering of course, I’m not a few hours in an hotel guy, it’s a day room with breaks as above or an overnight. I have recently had a freebie, until she started civvy dating, and I have had several days away with various SBs with one payment and then the trip on me.
I’m nearly 70 and certainly no looker, the women are 18 - 30, with one 42 year old outlier. I weed out professional WGs trying to import their price structure and semi pro SBs. If guys pay the inflated prices then they will continue to inflate. This world is a marathon not a sprint and it can be frustrating but ultimately worthwhile, in my humble view.
As always, each to their own, but I do get the feeling that there are people looking for SBs with an escort mindset. If you offer them time, wisdom, conversation and great sex then they are out there. There are a lot of women who just want to let their hair down and explore what you can do for them without the emotional attachment of dating. They don’t want a quickie in an hotel room any more than I do.