Saint-Tropez.

At the peak of the season — one to two hours for selection and agreement, and that's assuming the request is properly framed. For the same evening in August the choice will be narrow: there are fewer free models in town than there are requests. A realistic horizon for July and August is two to three weeks; for the dates around 14 August and 14 July, a month. We do take urgent requests, but we don't promise a wide choice on them.

Calm: 30-60 minutes for selection and agreement, and thirty to forty minutes for tonight on a weekday. These are the best weeks of the season on the choice / speed / crowding ratio. The sea is already (or still) warm, the Pampelonne clubs are open, the hotels are running, and there are no queues. If you have any freedom in your dates, take early June or the second half of September.

By advance request, yes — but honestly: from November to March Saint-Tropez is close to empty. Part of the hotel stock is closed for winter, Les Caves du Roy is shut, and the Pampelonne beach clubs are dismantled for the season. In that case the model travels in from Nice, Cannes or Marseille, agreement takes a day or two, and the format is usually a long one — a villa, a weekend, a trip. For a single winter evening on the coast we more often recommend Monaco or Cannes, and we say so directly.

The core circle in town: Hôtel Byblos, Cheval Blanc St-Tropez on Plage de la Bouillabaisse, Château de la Messardière on the hill above the bay, Hôtel de Paris Saint-Tropez by Place des Lices. In Ramatuelle — La Réserve Ramatuelle and Villa Marie. In La Croix-Valmer — Lily of the Valley. We also work with smaller addresses in the old town on request. Practically all of these hotels are seasonal: they open in spring and close in autumn.

Yes, this is one of the main formats of the season. The model comes to the quay at the agreed time and boards by the crew's invitation. The name of the yacht and the captain's name are agreed in advance — a firm condition for the model's safety. If the boat is anchored off, we coordinate a tender. The format usually runs 4-6 hours or a full day; going out to sea (Cap Taillat, l'Escalet, Port-Cros) is agreed separately, with the route and the return time.

In July and August it's mandatory, and weeks ahead rather than days. Club 55, Loulou, Verde Beach, Indie Beach, Nikki Beach — they all run on advance booking, and in high season "we'll come by in an hour" doesn't work. In June and September three or four days is enough. The booking is made by the client or their concierge service — we coordinate the meeting by place and time, but we won't get the table for you and we won't promise to.

Caves du Roy is an evening format with face control: dress and heels, no beachwear, shorts or trainers. The club is seasonal, running from spring to the end of September, and the economics of the evening are built around the table. On the beach during the day — a light dress or a tunic over a swimsuit, flat sandals, a hat. At Club 55 anything demonstrative is out of place; at Nikki Beach you can go brighter. Dinner at La Vague d'Or is the most formal scenario: a long or cocktail dress.

€1,500 for 2 hours, €2,000 for 4 hours in the standard segment. Media segment — from €3,500 for 2 hours and from €5,000 for 4 hours. Currency: euro. A night, twenty-four hours, two days and trips beyond the bay are on request through the manager. For peak dates (the two weeks around 14 July, all of August, Les Voiles at the end of September) terms are discussed separately.

Yes, and in Saint-Tropez it comes up more often than the two-hour slot. The model is with you for the whole period: breakfast, a day on the beach or on the water, evening, night. Pricing for these formats is on request through the manager — it depends on the dates, the duration, the route and the logistics, which is why we don't publish a single figure. The same goes for trips to Cannes, Monaco, Nice and the islands.

From Nice airport (NCE) it's a hundred and ten kilometres — an hour and a half by road in normal conditions and up to three hours in August; the bottleneck is the La Foux junction at the head of the bay. Helicopter — twenty-five minutes, landing at Grimaud or at La Môle airfield, then ten to twenty minutes by car. La Môle takes private aviation, but the runway is short and suits aircraft of the right class. Toulon-Hyères (TLN) is about an hour by road. A shuttle boat crosses the bay from Sainte-Maxime in fifteen to twenty minutes, which in summer beats a car.

Cash in euros is the main option. Bank transfer — through the manager, with SEPA/SWIFT details. Cryptocurrency — USDT (TRC-20 or ERC-20), BTC. For returning clients — post-payment and season deposit arrangements. For the peak August dates we usually ask for a deposit when the model is fixed.

In June and September — a 30-50% deposit the day before the meeting, the balance on meeting. In July and August and on peak dates — a larger deposit with the booking fixed two to four weeks ahead: otherwise the date simply can't be held, demand is too high. Returning clients work without a deposit, on trust.

Yes, it's one of the most common formats in July and August — most of our clients in season stay at a villa rather than a hotel. For returning clients, no further discussion needed. For new ones we usually suggest neutral ground for the first meeting: a restaurant on the port, a hotel lobby, a beach club — and your address for the second. The address isn't kept on file; it's passed to the model for the specific meeting only.

Yes. Cannes is an hour and a half, Nice an hour and a half to three depending on the month, Monaco two to two and a half. Sainte-Maxime and Port Grimaud — twenty minutes by water. Hyères, Port-Cros and Porquerolles are a "day" format, usually from a yacht. All trips are agreed in advance, a day's notice minimum, and terms are on request through the manager, separately from the base Saint-Tropez pricing.

Raise it there and then, not after the fact. If it's clear on meeting that the format isn't right, write to the manager within the hour. Depending on the cause: a replacement, an adjustment to the scenario, or a partial refund. This runs at under 2% of cases for us, and the cause is almost always an incomplete brief at the agreement stage. The more precise the request, the more precise the match.

It really is small — the old town takes twenty minutes to walk end to end, and in summer people who would rather not run into each other tend to do exactly that. So: communication only through end-to-end encrypted messengers, client data goes to no one, and after the meeting addresses and details are wiped from working chats within 72 hours. The model knows exactly what the current meeting requires and no more. We follow GDPR practice; data deletion on request within twenty-four hours.

Yes, there's a separate category of models for that format. The agreement runs slightly longer than usual — the details of the scenario, the expectations and the roles matter, and they're better talked through beforehand than during. In Saint-Tropez these requests come mostly from guests on yachts and at villas, more often in high season.

The regatta of classic and modern sailing yachts at the end of September is the last big week of the season. The port fills up, evening receptions run one after another, and for a few days the town turns back into August. We work as normal on those days, but with the peak-period caveats: book ahead, terms on request, and urgent requests come with a narrow choice. The same applies to the week around 14 July.

Meetings under 2 hours. Mass events without a personal client. Sharing a model's photos with third parties. Scenarios with a risk to the model's safety. Haggling after the meeting. We go through all of this at the agreement stage so there are no surprises on the day.

Free of charge — 24 hours ahead minimum in June and September, 7 days ahead for the peak July-August dates and for Les Voiles. Later than that, a compensation share, usually 30-50% of the fee. Cancelling an hour before the meeting — half the slot is due. Rescheduling to another date with the same model, if she's free, carries no penalty.