“Escort Services are companies that book and dispatch female or male prostitutes to a customer's house or hotel room. Some agencies also provide escorts for longer durations, who may stay with the client or travel along on a holiday or business trip. While the escort agency is paid a fee for this booking and dispatch service, the customer must usually negotiate an additional fee for any sex work services. “ Wikipedia Definition
[The legalities of this article about escort services varies from state to state and country to country, please know the state and federal laws in your locality.]

XOXO defines Escort Services as providers of female and male companionship to help you fulfill a fantasy or go on an erotic adventure with you. The money that you exchange with these services is strictly for companionship, not sex. Any sex that occurs between a client and an escort is incidental and solely at the discretion of two consenting adults. Escorts are not prostitutes. They are highly trained, intelligent men and women providing a service for business or personal situations. Whether you are traveling or at home and in need of some company an escort is always available to you.

There are two types of Escort Services. The most common is the Independent Service, usually a man or a woman who is working exclusively for themselves and not subject to the rules and guidelines of an agency. Independents generally offer a wider range of services. The other type of Escort Service is the Escort Agency. An Escort Agency will offer you a wider selection of companions but have stricter guidelines for services that their escorts can offer. The upside to dealing with an agency is having an established place of business to hold accountable if you’re not satisfied. Typically an Escort Agency will have a physical address in addition to a web presence that doesn’t change. Independents are a gamble because they have no ties that keep them in one place.

On January 25, 2008 FOXNews.com ran a story titled “Japanese Women Paying for Gigolos, but Staying Sex Free.” In this story FOX contradicts the general stereotypical statement made by Wikipedia about Escort Services being prostitution businesses. The demand for male escorts for women between the ages of forty and fifty has increased in Japan and the women are not looking to purchase sex. They are simply looking for companionship, cuddling and occasionally massage services. These encounters have been coined as “rent-a-fling” gigolo services without the sex. One aging housewife is quoted as saying, “Just seeing the faces of people who notice you walking around with a gorgeous guy on your arm is enough. I might get the occasional sensual massage, but we never have sex.” This woman pays 10,000 yen, or about $83 USD for two hours once a week.

XOXO Escorts would like to thank FOXNews.com for informing the public about some of the truth about Escort Services. We have worked very hard to create a website that is entertaining and informative about the escort industry. Agencies and Independents alike have placed ads and links in our site because we portray the business for what it is, a service industry that provides companionship for those who need it. We hold each of the escorts out there in the highest esteem and take offense when they are referred to as common prostitutes. Female and male escorts are professional companions who can help overcome loneliness or be a valuable asset in a business situation. If you travel to a foreign country they can be a guide or translator for you and if you’re going on a long trip they can split the driving. Escorts are beautiful, intelligent men and women who should be treated with respect.