Three hours of notice, or more
Change the date or call it off without charge.
NilThe desk is openLondon after dark
Rates · Pounds sterling
Rates: the tariff, stated once and in whole pounds
The Society prefers to state its figures once, plainly, and then not refer to them again. The tariff below applies to every companion on the roster; none is dearer than another, and none is cheaper.
Beneath it: what a figure includes, how journeys beyond the centre are priced, what a change of plan costs, a message ready to send, and the six questions about money that reach the desk most often.
At 20:00
Figures, softly
Each figure is stated once, in pounds, and never revised on the night.
The tariff · 7 lengths
Plain figures, in full
Every length Berkeley Square Society arranges, with its fee. Cressida repeats the figure in writing before anyone sets out.
In pounds · her time and company, nothing moreseven rungs on the dial
| Hour | Length | Fee | Suits | Enquire |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19:00 | One hourThe introduction | from £600 | The shortest length the Society arranges: a first glass at the bar, and time to take each other's measure. | Enquire |
| 23:00 | Ninety minutesThe nightcap | £900 | A private view on Cork Street and the stroll back, or a supper sent up to the suite. | Enquire |
| 21:00 | Two hoursThe long drink | £1,100 | Supper somewhere small near the square, and coffee afterwards with time left to talk. | Enquire |
| 22:00 | Three hoursThe second act | £1,500 | A reception, a concert or an auction preview, with a table booked for afterwards. | Enquire |
| 20:00 | Four hours for dinnerThe table for two | £1,800 | The Society's own evening: drinks first, a proper dinner, then a nightcap wherever you are staying. | Enquire |
| 00:00 | An overnight stay of ten hoursUntil morning | £3,000 | Dinner, a nightcap and breakfast ordered for two; best settled the day before. | Enquire |
| Fri | A weekend togetherThe weekend away | from £6,000 | Two nights or longer, here or abroad; Cressida quotes a single sum when the itinerary is clear. | Enquire |
What the figure covers · and what it does not
Within the figure
Included
Always within it
- Her company for the full length you choose, counted from the moment she arrives.
- Her journey to you anywhere inside Zones 1 and 2, whatever the hour.
- One figure, written in the thread before she leaves home and honoured to the pound.
Quoted separately
Only ever beyond it
- Past Zone 2, a taxi each way, priced before you say yes.
- Heathrow and Gatwick, a minimum of three hours that includes her journey, quoted as one total.
- Nothing else. No extras, no supplements and no surprises on the night.
The fee goes to your companion herself, handed over in person as she arrives. It pays for her time and company, and for nothing else.
Travel and changes · four lines
If plans shift
Short on purpose, and never altered once a figure has been agreed.
Less than two hours before
One half of the figure is payable.
50%Silence, and no one at the door
The whole figure is payable.
100%Running late
Fifteen minutes are held for you. After that, Cressida rearranges rather than rushes.
15 min§ 01
How the tariff is shaped
Length is rewarded rather than penalised. Two hours cost £1,100, which is less than twice the hourly figure. The four hour dinner, at £1,800, sits well below four single hours, and ten hours until morning, at £3,000, work out cheaper by the hour than any other length. The Society would rather you booked the evening you intend than trimmed it to fit a figure. Nothing is added for the hour at which you write, the day of the week, or the month, and the tariff has no half hours and no priced extras.
§ 02
What a figure buys
Her hours, which begin when she walks in, and her company for every one of them. Fees on this tariff are for time and companionship only. More is never offered, hinted at or sold, and an evening in which it is requested ends there. Her car to your door, late or early, costs you nothing while the address sits inside Zones 1 and 2. Dinner, drinks and theatre seats belong to the evening you are hosting, and are settled by you as they would be for any other guest.
§ 03
Journeys past the second zone
Beyond Zone 2 the tariff itself does not move; only the journey is added. Cressida prices a taxi in each direction, sets it beside the figure as one total and sends both before you confirm, whether the address is in Richmond, Wimbledon or a house outside the M25. Hotels at Heathrow and Gatwick take a minimum of three hours, her drive included within them, quoted in exactly the same way.
§ 04
When plans change
Plans move, and the Society minds very little, given notice. Cancel or alter an evening with three clear hours to spare and there is no charge. Leave it until the last two hours and half the agreed figure falls due; should she arrive to find nobody expecting her and no word sent, the whole of it does. She waits fifteen minutes beyond the agreed time, after which the evening is moved to a new hour rather than begun late and cut short.
§ 05
Sending the message
The draft below is the quickest way to begin. Replace each bracket, then send it by WhatsApp or Telegram; Cressida's reply carries the companion's name, the hour she arrives and the figure, all in one message. For a hotel by Park Lane or along Piccadilly, that reply usually comes within minutes. The booking page describes the one question asked before she sets out.
The message · copy and send
Ready to send
Fill in each bracket and send it on WhatsApp or Telegram. Cressida answers every point in a single reply, usually within minutes.
- 01
Who: a name from the roster, or a sketch of the evening you would like.
- 02
When: the date, the hour and how long.
- 03
Where: the address; for a hotel, the name on the reservation and, once confirmed, the room number.
- 04
Nothing more: no account, no forms, no documents.
To Cressida · Berkeley Square SocietyDraft · unsent
Good evening Cressida. May I book [name] for [length] on [date], from [time]? I shall be at [hotel name], and will pass on the room number once you confirm.
Questions · the figures
On the figures
Certainly, and the tariff is the same by daylight. Two hours suit a long lunch in Mayfair; three allow for lunch and an exhibition afterwards. Give Cressida the hour you have in mind, exactly as you would for an evening.
No. Two hours at three in the morning cost what two hours cost at eight in the evening, and the same holds for Sundays, bank holidays and the busiest weeks of the season.
Ask before the booked time runs out. If your companion is free to stay, Cressida confirms the added time and its figure in the thread, and nothing changes until you have both agreed.
Richmond lies beyond Zone 2, so a taxi there and back is added. Cressida quotes it together with the fee as one sum before you confirm, and the fee itself is unchanged by the distance.
No. A house in Mayfair, a serviced flat off Park Lane and a suite at The Dorchester are all priced from the same tariff. Only an address beyond Zone 2 adds anything, and then only the journey.
They do not. A guest on his tenth evening pays what he paid on his first, which keeps the arithmetic simple for everyone, not least the companion, who receives the agreed figure from you in person as she arrives. Familiarity changes something else: Cressida already knows what you like.
The desk is open · every hour
A figure, in writing
Every length above can be arranged tonight. Cressida confirms the companion, the hour and the fee in one reply before anyone sets out.