What a Private Companion Costs in Switzerland — A Transparent Guide
How a serious platonic companion agency in Switzerland is priced — and what actually defines the price.
Price transparency is rare in this category. It is often confused with discretion. In truth, discretion has nothing to do with pricing — it applies to names, photographs, and context. A clear word about price belongs in the first conversation, not in a later negotiation.
This guide explains how a serious platonic companion agency in Switzerland is priced — without claiming a specific tariff that, for an individual engagement, doesn't exist anyway.
What actually defines the price
The price of an engagement is defined primarily by four factors: the occasion (gala, corporate event, cultural evening, travel), the duration (evening, full day, weekend), the required languages (each additional language narrows the eligible roster), and the preparation window (short-notice or with careful briefing).
- Occasion: a formal gala requires different preparation than a private dinner.
- Duration: a weekend with travel requires separate accommodation and separate travel time.
- Languages: a companion who moves smoothly between German, Swiss German, English and French is rarer and priced accordingly.
- Short notice: requests inside 48 hours have a smaller available roster and require additional coordination.
What you're actually paying for
The price of a serious engagement is not the price of presence during an event. It is the price of everything that makes that presence possible: pre-vetting, briefing, the written note, language and etiquette preparation, the confidentiality agreement, coordination with the host, and quiet aftercare.
A good companion arrives at a gala prepared — she knows who has been invited, what languages will be spoken at the table, which subjects the host values. That preparation is part of the price. Without it, an engagement is technically possible, but rarely valuable.
Warning signs in pricing
Very low prices are not an advantage. They are a signal that a provider funds its business some other way — through after-the-fact add-ons, informal surcharges, or an unclear separation between platonic and other services.
Conversely, very high prices unrelated to the occasion signal a positioning-driven offer where price is part of the marketing. A serious price can be tied to the occasion and explained in writing.
How Companion Society invoices
We communicate terms in writing, before any introduction. You know before accepting what the occasion costs, what is included (preparation, contract, aftercare) and what is billed separately (travel, accommodation, extraordinary hours). There are no after-the-fact add-ons — and no implicit gratuity expectations for services we do not offer.
"A good price is not the outcome of negotiation. It is a written commitment that precedes the introduction."
Common questions
- Why don't you list a specific price on the website?
- Because every engagement is individual. A gala evening in Zürich, a weekend in the Engadin, and a corporate reception in Basel have different scopes. We communicate terms in writing after reviewing your request — before you decide.
- Are travel and accommodation billed separately?
- Yes. Travel, accommodation (always separate rooms), and extraordinary hours are itemised transparently in the note and billed separately.
- Is there a minimum engagement?
- For formal occasions in Zürich, typically one evening (four to six hours). For travel we define the minimum individually.
- Gratuity?
- Not customary and not expected. A gratuity is out of place at a platonic engagement under written contract. A handwritten note to the agency is more than enough.
- What happens on cancellation?
- Cancellation terms are in the note. In principle we distinguish early cancellation (no charge), short-notice cancellation (partial), and day-of cancellation (full). None of this is unusual, and none of it is negotiated.
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