What Duo Pricing Actually Covers

The number on a profile raises the most questions because the logic behind it isn't obvious from outside. Here's what shapes it, and what it doesn't include.

What sets the rate

• Experience — how many events, at what scale
• Languages — every extra one widens the range of occasions that work
• Travel readiness and valid documents
• Demand — booked-out pairs cost more for the same reason anything scarce does

Why the hourly rate looks steep

A short booking is inconvenient on the other side: the pair spends time on transit and preparation and gets paid for sixty minutes. That's why the hourly rate looks high next to the nightly one — it's not a markup, it's compensation for the inconvenience.

What the rate leaves out

• The restaurant bill
• Transfer and taxis
• Event tickets
• Stay and flights on a trip
• Travel time to an out-of-town venue

This split is standard across the market, but it's worth saying out loud before the evening starts. Most awkward conversations at the end of a night trace back to exactly this.

About deposits

A request to send money to a personal card before you've even met isn't how this works — it's the most common scam in the space. A genuine arrangement never asks a stranger for money up front.