Underneath, every booking is the same: a plus-one who meets you at a public venue, is good company for the evening, and leaves at the agreed time. What changes is the occasion — so here's how each one tends to go.
You've a wedding in a fortnight, possibly with a drive and an overnight, and you'll know a handful of people at most. Before the day we go over the guest list, the people who'll be there, and the version of events you'd like to give — friend, colleague, plus-one, your call. On the day your plus-one is warm at the table, fine on the edge of the dance floor, and reads the room without being told.
Typically a tailored window across the ceremony and reception. We'll talk through travel if it's further out.
Sometimes it's simpler than a whole event — a restaurant you've been meaning to try, a table that's better with someone across it. We agree the place and time; your plus-one meets you there, the conversation is easy, and the evening runs to a clear finish.
Usually two to three hours. Good for a quiet celebration, or just an evening you'd rather not spend in alone.
You booked the tickets months ago and the enthusiasm faded somewhere around the logistics. We plan the whole evening around the curtain — somewhere to eat beforehand, timings that work, the walk to the venue — so the night is the event, not an exercise in coordination.
Often four to five hours, dinner through to the final act.
The reception where everyone's arrived in twos, the awards dinner where you're seated with people you've never met, the conference drinks you'd usually duck out of. Your plus-one comes briefed on the context — who matters, what you do, what not to raise — and makes the room easier to work rather than harder to leave.
Length agreed per event. Discretion goes without saying.
Milestone birthdays, anniversaries, graduations, retirements — the gatherings you'd simply rather not walk into on your own. Your plus-one turns up prepared and helps the evening feel like the celebration it's meant to be.
Tailored to the occasion.
Christenings are a strange mix of nappies, sherry and a hundred people asking whose baby it actually is. If you're going solo — as godparent, family friend, or the person who said yes before checking the date — a plus-one who's easy in a crowd, comfortable holding a plate of christening cake, and knows to admire the baby (a lot, and often) makes the afternoon feel like an afternoon instead of a performance.
Usually a couple of hours, church or venue plus the reception after. Same rules as everything else — public, platonic, planned in advance.
Some occasions don't call for cheering up — just someone steady beside you. If you're attending a funeral or memorial without family nearby, or without a partner to lean on, a plus-one can simply be there: quietly present at the service and the wake, so you're not stood alone beforehand or without a familiar face during.
Led entirely by what you tell us you need. No small talk expected, nothing to fill silence with — just company.
Discreet Backup is not currently available. We have withdrawn it while we complete a full safeguarding review — covering escalation, training, insurance and a written operating procedure — and we would rather take it off the site than offer it before that work is finished.
If you were hoping to book it, please get in touch and we will tell you honestly where we have got to.
Once you're a client, any of these is a single message — tell us the date and the occasion, and we take it from there.
Every package price is published in full on our prices page — from £595 for a three-hour Private Evening. Travel, tickets, meals and accommodation are quoted separately and agreed before you confirm. No application fee, no joining fee, no subscription.
Every booking is platonic and in public — see how we keep it that way.