Most escorts in countries such as America simply do it as their full time job. However, in Singapore, most social escorts from registered local agencies have another job or are students in the day time, and simply work as an escort in the evenings as well as weekends.

As Singapore is a much more conservative country than Western countries such as America, most girls are not keen in letting their family, friends or employers find out that they are working also as a social escort in the evenings and weekends. Even though being a social escort is very different from being a prostitute, as no sex is involved as part of the service, most girls are still shy and prefer other people not to know about this.