In the past two weeks, I have seen two more mature providers. One advertised out west (Santa Rosa) of being over 40. While true, I believe she was over 55 and the whaitepages search results said the same. Yes most of her info home addy etc. was out in the open. I tried to explain that she should address that (get trac phone, etc.). I do not believe she headed my suggestions. i was trying to be nice.
The second was local to me. She's 41 but hedges the number to the thirties because she feels she'd get less bookings. She is a lovely person and makes a meeting a lot of fun. In her mind she's not a HDH. I think if she adjusted her prespective she could command the higher fees (I do need to be grandfathered should that happen ). But she undercuts her price, I think to aim for volume or more bookings. We do know each other by real first names (she offered me hers) and has shared family info.