Protection Services
Personal Bodyguard Services
Discreet, professional 1-on-1 protection wherever life takes you.
A personal bodyguard is one licensed protector assigned to you rather than to a building or an event. They travel with you, stay within reach through the day, and handle the parts of your schedule that carry exposure: arrivals, departures, unfamiliar venues, and anywhere a crowd forms around you.
Rates start at $129 per hour with a four-hour minimum. That is the Protector Lite plan, which covers one protector without a vehicle. If your day involves moving between locations, Protector Premium at $199 per hour adds a luxury SUV and a driver, which usually matters more than anything on a protector’s resume.
What's Included
How It Works
Book online
Select your dates, location, and preferred agent in minutes.
Briefing call
Your protector contacts you 24h before to review your itinerary and concerns.
On-assignment
Your protector arrives early, sweeps the area, and stays with you throughout.
Debrief
Post-assignment report and threat notes provided upon request.
Who books personal protection
The most common booking is not a celebrity. It is someone with a specific, time-boxed reason to be careful: a business owner going through a contested dispute, a physician who has been followed home, someone attending a hearing where the other party will be present, or an executive travelling into a city they do not know.
The second most common is protective rather than reactive. Public appearances, property viewings with strangers, large cash or inventory movements, and first meetings arranged online all carry a risk that a second trained person removes almost entirely.
What a protector actually does
Most of the work is invisible and happens before you arrive. Your protector reviews the itinerary, identifies the exits and the rooms with only one way out, and decides where to stand so they are between you and the approach. On assignment they manage proximity: who gets close, how close, and for how long.
What they do not do is create a scene. Nearly every booking runs with no incident at all, which is the point. Escalation is a failure state, not a service feature. If you want a visible deterrent, say so when you book and we will assign accordingly; the default posture is discreet.
Licensing, insurance, and why cheap quotes are a warning
Every protector is state licensed for the jurisdiction they work in, background checked, and covered under professional liability insurance. Armed assignments require a current armed carry permit for that state plus a separate liability endorsement, and we verify both before deployment rather than at the booking stage.
If someone quotes you well under market for personal protection, the usual explanation is that one of those is missing. An unlicensed, uninsured individual shifts the entire liability onto you if anything happens on the assignment. Ask for the licence number and the insurance certificate before you pay anyone, including us.
What it costs in practice
A four-hour weekday booking with one protector and no vehicle is $516 at list. Booked online at least fourteen days ahead, the 10 percent online and 5 percent advance discounts bring that to roughly $439.
Two things push the number up. Timing adds a multiplier: weekends 20 percent, federal holidays 25 percent, same-day 30 percent. Location adds one too: New York, Los Angeles and San Francisco run 20 percent above base, and Miami, Chicago, Washington DC, Boston and Las Vegas 10 percent. A second protector is $99 per hour, and bookings of eight hours or more take 10 percent off.
Available Protectors
Marcus Reid
Former LAPD SWAT, 12 years
$120/hr
James Walker
Former US Army Ranger, 8 years
$120/hr
Derek Stone
Former Secret Service, 10 years
$120/hr
Frequently Asked Questions
How much does a personal bodyguard cost?+
From $129 per hour for one protector without a vehicle, with a four-hour minimum, so $516 for the shortest booking. Booking online at least fourteen days ahead applies a 15 percent discount, bringing a four-hour weekday booking to about $439. Adding a vehicle and driver moves you to $199 per hour.
Can I hire a personal bodyguard for one day?+
Yes. An eight-hour day is $1,032 at the $129 rate before discounts, and bookings of eight hours or more automatically take 10 percent off. There is no requirement to commit to ongoing coverage, and most clients book around specific exposure rather than continuously.
Will a bodyguard be obvious in public?+
Only if you want that. The default posture is discreet: business casual or business formal, positioned near you rather than beside you, and no visible equipment. Tell us at booking if you would prefer a visible deterrent instead, because the two postures call for different positioning.
Are your personal bodyguards armed?+
Unarmed by default. Armed coverage is available where state law permits and the assigned protector holds a current armed carry permit for that jurisdiction. It requires additional licensing verification and a separate liability endorsement, so it is quoted per engagement rather than at a flat hourly rate.
How far in advance should I book?+
Fourteen days or more earns the 5 percent advance discount and gives your protector time to review the itinerary and the venues properly, which is the part that actually improves the outcome. Same-day bookings are accepted subject to availability and carry a 30 percent surcharge.
What is the difference between a personal bodyguard and private security?+
A personal bodyguard is assigned to a person and moves with them. Private security is usually assigned to a place: a property, a venue, or a fixed post. The rate card is the same, but the staffing and the planning are different, so tell us which one you need when you book.
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