should you reach out before or just book a session, with the covid tough to tell who is cuddling and who not
There are various schools of thought on this. The one thing almost everybody seems to agree on is ...
Never send a booking request without a message.
In other words, you can send just a message and make the booking request once the time is agreed, or do both at the same time.
We generally prefer a message before a proposal to make sure we're available. Also it's nice to be greeted beforehand.