The vocabulary of an Amsterdam evening booked from home
Short definitions for the words that appear between a first message written abroad and a door closing in Amsterdam, written the way the house uses them.
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Outcall
Outcall means she travels to the hotel room or apartment you reserved in Amsterdam; the house keeps no premises, so there is nowhere for a guest to go.
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Overnight
An overnight is an eight hour block, EUR 1,250 for one guest with one therapist, with both ends written into the confirmation and half always sent ahead.
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Arrival Window
The arrival window is forty to sixty minutes from her setting out to the knock in central Amsterdam; on a booking made ahead, she leaves in time for the hour.
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Deposit
The deposit is half the fee, sent before the trip by card, Revolut, Wise or crypto; it is the first half of the price and holds the evening once confirmed.
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Balance on Arrival
The balance is the second half of the fee, paid at the door when she arrives, at the figure agreed in the thread, in euros or a currency confirmed in writing.
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Cancellation and Refunds
More than a day ahead, the whole deposit is returned; inside the last day, before she sets out, half is kept; once she is on her way, all of it is kept.
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One-Move Rule
One change of date is free when asked more than twenty-four hours before the booked time, to a date within fourteen days; the whole deposit carries across.
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Twenty-Four Hour Line
The line falls one full day before the booked hour, in Amsterdam time; before it a cancellation returns the whole deposit, after it the notice scale applies.
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Booking Thread
The written conversation in which a booking is agreed: date, hour, length, the woman you named, the figure and deposit, and on the day the room number.
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Room Number
The room number is the last detail of a booking made from home, sent after check-in with anything the building needs; the hotel name is enough until then.
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Lead Time
Lead time is how far ahead a booking is made; it never changes the figure, but it decides how open her diary is, and past a day it means half goes ahead.
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Peak Date
Busy stretches of the year, such as King's Day, Pride, the Amsterdam Dance Event, Christmas to New Year and big conference weeks, all carry half ahead.
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Force Majeure
Events outside both sides' control that make the evening impossible, such as a transport shutdown or an official instruction; the deposit becomes credit.
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False Bookings
A booking under someone else's name or number, sent as a joke, or a no-show after either; an honest booking that is missed is an ordinary cancellation.
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Twenty-One or Over
Bookings are accepted only from people twenty-one or over, everyone present must be twenty-one or over, and she may ask to see a photo document at the door.