Words a first booking in Amsterdam will use
Short definitions of the terms that appear between a first message and a closed door, written for somebody who arrived recently and has not had time to learn the local vocabulary.
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Outcall
Outcall means she comes to the room you are staying in, in central Amsterdam or beside the airport; there is no address of ours for you to find or travel to.
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Overnight
An overnight is a single block of eight hours with one therapist at EUR 1,250 for one guest, starting when you choose, with half of the fee paid in advance.
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Arrival Window
The arrival window is the forty to sixty minutes between a confirmed booking and her knock on a door in central Amsterdam, at any hour of the day or night.
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Deposit
The deposit is the first half of the fee itself, stated in writing once the hour is agreed and paid before she sets out; it is not a separate sum held aside.
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Cancellation and Refunds
On cancellation, notice decides everything: over twenty-four hours returns the whole deposit, inside them half is kept, and once she has left it is all kept.
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False Bookings
A false booking is made under someone else's name, from another person's number or account, as a prank, or ends in a no-show after one of those three.
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Twenty-One or Over
Every booking is for people aged twenty-one or over: the guest who booked and anyone else in the room, confirmed at the age gate and, if asked, at the door.
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Balance at the Door
The balance is the half of the fee not paid ahead, settled at the door when she arrives, in euro or in cash in another major currency confirmed in writing.
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Journey Time
Journey time is the travel to a room at Schiphol, Schiphol-Rijk or Schiphol-Oost, agreed with you in writing before anything is fixed, not a set window.
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Airport Hotel Cluster
The airport hotel cluster is the hotels at Schiphol, Schiphol-Rijk and Schiphol-Oost, used for late arrivals and early flights, served by arrangement.
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Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
Amsterdam Airport Schiphol is the full name on the signs; tickets say Amsterdam, locals say Schiphol, and all three mean one airport and the same service.
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Booking Thread
The booking thread is the written conversation in which a session is requested, the hour agreed, the deposit named and any change or cancellation recorded.
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First Booking
A first booking is any client's initial session with the house; it carries a deposit of half the fee whatever its length and however soon it starts.
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Peak Dates
Peak dates are King's Day, Pride, the Amsterdam Dance Event, Christmas to New Year and large conference weeks; each booking on them carries a deposit.