The therapists who work with the house on event dates and ordinary ones

The dates people ask about on this site are the same dates a woman may have plans of her own for. A profile tells you who she is; only the reply to your message tells you whether she is working on King's Day evening or on the thirty-first of December. Reading the roster that way from the start saves a disappointment later.

Asking for a name on a crowded date

Write the name, the date and the hour together. The reply tells you whether she is free at that time. If she is not, it says who is free at that hour, and the choice stays yours: another name, another hour or another day of the trip. Nobody is chosen for you. On the big dates the habit that works is to name two or three women you would be glad to see, which usually settles the booking in one exchange.

Where each of them sets out from

No one works from premises. Eight set out from homes in the centre, six from the Jordaan, six from Oud-Zuid and three from De Pijp. On a day when the canal ring is packed, a start inside or close to the centre is what keeps the arrival within forty to sixty minutes of confirmation, the same window the house gives on any evening. A Schiphol hotel is a separate arrangement, with the travel time agreed before an hour is fixed.

Ages and languages

They are aged between twenty-one and thirty. Every one of them works in English. Nineteen list at least one other language and four list two more besides: French appears on five profiles, Dutch, Greek, Portuguese and Romanian on two each, and ten further languages on one each. A visitor in town for a festival with friends from home can check the profiles for a shared language before writing.

What each profile shows, and what she decides

Her age, her languages, the district she starts from, her formats and her photographs, all of them of her and published with her agreement. The rate table is the same on all twenty-three: 180 euros for one hour with one guest, 270 for ninety minutes, 360 for two hours, 540 for three and 1,250 for the eight hour overnight, with the couple and two therapist columns beside it. What a session includes is her decision, stated at the start, and she may decline a booking or end a visit whenever she chooses. The booking page explains how an event date is written up, and the King's Day page works through one date from start to finish.