The vocabulary of a booking between two flights
Short definitions for the terms that come up between a message sent from the gate and a door closing again before the airport shuttle, written as the house applies them.
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Outcall
Outcall means the therapist makes the journey to your room, at an airport hotel or in central Amsterdam, since the house keeps no premises of its own.
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Overnight
An overnight is eight hours of company with one therapist or two, arranged ahead, confirmed with half the fee and suited to a night stop.
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Deposit
The deposit is the first half of the fee, named in the thread once the hour is agreed and paid before she sets out; every booking at Schiphol carries one.
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Cancellation and refunds
What is kept on cancellation follows the notice you give: all returned with over a day, half kept inside it, all kept once she has set out.
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False bookings
A false booking is one placed under a name or number that is not the client’s, or sent as a joke; a missed appointment on its own is not one.
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Arrival window
In central Amsterdam she arrives forty to sixty minutes after confirmation; at Schiphol the journey time is agreed with you before anything is fixed.
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Twenty-one or over
Every client must be twenty-one or over, on a layover as anywhere else, and a therapist may ask to see identification at the door before a session begins.
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Layover
A layover is the time between two flights at Schiphol, but the usable part is what is left after the terminal, the border and the return trip.
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Transit area
The transit area is the airside zone past security and border control; a visitor cannot enter it, so a session needs a room on the public side.
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Day room
A day room is a hotel room rented for a few daytime hours rather than a night, common near Schiphol for layovers, with a checkout time that does not bend.
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Connection time
Connection time is the gap an airline allows between two flights; the minimum it sets is for changing planes, never for leaving the airport and returning.
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Jet lag
Jet lag is the body clock running on the time zone you left; the direction of travel decides whether a session fits better before sleep or after it.
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Booking thread
The booking thread is the written conversation where the hour, the therapist, the journey time and the deposit are agreed, in Amsterdam time.
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Balance on arrival
The balance is the second half of the fee, paid in the room when she arrives, in euros, by card, or in another major currency at a sum confirmed first.