Knowing what to expect from a massage at your Amsterdam hotel removes most of the nerves of a first booking. Nothing about the process is complicated, but it is unfamiliar to many travellers, particularly those who have only ever booked a treatment at a spa counter. This guide walks through a typical evening with this house from the first message to the moment the door closes, with the practical detail a guest in a hotel room needs.
Before you write: three decisions
Three things shape every booking, and it helps to decide them before sending anything.
- The time. Now, later this evening, or a specific date. Anything more than twenty-four hours ahead is an advance booking.
- The length. One hour, ninety minutes, two hours, three hours or the eight-hour overnight. Our guide to choosing a length helps if you are unsure.
- The form. Sensual, tantra, nuru, couples or four-hand, or leave it open and ask. If you have seen a therapist you like on the roster, note her name.
You do not need to know which therapist is free, and you do not need to have chosen a form. The house will help with both.
The first message
Write to the booking line on WhatsApp or Telegram. A useful first message includes the hotel name or address, the time, the length and, if you have one, a preference for a therapist or a form. Keep it short. There is no need to explain anything beyond that, and no personal detail is asked for apart from what the booking needs.
Leave time for the reply as well as the journey. It confirms whether the time works, names the therapist and gives the arrival window, which is forty to sixty minutes from confirmation anywhere in central Amsterdam. If your first choice of therapist is busy, the reply says so plainly and suggests someone else.
What to expect from a massage at your Amsterdam hotel when it comes to the deposit
A first booking with the house is always confirmed with a deposit of half the fee. The same applies to any booking made more than twenty-four hours ahead, any overnight, any booking with two therapists, any session of three hours or more, any Schiphol or airport-hotel booking and any peak date. The house states the exact amount in the thread.
Card, Revolut, Wise and crypto are the four ways to send it. It is not taken by bank transfer, by PayPal or in cash. Once the deposit has cleared, the therapist sets out. If the booking is cancelled, the notice you give decides how much of the deposit is kept; the full terms, including the one allowed change of date, are on the cancellation policy page.
From the second booking onwards, a returning guest who books a same-day session of one or two hours settles the whole amount in the room once she arrives.
Preparing the room
The room needs very little. A few minutes before she is due, do the following.
- Turn the heating up, or the air conditioning down, so the room is comfortably warm.
- Switch off the ceiling light and keep one lamp by the bed glowing.
- Close the curtains fully, particularly in rooms facing a street or another building.
- Take a shower, and leave clean towels in the bathroom.
- Clear the bed and the space around it of luggage, clothes and laptops.
- Put the do-not-disturb sign on the door once she is inside.
For nuru, check that the shower works well and runs hot. For couples or four-hand bookings, make sure there is space on both sides of the bed.
The arrival
As she approaches, the therapist messages to say she is close. That is the moment to confirm the room number or to say you will meet her downstairs. In a hotel with keycard lifts, which is most of them, go down to the lift lobby and ride up together. In a hotel with a locked street door at night, go to the entrance and let her in.
She arrives like any evening visitor to a hotel, carrying a single bag, and follows whatever the hotel asks of visitors. If your hotel's rules ask for visitors to be announced, tell reception that you are expecting one. The front desk etiquette guide explains the details.
The first minutes in the room
Once inside, she introduces herself and takes a moment to settle. This is when the balance is paid: the second half of the fee, or the whole fee for a returning guest's same-day hour or two. The balance can be paid in cash, by card or in crypto, with any cash sum in a currency other than euro confirmed in writing before she sets out. Having it ready avoids an awkward pause.
The booked time begins after that. The therapist keeps track of it, so there is no need to watch the clock. If you want to shower first or have a question about the evening, this is the moment to say so.
During the booking
The therapist leads the session. She sets her own limits, tells you what they are before it starts, and they hold for the whole visit. Guests are asked for two simple courtesies: keep the volume of music and voices moderate, since hotel walls carry sound, and keep to those limits. If her safety or a limit she has set is not respected, she ends the visit there and then, with her already in the room. The hour had been reserved and the journey to the hotel made, and the fee for the reserved time stays due, nothing being charged on top of it.
If you realise you would like more time, ask. Whether she stays longer is her decision, and she will tell you. If you want to stop earlier than booked, that is your choice, but the full booked length is still charged.
Leaving quietly
When the time is up, the therapist packs her things and leaves directly. Walk her to the door of the room, or to the lift if the building requires a keycard to go down. There is no need to accompany her through the lobby. The do-not-disturb sign can stay on until you are ready for the room to be serviced.
If something goes wrong on the night
Most evenings run exactly as planned, but hotels have their own surprises. A night receptionist may ask the therapist to wait in the lobby; in that case she messages you, and you come down to collect her. A lift may be out of service, or the hotel may have moved you to a different room since you booked. Send the change as soon as you notice it, so the new details are known before she arrives.
If she is running later than the window, she tells you herself before the window ends, with a new estimate. If you are the one delayed, perhaps held up at dinner, write as early as you can. A short delay on the same evening is simply absorbed into the plan. What does not work is a therapist left waiting outside a hotel for a long time without word, so a quick message always helps.
After the first evening
Once the house has looked after you, later bookings are simpler. A same-day hour or two is paid entirely in the room, and the house already knows your hotel preferences if you stay in the same place. Advance bookings, overnights and two-therapist sessions still need half the fee in advance, as they do for everyone.
Guests and therapists alike are twenty-one or over. The rates for every length and every combination of guests and therapists are shown in each therapist profile.