Erotic massages in Amsterdam tonight, when an event has taken over the city

Not every visitor who finds the centre packed planned it that way. A fare too good to miss, a work trip or a friend's wedding can put you in town on the same night as a parade, a festival or a big match, and the first sign is often a hotel lobby full of people dressed in matching colours. A booking for later that evening then has a few more parts to think through, and they are far easier to deal with in the afternoon than at ten at night.

Find out what kind of date it is

The house names a short list of peak dates, and on those every booking sends half the fee ahead, whoever makes it. Plenty of busy evenings are not on that list. When you write, give the date and ask; the reply settles the question in one line, together with who is free. A returning guest who wants one or two hours at a city address on a busy but ordinary date still settles everything at the door.

Write earlier than you would at home

On a crowded evening the free names go in the order people ask for them. A message sent at four for an hour at nine meets a wider choice than the same message sent at eight. If one woman from the roster is the reason for booking, put her name first and add a second you would be glad to see, so that a single reply can close the matter.

Pick an hour away from the height of the crowd

Every event has a moment when the streets are fullest: the parade passing, the gates opening, the stands emptying at the end. Her journey is short, since the women set out from homes in and around the centre, but a knock timed for the moment a stadium empties is harder to keep than one an hour later. The reply only confirms what it can keep, and it may suggest a later start.

Plan your own way back

If you are out at the event yourself, the uncertain part of the evening is your return. Trams on diversion and closed bridges turn familiar walks into slow ones. Either fix a start with a generous margin, or write once you are already heading back so that her window runs while you walk. For a same-day booking at a central address she is at the door forty to sixty minutes after the booking is confirmed, on an event night as on any other. The guide to crowds and closures goes through the usual diversions.

Tell the hotel side what it needs

Busy nights bring busy lobbies. Give the room number in the thread, say whether the lift takes a key card, and mention any side entrance in use while the front is blocked. A host who checks visitors at the desk should hear about the visit before she arrives, not while she is standing there.