Good manners around a private companion booking have little to do with protocol. They come down to temperament: the tone and outlook a client carries from the first message to the goodbye. That temperament is what separates a gracious evening from a purely commercial one, and it is the factor fully in the client's hands. We look after the roster, the speed of reply, the logistics and how well the match fits. The client decides whether the night feels like two adults who chose each other's company, or like a purchase completed in a hotel room.
Below is our own take on the slips we see most and the habits worth adopting instead. Each slip is easy to forgive, most can be put right during a first booking by anyone paying attention, and none says anything damning about the person. We write them down simply to give you a head start. Clients who read something like this before their first evening almost always find they are looked after noticeably better than those who skip it.
A Common Mistake: Opening With the Price
By a wide margin, the most frequent slip is starting the conversation by asking about rates. A first line such as "how much for two hours" is a fair question and we will happily answer it; the rate is a flat €180 an hour and replying takes seconds. The trouble is the tone it sets, because the whole booking then runs in that register. Before anything personal has been said, the client has framed the evening as a shopping trip. We register it, the companion picks up on it if she is briefed, and the night unfolds accordingly.
The better way is almost too obvious to state. Say who you are in a line, explain what you have in mind, and let us do the matching. Something like "I'm in town this weekend and would love a relaxed dinner companion on Saturday night, about three hours, ideally someone who prefers small canal-belt restaurants to loud venues" hands us everything we need to come back with three well-chosen names in a few minutes. The price is the same either way. The evening you get is not the same at all.
None of this is about putting on airs. It is the gap between treating the booking as acquiring someone and treating it as planning a night out with someone. The phrasing differs by a word or two; the outcome differs a great deal. Popular companions warm quickly to the second approach and only tolerate the first. If you want the evening to go as well as it possibly can, make the second approach your habit.
WhatsApp Booking Etiquette: Getting the First Message Right
Almost everything with us happens on WhatsApp, and we read that first message more carefully than clients tend to imagine. A strong one covers four things: your first name, the area where you are staying, the kind of evening or service you want, and when. Nothing more is needed. For example:
Hi, James here. I'm staying in the canal belt tonight and hoping to book a companion for two hours from about 8pm. Who would you suggest for an easy evening of dinner and drinks?
A note like that earns a friendly reply with three tailored suggestions inside four minutes. It also quietly tells us the sender has done this with care before, or is the sort of person who deserves our full attention even if he has not. Give the neighbourhood rather than the room number at this stage; the exact address and room follow once the booking is agreed. The area is all we need to plan the logistics, while the room number is a private security detail to keep back until a companion has been matched and confirmed. For more on the channel itself, read our guide to booking over WhatsApp.
Weak openings, on the other hand, look like this: a single word such as "rates?", graphic or sexual language in the very first line, vague requests that force us to ask three follow-up questions before we understand them, and the same enquiry fired off through several channels at once (WhatsApp, the contact form and an email together, a typical beginner's habit that only creates extra work). We do sort messages by tone. A crude opener gets a standard reply rather than a place at the front of the queue. Agencies rarely admit this openly, but it holds across the whole private end of the Amsterdam market.
Her Arrival: The First Five Minutes
When the booking is confirmed and she reaches your hotel or apartment, those opening five minutes colour everything after. The usual arrival error is to make the start feel like a transaction: asking "what's included for two hours" as if reading a menu, or jumping straight to intimacy without first taking an interest in her as a person. Almost every companion reads these moves as rude, and her reaction, however well hidden, will shape the hours that follow.
The right rhythm is simple. Greet her at the door. Offer something to drink, still or sparkling water or anything from the minibar she fancies. Give her a moment to settle; she may want the bathroom, a quick check in the mirror, or just a minute to take in the room. Chat for a little while, about the city, her day, something you can see, anything at all. The whole sequence lasts ninety seconds, and it carries more weight than most clients guess.
In those first minutes you are sending signals: that you see her as a person, that this is an evening rather than an errand, and that there is no rush. Everything afterwards tunes itself to those signals. Companions read the mood a client creates and respond in kind, so warmth is returned with warmth and coolness with polished professionalism, and the whole difference is decided at the start.
Language: English Works, but a Little Effort Goes Far
Fluent English is a baseline across the Minuit Models roster, and nearly all international bookings are conducted in it from start to finish. Even so, language is a courtesy few clients think to use. If her mother tongue is Spanish, Russian, Polish, Italian or Portuguese, a single opening sentence in that language, however clumsy the accent, will mean far more to her than you might expect. It shows effort, attention and curiosity about who she is rather than what she does. Ask when booking and we will tell you her first language.
The opposite habits, such as coarse talk, unearned pet names, or trying to "renegotiate" partway through the night, wear down the quality of the evening faster than anything else. A professional companion will not make a scene about it; she will simply adjust. Coarse language in the first half hour earns a more businesslike version of the evening than the client would otherwise have had. Terms like "babe" or "honey" belong between long-standing regulars and the companion they know well; on a first booking they come across as nervous or presumptuous. Call her by her name, which appears on your confirmation.
Trying to change the booking once it is under way, whether its length, scope or nature, is the behaviour most likely to bring the evening to an early close. What was agreed stands. Any change goes through us, never through pressure on the companion in the room. To add time, message us; we check whether she has another booking and confirm, and the extension runs as clearly as the original arrangement. That is not red tape. It is the framework that keeps the companion safe and, as a result, keeps the evening good for the client.
The Goodbye: Closing a Booking Gracefully
How a client says goodbye tells us a lot. The norm is a warm and courteous farewell: thank her by name, say a word about the evening, and offer to sort out her transport home, whether that is a taxi, a ride-share, or simply checking she has all she needs to leave at ease. Nothing here is compulsory. Every bit of it gets noticed. Companions usually have a brief informal word with us after a booking, and how the client behaved at the end is among the things they mention.
Two firm don'ts: never message her directly afterwards, and never look her up or follow her on social media you happened to glimpse during the booking. On the first, our companions do not give out personal numbers and do not talk to clients outside the agency channel. Direct messages after the event go unread and, if spotted through any shared platform, get flagged. This is fixed policy for sound reasons: keeping contact through us protects both people, keeps things professional, and lets us do the coordinating that the client books us for. Trying to go around it moves a client out of the priority queue and into the ordinary one, quietly and for good.
Any feedback goes to us privately in the same WhatsApp chat. Kind words are especially welcome, whether that is telling us a companion was outstanding or mentioning a preference you discovered that we can note for next time. We read all of it, update your client notes, and use them to match you better in future. That cycle of feedback is one of the ways a client becomes a priority client.
Regulars and Newcomers: Playing the Long Game
What sets a regular apart from a newcomer is continuity more than frequency. A regular has a file with us. We know whom they like to see, which formats and times suit them, the parts of town they prefer, and how they tend to open and close a conversation. They reserve ahead for the big dates in the city's calendar, ADE in October, Kingsday in April and the main trade fairs in their field, and we take those requests seriously because they have earned it.
Regulars mention past evenings fondly rather than as a bargaining chip. Asking "I loved my evening with her in November, is she free again?" sets up a very different exchange from "I had the three-hour booking last time and want the same match." The request is identical; the tone is not, and neither is the reply. We go out of our way for clients who treat us as people and remain strictly correct with clients who treat us as a vending machine. Both get served; only one gets put first.
The principle beneath all this is that special treatment is won over time, not demanded. It builds through a history of polite bookings, respect for the companions, sticking to how we communicate, honest feedback and coming back. Three to five well-handled bookings usually move a client into priority standing. After that, replies come faster, new companions are offered to them first, and we take a real stake in keeping them happy. That is the long game, and for clients who grasp it, it is a rewarding part of the whole arrangement.
The clients we value most are not the ones booking the longest nights. They are the ones who treat the booking, the companion and the agency the way civilised adults treat one another. Everything good follows from that.
Ready for your first booking, or your next one? Reach our WhatsApp booking desk and take your time over the companion gallery. A considered first message is how a fine evening begins.