Travel companion, on the same timetable as you
A travel companion goes where you go. A day trip to Den Haag with a gallery and a walk on the sand, a night in Rotterdam before a morning meeting, a weekend that starts at Centraal and ends somewhere with a different sea. The booking is arranged in advance, the timings are fixed, and she travels with you rather than to you, which is the whole difference between this format and the rest of the board.
A trip is quoted as one figure for her time, fixed in writing before anyone buys a ticket. The €180 opening hour on the rates page is where a short booking starts; a trip is priced as a trip, and the desk carries the quote.
Companions suited to travel companion
Chosen for this format from what each profile says about her, not at random. Open any line for her photo set and her details, then give the desk her name.
The Randstad version
The most common trip is a day. Amsterdam to Den Haag is fifty minutes by train, to Rotterdam forty on the fast line, to Utrecht under half an hour, and a companion who joins you at Centraal at ten is back in the city by midnight with the day's museum, lunch and seafront inside it. The desk fixes the meeting point and the return, and the rest is the itinerary you had in mind.
Because these are day trips from her home city, notice is lighter than a longer journey needs. Ask the day before and most of the board is available; ask in the morning for the same day and the desk will tell you honestly who can.
Starting from the airport
The airport is a starting point as often as the city is. A guest landing at Schiphol with a meeting in Rotterdam the next morning can have a companion meet him at the airport station and travel down with him, which turns a dull transfer into the first hour of the evening. Give the desk the flight, the destination and the hotel, allow the ninety minutes the airport always needs, and the rest is a train timetable.
Longer journeys
For a trip with nights in it, planning starts earlier and the conversation is longer. Where, for how long, how you are travelling, what the days contain and what the evenings do. The desk works through it with you and comes back with a companion who actually wants that kind of journey, since not all of them do, and a figure for the whole. Documents, tickets and rooms are arranged by you; her time is arranged by us.
- Destination, dates and how you are travelling
- The shape of the days: business, leisure or both
- Anything that needs her to pack for a specific occasion
What makes someone good at travelling
Not the same qualities that make a good dinner date. Travel wants people who are cheerful at seven in the morning on a platform, curious about a place they have not seen, easy about a plan that changes, and able to be quiet for an hour on a train without either of you minding. The companions listed here describe themselves in those terms, road trips, cycling, sailing, languages, and the desk has matched the format to that rather than to a photograph. It also wants a companion who is content to let you work for an hour on the train, and who has brought a book for it.
Timings, changes and the honest version
Trains are late, meetings move, a day at the coast turns into dinner at the coast. Tell the desk and it is absorbed. What a trip needs is a fixed start and a fixed end agreed at the outset, so that the middle can be flexible without anyone having to renegotiate it. If plans stretch, the extension is quoted on the same basis and confirmed before it starts. The booking page explains the sequence, and the same sequence applies here with a longer first message.
Who travels well
Laura is adventurous and energetic, rides, skis and takes her holidays in Italy. Nancy is sunny, easygoing and built for a road trip with the windows down. Vanessa collects languages and is relaxed anywhere she can cycle. Thea hikes, cycles and will find the ramen in any city. Cindy sails, photographs and does not mind an early start. The athletic and blonde lists overlap with this page more than most.
Questions about travel companion
How far ahead should I arrange a trip?
For a day trip within the Randstad, the day before is comfortable. For a journey with nights in it, a week or more, so the desk can match a companion who genuinely wants that trip and fix the figure in writing.
How is a trip priced?
As one figure for her time, quoted when you describe the trip and settled in the chat before tickets are bought. Travel, rooms and meals along the way are yours to arrange.
Can she join me abroad?
Ask the desk with the destination and the dates. Some companions travel further afield and some do not, and you get a straight answer rather than a maybe.
Do you cover Utrecht, Den Haag and Rotterdam as day trips?
Yes, all three are direct by train from Amsterdam. Meeting at Centraal or at your hotel are both fine, and the return time is fixed when you book.
Other formats on the board
Travel companion, settled in one message.
Send the hotel, the hour and the format. The desk replies with who is free and what it costs, before anything is agreed.