Some evenings want more voices. A birthday dinner in a hotel restaurant, a night entertaining a friend who happens to be in town, a table that feels bare with only two chairs at it. A duo puts two companions in the same place at the same time, and the desk only pairs women who know each other and enjoy one another's company.
The arithmetic is simple. Each companion is booked at her own figure on the rates ladder, so two hours with a duo is £500 for each of them, and each settles her own fee with you directly on arrival. Neither of them charges a fare for coming anywhere inside Zones 1 and 2.
Luna and Angelika both live in Mayfair: dark auburn beside raven black, one bold and quick to laugh, the other upright and composed, both at home in the grand lobbies around Park Lane. Cindy and Stacy share Chelsea, a sunny blonde next to a tall, deadpan brunette with an eye for mischief. Lucy and Roxi are Pimlico neighbours, dark curls and long black hair, one dreamy, one vivacious. Angelika and Roxi are both on the raven haired list.
A celebration in Soho: dinner at Dean Street Townhouse, a nightcap at Ham Yard. A long evening in a suite with room service and two sets of stories. A slow tour of West End hotel bars that needs someone to decide where next. Doubling the company changes the energy of the evening, never its terms: it is still time and conversation, nothing more. The Soho and Covent Garden stay notes suggest where to base yourself.
Any two names on the rota can be requested together. Henrietta checks both diaries and whether the two have met; if they have not, she says so before confirming and offers a pair who already get on. Familiar pairs arrive relaxed, and it shows in the first five minutes. Mixing looks is part of the fun, a petite brunette beside a statuesque companion with raven hair, say, and the tiles make it easy to see who would sit well together.
With three people in the room, the first hour goes on introductions, a drink and finding a rhythm. Most duo bookings therefore begin at two hours, and three hours at £700 each leaves space for the hotel bar first. The four hour suite dinner length, £900 each, suits a table for three.
Three people fill a standard room quickly, so a suite with a separate sitting room turns a duo into a small, easy party rather than a crowd. Downstairs, a booth beats a row of bar stools, and most hotel restaurants in Knightsbridge and Mayfair will set a round table for three if you ask when you reserve. Staying somewhere compact? Start in the bar and see where the evening goes from there.
The booking runs exactly like a single one. One message with both names or a request for a pair, then the hotel, the time and the length. One check, the same three details. They can come up together or a few minutes apart, whichever suits your hotel, and a pair from one postcode shares a car, which keeps the arrival simple.
Aligning two evenings takes a little longer than one. For the same night, write by early evening; for a Saturday, writing the day before opens up more pairs. To pick a hotel roomy enough for three, the district by district hotel map grades every corner of the centre. At Heathrow or Gatwick, each companion carries the three hour airport minimum.
Should one companion drop out, you hear about it at once, together with another pairing or the option of a single booking. Cancel at least three hours ahead and neither fee is owed. Every step is on the booking page. Ask Henrietta for a pair tonight.
Straight answers from the night desk. Anything missing goes to Henrietta in one message.
Each companion at her ordinary figure on the ladder, so three hours with two companions is £700 for each. Nothing is added for booking them together.
You can. Henrietta tells you before confirming, and usually suggests a pair who already know each other, because the evening runs more easily that way.
Not at all. Book the four hour dinner length for each and reserve for three; both arrive dressed for the room.
Yes. The check becomes the street address and the name on the bell, and the figures stay exactly the same.
Yes, and two companions make a West End bar route livelier. Three hours at £700 each covers a couple of bars and the stroll home to your hotel.
Describe the plan for duos in a line or two, and the desk comes back with names, a figure and a time.
