False bookings: the internal note

A false booking is not a cancellation. A cancellation comes from a genuine client whose plans changed. A false booking meets one of four written criteria, and nothing outside them counts.

The criteria

• It was made under a name that is not the client's own.
• It was made from a phone number or a profile belonging to someone else.
• It was made as a joke.
• A no-show followed a booking that meets one of the three points above.

A missed appointment on its own falls outside the list and counts as a cancellation, measured on the notice scale.

The note

Such a booking leads to a short internal note holding the date, what happened, and the name and number used to book. The note is kept for twelve months. It stays inside the house, it is not passed to any other person or business, and its one use is deciding whether to accept a further booking from the same person. Where a booking was made in bad faith, it may be reported to the police. To object to a note, or to have it corrected or deleted, follow the steps on the privacy page.

Why an outcall booking needs the rule

Each visit takes a woman alone to an address she has never seen, often a hotel corridor she does not know, often long after midnight. A false booking costs her the night and puts her in a building for no reason. The note exists for her, and for nobody else.

For an honest client

None of this touches you. Book under your own name. Give the address where you are actually staying. Be there when she rings. A wrong house number put right on the thread straight away is a slip, and a slip is not what this rule is written for.

Nor is the deposit on a first booking a suspicion. New clients pay half in advance because the booking is new, on the same footing as the regular who pays half on an overnight. The deposit entry lists every class.

How no-shows sit beside ordinary cancellations is set out in the cancellation policy, and further common questions are answered in the FAQ.