Escort Schiphol, for the traveller's evening

From the Amsterdam districts, the drive to Schiphol takes roughly twenty to thirty minutes in normal traffic, longer on the A10 at rush hour. Trains from Amsterdam Centraal and Amsterdam Zuid are quicker still and continue through the night at a reduced frequency. Because of that journey, please allow more notice than you would in the city: around ninety minutes is a sensible minimum, and two hours during the evening peak. Companions from the Jordaan and Oud-Zuid often have the most direct route.

Flights run late, and the house expects it. You are welcome to write before you board, with your flight number and hotel. Your coordinator will hold the plan and time her departure once your landing is confirmed. If the delay becomes serious, simply say so; a new time is settled in the same conversation.

Give the time you expect to reach your room rather than the time you land, since passport control and baggage can take longer than planned. If you are in transit and considering a hotel beyond security, remember that a companion cannot join you airside, so choose a hotel on the public side for the evening. Guests with an early departure should mention it, so the booking ends comfortably before check-in.

Airport evenings are usually private. A late dinner in the hotel restaurant, a drink in the lobby bar, conversation after a long journey, and the comfort of not being alone in an anonymous room. Samanta, composed and fond of design hotels, is well matched to a polished airport property. Nancy, sunny and energetic with a love of road trips, brings lightness to the end of a long travel day. Michelle, elegant and easy to talk to, is ideal after hours of silence on a plane. Some guests simply want dinner and good conversation before an early night, which is entirely in keeping with the house.

Longer stays and overnight arrangements before an early flight are available on request; the rates page explains the structure.