A first four hands massage raises more questions than almost any other booking, mostly because few people have ever met someone who has had one. In Amsterdam we send the two therapists to your hotel room or apartment, which removes the unfamiliar venue from the list of things to think about. What remains is the format itself: two people working on you at the same time. This guide walks through the whole evening in order, so that nothing on the night comes as a surprise.
What a four hands massage is
Four hands means two therapists working together on one guest for the full length of the booking. They begin with matching movements on both sides of the body, then separate so that each works a different area while staying in rhythm with the other. The effect is that attention arrives in more than one place at once. Most people find their mind stops trying to follow it after a few minutes, which is exactly what the format is designed to do. The four-hand service page describes the style in more depth.
It is not two separate massages happening near each other. That is a couples booking, where each partner has a therapist of their own. If you are travelling as a pair and wondering which you want, the guide comparing four hands and couples massage sets them side by side.
Before your first four hands massage: choosing the pair
You have three options. Pick both therapists from the roster by name. Pick one and ask us to find a partner who works well beside her. Or describe the kind of session you want in one sentence and leave both names to us.
For a first time, the second option is often the sensible one. Two therapists who already work together move around a bed with no hesitation, and a guest who has never had four hands will feel the difference within minutes. If you choose two names who have not worked as a pair, we will say so before you confirm and suggest a close alternative.
Each profile lists languages, age and the rates table. Every therapist on the roster is 21 or older, and so must you be.
Sending the first message
Write on WhatsApp or Telegram. Put the words four hands in the first line so there is no confusion with a couples booking. Then add four things: the area or street where you are staying, the date and time, the length you want, and any names you have chosen. Your room number can wait until later.
The reply arrives within about ten minutes. It carries both therapists' names, the arrival time and the total. If anything does not suit you, say so in the same thread and it will be adjusted before anyone sets out.
What it costs
Four hands on one guest is priced on the single-client, two-therapist row of our rates:
- one hour: EUR 360
- ninety minutes: EUR 540
- two hours: EUR 720
- three hours: EUR 1,080, and every hour beyond at EUR 360
- an overnight of eight hours: EUR 2,880
For a first session, an hour or ninety minutes is the usual choice. It is long enough to feel the format settle and short enough that you are not committing to an evening before you know how you respond to it.
The deposit on a first booking
A first four hands massage needs a deposit for two separate reasons: it is your first booking with us, and it uses two therapists. Either one alone would be enough. The deposit is half of the total, so an hour means EUR 180 ahead and EUR 180 on arrival, and ninety minutes means EUR 270 and EUR 270.
It is paid in the WhatsApp thread after we accept, by card, Revolut, Wise or crypto. Bank transfer and PayPal are not accepted for deposits. Cancelling does not return the deposit. If your plans change and you ask more than 24 hours before the start, one move to another date within 14 days keeps it attached to the booking. Each case is spelled out on the cancellation policy page.
Preparing the room
This takes about five minutes. The two therapists need to reach both sides of the bed, so move suitcases, chairs and side tables to leave a clear strip down each long edge. Raise the heating two or three degrees, because lying still for an hour cools the body more than people expect. Lower the lights to a lamp. Take a warm shower shortly before they arrive.
You do not need to buy anything. The pair bring oils, towels and a clean cover for the bed. If you are in a small canal-house room or an apartment with a sofa bed, mention it when you write so they arrive with a plan.
The arrival
Once the deposit clears, the two therapists travel together. Anywhere central they reach your door forty to sixty minutes later, at any hour. You will receive a message when they set off, which is the moment to send your room number or the name on the buzzer.
They arrive dressed for the street, with ordinary bags. At the door there is a short greeting, then the balance is settled quietly, in cash, by card or in crypto. The first few minutes are spent arranging the room and asking you a couple of simple questions: any areas to avoid, any pressure preference, whether you would like music.
How the hour unfolds
The opening is usually slow and symmetrical, both therapists mirroring each other so your body gets used to two sets of hands. Then the pair begin to separate their work. Many first-time guests say this is the moment the format makes sense, because it stops feeling like two people and starts feeling like one continuous thing that cannot be predicted.
You do not have to do anything. If you want more pressure, less pressure, or a different area, say so in a few words. If you prefer silence, the therapists will keep conversation to a minimum. Toward the end the pace slows again, and the session closes gently rather than stopping abruptly.
Common first-time worries
Guests often worry that two therapists will feel crowded. In practice the opposite is usual; the coordination makes it feel calmer than one therapist rushing to cover everything. Others worry about not knowing what to say. There is nothing you need to say beyond answering the two or three questions at the start. Some worry about the room being too small. Unless the floor beside the bed is genuinely impossible to clear, the pair will make it work, and they will tell you when you describe it if they think it will not.
Small things that make a first session easier
Eat lightly beforehand. A heavy dinner and an hour lying face down are not good companions, so if you have just come back from a restaurant, give it a little time before the pair arrive. Go easy on alcohol too; one glass relaxes, three make the hour blur in the wrong way.
Put your phone on silent and out of reach. It is surprisingly common for a first-time guest to spend the opening minutes wondering whether a message has come in, and the whole value of the format is losing track of everything outside the room.
Decide before the pair arrive whether you want music. Most hotel televisions can play a quiet channel, and the therapists can bring something on a phone if you ask. Silence is also a perfectly good choice.
Finally, tell the therapists about anything physical they should know: a stiff neck from the flight, a knee that does not like pressure, sunburn from a day on a canal boat. A sentence at the start saves an adjustment halfway through, and it lets both of them plan around it together rather than one noticing and the other not.
If you are travelling with a partner
Four hands is a single-guest format, so on a trip for two the other partner is not receiving during the session. Some partners stay in the room on a chair by the window, some take a walk or wait in the hotel bar, and some book the same pair for themselves on another evening. If you would both prefer to be looked after at the same moment, a couples booking with a therapist each is the format to ask for instead.
Afterwards
The therapists tidy away their own towels and oils before they leave, so the room looks much as it did. Drink water, stay warm, and do not plan anything demanding for the next hour. Many guests go straight to sleep. If you enjoyed the pairing, write the next day and ask for the same two again; pairs who already know your preferences make a second session even easier.
Booking your first session
When you are ready, send one message with four hands, your area, the time and the length. The rest follows from there.