Four blondes on the W2 board, each with her own route in

Nora is the local. She lives in Paddington, so a station hotel is only minutes away once she sets out, and evenings that begin off the Heathrow Express are the bookings she enjoys most. Honey blonde, hazel eyed and athletic at 166 cm, she trained in fashion design and treats champagne as the proper reply to a train that runs on time.

Thea comes up from South Kensington by bicycle or cab, roughly fifteen minutes to Lancaster Gate. Caramel blonde with green eyes, curvy at 165 cm and thoroughly down to earth, she likes an early start that leaves room for the park before a Japanese supper.

Cindy needs around twenty minutes from Chelsea. Her waves are blonde and her eyes blue, and at 168 cm she is slim and sporty from morning yoga and weekends under sail. Nancy allows about twenty five minutes from Covent Garden to Queensway. Golden blonde, blue eyed and curvy at 170 cm, she swims most days and carries the good humour of someone always half planning a road trip.

Landing in the afternoon? Cindy is the natural first message, because her diary opens in the afternoon and a small boat on Paddington Basin fits neatly before an early dinner. Arriving around six with the park gates still open, Thea will take the evening outdoors. For a Heathrow Express arrival with a day's notice, Nora is the obvious name. Planning a Friday, Saturday or Sunday, ask for Nancy by Wednesday, since her weekends go first.

Blonde hair runs across every figure. Nancy and Thea are also curvaceous, Nora sits with the toned and athletic, and Cindy is on the slim and slender list. Three of the four, Cindy, Nora and Thea, belong to the late twenties band, while Nancy has reached her thirties, which may be why a long weekend never seems to rush her.

Exactly what every other booking costs. One hour is £250, two hours £500 and a four hour dinner date £900. For a travel companion booking out to an airport hotel, Nancy and Cindy are both regular suggestions, with the usual three hour minimum and the journey counted inside it. A standard hotel visit is held once 25 percent of its fare has arrived by transfer, with the remainder paid when she arrives.

The list follows hair as each companion wears it today, not as it looked in an older portrait. When one of the four changes colour, the desk moves her to the right list and retakes or removes any photograph that no longer matches, as the photo policy explains. That way the blonde you pick from the board is the blonde who walks into your lobby.

Keep it short: her name, the date, the time your train or flight gets in, how long you would like, and the hotel. The desk replies within ten to fifteen minutes, confirms your full name and room, and gives a realistic arrival time based on where she is setting out from.