Park Lane

Park Lane is hotel outcall, and that is essentially all it is. W1, running along the eastern edge of Hyde Park between Marble Arch and Hyde Park Corner.

Where it is

Hyde Park Corner and Marble Arch stations bookend it. The park is on one side and Mayfair on the other, which is what sets the price.

What that means for booking

Nobody keeps an incall flat on Park Lane. The bookings here are outcall to the hotels along it, and the companions covering it come from Mayfair and Marylebone, usually within fifteen minutes.

Give the hotel and room number when you ring rather than at the door. The staff at these hotels have seen it all and take no interest whatever.

What it costs

From £400, at the top of the London range, and two hour minimums are common. Dinner dates and overnights are a larger share of the work here than almost anywhere else in the city.

Which hotels

The whole eastern side of the park is hotels, and every one of them is used to guests receiving visitors. Nobody at reception will ask and nobody will look twice.

Who covers it

Companions based in Mayfair, Marble Arch and Marylebone. From any of those the journey is short, which is part of what you are paying for.

Worth knowing before you ring

Book earlier in the day for a Thursday to Saturday evening. The diaries covering this stretch are the fullest in London and the good ones close first.