How it works when you book for work

In the request form you choose, for each part of the programme, the option closest to your plan, and you see straight away what it costs. If you want something different, add it in the comments on the last screen. That's where we start.

For business guests we do have a few set packages. A meeting needs a tailor-made plan less often, and then picking is quicker than explaining. If it doesn't quite fit, we'll of course adjust to you.

You'll usually have a quote within a week. Need it sooner? Just let us know. Questions about your request go to [email protected].

Already have a rough idea, or want to see where you'll meet first?

We often work in half-day blocks, not hours. If the meeting runs over, you don't pay for extra hours: how much room there is depends on what's booked before and after. We never charge separately for extra staff, that's in the price.

For half a day there's unlimited fresh coffee, tea, water, soft drinks, biscuits and fruit, with a sweet or a savoury snack. For a full day, both. Food and drink are served in the room, or you get them at one of our two bars.

Half a day with lunch starts from around €42 per person. Your quote shows exactly what your day costs.

How long will your day be?

With the quote, the date goes into our diary as an option. That option stands until a month after the date of the quote and then lapses by itself. In practice we often leave it in place, by arrangement, if nobody else wants the day and you're still considering Het Broeker Huis.

If someone else comes along who wants to book for real, we talk to both of you first. Usually we work it out. If we can't, you get 3 days to decide.

Torn between two dates? Pencil in both. On weekdays there's almost always room for groups of up to about 20 people.

Not sure about the date? Call, and we'll look at the diary together.

You accept online in the quote itself, or you let us know by email. That fixes the date.

We don't ask for a deposit on a business booking. We do need your invoice details: you give them up front, through the quote. That way the invoice goes out right first time, in your company's name.

Questions about the terms? Ask them before you accept.

Once you've accepted, plenty can still change, and that's fine. Nothing changes like a diary. Up to a week before the day you can pass on changes to the programme, the attendees, the menu and the timings. After that, the plan is fixed.

If someone drops out or joins, tell us as early as you can. The sooner we know, the easier for everyone.

Something changing? Let us know, even if it isn't certain yet.

The coffee is ready before the first coat is off. For a business day, the projector and screen are always included in the hire, as are a flip chart, markers and a whiteboard. There's wifi too.

From Amsterdam you're here in fifteen minutes, by car or by bus from Centraal. From the bus stop it's a 5-minute walk along the Havenrak to the door. By car, you park for free at the Nieuwland, also a 5-minute walk, where there are 6 charging points. There's no point driving further into the village. Limited mobility? Then park on our own grounds, and you can always be dropped off at the door.

All non-alcoholic drinks during the programme are included in the meeting package. Alcoholic drinks, and anything after the last slide, are charged afterwards: you pay for what was actually drunk. No meeting package, and rather have everything charged afterwards? That's possible too, just ask us.

And anyone who wants to stay on afterwards can carry on with drinks or stay for dinner.

Want to see where you'll be sitting?

Afterwards we send the final invoice, in your company's name and with the details from the quote. It lists everything ordered and consumed. Drinks appear as a summary, with a reference to an itemised invoice from the till.

Every invoice comes as a PDF. If your accounts team would rather import a file, we'll send a UBL on request. If something's wrong, a number or the name on the invoice, we put it right with a credit note. So pass on your details beforehand, that's the most efficient for everyone.

A question about an invoice?

Cancellation follows the Uniform Conditions for the Hospitality Industry, the UVH. Moving a date counts as cancelling the original booking. What it costs depends on how close the day is. The table is in the terms that come with your quote. In case of force majeure we also follow the UVH.

Still, rules aren't the whole story. If something unexpected happens that affects your day, we'd much rather find a solution together. So far, the UVH have been gathering dust in a drawer for years.

Read the terms?