I sent a text to an old favourite of mine, whose AW page has been saying she's not been taking clients since the start of the pandemic, to find out what her plans were. She came back with a friendly reply saying that her day job is now full-time and that the flat she used to use is no longer available. Beer-brain led me to suggest that I could pay for a hotel room if she wanted to see a client or two some evening. She thanked me for the offer and said she would think about it. Now I am thinking "what the hell shall I do if she takes me up on this?". I was naively thinking that she'd book the hotel and I'd just bowl up, have my hour of fun and then pay the bill and maybe a bit on top to her, but is she likely to be happy with that (as the booking would be at her risk)? Or should I offer to make the booking at my risk? I guess a beer-free phone call to get a better idea of how serious she is about this is my least worst option. Does anyone have any thoughts about or experience of this kind of arrangement?
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