Sorry my friend I can’t offer any help here.
But I too had a similar kind of thing happen to me, only quite a while ago. For the life of me I can’t recall the place now but I was in the Midlands at the time.
I mentioned to the lady on the phone that I enjoyed sensual massage. Trying to hint at HE.
She wasn’t strange but never actually said anything really.
“You enjoy I am sure” she kept saying.
I wonder if some of these places think it might be the authorities ringing up and don’t want to offer up too much in the way of info.