{"id":9687,"date":"2026-01-01T14:10:00","date_gmt":"2026-01-01T13:10:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.amsterdamredlightdistricttour.com\/?p=9687"},"modified":"2026-03-25T14:05:35","modified_gmt":"2026-03-25T13:05:35","slug":"the-happy-hooker-runs-bed-breakfast-amsterdam","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.amsterdamredlightdistricttour.com\/nl\/news\/the-happy-hooker-runs-bed-breakfast-amsterdam\/","title":{"rendered":"Happy Hooker Runs Bed &#038; Breakfast in Amsterdam"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Xaviera_Hollander_%E2%80%93_ex-call_girl_former_madam_famous_author_of_the_book_%E2%80%98The_Happy_Hooker_%E2%80%93_runs_a_bed_breakfast_in_Amsterdam\"><\/span>Xaviera Hollander &#8211; ex-call girl, former madam, &amp; famous author of the book &#8216;The Happy Hooker&#8217; &#8211;\u00a0runs a\u00a0bed &amp; breakfast in Amsterdam<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Xaviera Hollander, born in Surabaya, Indonesia, is a Dutch author and former prostitute and madam. She became world famous for her book The Happy Hooker: My Own Story 1971.<\/p><div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_82_2 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-grey ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Inhoudsopgave<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle tabel met inhoud\"><span class=\"ez-toc-js-icon-con\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewbox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewbox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseprofile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.amsterdamredlightdistricttour.com\/nl\/news\/the-happy-hooker-runs-bed-breakfast-amsterdam\/#Xaviera_Hollander_%E2%80%93_ex-call_girl_former_madam_famous_author_of_the_book_%E2%80%98The_Happy_Hooker_%E2%80%93_runs_a_bed_breakfast_in_Amsterdam\" >Xaviera Hollander &#8211; ex-call girl, former madam, &amp; famous author of the book &#8216;The Happy Hooker&#8217; &#8211;\u00a0runs a\u00a0bed &amp; breakfast in Amsterdam<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-3' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.amsterdamredlightdistricttour.com\/nl\/news\/the-happy-hooker-runs-bed-breakfast-amsterdam\/#The_Happy_Hooker_Book\" >The Happy Hooker Book<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/www.amsterdamredlightdistricttour.com\/nl\/news\/the-happy-hooker-runs-bed-breakfast-amsterdam\/#From_Happy_Hooker_to_Happy_Hostess_in_Amsterdam\" >From Happy Hooker to Happy Hostess in Amsterdam<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/www.amsterdamredlightdistricttour.com\/nl\/news\/the-happy-hooker-runs-bed-breakfast-amsterdam\/#Details_Bed_and_Breakfast_Xaviera_Hollander\" >Details Bed and Breakfast Xaviera Hollander<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/www.amsterdamredlightdistricttour.com\/nl\/news\/the-happy-hooker-runs-bed-breakfast-amsterdam\/#Book_Bed_and_Breakfast_in_Amsterdam\" >Book Bed and Breakfast in Amsterdam<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n\n<p>Xaviera Hollander, after she finished her highschool, won the award of &#8220;best secretary in Holland&#8221; at a competition organized by ManpowerGroup, a\u00a0multinational human resource consulting firm. She left the Netherlands in her early 20&#8217;s to stay with her stepsister and family in Johannesburg. In South Africa she met and became engaged with an American economist. In 1968, when the engagement was broken\u00a0off, Hollander went to New York, where she worked at the Dutch consulate in Manhattan as a secretary. She left this position to work as a luxurious call girl\/ <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amsterdamredlightdistricttour.com\/nl\/news\/10-best-agencies-for-escorts-in-amsterdam\/\">escort<\/a>, something she could no longer combine with her\u00a0day time job at the Consulate.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amsterdamredlightdistricttour.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Xaviera-Hollander-The-Happy-Hooker-1971.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-9752 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.amsterdamredlightdistricttour.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Xaviera-Hollander-The-Happy-Hooker-1971.jpg\" alt=\"The Happy Hooker in 1971\" width=\"800\" height=\"1050\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.amsterdamredlightdistricttour.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Xaviera-Hollander-The-Happy-Hooker-1971.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.amsterdamredlightdistricttour.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Xaviera-Hollander-The-Happy-Hooker-1971-229x300.jpg 229w, https:\/\/www.amsterdamredlightdistricttour.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Xaviera-Hollander-The-Happy-Hooker-1971-780x1024.jpg 780w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><br \/>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<p>In 1969, she opened her own brothel: Madame Xaviera&#8217;s Girls. Within a short period\u00a0of time Xaviera Hollander became New York City&#8217;s leading madam. Three years later, in 1971, she was arrested for sex work by the New York police and forced to leave the United States.\u00a0This after she had\u00a0also become involved in a massive Police Corruption \u00a0Scandal in Manhattan, \u00a0referred to as the\u00a0Knapp Commission scandal.<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"The_Happy_Hooker_Book\"><\/span>The Happy Hooker Book<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-9906 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.amsterdamredlightdistricttour.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Holland-Amsterdam-Happy-Hooker-Book.jpg\" alt=\"The Happy Hooker Book \" width=\"800\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.amsterdamredlightdistricttour.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Holland-Amsterdam-Happy-Hooker-Book.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.amsterdamredlightdistricttour.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Holland-Amsterdam-Happy-Hooker-Book-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.amsterdamredlightdistricttour.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Holland-Amsterdam-Happy-Hooker-Book-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.amsterdamredlightdistricttour.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Holland-Amsterdam-Happy-Hooker-Book-180x180.jpg 180w, https:\/\/www.amsterdamredlightdistricttour.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Holland-Amsterdam-Happy-Hooker-Book-600x600.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>In the same year, 1971, Xaviera Hollander published her memoir; The Happy Hooker. The book was remarkable for its frankness by the standards of the time &amp; is considered a landmark of positive writing\u00a0about prostitution and sex.<\/p>\n<p>In the Happy Hooker book,\u00a0Xaviera Hollander detailed her life as an open-minded woman. It was also the very first book in the world where an author could freely write about sex in a frank way without using misguiding words. In other words Xaviera was allowed to mention the proverbial \u201cbeasts by their names\u201d. Four letter words have since been totally accepted by the usually quite prim and proper American people.<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"From_Happy_Hooker_to_Happy_Hostess_in_Amsterdam\"><\/span>From Happy Hooker to Happy Hostess in Amsterdam<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<h3><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-9911 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.amsterdamredlightdistricttour.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/The-Happy-Hooker-BB-in-Amsterdam.jpg\" alt=\"Bed and Breakfast The Happy Hooker in Amsterdam\" width=\"840\" height=\"460\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.amsterdamredlightdistricttour.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/The-Happy-Hooker-BB-in-Amsterdam.jpg 840w, https:\/\/www.amsterdamredlightdistricttour.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/The-Happy-Hooker-BB-in-Amsterdam-300x164.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 840px) 100vw, 840px\" \/><\/h3>\n<p>Nowadays she lives in the south of Amsterdam, called &#8220;Gold coast &#8220;. Together with her darling Dutch husband Philip, she runs a lovely bed and breakfast in a beautiful and quiet part of the city. It&#8217;s the\u00a0fanciest neighborhood of Holland&#8217;s capital and it has the highest average disposable income per household from all parts of Amsterdam.<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Details_Bed_and_Breakfast_Xaviera_Hollander\"><\/span>Details Bed and Breakfast Xaviera Hollander<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>Hollander&#8217;s Happy House B&amp;B is closely located to Museum Square with its Van Gogh, Rijks and Stedelijk museum. Her B&amp;B offers free WiFi, king size beds, a beautiful and spacious garden, terrace, lovely art and a cozy ambiance.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-9937 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.amsterdamredlightdistricttour.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Amsterdam-South-Bed-Breakfast-Xaviera-Hollander-Happy-Hooker-e1479228056144.jpg\" alt=\"Amsterdam South Bed and Breakfast Xaviera Hollander\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Xaviera and her husband speak 5 languages between them. Staying in Xaviera&#8217;s Happy House gives you the opportunity to meet &amp; greet a famous writer, who can also organize a delightful workshop for up to 12 people with, as her main topic: How to Make Your Partner Into A Super Lover.\u00a0It&#8217;s most interesting to actually meet her and her charming man.\u00a0He is also a great cook and they organize lunches and dinners up to 10 people. You can ask her all sorts of questions!<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Book_Bed_and_Breakfast_in_Amsterdam\"><\/span>Book Bed and Breakfast in Amsterdam<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>Xaviera&#8217;s accommodation has 84 reviews and is rated with a <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.booking.com\/hotel\/nl\/xaviera-s-b-b.html?aid=1155540&amp;amp;no_rooms=1&amp;amp;group_adults=1\" rel=\"noopener\">7.8\/10 on Booking.com<\/a>. On TripAdvisor it has 96 reviews and a 4-star rating. Click on the link below for more details, prices and reservations.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.booking.com\/hotel\/nl\/xaviera-s-b-b.html?aid=1155540&amp;no_rooms=1&amp;group_adults=1\"><button>MORE INFORMATION<\/button><\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Xaviera Hollander &#8211; ex-call girl, former madam, &amp; famous author of the book &#8216;The Happy Hooker&#8217; &#8211;\u00a0runs a\u00a0bed &amp; breakfast in Amsterdam Xaviera Hollander, born in Surabaya, Indonesia, is a Dutch author and former prostitute and madam. She became world famous for her book The Happy Hooker: My Own Story 1971. 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