I'm sure this has been discussed so I apologize for repetition but I am too damn lazy to search through the site.  Is it common if you are doing an outcall that the provider calls the hotel to verify that you are checked in there???

Remember... Hotels are very common for LE busts, and it is unknown territory for providers to step into your room without knowing what could happen there. We are in almost total control of our incalls but we have zero control of yours. Cooperate with your date and give her the necessary info so she can feel safe and at ease.

and have, in fact, canceled outcalls because the gent was not registered under the name he gave me. That's a huge red flag, and a chance I won't take.

Just hope they are paying attention.

Calling the Waldorf to ask if John Smith is in room 409 really does not mean a thing. John Smith could be registered in that room and Mr. LE is behind the door, so it's an ADDED precaution, but I would never use it as the ONLY one.

through to a room if the caller asks for room 201 without knowing the name of the person who has checked in to the room.

In my vast experience with outcalls (once), it worked like this. She met me in the Starbucks downstairs, looked me over, decided I didn't look too freaky, and off we went. I'd prefer that to giving the real name I use to register at hotels. In fact, it never occurred to me that I'd need to give that info for an outcall, although I understand(!) the providers POV on this.

could have told you about the lonely guy in 210 or 345 that needed some company.  

I always call the room phone before I go just to make sure that they are in that room. Sometimes a gentlemen might give you the wrong room number by accident or the wrong location (since there might be several of the same hotel chains in the area). Then there are times that they give you the wrong info on purpose, so it's always a great idea for a provider to do this. Also in some states if they do stings at a hotel they won't answer the room phone just the cell phone they are using at the time.

A couple of times no one answered the door. This is when I first started and the agency screened this way: if they have a pulse and said they had money, we went o.O I think some other agencies sent us on these bum runs and/or the guys called more than one girl and whoever got there first won.  

immediately before you go in. I have been known to leave the room for ice, a drink etc.. Would suck to miss the all-important call and then think I had a NCNS, not knowing you had called the room phone.

I require real first and last name for any appointment, ESPECIALLY hotel outcalls. I typically verify if the call is for a hotel with an area code in the same city. I understand discretion, but safety comes first. The fact that some of you are seeing providers that don't ask for real first and last name is kind of weird to me.