I am quite comfortable going to a hotel. You are right that guys perfer a decent hotel with a lobby good for anonymous lurking and no keycard for the elevator.

As long as you dont forget to put the DO NOT FUCKING DISTURB sign, it is the best.

I rarely ever do out calls to my house cuz it gives up my adress. so a provider at a decent hotel is best. Going to her abatement is another option but I prefer a nice hotel over apt.

1) pick a hotel that is upscale and in a nice area
2) make sure it has ample parking (and avoid those that make you pay with a credit card when you leave - I've left "footprints" a few times when as I drove away, I found that the garage had an automated pay machine and that use of a credit card was the only way to leave.
3) a place that host business meetings and trade shows is great - easy to just enter, go to the meeting rom level, then take another elevator up to the room; also easy to appear as just another person attending.  Just note what groups are meeting (and warn hobbyst if they are local) - on one occassion as I was leaving a hotel I ran into 4 people I knew in the lobby - turned out it was hosting a big industry group banquet (in my industry) that night and my appointment ended just as guest were arriving - after running into the fourth person, I ducked into the bathroom and read the newspaper sitting on the toilet for the next 45 minutes until the crowd finished arriving.
4) be sure you have plenty of towels - nothings worse than needing to shower and not having enough clean towels.

Posh hotel is definitely better, as it does affect how one perceives the experience. Not saying I have not had fun in a cheesy motel, but it is different. Classy hotel makes the lady and the whole experience seem classier.

Does trouble with hotels usually start with clients passing through reception? Unless they all stop and ask for directions to the same room number, my guess is that such trouble starts when a hotel decides to target providers, possibly cooperating with LE. Then they sort of profile providers and keep an eye on guests who seem to fit that profile. I assume these days that most hotels have elevator and hallway security cameras so if they want to watch some specific rooms to see if there is suspicious traffic, they can easily do that without reception entering into it.

I am not saying that ladies and gents don't do stupid things to draw attention to themselves, or just get unlucky, but my guess is that it starts with hotel security deciding they need to target providers. Can anyone tell me whether that is true?

thanks,
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Really, I usually could not host at home even if I wanted to...  and there are far too many risks to having a new friend to your domicile.  As a matter of fact, I found out later that my ex-w went through my desk & checkbook on her visit to my (then) home.  I was young & used to living alone, never realized that I should be more careful (and the brief visit was not preplanned).  

I'd say the majority of my New Meets last year were Hotels.  Not fancy places, but the rooms were clean & had everything we wanted.   A Fav often meets me at a chain hotel...  gets a room in the rear building near a outside door & lets me in.  It does mean she has to wear a jogging suit or warm up but it does not stay on long & she has her sexy attire under it.  
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Am I The Only One,

or is every other guy on here ready to move to London??
OMG, hot, hot, babes!!

I've seen so many providers, at hotels now, it actually feels weird when I'm a road trip to stay in a hotel. LOL! I'm use to only being a hotel room one and half hours at the most.

I'd never bring a provider to my home.

Newbies...  need to ask questions (like which way to the elevators) from the host, not the front desk.  Wise ladies, leave no "evidence" in the trash for housekeeping...  bring your own trash bag & dispose of tell tale things like condom wrappers, in a common area or even the dumpster.   Tip the room staff well...  likely they know what is going on...  nothing like a good tip to give them tunnel vision.  
I believe that many hotel "know" what is going on...  but choose not to notice as long as it is discreet.  
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I often see neighbors coming and going and I think to myself that they must know something is going on with strange men always in and out of a gal's apartment.

Hotels can be nice an anonmynious, and that's the way I like it.

As for posh, the posher the better.  Bring on those big bars of soap.

When I do out calls in my hometown, I will rent a hotel room. When I travel, obviously I am in hotels. And almost every incall I have ever done was in hotels. There were very few exceptions in years of hobbying (2 maybe 3 times that I can remember), where I went to an incall in a condo or apartment.

I feel more secure in an apartment, e..g no LE.  But if it's a nice hotel, I'm in heaven.  Literally its a min-vacation.  The only problem is with a hotel I keep thinking of how many guys have been there before , a towel on the bedspread is just so tacky, but if the sheets are tight when the spread comes off and she spreads, well ewwwwwh yuuuuck!

But here is a suggestion for the girls, I will always offer to chip in (pay) another $100 or so if she gets a nice place.  If you go to hotwire.com or priceline I imagine in most cities there is a posh zip code you can choose and add 4 stars and you will probably be very pleased.  In LA you need $100, probably elswhere you can get buy with $50.

But fancy hotel, clean tight bed sheets, I"m there.

I always smile and relive all the great sessions and the provider's skills every time I drive by the hotel.

prefer hotel with parking or atleast a public parking garage close to hotel, not a big fan of valet parking but better than street parking for it totally sucks here.  Only once have I arrived at a hotel that used Keycard for the elevator and helped her locate and move to an very nice hotel without elevator keycards.  A busy lobby is nice. Suggest not staying more than 2-3 days in a hotel, then move to another one.

I like upscale hotels personally but I do always think who else was on the sheets before me. I once saw this provider in a hotel and as I laid there while she massaged my back, I could ever so slightly smell badussy from the covers.
I guess its true what they say, Sex is drty!