add a second name.... it could later be questioned if there is anyone in your private life that might be questioning. Just check in as two adults and leave it at that. Have the provider call you and go to your suite. (*The hotel will probably not push the issue*)
Just adding thoughts from previous experience...
Have a great weekend !!! ~T

I get there early and rent the room myself, then contact the person by cell phone with the room number.  Most hotel people are cool, but you never know.  It's not just the desk people, you never know who will be walking through a hotel lobby.

most of these places have a concept that security is a chair placed under the door knob... and checking in with a friend?  lol.... some seem to think it odd that I am checking in without a friend!  You guys must stay in better places that I!.

Sounds like the hotel scene from "The Graduate."

Definitiely only check in as one person. If it makes you nervous to have her standing beside you, then don't -- even when I check in with my wife and kid they sit in the lobby -- why would they want to wait in line with me? Hotel staff won't think that is unusual.

I would advise, however, that she not wear lime green hot pants, fishnet stockings, pink halter top and anal bead-heeled shoes. Someone else may make off with her while you're checking in. LOL

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There's a difference between long-term and short term.  If I'm staying in a hotel on business, or getting a hotel just to see a provider for an hour, then fine -- no need to have her name on the room -- indeed, you're not likely to know her name.

But if it's a long term stay -- like an overnight, then it's different.  When I check in," I put my friend's name on the reservation, or make sure the clerk has her name.  Why?  Because she's a guest at the hotel, and I want to make sure she's treated as such.  If I'm not there, and she loses her key or is questioned by security, she's entitled to be treated as a guest, not a criminal.

There's enough unnecessary stigma attached to this business without me treating my date like someone who ought to be hidden in a closet.  

Upon arrival, I go up to the front desk with her -- and if she looks slutty, so much the better -- introduce her to the desk clerk and ask graciously for her to be put on the room record.  A professional hotel clerk will welcome her and do just that.  

Risks?  Well, I did stay in a hotel for a few days with Ms. X about a year ago.  A couple of weeks ago, I got some junk mail -- a promotional flyer for the hotel -- at home addressed to "Mr. and Mrs. X." It was really weird, and the hotel shouldn't have done it, but there wasn't any harm.

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All require the names of additional guests. You may check in as single occupancy and have your friend meet you or wait for you. However, if you state Two Adults when you check in, most hotels will require the names of additional guests.

IMHO: The best thing to do is have a friend visit you after you have checked in alone.

Most important of all.... After you check in...
HAVE FUN!!!!!!!