It seems like everyone is in Tysons these days. Anyone have in calls downtown or actually in the city. Hate driving all the way out to Tysons, especially for those those after work engagements.

List of why DC sucks:
:  Overly restrictive traffic lanes (for more $#% bike lanes that are used by perhaps 10 bikes a day)
:  Parking sucks (lots of street parking is gone thanks to.....see above)
:  10% additional meal tax (no way in heck will I ever eat in DC again)
:  14 1/2% hotel tax (includes not enough hotels, thus lack of supply = higher room rates)
:  25 mph speed limit almost everywhere

Hotels in DC often require paid parking with a CC.  I don't leave any paper trail.  It's also hard to find street parking.  Also, many hotels in DC are now more strict on guests.  Unsure if this has changed since 2022/2021, but it was tough to just walk into a hotel and use the elevator.

All of the above.  That is why I frequently stay in Crystal City  (15-20 minutes away).  The cost of Downtown hotels anywhere these days combined with parking, food and other expenses is cost prohibitive.

DC is a headache. The parking, traffic, prices for hotels, and lack of discretion with key carded hotels.  

I used to see providers in the DuPont/Downtown area, but I don't see many hosting there anymore. Parking is becoming a nightmare for the reasons spelled out by others. Crystal City is better but not great for parking. Tysons and the Mosaic District in Fairfax are more convenient to me and have MUCH easier parking.  

I would rather drive the 40 minutes to Tyson's or BWI and not deal with the parking issues in DC. There is only one hotel that I know of in the Tyson's area that charges for parking but I was there the other day and never realized that there is some free parking available on the service road right in front of the hotel.

It is a shame that DC has mismanaged the Metro into the ground.  Service is unreliable and crime is at an all-time high.  Dupont Circle was right in the middle of the system and area hotels and private incalls were plentiful.  IMHO DC government is more concerned with being woke than ensuring safe and reliable mass transit.  They are killing downtown and more than just the hobby with their nonsense.

It's paradise compared to the NYC subway.

More Metro mismanagement....

Metro has too many political bosses to answer to, and it has been too willing to bend to their will. Most of Metro's track is about 40-50 years old, and funding for maintenance took a back seat to extending hours (which cut into time available for overnight maintenance too)  and lengthening lines to please local politicians with the result that the situation is now dire and requires a multi-year fix. And it isn't just DC. Metro has to answer to DC, Maryland, and Virginia at the state level and DC, Montgomery, Prince Georges, Fairfax,  Loudon, Arlington counties; and Alexandria city, Fairfax city and Falls Church city at the local level. The Federal Government is on the Metro Board too, but it has been the lonely voice in favor of safety and maintenance.

The problem with Tysons is that the police sting and arrest in Virginia, not in Washington

Never heard of this happening in Tyson's even though it seems to be THE place for ladies to visit in the DC area.

I've never seen anyone having issues in Tysons unless they were at trashy, cheap hotels known for drug dealers and working girls AND they were being obvious or causing issues (typically noise).

Unless you're seeing trashy pay by the hour/day motels, there are no LE in the hotels I visit.  All of them are used by business and traveling people.  This is why seeing the right type of person matters.  Trash is not welcomed.

I think Fairfax County (where Tysons is) is probably the safest local jurisdiction in the DC area. As long as neither of you is making a scene or too much noise that upsets other guests, I think the hotels are happy for the business. They can't tell when a an out-of-town visitor is working, but I don't think they have any illusions about what is going on when I single local woman is checking in and I don't think they call the cops with discreet clients.

As someone who's based in NOVA and closer to Tysons, I have now come to a point where I simply refuse to drive to DC to meet a companion. The traffic and the parking in DC is too much of a headache.

On this, I will defend Metro. I think that the big cost of changing a station name is multiple new maps on every single car and in every station (we are talking many thousands of new maps) and also changing every brown pillar listing the stations on the lines connecting to that station (this must be several hundred at least).  

I am interested in downtown incalls. Some of us still work downtown, at least hybrid. I’d be interested in seeing more ladies downtown since Tysons is a bit of a drive for me.

However, in these bleak times for Metro, it is an expense that is not mandatory for safety, maintenance, or even system upgrades.