In terms of my own personal comfort, I'd lean toward direct access to the room. ...
Originally Posted by taggert
It mystifies me how when provided a place where you can park directly in front of the room or within 1 spot over--where you can zoom out of your car and right into the room with the least amount of time out in public view....some gents park their car 2 or 3 rows back and will walk to the room. Talk about taking a chance for someone to spot you.
Yes I understand they might want to be hiding their car from view but when I look out in the lot, their car really isn't hidden at all. And if you had a wife who was looking for you or an investigator watching your car, your walking from the car to the room over a 50-60 feet jaunt compared to 8-10 feet gives the private eye or person who thinks they recognize you, MORE time to view your face or get a clothes description or more. Plus most times if someone spots your car from the road and thinks they saw you at a hotel, with a finer hotel that might have events going on inside, a bar or a restaurant, you can always use the excuse that you stopped in to meet someone for lunch or a meeting there.
Depending on how many cameras are inside the halls, elevator, or lobby, I now prefer inside, though if I DO do outside rooms, I usually ask if that type of hotel's okay with a gent. I also ask for ground floor so they can get in and out the quickest.
Years ago when I did outcall only...I saw a new investigation about a Red Roof Inn that I semi-frequented for outcall. I was amazed that the news was showing the people walking in and out the outside entrances to rooms they were watching or using as set up. I had just started in the business a year or two and kind of just then realized that people can be watching you from far away. Not like I didn't know it before, but sometimes it takes something to actually happen before it hits you, you know? News trucks can be hidden in the next door parking lot with cameras aimed at you. So that's exactly what was going on here and I thank goodness it wasn't ME on those cameras. I changed my M.O. after I saw that news cast in the way of outcalls.
It wasn't til many many years later that I finally started doing incalls and when I did, I started to lean toward inside entrances more and more. But as I said above, it all depends on how the hotel is laid out, how big it is, how many cameras, how many other hotels in area too. Depending on the type of town it is too, will depend on what type of hotel/motel is picked also.