RUMBLED BY RECEPTION!!!!

[Ali Katt]

As noted above the key is to look like you should be there - clothes and demeanour

Only been asked if I needed help a couple of times when I had to walk past a bored reception desk - a solid no thanks I'm fine without breaking stride works wonders

Once when I told the WG of my brief encounter with reception she apologised that she hadn't used the hotel before but had been told they were WG friendly, she had tipped the maid to get extra towels. Unlike a large chain - think it was Hilton - where she had been caught 'on the job' thrown out and banned. I said that must have been awkward for the client but she said he was OK and had booked her again

Like the op I am a jeans and t-shirts guy. I sometimes stand out not intentionally. I have zero interest in dressing up from my "day off" clothes for a Donald.

[Excalibur]

It's easy for me to say but if you had used her working name probably everything may have been alright.

Clearly need a different strategy if she is called "AnalLovingSubSlut”.

[BogBog1]

Clearly need a different strategy if she is called "AnalLovingSubSlut”.

 

Luckily here in Bristol there are only a few hotels that are used regularly by WGs, and so I (and I'm sure my fellow Bristol punters) have got used to the layout of each one - making it easier to head directly to the lifts without the need to look around cluelessly. But like others, I always make sure I'm on a pretend phone call when I walk in - makes it much less likely they'll stop you. Never been stopped so far.

[freeze44]

Can see how it can be a worry meeting wg's in hotels and as said by others, better when you know the hotel and the lay out etc.

With the lack of public toilets nowadays, I use upmarket hotels for a 'rest' break and the added bonus is it gives an idea of the layout and got to know a lot of the ones in my area. 

So think the advice about arriving a bit early and using the bar/toilets helpful esp if don't know the hotel and if can't spot a easy way to get to the rooms then would call the wg and let them know not sure about access/getting challenged and then the wg can either give better directions or, as has happend to me a few times, come down to meet me. Good job that when done that there in 'sensible' cloths and not 'wg' gear! 

[Currywurst]

I once stayed at a hotel in Amsterdam (Hotel Victorie, Victorieplein 42, Zuideramstel, 1078 PH).
 
The reception is part-time. Only manned during hours of 7 am to 8 pm. Outside of these hours, the hotel door is actually locked!
 
Everybody gets a key (yes the old fashioned thing) for use outside of reception hours.
 
I called a WG at 10:00 pm. There was no way for her to get in, other than for me to physically receive her at the entrance door, and to escort her in and up the stairs.
 
No complication at all, easy peasy lemon squeezy. Didn't plan for it, but juiced the opportunity!
 
The girl was ok, Russian, don't remember her name. This was 3 years ago. As usual, a good 10 years older than stated on her profile.
 
I still remember the stragest thing she said to me. I asked if I could eat her pussy. She said "you're welcome to, it doesn't do anything for me, but if you like it, go ahead". Then she just lay back quietly, and stared at the ceiling! I eat the whole damn thing as it were chocolate cake! Yumm....
 
Oh, should say. Had to walk her down and see her out the main door. Her chaffeur was waiting outside the whole time.

[hawkzville]

Interesting stuff!

Having done a lot of overseas punting, I've found relatively often that the hotels (in particular larger posh ones) are keen to sign guests in as a "matter of policy" (usually its health and safety/fire safety etc) - this is particularly the case where I am staying in the hotel and requested an out-call to me - though I have had to sign in when visiting a W/G who is hotel based too, the last time being in Berlin at the end of 2018, but of course as it's all legal no one cares "why" you are there anyway.

So I prefer to take a ballsy approach to this in the UK when I'm visiting a W/G in a hotel where there is an active reception (so not a Premier Inn for example!) and walk up to the reception, state that I have a meeting with a guest in their room therefore do they need me to sign in? Obviously, you need the hotel room number, but then there is no way I'd ever walk into an apartment block/hotel or similar without the number anyway - out of the 20 or so times I've done this over the years only once did the receptionist do anything other than say "that's fine, no need sir" and point out the stairs lift etc and in that instance they rang the room to inform them that their guest was on the way up!

I've never needed to employ any Jason Bourne tactics...…..

[RedKettle]

Interesting stuff!

Having done a lot of overseas punting, I've found relatively often that the hotels (in particular larger posh ones) are keen to sign guests in as a "matter of policy" (usually its health and safety/fire safety etc) - this is particularly the case where I am staying in the hotel and requested an out-call to me - though I have had to sign in when visiting a W/G who is hotel based too, the last time being in Berlin at the end of 2018, but of course as it's all legal no one cares "why" you are there anyway.

So I prefer to take a ballsy approach to this in the UK when I'm visiting a W/G in a hotel where there is an active reception (so not a Premier Inn for example!) and walk up to the reception, state that I have a meeting with a guest in their room therefore do they need me to sign in? Obviously, you need the hotel room number, but then there is no way I'd ever walk into an apartment block/hotel or similar without the number anyway - out of the 20 or so times I've done this over the years only once did the receptionist do anything other than say "that's fine, no need sir" and point out the stairs lift etc and in that instance they rang the room to inform them that their guest was on the way up!

I've never needed to employ any Jason Bourne tactics...…..

that is a great approach and I love the directness of it.

However if we all did it then by the time the 5th bloke had asked in relation to that room the staff would know what was going on.

[freeze44]

that is a great approach and I love the directness of it.

However if we all did it then by the time the 5th bloke had asked in relation to that room the staff would know what was going on.

Good point!    Discretion is key and a low profile for everyones benefit best

[RedKettle]

An expensive girl, a posh hotel.

I walk in. Been told that the stairs are before the lift and reception. I glance around, can't see any stairs. There's a door to a bar, not sure if it's through there. The receptionist, around 10 feet away, shouts "can I help". I just ask where the stairs are. She asks why. I say I'm there to see a friend. She asks what room. I tell her the room number. She asks the name of the person there. I say I don't know (bad decision). She calls security. I walk away before security arrive.

had to text the girl sorry, and tell her to make up a story about me being her Uber driver.

Anyone had such a bad experience? I had an almost-as-bad experience with a concierge at a posh block of flats once, the girl was very concerned as apparently I was the third or fourth visitor to her that day stopped, all saying they were going to see her.

how about getting annoyed and saying that the receptionist is spoiling a bit of fun you and your wife are having role playing - this is rare opportunity without the kids around and now all the time and money spent is being wasted as the receptionist is killing the mood and making you feel awful.

You might even get a refund for the room.......

[Drekszter]

What a nosy receptionist, but then again, it's easy to get caught out and put on the spot when someone asks you something straight up while you're also thinking about something else in a new environment and in this case, where the stairs are.

Personally, I put headphones on and even hold on a plastic coffee cup, pretending to drink from it to make it look like I've just gone out and am returning back to my room.

Might sound like I'm overdoing it but seems to work!

[southcoastpunter]

Being on the phone is what i do - "pretend" call of course. Gives you options if you get challenged - including the option to go back outside to continue the (important) call if necessary.

However. I have never been challenged in about 7 or 8 hotel visits including Britannia Hotels (but not in last year or so) and getting good information about the hotel layout from the lady is important as is "looking like you belong there" and walking in with confidence.

[PatMacGroin]

I once stayed at a hotel in Amsterdam (Hotel Victorie, Victorieplein 42, Zuideramstel, 1078 PH).
 
The reception is part-time. Only manned during hours of 7 am to 8 pm. Outside of these hours, the hotel door is actually locked!
 
Everybody gets a key (yes the old fashioned thing) for use outside of reception hours.
 
I called a WG at 10:00 pm. There was no way for her to get in, other than for me to physically receive her at the entrance door, and to escort her in and up the stairs.
 
No complication at all, easy peasy lemon squeezy. Didn't plan for it, but juiced the opportunity!
 
The girl was ok, Russian, don't remember her name. This was 3 years ago. As usual, a good 10 years older than stated on her profile.
 
I still remember the stragest thing she said to me. I asked if I could eat her pussy. She said "you're welcome to, it doesn't do anything for me, but if you like it, go ahead". Then she just lay back quietly, and stared at the ceiling! I eat the whole damn thing as it were chocolate cake! Yumm....
 
Oh, should say. Had to walk her down and see her out the main door. Her chaffeur was waiting outside the whole time.

A few years back I was in Cuba. Met a WG in a club and brought her back to my hotel. Security stopped us at reception asking to see her ID. She was reluctant to show it saying to me we should just leave and go somewhere else. My reaction was, we are here now, just show it, what's the big deal? She passed him her ID, they had a calm chat in the local lingo and he told me that my guest could not come into the hotel, even in exchange for an "additional guest fee" I offered him.

We ended up going to her place instead but I never got a clear explanation of why she wasn't allowed. The ID request suggests they would let some "additional guests" into the hotel.

[threechilliman]

Luckily here in Bristol there are only a few hotels that are used regularly by WGs, and so I (and I'm sure my fellow Bristol punters) have got used to the layout of each one - making it easier to head directly to the lifts without the need to look around cluelessly. But like others, I always make sure I'm on a pretend phone call when I walk in - makes it much less likely they'll stop you. Never been stopped so far.

I could find my way to the lifts with my eyes closed in the one I frequent most regularly. From the entrance, 10 yards on a bearing of 5 degrees.

[finn5555]

Brittannia in Hampstead is a toilet .

How many pro$$ies work from there can’t be many 

[bhudda]

All Brittannias are they make Ibis look like DoubleTree suites.

The one in canary wharf is ok ... took several sbs there in my sa days ... so assumed the hampstead one would be ok and was quite embarrassed by the basement dungeon cell i was allocated when i took a lass there ... never again.

[MrBamboo]

How many pro$$ies work from there can’t be many 

I stayed in the Britannia in Edinburgh last year and there was WG's openly touting for business in the bar. From what I have heard most of the chain just turn a blind eye to it.

[Taggart]

Lucky escape mate what a dog 

Indeed. A face for radio.

[threechilliman]

I stayed in the Britannia in Edinburgh last year and there was WG's openly touting for business in the bar. From what I have heard most of the chain just turn a blind eye to it.

Thanks for the info. I don't really do tatty hotels, but that might just have persuaded me. What I save on the hotel I can spend on a hooker, right?

[headlessChicken]

If you have time go on the likes of tripadvisor and go through the photos of the reception area to get the layout into your head and that saves guessing where the lifts/stairs are.

[tintin100]

A few years back I was in Cuba. Met a WG in a club and brought her back to my hotel. Security stopped us at reception asking to see her ID. She was reluctant to show it saying to me we should just leave and go somewhere else. My reaction was, we are here now, just show it, what's the big deal? She passed him her ID, they had a calm chat in the local lingo and he told me that my guest could not come into the hotel, even in exchange for an "additional guest fee" I offered him.

We ended up going to her place instead but I never got a clear explanation of why she wasn't allowed. The ID request suggests they would let some "additional guests" into the hotel.

Cubans cannot move freely, they must stay within their ID zones, also they must register their name with the hotel you are in. Hence she wasn't allowed to register because they will be both breaking the law.

[Moby Dick]

I usually go half an hour early, have a drink or coffee, in the bar and sus the place out before contacting the girl for final arrangements.

Yeah I prefer that, depending on the hotel.
Take a folder, laptop, pretend you are waiting for someone. I meet colleagues/clients in hotels all the time so I sort of blend in. Sit down Chill and relax whilst you are waiting for the room number. Dont hang around or pace up and down nervously. Some hotels need you to register your car so just pretend you are there on biz. I’ve even helped myself to snack and nibbles you find outside meeting/conference rooms.
If anyone asks just say you are looking for the toilet. Don’t mention room numbers.
Just say you are meeting a colleague or client (depends on quality of hotel)

However my next review is the exact opposite: coming soon to the NW section

[adieur]

same happened to me with katlee in manchester . hotel near airport. i had travelled 60 miles and was gagging to meet her. They really caught me out but it was nt my fault. Very poor instructions..just room number.  So embarrassing but it was impossible to find the fucking stairs or lift and reception was staright through the entrance doors. i fucking hate hotels now. too stressful and they are a deal breaker in future. I ve rarely found them straight forward. best are ones that can avoid reception altogether or motels.

60 miles?..just to see a who-er??

[Home Alone]

60 miles?..just to see a who-er??

Yes. Why not, if your circumstances permit? Not every week, obviously; but not infrequently.

From time to time, you can read items in newspapers commenting on the sad circumstances of single, older people being found dead in their homes with neighbours commenting, "He never seemed to go out." 

As one who fits that demographic, I've no intention of going so quietly. One way I've found of bucking that trend is to plan a Day Out with a punt at its core. Time was when I had a Regular in the Midlands - I live in the North West - whom I saw for a couple of hours once every three months or so.

I'll also try to combine pleasure with pleasure in the sense that if I'm visiting members of my family, or friends, in another part of the country, I'll schedule a cheeky little punt with a girl I like the look of en route to or from that visit. My latest plan is to break a longish journey to visit an old College pal who suffers from MND by visiting an Escort who provides one of the un-ticked boxes on my punting Bucket List. She works in a city which doesn't require too great a detour from the direct route to see my old pal.

So, rhetorically I ask again, "Why not?"

[standardpostage]

I've never done a hotel punt, just parlours, houses, and apartments / flats.
But some good information / advice on this thread if I ever do.

[MrBamboo]

Thanks for the info. I don't really do tatty hotels, but that might just have persuaded me. What I save on the hotel I can spend on a hooker, right?

We were not stopping there by choice, the tight fuckers we were contracted to put us in there..the hookers were not the best, I wasnt tempted even after a night on the beer 

[kurnlittle]

Half the thrill is the hotel and getting to the room!

[Moby Dick]

I was once sat in a lobby of a “decent” buisines orientated hotel having a coffee working (pen/notepad boring shit) 10minutes before the hour when a smartly dressed bloke came towards me asking if I was such and such from such and such company. I wish I had said yes. Apparently he was there for a job interview (good excuse to be there). I could have had so much fun, probably mentally more fun than the punt that day. Anyhow I didn’t, and when the text came I casually worked past reception towards the rooms, totally invisible.

[BogBog1]

I could find my way to the lifts with my eyes closed in the one I frequent most regularly. From the entrance, 10 yards on a bearing of 5 degrees.

I know exactly the hotel you are talking about (presuming it's in Bristol!)

[jeanphillipe]

The only negative experience I had was at a holiday inn where you need to enter registration for vehicle. The guy on reception asked me which room I was visiting. When I told him he had a smirk on his face. cunt.

[tesla]

The only negative experience I had was at a holiday inn where you need to enter registration for vehicle. The guy on reception asked me which room I was visiting. When I told him he had a smirk on his face. cunt.

Most Holiday Inns I have used have a registration logger at the bar as well as reception, usually the one at the bar will only have one option "visitor" whereas the one on reception will have two options " visitor" and "guest"  I would use the one in the bar if you are only therefor an hour or so, also less likely to arouse suspicion from anyone on reception.

[TomTank]

wnder if this is why a SP recently asked me if I'd had any problems at reception (Britannia Leeds)

[threechilliman]

I know exactly the hotel you are talking about (presuming it's in Bristol!)

No, but it might be the same chain.

[Silver Birch]

I have had plenty of hotel punts and on the exterior I am looking calm and confident, but I find arriving at a punt and getting to the room really stressful.

Having said that, I have only once had a direct confrontation with reception and that was on exit.

I was punting at a hotel at Gatwick Airport and the only option was to park in their car park. The wg had told me this in advance. As I took a ticket at the barrier, it stated "free parking - take this ticket to reception on departure".

The lifts were directly opposite reception but it was busy and I nipped in unnoticed to enjoy my punt. An hour later, the guy on reception watched me exit the lift and cross the lobby. I produced my car park ticket and asked for it to be validated. The guy appeared to have limited English and just said "what room number?" I tried to explain that I wasn't staying in the hotel and didn't have a room. He just kept saying "what room number?" to everything I said, over and over again, each time louder than the last. Other people in the lobby were starting to stare but the guy didn't want any explanation, just the fucking room number!

After what seemed like an absolute age, a female receptionist came over and told him to validate the ticket. At that point I think he realised, along with some of the other guests in the lobby, the reality of the situation.

Never in my life did I feel so embarrassed.

[Punterperson1971]

The only other issue I had was the raddisson hotel in Birmingham didn’t realise you needed a card to get to the lift,luckily I got in when there was people going into lift.

[Trotter671]

There's been previous threads about this both here and on UKE
One of the midlands police forces put an enforcement notice on their local Britannia to force them to get ID from all room visitors. Police simply got pissed off with the number of prossies there. Britannia seem to have taken the notice and applied it to the rest of their hotels.

If you do want to visit a girl in a hotel its good to have a reason for being there.......being a call-out computer engineer is a good one. Businesswoman called out of the blue asking you to come and fix her laptop, sorry you don't know her name

==edit==
here's the detail about the police enforcement
External Link/Members Only
seems there were worries about underage girls.
Its noticeable that girls now seem to totally ignore the two Britannia chain hotels in Blackpool - the last EE girl in either was well over 12 months ago

==edit 2==
another tip is to arrive early and go straight to the bar
get a coffee or soft drink, sit down in the bar and suss the place out for 20 minutes or so before you try going to the room. Gives you a chance to get your bearings, and deflects reception's attention

+1 This is exactly what I do scutty. I normally carry a small rucksack and just look as though I am a guest. Grab a paper or catch up with the news on my phone. Tends to work and never had a problem

[Trotter671]

All Brittannias are they make Ibis look like DoubleTree suites.

Yep with you on that - I would not call any Brittania a 'posh' hotel There is one up north west way that is quite popular and is hassle free from my experience.

[computergeek]

+1 This is exactly what I do scutty. I normally carry a small rucksack and just look as though I am a guest. Grab a paper or catch up with the news on my phone. Tends to work and never had a problem

Yep, that works for me too.  I frequently end up  in the bar/lounge/whatever for a short while, because I arrived early (unexpected lack of traffic, unfamiliar with area, not wanting to be late, pick your reason.)

I tend to be the guy in a polo shirt and non-scruffy jeans with a laptop-size backpack, which makes me wallpaper as far as reception goes. Same applies for days wearing a shirt/jacket, being an older white guy makes me invisible. 

If ever bothered, I tend to either order a coffee or say I'm waiting for someone.  Both appear to be satisfactory answers.

[chadpitt]

Lucky escape mate what a dog 

I think she's been on TV! Some Channel 5 documentary about prosititution, she had an awful kiddy voice.

[Ali Katt]

I think she's been on TV! Some Channel 5 documentary about prosititution, she had an awful kiddy voice.

Her and her sister were also on Jeremy Kyle.

[Gordon Bennett]

I can't be arsed with concocting a few lines of bullshit spiel to trot out if I'm accosted by hotel staff, in any case, I'm rubbish at fibbing. It's very firmly the responsibility of the lady to use a punt-friendly hotel - there are plenty of them out there, y'know the type, loads of conferences or do's going on or have public bars, restaurants or gyms in them.

[tynetunnel]

Yes. Why not, if your circumstances permit? Not every week, obviously; but not infrequently.

From time to time, you can read items in newspapers commenting on the sad circumstances of single, older people being found dead in their homes with neighbours commenting, "He never seemed to go out." 

As one who fits that demographic, I've no intention of going so quietly. One way I've found of bucking that trend is to plan a Day Out with a punt at its core. Time was when I had a Regular in the Midlands - I live in the North West - whom I saw for a couple of hours once every three months or so.

I'll also try to combine pleasure with pleasure in the sense that if I'm visiting members of my family, or friends, in another part of the country, I'll schedule a cheeky little punt with a girl I like the look of en route to or from that visit. My latest plan is to break a longish journey to visit an old College pal who suffers from MND by visiting an Escort who provides one of the un-ticked boxes on my punting Bucket List. She works in a city which doesn't require too great a detour from the direct route to see my old pal.

So, rhetorically I ask again, "Why not?"

+1

Why not indeed. If you think she offers what you are wanting, then why not. Depending on time of day and road network, it could easily come in at under an hour. Plus as HA says, combine it with another purpose and there’s an ideal ‘awayday’

I’ve punted in Leeds, which is around 90 miles from home 

[Johndy]

I try to avoid hotels, unless I have been there before and know the layout.
Apartments tend to be easier in the main .

[Horizontal pleasures]

Brittannia in Hampstead is a toilet .

is that your first review?

[finn5555]

is that your first review?

 

[houseboot]

So you are going on a business trip or a holiday with your OH, do you choose a hotel that:-

a) allows any Tom, Dick or Harry to wander around their corridors unchallenged?

or

b) a hotel that takes security seriously?

 

[David1970]

I stay in hotels regularly and would never think of an out call to one, neither would I do an incall to one.

It would not be worth the hassle, if the SP wants to meet in a hotel just say "no thanks".

Screw all this carrying a bag, pretending to be on the phone, having a coffee while reading a newspaper.
To many members have been watching to much Jason Bourne

[snaitram99]

Never visited a girl in a hotel, but there are a couple in Cardiff which I think are sometimes used by WGs, where I have been for meetings, had lunch or used to go to the gym and pool as a member at one time. Have occasionally used these when needed a loo and had no other reason to be there. If you walk past reception looking like you know where you are going I think you are unlikely to have problems. Most decent hotels will have a bar so if unsure best option seems to be to find that. 

Of course having said this I will probably now come unstuck if I do ever see a girl in a hotel! 

[Herts_Outcaller]

Never visited a girl in a hotel, but there are a couple in Cardiff which I think are sometimes used by WGs, where I have been for meetings, had lunch or used to go to the gym and pool as a member at one time. Have occasionally used these when needed a loo and had no other reason to be there. If you walk past reception looking like you know where you are going I think you are unlikely to have problems. Most decent hotels will have a bar so if unsure best option seems to be to find that. 

Of course having said this I will probably now come unstuck if I do ever see a girl in a hotel! 

This was of course the tactic, tried and tested before. Problem was she was onto me after only a few seconds, and the lobby area was very small, so I couldn't just give reception a wide berth

[Jerjer]

Arrive in good time and say to the receptionist that you're there for a meeting but have arrived a bit early and ask if there anywhere you can have a drink. Then when they later see you heading for the lifts/stairs they will have already made a mental note about why you are there and shouldn't challenge you.

This interesting thread has reminded me of an occasion years ago when I 'accidentally' ended up staying in a hotel in the red light district of Damascus. There was a beautiful girl sitting in the reception area who was giving me an eye as I signed in. The problem in this case was that the receptionist was the pimp, and being a shy type I quickly made my exit into the ancient city to smoke a water pipe. Patriotism was also playing the role of a spoiler- tying me to standards that have never probably existed.

[Malvolio]

Don't have a problem with punting in hotels - the key is to act confident when you stride into the lobby.  Having a fake conversation into your phone is a useful tactic for the few seconds you need to get your bearings.