Rooms to let by hour or day - common practices?

[EmilieW]

Hi all,

I apologize if this is in the wrong place... I took a look at the main site and also did a search, but all that came up in the results were people's ads for rooms, as far as I could see.

Once I get started in the next month or so (am saving to get a website and my first ad ATM), I think I'd like to try renting a room, unless I go for the cheap hotel option.

Currently, I live with family, and as I don't want to lie to them about my new boss giving me a few extra night shifts as overtime (in case they phone to speak to me on the works phone while I'm "at work"), I think disappearing off until late in the evening, or until morning, would be pushing my luck.

I want to be as discreet as possible, really.

Id feel weird checking into a hotel, then leaving before 9 pm on the same day. Dunno why, it probably wouldn't matter...

So, I feel my best option until I get my own place away from elderly relatives would possibly be a local room to rent.

I'm going to put an ad up on seeking & offering, or adultwork when I'm ready, but I don't know if there's any common practices I should be aware of?

Like, for example, would I need to expect to pay upfront for a whole day/hour, Or is it common to pay a deposit? or just turn up with the appropriate sum of money on the day?

Would it be a good idea to avoid places with loads of girls, in case it ends up being obvious to The general public what is going on in that particular place?

Also, while I'm expecting prices to vary by area, or by the "niceness" of the property,
?50 seems to be common for a days rent...
I don't know about the hourly amounts that could be expected, I didn't have much luck finding info.

I'm in the PO13 area, if anyone's got experience of renting by day/hour in that area of Hampshire and how people here prefer to be paid?

Any help would be great

[ladyofthemansion]

Generally a person will let a room out for 50 a day.

My biggest fear is renting a room and not making the money. The 3 places I rent from want their 50 quid whether I earn or not. Not criticizing them. Luckily I have always made the money.

I don't know if people renting those rooms should give leeway if the lady makes no money. On the other side of the coin if you were to not charge if lady makes nothing you may risk getting undesirable WGs. I feel for those starting out though. Also, if a charge not made then the person renting the room out may feel she should be paid extra if WG exceptionally busy.

Am interested in what others think.

[EmilieW]

Yeah, I'm kind of expecting to have to pay whether I earn coin or not, which I can understand, I guess.

My biggest fears, are paying before I go, and being scammed as a consequence, or not making the money back.

I plan on having the money upfront for the first day/hour before i get a room, but if I was able to pay a deposit for the room and pay the rest on the day, it might be easier.

It's also why Ive been looking on the 'net, trying to find out about pay-per-hour rooms, as hopefully if I don't earn anything, id pay less for a having a crappy no-show, tw or booking free day than losing a whole ?50.

I haven't been able to find anyone in Hampshire with a room going, so I can't ask them what they normally want re. Coin and stuff.

[Rooby]

Id feel weird checking into a hotel, then leaving before 9 pm on the same day. Dunno why, it probably wouldn't matter...

No reason at all to feel weird about that babe, for all they know you could be putting your bag in the car and going off out for the evening. Hotel Receptionist's see so many people come and go every day we're just like moving wallpaper to them so unless you're causing a scene, smoking in the room or wandering about in thigh length boots cracking a whip I doubt they will blink!

For your budget would a Travel Lodge or Premier Inn be a workable solution? A very quick check on the PI website showed me rooms for ?59 in Southampton if you book about a week in advance. Its a flexible booking too so you could advertise a certain day and then cancel before it 4pm if you didnt get any bookings without it costing you any money.

Personally - and this IS a personal choice - but I'd be happier in a budget Hotel where only my Client and I knew what the story was rather than renting a room from someone I didnt really know who knew EXACTLY what I was up to. Lots of rooms are rented by the hour and most of them are probably nice people and completely trustworthy, but for me, I'd just rather not take the chance unless I knew someone really well... (Apologies to those who do rent their premises out, I dont mean any offence, just giving my opinion!)

R xx

[amy]

Personally - and this IS a personal choice - but I'd be happier in a budget Hotel where only my Client and I knew what the story was rather than renting a room from someone I didnt really know who knew EXACTLY what I was up to. Lots of rooms are rented by the hour and most of them are probably nice people and completely trustworthy, but for me, I'd just rather not take the chance unless I knew someone really well... (Apologies to those who do rent their premises out, I dont mean any offence, just giving my opinion!)

I agree with this and I even posted something similar on another thread a couple of days ago. I don't ever want to be in an accommodation situation where they know more about me than I do about them, and I'd much rather take my chances with a hotel or blissfully unaware private landlord, even if it risks my getting kicked out.

The opportunities for blackmail and all sorts of lesser shenanigans are far more than I'm comfortable with. I wouldn't feel I could leave any of my belongings there even for a quick nip to the bank or whatever, and I'd be paranoid about them getting nosey and watching who was coming and going in case they knew any of my clients.

[EmilieW]

Personally - and this IS a personal choice - but I'd be happier in a budget Hotel where only my Client and I knew what the story was rather than renting a room from someone I didnt really know who knew EXACTLY what I was up to. Lots of rooms are rented by the hour and most of them are probably nice people and completely trustworthy, but for me, I'd just rather not take the chance unless I knew someone really well... (Apologies to those who do rent their premises out, I dont mean any offence, just giving my opinion!)

I agree with this and I even posted something similar on another thread a couple of days ago. I don't ever want to be in an accommodation situation where they know more about me than I do about them, and I'd much rather take my chances with a hotel or blissfully unaware private landlord, even if it risks my getting kicked out.

The opportunities for blackmail and all sorts of lesser shenanigans are far more than I'm comfortable with. I wouldn't feel I could leave any of my belongings there even for a quick nip to the bank or whatever, and I'd be paranoid about them getting nosey and watching who was coming and going in case they knew any of my clients.

Thanks for the advice
I had considered hotels, but was worried about them turfing me out for whatever reason.
It also worries me that id make too much noise, lol!

I think it's the nerves of a someone who's new to escorting & who is still trying to plan a safe & discreet way of working...
All the "what if" kind of thoughts are bombarding me ATM, but it's just baseless paranoia, I guess.

Since I wouldn't want to see more than 2 or 3 clients a day at the most, I guess it'd be pretty discreet after all.

If I was to check in early, then leave early it wouldn't be so bad... Especially if I dropped the keys in the thing at the desk and then Wandered off...

Subsistence costs like hotels are allowable expenses too, if I'm right

[Dani]

If you do choose to use a hotel try http:// Greenroom .co.uk (remove spaces for link) as they do the holiday inn in southaptom for roughly ?35 a day if booked in advance, If you go for 2 days it gets even cheaper as they do a 2 for 1 offer.

_{Edit by Emily: Removing direct hotel site link from public forum area. Links are fine in the Touring section cos it's a bit hidden, but best not put them out here.}

[pandora]

Travelodges may be cheap and cheerless but I have booked a whole rack of rooms in advance for 15 a day, so it does not really matter whether I go or not at that price.

Indeed I am supposed to be in Guildford today and tomorrow.  Can't be bothered to go unless anyone books - only takes 40mins to drive there - so I won't check in til tomorrow lunchtime if no one rings- as it is equivalent to paying the early check-in charge.

So what if the corridors are keycarded.  The lifts are not so it is not too much of a bind to go and meet the client at the lift. As for a high floor so they do not go past reception.  If you ask for a disabled room they are next to the locked door -and bigger. Get two cards on check-in as you say your partner is joining you later.

I never check out, just go home and keep the card or leave it in the room.

I have rented to ladies and invariably they "forget" to leave the money etc if I do not go to the premises to collect it, and then "don't have it" later because they say that they did not earn!.  I do not do that now.

[duskymaiden]

It's interesting that you don't check out Pandora, am wanting to go home in the evening after hotel incalls and have only dared to check out early once.  So it's absolutely fine to just leave when you like if you've paid..I take it you've done this with the larger chains. My fear was that the hotel receptionist would remember me if I kept checking out early and wonder what I was up to...this has given me hopr to do more incalls as I've been mainly doing out...thanks 

[pandora]

I have never checked out of a hotel when I have paid in advance and there is no mini bar in the room.

I mention the latter as they tend to take an imprint of a credit card if there is a way to charge to your room or consume in your room.  This does not apply to a Travelodge, lol.

I never stay overnight in a hotel if I am not too far from home as I find there is no business in the morning so after 10 I pack up and leave. I have a great collection of key cards, (which are really useful if you need to fill a hole in the plaster for decorating).  Or just leave the card in the room.

[duskymaiden]

I have never checked out of a hotel when I have paid in advance and there is no mini bar in the room.

I mention the latter as they tend to take an imprint of a credit card if there is a way to charge to your room or consume in your room.  This does not apply to a Travelodge, lol.

I never stay overnight in a hotel if I am not too far from home as I find there is no business in the morning so after 10 I pack up and leave. I have a great collection of key cards, (which are really useful if you need to fill a hole in the plaster for decorating).  Or just leave the card in the room.

Thanks Pandora.  I feel a lot more comfortable offering incall from hotels now x

[EmilieW]

Pandora: You leave the key in the room? I hadn't even thought of that...

Lol, I think one of the reasons I said I'd feel weird if I checked out early is 'cause I recently stayed at the Travelodge in Taunton on a visit to see friends - when we checked out, the receptionist remembered all of us from the day before, and insisted that I put the key card in the slot on her desk

I was thinking at the time "if I stayed here, as a Prossie, she'd think I was a right weirdo for leaving early the SAME day" but, having read everyone's replies, I don't think I care that much if I'm noticed anymore.

If I get caught being a minx, I'll just bluff my way out. Or cry. Either way, I suppose it's not exactly the end of the world...
Just me being paranoid since I've not done escorting before and I'm a n00b

Danielle_xx: thanks for the link! That'll be handy to have bookmarked

[Rooby]

I never stay overnight if I can help it either, I dont care if its 3am by the time I get back, I'd still rather sleep in my own bed. And, as Pandora says, if theres no minibar etc then I never check out either. Hotels like you to do it so they can alert Housekeeping and maybe start cleaning your room earlier than they would otherwise but I figure it's a tiny bit of revenge for all the times I put up a 'Do Not Disturb' sign on the door and they still bloody knock regardless!

Also keycards make great ice scrapers for the car!

R xx

[EmilieW]

I guess it's fairly easy to remain discreet then!
I wasnt planning on seeing more than 2 or 3 people maximum, at any place I visited to reduce foot traffic
Thanks to everyone for posting - I feel more confident about it now.

[MEQR]

Hi, I did this when I first started.... I would leave whenever I finished, now that could be 5pm or 7pm.... I was not worried really... I did not do evenings due to committments..... but this hooker was was even cheekier.... if I got a booking in the morning ... meaning the next day, I would ask what time I needed to check out as I had a late start.... blah blah  so there where times I took a few bookings the next day too and stayed till 12 noon... lol more ??'s to me.  I imagine travel lodges etc may be more strict... I was paying a decent amount.... eg ?100 and on occassion ?60.... so it is possible to milk it.... well I did.