Just wondering why some people, both producers and amateurs, go to hotels to wam? It's something I've been curious about for a while. What's the reasoning behind it?

Thanks.

Well, I've never done that myself, but it's looking like a possibility for the new site I'm launching this year (yes, after I said I was done as a WAM producer, I'm launching a new site, sue me). I'm trying to find some alternative because of the "stigma" typically attached to hotel shoots (I promised the owners of the house seen in the background of all the HSW shoots I wouldn't shoot there anymore, because of the stress level these shoots invariably entail), but here are the benefits of a hotel:

- Indoors: control over temperature, not likely to be spied on by neighbors across the park.

- Control over lighting

- Convenient access to shower

Also, while I'm sure the overwhelming majority of models and their associates are upstanding citizens, I understand entirely why someone might not be comfortable inviting a relative stranger into one's own home. Even if some of the participants can't shake a "we're up to something naughty" vibe, a significant portion of any hotel's business involves couples and small groups giving off that vibe -- whether or not any videos are to be produced. Experienced staff will know to respect the privacy of guests so long as the "we're up to something naughty" vibe doesn't emanate from a group including children and the noise level is under control enough to avoid complaints from neighboring rooms.

I suspect for most WAM shoots in hotels, the event isn't even the weirdest thing to occur on the premises that day. Personally, I prefer studio or outdoor scenes over scenes shot in an indoor space not designed for the purpose. That said, a convincingly candid scene works for me in a hotel if the context is plausible, and I have no trouble appreciating any hotel shoots if the combination of model(s), outfit(s), and substance(s) otherwise mixes together in a manner otherwise pleasing to my sensibilities. After all, it isn't cheap to rent studio space in most cities, and building one in your home takes us back to the original problem.

Regards,
messydom

Spills happen. Most mess is easier to clean out of a patterned, commercial-property carpet than your own home rugs. Also: it's naughtier in a hotel.

I've had occasion to shoot in the hotel room of a touring model. If they don't have a vehicle, it's sometimes easier and faster than picking them up, driving back to the shooting space, driving them back their hotel afterwards, and the driving back home yourself.

Hotel rooms have impermeable vinyl wallpaper and usually the carpets already have inexplicable stains, so cleanup is really easy. And if you leave some chocolate stained towels behind, a $20 left for the maid will cure all ills. And, as Lala points out, it's naughtier in a hotel

Depending on the hotel, sometimes the rooms have much better natural light than any bedroom in a standard house, especially if the hotel room has a balcony and full-height French doors. Hotel rooms in half-decent hotels also tend to have more space around the bed than a domestic bedroom does, which is better for camera crews. You also sometimes find really awesome en-suite bathrooms in hotels, again, much fancier than most people would have at home.

We have filmed some of our messiest scenes in hotels because we (a) needed the space and (b) we have kids and teen-ayers still at home. Hard to explain mom laying naked on the kitchen table, covered in various slop and dad filming when the kids come home from school.


SCGuy

I go to hotels to WAM because my wife is usually at home.......

I never like the curtains.

So hang white Christmas stockings in front.

I didn't like hotel rooms much. I would always find alternatives.

Well, you better bring carpet cleaning supplies, paper towels and spray cleaner with you if the plastic tarp fails ( my tarp did) and if the place is not really good shape the motel is likely to go after you with legal charges. just be warned! Also if you do a lot of pie shoots, rotate to different places so you don't create a pattern that the management can follow and don't leave the pie garbage in bags in the rom, take them to a dumpster!

Well, for us, we went through a phase years ago where we were really into fucking in bathtubs filled with cake batter & molasses.

Thing is, we didn't own a tub. (Now that i think of it; we didn't have cable TV @ the time either....)

I'd pay top dollar for a clip of you trying to explain it