Over the past couple of years, my usual SA strategy was to do a primary/introductory meet up for coffee in a public setting.  

Recently, I've had a few potential SB's that want to do first meet up in the hotel room.

I know I could always do a last minute hotel book, once I knew as much as possible that she was showing up.

But my real question is, how do you guys feel about first meet up being behind closed doors?

and I still love hookers, but I love them even more at SB rates. lol

 
I do suggest making sure she shows up before actually booking the room, I would call ahead to a couple of hotels in the immediate area just to make sure they aren't fully booked. It's one thing to have your night ruined because a POT SB flakes out on you, it's even worse when you get stuck paying for the room to boot.

 
For the record, most SB's that want to meet at the hotel are either quasi or full blown hookers, but like I said, I LOVE hookers too. lol

All good points, and I always do wait to the very last minute to book the hotel.

I guess what strikes me about these most recent ones is that I don't think they are pros.  Like I've been able to usually deduce if they are a pro or not and this recent batch does seem to be more of SB thing then pro.

If I knew they were a pro, I would have no problem doing a hotel meet.

It just seems odd to me.

The chances of getting laid on a date that actually starts at a hotel are virtually 100%, assuming of course she shows up. Does it really matter to you if she is a "real" SB or if she is more hooker than SB?  

 
There is only one way to find out, and with the one caveat about not actually committing to the room until you know you both need and want it, I don't see any down side to speak of. Speaking strictly for myself,  I love getting "right to the good stuff"without having to wine and dine the girl first. Not that I really mind the wining and dining, but lets face facts, the real goal is to get laid, everything else is just to get ourselves to that point.

I agree 100% that the purpose is to get laid and to get to that point as quickly as possible.

I guess what my issue is that I'm a little paranoid that it just seems to good to be true.  

I know it seems too good to be true sometimes, but it really is that good!  I've had several young very real SBs who wanted to meet BCD right off the bat and who were perfectly happy to do so.  My most recent new SB is one of those. 19yo, VERY pretty, had extremely clear and acceptable expectations and went for the sex bcd right away. There's something quite exciting to be naked and sexual with a lovely young thing literally 5 or 10 minutes after meeting her.

I have done many first meetings directly at the hotel and sex is almost guaranteed as long as they show up. I have met multiple girls during one stay too
Only reason I won't see some in hotel directly is when I am not sure if I will like the girl, as sometimes it feels like wasted money when you see someone that you would have passed otherwise, lol. And there have been times when I will meet them in lobby and book a room using my phone if we click. And yes, meeting for coffee in public place is safest for your wallet, and I generally would take them to my car and if we start making out with some DFK then I will go for the hotel!

So I feel find about meeting BCD in the beginning if I like her pictures enough and have some kind of trust based on the messages exchanged that she will show up.

As long as you have the balls to say NO!!! if you've been catfished and you aren't one of those jellyfish who feels "obligated" to go through with it even if she's a pig, you won't be out anything more than if you found out that she was a pig during a coffee date.  

 
Actually, you will be out even less if you've been catfished on a "hotel date" than a "coffee date" If it turns out that she's a woofer when she shows up at the hotel, you don't even need to buy her a cup of coffee and waste any more time with her. You just treat her like any other hooker using fake pics and just turn around with out having to say a word. If she's a B&S, she doesn't need to be told so, she already knows it and knows it's a risk of her deception.