My lady and I are getting ready to attend our first hotel takeover / hotel party. We are curious as to what to expect and general etiquette. Not new to the lifestyle, just anew adventure. any information would be appreciated. Thank you
ANTHONY & LIZ
My lady and I are getting ready to attend our first hotel takeover / hotel party. We are curious as to what to expect and general etiquette. Not new to the lifestyle, just anew adventure. any information would be appreciated. Thank you
ANTHONY & LIZ
Thanks thn.
This is good advice. I was going to pose the same question. We too are considering our first takeover and didn't know what to expect. We will likely not know anyone there in advance. Your advice has helped greatly.
The way the question is written, it doesn't sound like you guys know people going- which is cool and we've attended hotel take overs like that too. Hotel takeovers have the potential to be a lot of fun because they often get hundreds of couples going. Here are some ideas that may help you meet some new people:
Preview the hot date listing for the event and open if even for a short time your pics to couples you think you might like. If they are interested, they may write. See how we have it written up in our profile for an example. Even if they don't write, people will be able to recognize you there. If you can, check in as early as possible. This helps you get established and if the rooms are being assigned on-the-fly (which happens most of the time) you can ask for your preference- one close to the party rooms or further away where it might be more quiet later in the night. Every hotel takeover we've attended had some kind of pre-party mixer event(s) and more seasoned couples often post they are opening their room for people to hang out and just meet.
The organizers of these kinds of events oftentimes tape event party signs with big blank areas on them on the hotel room doors. This gives attendees to put their SLS screen name on them and little happy sayings or whatever to let people know who's there. Depending on the theme of the party, we've sometimes brought our own signs and even door decorations (halloween and mardi gras for example). If you are lucky enough to meet someone on the early side (before 7 pm) you might continue the chat and go to dinner with them. We've done that and once or twice by the end of dinner we knew who we were going to play with that night LOL.
As for the events- some are BYOB and some are cash bar where you can't bring your own drinks into the party area. Either way, you can bring drinks and snacks for your own room. We've often brought easy to eat stuff to share and drinks like home made moon shine. Tip: if a couple says, "Hey, let's go back to our room and do a shot!" ..they wanna do more than a shot :-)
Sometimes the music and DJs are great and sometimes it's like a retirement home meeting--- look at who's signed up. And if the music sucks, walk the hallways- there are always couples cruising around.. checking out open rooms.. and magical connections can happen anywhere. The one thing I've seen that I've never figured out are the couples who pay to go, get all dressed up, and then sit in a far corner of the party room alone. If you want to make new friends of any kind, you have to mix and mingle. Good luck!
We are attending our first hotel takeover next month. Looking for any advice or etiquette tips. Not new to the ls just new to a takeover event.
