they see you and others walk by if they even notice you. Most elevators don't face the lobby but are nearby.
I'd rather go directly to the room, there was a famous Belgian escort who refused to give his room number till the time of meeting, that was when very few hotels required a keycard to take the elevator. I think it was a control game for him.
verified as in the escort showed his card or the security guard grabbed it, scanned it asked for his room, check the name match, etc.
Sorry but one thing is just showing it while other is having it verified.
I respectfully disagree with that generalization. In MHO the younger escorts are the more likely to be flaky.
An overwhelming majority of guys who travel stay in hotel rooms and have no issues seeing clients there.
Nowadays if they plan to go to a city and there's no interest they can always cancel the trip and keep the money of the airfare as a voucher for future flights, most hotels accept cancellations 24 hours before arrival time.
I know a local escort who twice in his career travel to stay with friends and see clients on the side... unfortunately he told that to potential clients and they disliked it, they felt used by him, he started getting text messages like "you're using us to bank your holidays" etc. Sometimes a white lie is better. I told him, next time just say "you're house sitting for a friend or staying in an Airbnb".