Most spanking parties are spanking-only. Many of us enjoy all sorts of wonderful fetishes, but the only type of play normally allowed at a spanking party is spanking (which includes flogging and whipping the buttocks.) Other kinds of play are, of course, allowed in your private hotel rooms as well as the BDSM Parties.
The only type of nudity allowed in the public party area is bare bottoms. Suite parties are up to the host’s discretion. Nudity is allowed at the BDSM Parties. No sexual activity in the public party areas. If you need to do this, take it to your private hotel room, or the BDSM Parties!
IGNORING A SAFEWORD IS CAUSE FOR REMOVAL FROM THE PARTY. Red for stop, yellow for take it easy, and green for go/continue.
IMPORTANT: Please make sure to wear appropriate clothing in the lobby/elevators or anywhere a vanilla guest may see you. This includes clothing with words or phrases that are kinky. Do not talk about the party or kinky talk if a guest/s are in an elevator/close to you in a public area… this is just common sense, “vanillas” do not share our point of view or want to know about our kink being forced on them when they are on vacation/business.
You MUST wear your nametag at ALL TIMES. It lets other partygoers know your name and inclination (red, blue, yellow, white lanyards), which can lead to more play and helps keep out party-crashers. (It is also your ticket to the three dinners, vendor fair, and demos.) We will continue to be much stricter again regarding this policy to help promote a safe environment.
Please no play in the non-private hotel areas, or areas that are not blocked off as ours. You can play in the ballroom area, but don’t do stuff in the halls, people!
Do not interfere with anyone else’s play. Do make yourself comfortable and watch, but don’t involve yourself unless invited.
If you want to engage in role-play, please do, but let some nearby folks know. (Role-play can appear to be non-consensual.) While alcohol is not against the rules, anyone who is inebriated will not be allowed to play. (And no illegal drugs of any kind are allowed… the state of Texas takes a dim view of this!)
No photographs without EXPRESS consent from EVERYONE in the picture, including those in the background. THIS INCLUDES MODELS. Most are glad to pose with you for a photo, but just because they are in the business does not preclude their need for privacy. ASK first! All people involved in private sessions (Doms/bottoming) MUST have a ticket to the party. This rule is for the safety of our guests and will be enforced. Outsiders can not be invited to your room if it is on a Party Floor (usually floors 7,8 and 9 and often floor 6). Be aware of this.
You are responsible for your hotel room. Any damages in your room are your responsibility. And obviously, please don’t damage anything in the party areas.
If you play, you will sweat. Also, if you bottom, your butt will be near somebody’s face.
We say this every year and there are still persistent people who ignore the following rules, it’s gross.
Clean your butt, and shower, and use deodorant, toothpaste/mouthwash! If you don’t do these common sense things, do NOT complain to us if nobody wants to play with you.
Don’t follow people around! If a person says they don’t want to play with you, leave them alone. It is OK to enjoy the show of watching others play but following the same person around the whole party is creepy and weird. And it won’t convince them to play with you and could get you banned if it is persistent. Just don’t be that person!
If somebody you have just met at the hotel comes up to you and invites you to a “suite party”, or even invites you to go to his or her room to play, and DOESN’T HAVE A LONE STAR NAME TAG…
DON’T GO WITH THEM. All our attendees are vetted as best as possible so that we can keep incidents to a minimum or not at all, namely sexual harassment or assaults, and we’d like to keep it that way. Like you were taught as a child: DON’T PLAY WITH STRANGERS.