Oh dear God no. What the hell happened to meeting at a coffee shop? TOO MANY things could go wrong. Starting with he's broke. What happens when you meet him and he isn't what he seemed to be on Skype and now you're stuck with this guy, sharing a bed, in a different city, none of your friends are there. Speaking of friends, why aren't they talking sense into you? Please keep us posted so we know that you made it back safe and sound. I've dated online in the past and I can promise you this, no matter how much you think you know a person, you don't really know them til you meet them face to face.

He probably wants a 4 star hotel so he can have free WiFi

RUN RUN RUN… and look up psycopathfree… trust me He will be one.

Let him go. He will bleed you dry.

Sounds less like a boyfriend, and more like you're about to adopt a spoiled child.

He sounds like a real ****.

Even if he is just looking for somewhere more secure to meet, he still has no right to demand what he's not prepared to pay for. I used to moderate on a friendship site and everyone is right, definite red flags here for a user if not a scammer. I met my current partner on that same site before I became a moderator so I couldn't check him out that way. What I did do was run some basic internet searches and found out he was who he said he was. Then we had almost a year getting to know each other before we met - we live on separate continents. We knew and trusted each other but even so, neither of us knew how it would be meeting face to face, so we booked separate rooms for the first few days. We didn't need to, as it turned out, but we'd discussed how the chemistry we felt as friends might not translate to a more intimate relationship, and each of us having our own little retreat seemed wise. That's the thing - even if he is genuine, nice, sincere and all that, the face to face meeting might not be the fairytale OP hopes for, and it's much less awkward if they don't have to stay together. Besides, who wants to get that intimate with someone else's bathroom habits so quickly?

Wait... To meet for the first time? What!?

Best idea right now OP, RUN! I'm not saying guys should pay for everything, a relationship is give and take. In this instance though, he should be paying, not you. Also.... You're just meeting now? If this is true then seriously, just run now while you still can.

Don't tell me fell for that old line, tell him to foot the bill since it is his "problem". Old time fishermen had a girl in every port that would pay for the rooms. If you even dare to do the horizontal wiggle then triple coat his junk. Better safe than sorry, just hope he doesn't turn out to be "Norman Bates".