Yes. Personal, non-monetized photos and video are welcome at The Main Exchange in Sheridan, Wyoming, with no advance notice and no paperwork. We ask three things: do not film other guests, the neighboring suite, or anyone in the shared entry without their consent; respect posted quiet hours; and use tripods, lights, and other equipment with care, without mounting, taping, or hanging anything from the walls or fixtures.
Policies
Content creation at The Main Exchange
Most guests who take pictures here will never need this page. Photos of the kitchen at golden hour, a reel from the sauna, a story from the balcony over Main Street — that is part of staying here, and nobody needs to ask. This page is for the smaller group doing something more involved: a paid shoot, a brand deal, a crew and a lighting kit coming up the stairs. Those visits are welcome too. They just work better when the terms are settled in writing before anyone arrives. Three tiers, in plain language.
Tier 1 · Allowed freely — no notice required
Personal content
Your own photos and video, on your own accounts, with nobody paying for them. No advance notice, no paperwork, no permission. This is simply part of staying here.
Three things we ask, and they are the things any considerate guest would do anyway:
- Keep other people out of frame unless they have agreed to be in it. That includes other guests, the neighboring suite, and anyone in the shared entry or on the stairs. The building is small and the doors are close together. Consent first, camera second.
- Respect posted quiet hours. A ring light is silent. A group filming at midnight is not. Whatever you are making, it ends when quiet hours begin.
- Use equipment with care. Tripods, lights, and stands are fine. What is not fine is anything mounted to a wall, hung from a fixture, taped to a finish, or dragged across a floor. Damage from a shoot is handled the same way as any other damage — under the terms of your booking or lease.
Tier 2 · Allowed with advance notice and a signed addendum
Commercial and monetized content
Where the line sits. If someone is paying for the content, paying to appear in it, or the content exists to sell something, it is commercial. A sponsored post, a brand campaign, a lookbook, a product shoot, a music video, a photographer bringing paying clients into the suite — all commercial, regardless of crew size. The test is not how big the setup looks. It is whether money, a client, or a usage license sits behind the images.
Commercial work is welcome here. It runs through a short process first:
- Advance written notice. Tell us before you book, or as soon as the shoot is on the calendar — not on arrival day. We need the dates and hours, how many people are coming, what equipment is coming with them, and what the finished work is for.
- A signed content-creation addendum. A short attachment to your booking confirmation or lease — see what it covers below.
- A fee and deposit set by scope, not by a schedule. Some commercial shoots are two people and a camera and change nothing about the stay. Others bring a crew, a load-in, and a full day of setup. Where a production adds real hours, real wear, or real risk, we quote a content-creation fee, a scaled damage deposit, or both — assessed on crew size, equipment, and duration, and given to you in writing before you commit. We do not publish a fee schedule, because a number that fits a two-person shoot is the wrong number for a ten-person one.
- Licenses and taxes are the producer’s responsibility. Sheridan and Wyoming have their own requirements for registered commercial production, business licensing, and lodging tax. Meeting them is on the guest or producer, not on us. This is a self-check-in property with no one on site — we cannot pull a permit, sign on your behalf, or administer any part of that process for you.
- Drones are a separate conversation. Downtown airspace, neighboring rooftops, and the privacy of people who did not book a stay here are all in play. Ask before you plan on flying, and expect the operator to carry FAA compliance.
What the addendum covers, and why it exists
The addendum is a short document, sent when you give notice. It is not this page, and this page is not a substitute for it. It addresses three things:
- A liability waiver — a production is an activity a lodging booking does not contemplate, so the waiver establishes that it carries its own risk.
- Indemnification — if a claim arises out of the shoot, the producer stands behind it rather than the property.
- A model release — written confirmation from anyone who appears on camera besides the guest who booked.
One distinction worth naming: if the production is the reason for the visit — you want the building as a location rather than a place to stay — that is a venue booking, not a stay with a shoot attached. The Main Exchange also hosts photo and film shoots as a private-event product; see the event venue page and start there instead.
Tier 3 · Not permitted
Adult content
Adult or sexually explicit content production is not permitted at The Main Exchange — in either suite, at any scale, under any arrangement. There is no version of it we approve and no addendum that covers it. A booking made for this purpose will be cancelled, and a stay found to be in violation ends immediately.
Questions
Yes. Any commercial or monetized content production at The Main Exchange requires advance written notice and a signed content-creation addendum before arrival. That includes sponsored posts, brand campaigns, product and fashion shoots, music videos, and paid photography sessions — regardless of crew size. Depending on scope, a content-creation fee and a scaled damage deposit may apply. Give notice by texting or emailing us as soon as the shoot is scheduled.
The content-creation addendum is a short document attached to a booking or lease at The Main Exchange for commercial shoots. It covers a liability waiver, so the production carries its own risk rather than folding it into an ordinary stay; an indemnification clause, so the producer stands behind any third-party claim arising out of the shoot; and a model release for anyone appearing on camera other than the guest who booked. It protects the property and the producer alike, and gives the production a written record of what was agreed.
No. Adult or sexually explicit content production is not permitted at The Main Exchange, in either suite, at any scale, under any arrangement. A booking made for this purpose will be cancelled, and a stay found to be in violation ends immediately.
Text or email us before you book. Describe what you are shooting, how many people are coming, what equipment is involved, and where the finished work will be used, and we will confirm which tier applies. Sorting this out in advance is far easier than sorting it out at check-in.
Not sure which tier applies?
Reach out before you book — a single message sorts it out in advance, which is a great deal easier than sorting it out at the door.
Text or call (307) 763-5449 or email contact@wyostays.com.
None of this is written to make creative work harder here. The Main Exchange is a working building on a working Main Street, with neighbors on the other side of the wall and a second suite a few feet from your door. Writing the terms down in advance is simply how a shoot stays a good day for everyone in it. In practice it comes down to one idea: tell us what you are planning, and the answer is almost always yes.
See also: all policies, events & gatherings, and the event venue page.