Originally Posted by sasquatch
You can mail it to the hotel anyway, and make sure you contact the hotel about the delivery. But they may not cooperate with you if you dont reserve a room. You can reserve a room first (for a few days after you arrive) then cancel the reservation after you pick up the package. Not sure how I'd handle that.
But here is what I'd do:
I'd have it shipped to my parents house, but ship a large box of a bunch of other stuff too: extra clothes, tennis rackets, golf clubs, books, etc. And hide the needles inside a shoe or something, or wrapped up inside a smaller box.
You might want to ship a large box of your work or school materials, tell your parents you need to do something for your job or school, and hide the gear deep inside some of that stuff.
But make sure it gets there AFTER you arrive, you dont want your parents finding the stuff.