It's a good price but I'm not fully grasping the hype for hotel use yet. Not being snarky but can someone explain some of the excitement.

I currently have an HDMI cable for the tablet with the same apps I can get on Chromecast. The cord is the only extra piece I have to carry now... same if I wanted to plug a laptop into the HDTV. With Chromecast, I have to pack the dongle, the charger, and then pay for wifi if my room doesn't already have it. Even if I want to use locally stored videos instead of streaming I'm going to need wifi for this to work.

Since my tablet has to be physically tethered to the TV, Chromecast really seems to only be saving me the 10 foot walk from the bed. I see it more useful at home on a TV without a Roku or similar setup but not ready to pull the trigger on it for travel yet.