Originally Posted by
Doc Savage
I carry one in my suitcase. It's saved me several times.
Me too, kind of the first things I learned when I started my consulting-career - always carry an umbrella.
That said I am with the OP - hotels claiming to be 4* and up should be in the position to provide these for guest - I'd probably had taken this up with management. Also $20 seems pretty extortionate unless it was a high quality umbrella - but I fear at a hotel with that attitude you get one that is more of the $5 value category...
Greetings - Dirk