They (the older ones anyhow - newer CCTV and the brand new AppleTV-alike are fine) don't do wifi http login pages is the problem. If you have your laptop with you already, you can set it up to share its internet connection over wifi and log the Chromecast into that. Does mean you need to leave the laptop on though.
I find not every phone can both be on the hotel wifi and provide its own wifi, though some do. Almost all laptops will though.
Hmm, I have an iPhone. So lightning to hdmi I suppose
I travel a lot with work and usually end up just using my laptop. Some premier Inns have an HDMI port on the desk and also a USB so I always take an HDMI cable and External HDD with films on because that works quite well if you want to watch on a big screen. But most hotels don't have this setup. Often, the HDMI is disabled or inaccessible. Most of the time it's not worth the bother connecting to a bigger screen.
Yeah, phone hotspot
Yeah, phone hotspot
Imagine sending gen-z kids back to dial-up daysI used to have 120GB and the only time I came close to using it was when we moved hadn't got Internet connected and I bought myself a new 4k TV.
I switched to 1p mobile as it's the cheapest way to get full access to EE. I get 25GB now I only use a fraction. Turns out that urban and reddit don't use much data, but I've connected to my Plex server a few times when camping when it's been a bit miserable.
It was charged by the minute. 1p+ VAT per line. I was getting monthly bills between £300 and £500, depending on how much Unreal Tournament I was playing. 
Imagine sending gen-z kids back to dial-up days
I had ISDN back then. An amazing 128kb if you used both lines
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