CateC, That was well worth watching,.:-). I have been cooking in hotel/Motels for several years. I never thought about useing there appliances. I carry a small picnic basket with a 4 c. coffee pot, 2 cups, coffee, tea, hot chocolate, cream and sugar,salt,pepper,& honey packets. There are some hotel/motels that dosen't have a pot in the rooms, only the lobby, and we like our coffee when we first get up. In a box/small suit case, I used to use an electric skillet, but I now have an electric pressure cook/pan. I take, a spatula,can opener,2 lg.spoons (one sloted),dipper,and silver ware, dish towel 7 cloth. I also take any condiments that I think I'll need just a small amount of to keep from having to buy it, also some shelf food ltems.like spagetti sauce, soup, flour,corn meal ( in case I want to batter something),butter,and shoetening. Since we vacation on a shoe string(very little money), I also prefer my own spagetti. I love grilled cheese & tomato soup, comfort food. We usually try to get a hotel/motel that offers a "free breakfast bar", Eat at resturents that you can take the left overs home, if there are any, or grocery store deli's for food to picnic with or take to the motel room, we only eat out one meal a day. and cook or reheat the left overs for lunch or dinner. Gee, this could be a whole new tread of ideals. if we are in a motel that dosen't have a breakfast bar, I cook it in the room.Thanks, Granna2