Oh, Jazz, I hope it all works out.
The easy thing about the hotel room.....most hotels do not charge by the PERSON, just by the room so bringing a second person in is not a big deal. LOTS of traveling people bring along a family member....they only have to pay for the traveling expenses.
Sometimes the extra day actually brings down the cost of the airline so places don't care much about that either.
If we're not having fun, then why are we doing it?
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