Internet Access Provider Gypsy Hotspot - HowTo Stay At 4Star Hotels Free

How to Stay at Luxury Hotels and Resorts Free by Becoming an Internet Access Provider Gypsy Wifi Hotspot

I personally travel a lot. A lot is actually an understatement. I travel like most folks stay put. Today I'm across from the Banyan Tree in Lahaina, Maui, Hawaii. Yesterday, I was at the Princeville Hotel in Kauai. The 3 days before, I was in the Clift Hotel in SF where they serve the most kick ass leechee (I can spell this however I want, I'm asian and so is the original word!)martiniis.

In all this traveling, I've figured out a couple of things. 1. Never outcall a 6 foot tall "female" massage therapist to your room. 2. Never get drunk while your wallet is sitting on the bar (especially if the profile of a thick stack of $1oo bills is clearly visible). 3. People will PAY YOU CASH if you install a mobile wireless router with SSID, "8bucks-a-day-wifi-310-862-4250."

Yes, that's right. Your hotelling neighbors HATE typing in their credit card numbers into an auth screen that messes up their DHCP. So offer them an alternative. When they call you, tell them you only accept cash and give them a unique Login and PW. You can create up to 10 unique user accounts with an enterprise grade router called the TGMB8000.

Armed with an EVDO Verizon Wireless or Sprint Card, and a 3g Router, you are a mobile wifi hotspot purveyor. Yes, this violates your term of service. Yes, If Verizon caught you, they'd cancel your account. BUT nice part is that if they cancel YOUR account, no $175 termination fee!

In anycase, it's all natted so your evdo 3g internet access provider would know what you were up to. So you can just ignore the sentence above in blue.

Architecting Your Vacation Cash Cow

The trick to making this pay for your hotel room is to find a room with high wifi visibility. For maximum potential user base. Ummm. Let's do it this way, lemme create a bullet list here.

1. Get a room with COURTYARD visibility. (street or oceanfacing rooms have low wifi penetration range)
2. Stay at the nicest hotel you can find. The Ritzier your resort or hotel, the more likely there are going to be executives who need to get online.
3. Emphasize CASH. mobile execs HATE using credit cards. It's annoying.
4. Put your Phone number in the SSID NOT your ROOM Number. This is for obvious security and privacy reasons.
5. IF you'd rather accept a credit card so that a personal meeting is NOT required, then get a GOOGLE CHECKOUT or PAYPAL account with the BUYNOW button.
6. You can totally automate this process including the Login/PW disclosure if you build a website with a payment redirect option. It's really simple... User enters visa number then after you get paid, the payment gateway (paypal or checkout) just sends them to a page where the login/pw is listed OR
7. You can just have a gmail account setup with a vacation reply message containing the username login/pw. This way, after your account gets a payment, Gmail automatically sends your GYPSY User the un/pw.

You may not be able to cover your whole $750 Four Seasons Suite bill but it sure is nice to be able to slough off that $14 martinii bill passively. Go ahead, try it, it may not be a cash cow for you but even cash calves are nothing to sneeze at.

Written from the Lahaina Island Coffee Internet Cafe - because i didnt wanna walk back to the Hotel in 95% humidity.