For sure bring good lighting with you. I have never had a hotel room with anykind of good lighting. The McKenzie light is your ticket. Depending on what you tie will help on your choice of a pedestal base. There's a guy on eBay who sells 6lb bases for around $20-25. Nothing i hated more than the small light weight base on the Traveler and the short shaft of the base model. Seeing as you have the longer c clamp post(9") with a 6lb base would be sweet!
Brent