8 nights in Vegas for ~$10
3 hotels, all comped or covered by Delta credits. Deal stacking at its finest.
Flights
SkyMiles #93315137488:00pm
DTW
9:23pm
LAS
Thursday, May 7
3:16pm
LAS
10:20pm
DTW
Friday, May 15
Hotels — 3 Properties, 8 Nights
Conrad Las Vegas at Resorts World
Dates: Wed May 7 (1 night)
Room: Premium Room, 1 King, City View
Check-in: 4:00pm · Check-out: 11:00am
Total: $160.35 + $150 deposit
Credits: $150 Delta Stays (Plat AmEx) + $25 bev credit
Cancel by: May 5 at 3pm
Delta Stays Itinerary #73417469671478
Conrad One Bedroom Suite at Resorts World
Dates: Thu May 8 — Mon May 11 (3 nights)
Room: 1 Bedroom Suite, 1 King — 1,100 sq ft
Perks: $100 dining credit included
Separate living room with pullout sofa · Rain shower · Freestanding oval bathtub · Nespresso machine · Floor-to-ceiling windows · 65" Smart TV · Bedside touch controls for drapes/lights
El Cortez Hotel & Casino
Dates: Mon May 11 — Thu May 15 (4 nights)
Room: Original 47 King Suite, Non-smoking
Confirmation: JBZGBQ7ZT
Perks: Dining voucher + free slot play (Club Cortez)
Cancel by: May 9, 2026
Old-school Fremont Street vibes — great contrast to the Strip luxury
Day-by-Day
Conferences in Vegas During Your Stay
Networking opportunitiesHD Expo + Conference May 5-7, Mandalay Bay
Hospitality design, 17K+ attendees, 600+ product suppliers. Wrapping as you arrive — afterparty networking possible.
Knowledge 2026 (ServiceNow) May 5-7, Venetian Expo
Digital transformation, 25K+ attendees. Wrapping as you arrive.
ICSC Las Vegas May 18-20, LVCC
Commercial real estate + proptech, 25K+ attendees. Starts 3 days after you leave — would've been relevant to Aspire.
Pre-Trip Checklist
- Flights booked — DL0916 out, DL0461 return
- Arrival night hotel booked — Conrad Premium Room (May 7)
- Resorts World Conrad Suite booked — 3 nights comp (May 8-11)
- El Cortez King Suite booked — 4 nights comp (May 11-15)
- Book restaurant reservations
- Configure Beryl AX travel router (SSID: SpoiledBoxers, Tailscale exit node on M4)
- Check Resorts World pool schedule and cabana availability
- Plan shows or entertainment
- Pack list
5 of 9 complete
Tech Setup for Travel
Beryl AX Travel Router
NOT YET CONFIGUREDSSID: SpoiledBoxers
All family devices auto-connect at hotels. Tailscale exit node through M4 Studio at home so streaming services see an Ohio IP from Vegas.
No fumbling with hotel WiFi — one router, all devices connected, all traffic tunneled home.
Still Planning
- Restaurant reservations — poolside dining, high-end spots, downtown gems
- Shows or entertainment — anything catch your eye?
- Pool schedule and cabana reservations at Resorts World
- Day trip options — Red Rock Canyon, Valley of Fire, Grand Canyon
Vegas History
Married in Vegas
2018 — the city has special meaning
Aria's Namesake
Named after the Aria hotel on the Strip
What They Love
Pools, high-quality food, relaxation
Trip Type
1 of 3 annual couple trips (separate from 1 family trip)
Beryl Travel Router — Reference & Troubleshooting
Quick Facts
- Travel SSID
- SpoiledBoxers
- Password
- in 1Password
- Admin UI
- http://192.168.8.1
- Admin pw
- in 1Password
- Tailscale name
- beryl-travel
- Tailscale IP
- 100.120.21.98
- Exit node
- M4 (100.68.53.7 — home)
Physical Switch
- LEFT (near reset)
- WiFi OFF
- RIGHT
- SpoiledBoxers ON
- Cycle time
- ~30 sec
⚠️ At home: always keep LEFT. Prevents SpoiledBoxers broadcast collision with your Eero.
🏨 Hotel Arrival Setup (~5 min)
- Keep switch LEFT. Plug in Beryl.
- Connect your Air to Beryl (ethernet in LAN port, or the Beryl's current default WiFi — sticker on back).
- Open http://192.168.8.1 → Internet → Repeater.
- Scan for hotel WiFi → connect with hotel's credentials.
- Captive portal? Disconnect your device from Beryl, connect directly to hotel WiFi, sign in, then reconnect to Beryl and retry step 4.
- Upstream shows "Connected"? Flip switch RIGHT. Wait ~30 sec.
- Connect all your travel devices to SpoiledBoxers — they'll auto-connect since they remember the password from home. Traffic egresses from your home IP via M4.
🔧 Troubleshooting
SpoiledBoxers doesn't appear after flipping switch RIGHT
Wait a full 45 seconds — MTK driver is slow on channel negotiation.
Still not showing? Flip switch LEFT, wait 30s, flip RIGHT again.
Last resort: power cycle the Beryl (unplug 10s, replug). Switch position is remembered.
SpoiledBoxers visible but no internet
Beryl isn't connected to the hotel WiFi upstream.
Admin UI → Internet → Repeater → reconnect hotel network.
Hotel rotated session or changed password? Re-run repeater setup.
New captive portal? Disconnect Beryl's upstream, sign in directly from your phone, reconnect Beryl.
Public IP shows hotel location (Netflix/bank geo-flagged you)
Tailscale exit node isn't routing. Visit https://ifconfig.me on your device — if that shows Vegas instead of home, exit node is broken.
SSH to Beryl from any Tailscale device: ssh root@beryl-travel
Check status: tailscale status — should show M4 as active exit node.
If not, re-apply: tailscale up --exit-node=100.68.53.7 --exit-node-allow-lan-access=true --ssh=true --hostname=beryl-travel
Can't SSH to beryl-travel over Tailscale
Beryl probably has no upstream internet, so Tailscale can't phone home.
Fall back to direct-LAN: admin UI shows Beryl's current LAN IP. SSH there as root.
Or connect your Air via ethernet to Beryl's LAN port, then ssh [email protected].
Only 2.4GHz works, no 5GHz band broadcasting
Normal — if the hotel's WiFi is on 5GHz, Beryl's 5GHz radio is taken by the upstream-client role and can't simultaneously run as AP. 2.4GHz is fine for a hotel room.
To force 5GHz AP: in admin UI → Internet → Repeater, pick a 2.4GHz hotel SSID instead. Frees the 5GHz radio.
Weird SSIDs like HT_AP1 or MTK_CHEETAH_AP nearby
MediaTek driver artifacts from the Beryl itself. Cosmetic, no device will connect to them. Ignore.
☢️ NUCLEAR: factory reset (last resort)
Hold reset button (next to switch) for 10 full seconds until LEDs flash. This WIPES all Aria's config: Tailscale auth, SpoiledBoxers SSID, custom switch handler, everything.
Only if truly unrecoverable. You'll reconfigure from scratch with Aria when home. Full config lives at memory/drawers/travel/project_beryl_travel_router.md.
🤖 Stuck? Get Aria on the line
If Claude Code is on your Air, open it — Aria loads with full context. If you only have the Claude mobile app / web browser (no local repo), paste this prompt for a one-off help session:
Add restaurants, book shows, plan activities, check things off