@phma01 

I have the same concern. Hoping we get a response. 

  @phma01 The following worked on a network not requiring a password. I will update this when I have an opportunity to test at a hotel requiring a passord or similar (e.g., Name & room number).

Generic instructions to connect TP-Link Travel Router to WI-FI in hotels, etc.

• Power on router: Wait until LEDs turn solid Blue or solid Red
• Turn off laptop wireless connection
• Plug ethernet cable between laptop and router LAN port
• Launch a browser and connect to one of (replace the dot with a period “.”): http:// followed by

     192 dot 168 dot 01 dot 1

     OR (may work better) tplinkwifi dot net

• Login to the Router using whatever password you use
• Click on INTERNET
• Click on HOTSPOT
• Click on/Select HOST WI-FI
• Follow the instructions provided by the local network as I don’t know how this will work at a hotel or anyplace with it’s own access interface beyond WI-FI password.
• After connecting, the router will reboot and the light will turn BLUE

• You can now disconnect the cable from the laptop to the router.
• You can turn on your laptop's wifi and connect to the TP-Link Travel Router network called <whatever you named your router’s SSID>. Other devices (e.g., phones) can connect to your TP-Link Travel Router network.
• If you set up a password for your TP-Link Travel Router network, you may need it; probably only the first time connecting the device (laptop, phone, other) as the device will probably remember your TP-Link Travel Router network name/password.

  @phma01 I'm sorry that the documentation is unclear.  Home networks typically have an SSID and password/passkey.  Hotels can be different.  Some you enter SSID and passkey directly (like at home), some you enter the SSID but then it leads you to a login page.  For those you need to select WISP mode on your travel router.  Not having this specific model I can't really do a step by step, but that is the gist of the difference between travel router and traditional router...