Run to Reno

[kevin_standlee]

Lisa hadn't been to Reno since the last time I was home in early January. We drove into Reno this morning and did a lot of shopping to fill things back up again. Said shopping did not include any perishable foods, because Lisa is actually leaving the day after I do. I head back to the Bay Area tomorrow, and Lisa heads toward Oregon on Monday, as she and Kuma Bear will be going to the Cascade Mountain Video Show in Portland. Lisa has attended this show for several years and wanted to go up there again this year. If all goes well, she'll also be able to use this trip to get her little utility trailer from Mehama along with a few things she left up there during our relatively rushed move-out. (We currently plan to make a final moving trip after Westercon, renting another rental truck for the big push to get the last of her things out of the storage container up there.)

I've booked Lisa hotel rooms in Klamath Falls going and coming, and in Portland for the two days around the show. I've also given her a letter that should, I hope, account for her staying the rooms her husband booked on his credit card but for which he's not physically present. She's been able to do this before (check in to the hotel booked in my name and on my credit card), but it always makes me nervous anyway, since you never know when you're going to get an excessively-officious (and old-fashioned) front-desk clerk who doesn't understand how Lisa could possibly be my wife — she has a different last name!

(Seriously, this has happened.)

Comments

[msconduct.livejournal.com]

I'm surprised Lisa hasn't had more trouble with this given that when I've made reservations they always make a point of requiring that you present the credit card you made the booking with. Because I'm always there credit card in hand I've never been able to test whether they make a deal about it - sounds like it's not the collapse of Western civilisation if you don't. I don't even know why they care if they've only used the credit card to hold the reservation - is there really an army of people out there stealing other people's reservations but paying for them themselves?

[kevin-standlee.livejournal.com]

Well, the funny part here is that if I don't show up in person, they'll charge my credit card for that night anyway, so they might as well let my wife stay in the room.

[lindadee.livejournal.com]

Can't you put Lisa on your credit card? I got a card for a family member. That person's name is on the account, but the bill comes to me.

[kevin-standlee.livejournal.com]

I could, but that would require her giving her identifying details like her SSN to someone else. She's fanatical on this subject.

[lindadee.livejournal.com]

It's been a couple of years, but I don't think I gave them my family member's social security number. It's MY credit card account; my relative is authorized to use it. You might want to recheck with your bank.

[kevin-standlee.livejournal.com]

Well, I could check, but I'm pretty sure the last time I tried to add Lisa to one of my credit card accounts, they insisted upon her SSN, and said she would have been jointly liable for any charges to boot. I'd be really surprised, given the way things work these days, if it's changed favorably.

[msconduct.livejournal.com]

Perhaps it would be safest if Lisa disguised herself as you:).

[yourbob.livejournal.com]

While I was growing up my parents always made sure I would introduce them to people with their full name. It was already common enough, at least around here, that children and both parents didn't always share the same surname.

Now it's common enough that all three (or more) don't share pigmentation.

[scott-sanford.livejournal.com]

That's what's on my calendar for Wednesday.

[kevin-standlee.livejournal.com]

Do I need to get you a pass for the show, too? Lisa didn't say.

[scott-sanford.livejournal.com]

Thank you for asking, but I've already signed up. Assuming their website hasn't hiccuped I should have a badge waiting for me when we get there.