A lot of decisions we make are made based on budgeting and since we never plan on staying at the hotel much anyway, the hotel quality doesn't really matter much to us wherever we go, as long as it is clean.
Your wife has always been an understanding person and like you said you guys have always lived by your terms which is so nice.
The pictures are really nice too. I like the way the buildings look. they look old but strong. They remind me of a particular game Onimusha.
the crowd is a turn off for me, I don't flow properly in crowds.
I think these days, a lot of people want all of their life to be fancy and will run up debts on cards to do so - and then spend years paying them off. I'd rather have a little bit special and a fair bit of normal.
People should learn this