Didn't pack a cable. Definitely could have easily done ICS then.
I'll probably be staying in more and more hotels in the future so I think I'll get together a bit of a "hotel pack" with a cheap small dd-wrt capable AP/router.
Yup that works - I've done it when using my pi in uni.
Sounds like that will probably be the easiest option. I'll try that tonight.
This thread is a little bit old, but my 1520 can act as a hot spot for up to 8 devices via wifi. I don't know what is normal.