I had a similar experience some years back. I was attending a conference in San Antonio. Because the conference was in the same hotel where I was staying, I was not authorized a rental car. After all, I didn't have to drive to get to the conference. And this was my first time in San Antonio.

Now, if the hotel had been downtown, that would have been okay because I could have walked places. But no, we were out by the airport, where we had mainly more hotels. I did walk to some local restaurants and the mall across the highway, but that was about it.

I finally managed to link up with some women from another post who did get a car. It was kind of nice riding around with the ladies, and I didn't even have a kilt yet.