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Jothar: I agree with those who are saying that the Chag is best spent ideally with your own Rav, in your own home with family; or at the very least with family in their homes.
We work with enthusiasm so that Pesach in our home is k’halacha, l’chatchila, and more, and knowing that and being with family and invited guests makes for an incredible simcha. So, yes Jothar, offer me an all expense paid Pesach at a hotel and it would be my pleasure to refuse.
For the life of me, I couldn’t imagine myself as going out of Mitzrayim when at a sedar in a hotel.
And I also have chaveirim who work as mashgeechim at hotel kitchens both during the year and especially for Pesach. First, they have no Sedar, no Pesach, and no Shabbos for themselves. But the money is very good, so that’s the trade off.
But they ALWAYS come back with horror stories; even of things that happen right in front of the masgeeach’s own eyes (one recent story is that one kitchen staff was slicing meats on the electric slicer and had a stick of butter hidden and would apply it to the blade to make it work smoother).