The only way to make this work was to get a hotel room as a home base, but most hotels have check-in after 3 p.m. and check-out by noon.

Making his way through a healthy breakfast at a Beverly Hills hotel, Chestnut was enthusiastic as he discussed the series.

Seven hours and a cross-country trip later, I was sprawled on the bed in my Miami hotel room, exhausted from the dawn journey, embracing a nap such that I ignored my suddenly snarling smartphone.

“You didn’t have software, platforms and tools produced by these companies that were disrupting all types of industries from taxis to hotels to politics,” O’Mara said.

This woman said that she had stayed with Harkins in a five star hotel in an upmarket part of the city.