Please help me with your opinions regarding my school reunion.?

Question

I plan to attend my school reunion in the fall. I live on the other side of the country. I am in a bad financial situation and am worried that someone might find this out. I plan on staying at a cheap motel in the area. What if someone wants to drive me to my hotel? Chances are that this might never happen. However, many of the people that I went to school with are now very affluent and I don't want anyone to know of my situation. Your thoughts, please. Thank you!!!

Answer 1

Why would anyone want to drive you to your hotel unless you ask them to??

Rent a car and no one has to know where you stay.

Answer 2

They won't know anything you don't tell them.  Your finances are none of anyone's business, so repeat after me, "Thanks for your interest, but I don't care to discuss my finances."

As for the hotel.  Okay, so you don't rent a car, and now you need a ride back to your motel.  You ask, someone says yes, they drive, you say "thank you" and go to your room.  If this person is ill-mannered enough to talk about "that horrible cheap motel", there's a real easy way to shut them up.  Just say, "Yeah, I know.  That's the last time I book a room off the Internet."  Or  "Yeah, not exactly 5 star.  That's the last time I'll trust somebody on Craig's List for a recommendation!"   and then drop the subject.  If you can give them a throw-away answer that shows you aren't embarrassed, they'll move on to the next topic of gossip.  Just don't let it get to you.