The TP-Link Roam 6 travel router is on sale for $49.99 — a record low according to price trackers.
The Roam 6 normally runs $59.99. The $10 discount is modest, but this is the cheapest the device has ever been. It supports Wi-Fi 6 with speeds up to 1.5 Gbps, has two Ethernet ports, a USB-C port for power and tethering, built-in VPN support, and can share a phone's cellular connection via USB tethering. The main pitch is convenience: instead of logging every device into a hotel's captive portal separately, the Roam 6 creates a private local network so everything connects through a single login.
Travel routers occupy a narrow but real niche. Hotels routinely cap the number of devices per room, and public Wi-Fi networks are exactly the kind of environment where running your own VPN at the router level — rather than on each device — makes sense. For remote workers who move around frequently, that's genuine utility, not a marketing bullet point.
That said, occasional travelers probably don't need one. The Roam 6 isn't designed to replace a home router, and $49.99 is still $49.99 for a gadget that sits in a bag most of the year. If you're already a frequent traveler who has jury-rigged hotel Wi-Fi more than once, the price is reasonable. Everyone else can wait for a steeper cut.