Can I do this: Use wireless network as WAN and create my own LAN.

I travel quite a bit and many hotels now do not have wired in-room networks.
So I'm looking for a way to use the wireless network as a wide area network and create a local network in-room behind a router/firewall, preferably with a private SSID..
I've been reading for quite some time and am confused about whether this is even possible.
It sounds as if I could use an airport express to join the wireless network then use the Ethernet to connect to another airport or time capsule? It sounds like joining a network on any other airport device (Time Capsule or Airport Extreme) disables all the network functions on hose devices...? I'd like to do this with a time capsule but I'm not really fond of passing my backup all over the hotel network...
Incidentally, this is about security and not dodging charges, I almost never stay in hotels that charge for Internet. Kind of hard to believe I'm the only one that wants to do this... and if it isn't obvious I don't have any airport devices presently.

Interim update:
I picked up an airport express and joined it to the hotel network. I then connected the router that I carry around to the airport express and was able to connect to the internet using my SSID on the router.
After playing with the airport utility I see that configuring any of the airport devices to replace the current router should be no issue.
I'll maybe pick up a Time Capsule next week and finish the job.

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