[akhmatova]

Unstaffed hotels have a major (in my view, fatal) flaw staring you right in the face: poor security.

The one and only time I stayed in such a place - an intruder was caught entering my room and diddling with a phone I left there - and he only got caught because I happened to double back to get something, and just happened to do so while he was in there.

Never again. And the best part about staffed hotels? "I never have to use my phone, if I don't want to."