Another little known fact - your luggage isn’t insured when you do that. These guys all seem to offer insurance to protect what happens to your luggage
That's one of the reason I've been reluctant to do so, yeah. All of the hotels I've been to that do this have been painfully explicit about how they're not responsible for literally anything, and that there aren't even any cameras to investigate potential issues afterward.
That's a big fat "nope" from me. Which is likely their desire.
It's probably insured under homeowner's or renter's insurance, if you have either of those.
Yes but that works for secrets too. I can understand not everyone knows about this but calling it a secret seems a stretch.