In plain English
This means the bathroom is not for just one room. Guests staying in more than one room use the same bathroom in the accommodation.
In context
In a room listing, this label means the bathroom for that room is used by guests from more than one room.
- Situation
- Booking hotels, reading room and rate labels, checking in, and using amenities
- What it communicates
- labels a bathroom arrangement in a room listing.
Meaning limits
By itself, the term does not say how many rooms share the bathroom or any other details about it.
Examples
“At the guesthouse, our room had a shared bathroom that the guests in the next room used too.”
“The budget double comes with a shared bathroom at the end of the hall.”