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Sold out

If something is sold out, all seats, rooms, tickets, or other bookable places for it have already been booked, so none remain available.

In plain English

People have already booked all of the available places for it. That leaves nothing left to reserve.

In context

Here, it reports that every room in the listed room option has already been booked, so that option is no longer available.

Situation
Booking hotels, reading room and rate labels, checking in, and using amenities
What it communicates
reports that the listed room option is no longer available.

Meaning limits

By itself, this status does not say why none are available or whether that could change later.

Examples

“By the time we reached the box office, the evening show was sold out.”

Core meaning

“The family room is sold out for Saturday, so we chose a twin instead.”

In context