British "en suite shower" ?

[april47]

Dumb question but important for this older lady. :o I have seen British B&B's and hotels advertise "en suite", "en suite shower", and "en suite with full bath and shower". Does this mean that some rooms in B&Bs and older hotels don't have a toilet and sink in some of their rooms?

[John Bull]

Dumb question but important for this older lady. :o I have seen British B&B's and hotels advertise "en suite", "en suite shower", and "en suite with full bath and shower". Does this mean that some rooms in B&Bs and older hotels don't have a toilet and sink in some of their rooms?

 

Correct.

 

Certainly as far as B&Bs are concerned. Often a hand-basin in the room, but shared bath/toilet unless stated otherwise.

These of course will be at the cheaper end of the spectrum.

 

Hotels - modern hotels, and all the budget chains such as Premier Inns, Etap, Ibis, Novotel, Travelodge, Jurys Inn, Best Western, etc will have en-suite toilet & shower or bath. It's assumed, even if it isn't mentioned. And they're all pretty acceptable, country-wide.

But you'll still find a very few cheap independent city centre hotels, esp in London, which have shared facilities.

 

Just "en suite" means toilet and bath or shower.

 

If you have a hotel/B&B in mind, check it out on www.booking.com which tends to give very detailed information.

If it's cheap, not listed on any major hotel booking sites, and doesn't mention en-suite, you can assume the worst.:eek:

 

Much the same applies across europe

 

JB :)

[april47]

Thanks. That's REALLY good to know ahead of time before booking!