connecting rooms

Meaning

Two hotel rooms that are located next to each other and have a private door inside connecting them. This allows guests to move between rooms without going out into the public hallway. It is highly popular for families traveling with children.

Examples

• We'd like to book two connecting rooms so we can keep an eye on the kids.

  We'd like to book two connecting rooms so we can keep an eye on the kids.

• Are there any connecting rooms available on the third floor?

  Are there any connecting rooms available on the third floor?

• They booked connecting rooms, but the hotel accidentally put them on different floors.

  They booked connecting rooms, but the hotel accidentally put them on different floors.

• Having connecting rooms made our family vacation so much easier and more comfortable.

  Having connecting rooms made our family vacation so much easier and more comfortable.

• Please note on the reservation that we highly prefer connecting rooms if possible.

  Please note on the reservation that we highly prefer connecting rooms if possible.

Common Mistakes

• ✗ We booked connected rooms so we could walk between them.

  ✓ We booked connecting rooms so we could walk between them.

  Use the present participle 'connecting' rather than the past participle 'connected' to describe this specific hotel feature.

• ✗ I want adjoining rooms with a door inside.

  ✓ I want connecting rooms with a door inside.

  'Adjoining' simply means the rooms are next to each other but might not have a door inside. 'Connecting' specifically means there is an internal door.

Related Expressions

Practice

• Since we are traveling with teenagers, we requested ___ so we don't have to go out into the hallway to see them.

  💡 Two hotel rooms with a door between them.

  Show answer

  connecting rooms

• I'm sorry, but we don't have any ___ available for those dates; we can only offer rooms next door to each other.

  💡 Rooms with an internal door.

  Show answer

  connecting rooms