My three friends from China were seeking medical treatment in Boston and this was communicated to host before booking. I knew the shared bathroom, but WAS NOT warned about having 11 people stay at the same house with a single bathroom (with shower). It's simply NOT workable in any situation, even without morning or evening shower rush. Unfortunately, my friend had constipation issue once treatment started. So all went downhill from there. When we asked host to allow us to cancel, so we can rebook at another place, AND not to inconvenient other guests further, the host FLATLY denied our request and is not flexible. - Basically, we were told it's our problem once booked, no refund, no matter how much inconvenience for us or for other guests. We had to resort to Airbnb and get out of the situation. I flatly called Host for been too greedy, putting her financial interests above guests' basic needs.

I explained with two of the female guests when issues surfaced, and they were understandable and would work with us to have better bathroom scheduling. Still, place is simply too crowded for 11 people. that's why we wanted to moved out, for the goods of everyone. Still can't understand why host would NOT allow us to rebook and provide refund for days not stayed.

Anyway, I will have to be be more careful in the future about shared bathroom situation.