In the UK, You Can't Have a Plug Socket in the Bathroom — Here's Why, and Why You Can in Other Parts of the World

A guest bathroom with a vanity On top of the vanity is a tray of body wash/ soap as well as a plant in a vase and a small rattan basket. Above the vanity are two large bobbin mirrors. .

When traveling abroad, do you ever notice you're able to utilize the electrical outlets in the bathrooms — a lot of hotel bathrooms have a hairdryer in the actual bathroom, after all. You see them in American homes a lot, too. Those big bathroom vanity drawers with hairdryers docked inside, plugged in and ready to use.

But as much as anyone would appreciate the ease of drying your hair in front of a big bathroom mirror, it's not something you can do in the UK.