End-of-term moves out of student housing are one of the highest-volume use cases for shared bookings. Four students in a shared Manchester house, all heading home to different cities at the same time. Instead of four separate man and van bookings, one shared booking covers the lot. The driver collects from the shared house, drops the first student at home, drives to the second, and so on.
The route order depends on geography. The most efficient sequence given the home addresses is usually the right one, but the students can adjust if anyone needs to be dropped first or last for a specific reason. The total job time is what it is, and the cost splits between the students on whatever basis they agree before the booking.
Items stay separated in the van. Each student's stuff goes in together, labelled if you want. The driver knows which boxes belong to which person from the loading order and the labels. Nothing gets mixed up.