Furnished classification
Obtaining a meublé de tourisme classification
Gîtes de France in Loire-Atlantique, the accredited body for tourist accommodation classifications:
To be classified as a furnished holiday let and listed as such, your accommodation must éinspected by a body recognised as holding accreditation for the inspection of holiday let properties: Gîtes de France de Loire-Atlantique is certified as an ‘organisation recognised as holding accreditation for the inspectiontourist accommodation’ since 17 October 2011, in accordance with the decreeof 6 December 2010 setting the certification standard for the inspection procedureof tourist accommodation by bodies recognised as holding accreditation.
It holds the Certificate of Compliance to carry out inspection visits to tourist accommodation in accordance withArticle D.324-6-1 of the Tourism Code (see audit of 22/09/2021 carried out by SGS-ICS, a third-party body accredited to NF EN ISO 17065).
Why have your holiday let classified?
Strengthening competitiveness and commercial performance
Theguarantee of a high standard of quality and recognised certification
50%tax relief for property owners subject to the micro-BIC scheme.*
The best promotion in tourist office brochures and websites
*Compared to 30% for an unclassified rental; tax relief for owners subject to the micro-BIC scheme. For landlords under the URSSAFF scheme (annual income exceeding 23,000€), the tax allowance is 87 per cent for classified furnished properties, compared with 60 per cent for unclassified ones.
Information documents:
classification criteria for furnished holiday accommodation
clarification notes on the classification of furnished tourist accommodation (dated 20 March 2012): clarifications on the requirements or methodologies for assessing the criteria in the classification table
Documents to be returned to us, completed and signed, for the classification application:
the ‘Meublé de Tourisme’ classification application form – CERFA document
a cheque made payable to Relais Gîtes de France Loire-Atlantique
a floor plan of the furnished property (even a brief one), and the floor area of each room
Once we have received these documents, we will arrange an on-site viewing for you.
We invite you to carefully review the classification criteria so that you can comply with them as closely as possible, depending on the level of classification requested. Please note that only elements present on the day of the visit will be taken into account. Any missing element may call the classification into question and require a further (charged) visit.