Classification of meublés de tourisme

A quality label to boost your visibility and appeal

Destination Luberon has launched a new service for furnished accommodation providers. This new service gives them a single point of contact for the classification of their accommodation, as well as advice on how to provide a high-quality rental experience.

Here is the Presentation leaflet

What is a meublé de tourisme?

"Furnished tourist accommodation is a furnished villa, flat or studio, for the exclusive use of the tenant, offered for rent to a visiting clientele who stay for a day, a week or a month and who do not make their home".

Tourism Code: art. D324-1

The advantages of classification

The classification of furnished tourist accommodation is a voluntary process, initiated at national level by the legislator, which qualifies the offer.

Here are the advantages:

• Guarantee the quality of accommodation for your customers.
• Tourist tax: benefit from a better rate (fixed rate).
• More attractive taxation: 50% allowance with a ceiling of €77,700.
• Possibility of accepting holiday vouchers by joining the ANCV.
• Take advantage of promotional and marketing tools to strengthen your commercial positioning.

The main principles of the classification

• Star classification is voluntary and valid for 5 years.
• Furnished tourist accommodation is assessed according to a National set of 133 criteria based on 3 main areas: "Equipment and layout", "Customer service" and "Accessibility and sustainable development".

The classification stages

• The owner requests a file from the Tourist Office or downloads it from this page.
• To complete the application, the owner must read the classification table for furnished tourist accommodation, which sets out the classification standards (1 to 5 * depending on the level of comfort of the facilities and services offered).

Based on these standards, the owner determines the classification category he or she wishes to apply for.

To obtain a date for a visit, the complete application must be returned to the Tourist Office with the following documents:

- The Order form for the classification visit, signed and accompanied by payment by cheque made payable to the Public Treasury (payment by bank transfer is possible after the visit)

- The application for classification as a ‘Furnished tourist accommodation’ (cerfa no. 11819*03)

- The Description of the property to be classified, duly completed and signed.

- The Confidentiality agreement, completed and signed

Upon receipt of the file and after verification, the technical advisor or their deputy will arrange an appointment with the owner for the visit.

Please note: the visit must take place in the presence of the owner (or their representative), who must present the accommodation in its rental configuration

The technical advisor undertakes to carry out this visit within a maximum of three months from receipt of the complete file.

• The visit may last between 45 minutes and 2 hours, depending on the size of the furnished property to be classified. The technical advisor and/or his/her deputy will check on site that the premises comply with the criteria in the classification table corresponding to the classification category requested by the owner.
• After the classification visit, the owner will receive the classification decision (to be displayed in the furnished accommodation), the checklist and a detailed report of the visit to be kept on file within one month.
• The owner has 15 days to refuse the classification decision, otherwise it is valid for 5 years.

How much does classification cost?

- Furnished accommodation with 1 or 2 bedrooms: €160** (€170** excluding LMV communes)

- Furnished accommodation with 3 to 4 bedrooms: 170€** (180€** excluding LMV communes)

- Furnished accommodation with 5 bedrooms or more: 180€** (190€** excluding LMV communes)

- Re-inspection: €60

These rates include the cost of travel and processing all or part of the classification application.