Quality Assurance Gradings
- Hotels are given a rating from one to five
stars, the more stars, the greater the range of facilities and
level of services provided.
- Budget Hotels are always part of a large
"branded" Hotel Group offering clean and comfortable en-suite
facilities, 24-hour reservations and a consistent level of
facilities.
- Guest Accommodation includes bed and
breakfasts, farmhouses, guesthouses and inns and is rated from one
to five stars. The same minimum requirement for facilities and
services applies to all Guest Accommodation from one to five stars.
The more stars the higher the overall quality in areas such as
cleanliness, service, hospitality, bedrooms, bathrooms and food
quality.
- Self Catering includes apartments, boats,
cottages, flats and houses and is star rated from one to five.
- Holiday Parks, Touring Parks and Camping
Parks. There are two different rating assessment schemes.
The AA use pennants (triangles) on an ascending scale from one to
five. The VB rating scheme uses stars to indicate progressively
higher standards of quality from one star (acceptable) to five
stars (exceptional).
For more information please click on the web links below or
telephone The AA or Quality in Tourism:
Quality in Tourism
0845 300 6996
The AA
01256 844455
