Information to know before booking your holiday on the French Riviera

The different names for vacation rentals

Furnished tourist accommodation (Article L.324-1 of the tourism code)

Type of accommodation : A furnished tourist accommodation, also called a furnished vacation rental or assimilated to a cottage, lodge or a seasonal rental, is a type of tourist accommodation intended for a passing clientele who stays for a few days, on the basis of a fixed rental price of short duration and who does not take up residence there

Seasonal real estate rental

Law No. 70-9 of January 2, 1970 regulating the conditions for carrying out activities relating to certain operations relating to buildings and businesses Definition: The rental of a building concluded for a maximum, non-renewable period of ninety consecutive days.

Reservation: When signing the contract, you must have as much information as possible about the accommodation, its location, its price and this in writing, in order to avoid subsequent disputes.

Lessors (professionals, individuals, agencies) have the obligation to provide the potential lessee with the rental contract accompanied by a descriptive inventory of the premises in accordance with the model of the decree with indication of the price, possible commission of the agency included.

Cottage

Type of accommodation: The cottage or lodge is a place where you can stay. In common language, the term designates furnished furnished accommodation, also assimilated to furnished tourist accommodation, and intended to be rented for tourist purposes, for a short period.

In short, you will have understood that a gîte, a furnished accommodation, a seasonal rental are the same thing… What is different is that often a gîte is in a rural location while the other 2 can be located anywhere.

To choose well, you must first know whether you want to stay in a rural area or not. Then you should know that there are public and private classifications and labels which will guarantee you a certain level of security (in order to be certain that the accommodation really exists and belongs to or is indeed mandated by the person who wants it for you). rent) and quality (in order to rent with full knowledge of the comfort elements of housing).

It should therefore be noted that there are guest rooms (= room rented as in a hotel with or without bathrooms, but unlike a hotel run by an individual, often from 1 to 5 rooms maximum in an establishment and often in a house with a fairly family welcome) the state TOURISM QUALITY label. Label which will very soon be the subject of a reference also for furnished tourist accommodation.

For seasonal rentals there is the TOURISM FURNISHED CLASSIFICATION which awards 1 to 5 stars. This is a public ranking. It is on the basis of this classification that the tourist tax is calculated.

There are also private labels. The best known because the oldest is the GITES DE FRANCE label. regenerate in the face of its loss of competitiveness in the face of new big players like BOOKING, AIRBnB, TRIPADVISOR, etc. This label and its managers are very critical of these big platforms but in reality they are increasingly inspired by them to introduce large commissions for booking or force their owners to go through the platform instead of renting directly to their customers in order to to be able to authoritatively direct these small owners as much as possible and again recover commissions. Their boards of directors are managed mainly by seniors

To counter the LABEL DES GITES DE FRANCE, THE CLEVACANCES LABEL arrived 20 years later. This label allocates keys based on the comfort of the accommodation. It is a label where there is little bureaucracy unlike GITES DE FRANCE, hence lower costs of all kinds and great proximity of its teams to the customer. All the administrators there are lodge owners so they are aware of the realities on the ground and their age means that they are still very dynamic. The welcome from CLEVACANCES pleases everyone because they are cordial and caring professionals.

Then other labels appeared such as GITE PANDA – CLEF VERTE – FLEUR DE SOLEIL – The European Eco-label – Bienvenue au Château – Tourisme et Handicap – Bed & Breakfast – WELCOME TO THE FARM…

In addition, recommendations from sites such as LE PETIT FUTE – LE GUIDE DU ROUTARD- TRIPADVISOR or opinions certified by companies like AVIS VERIFIES OR TRUST PILOT for example can help you choose.

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