Star Ratings in New Zealand (Qualmark)
Qualmark® is New Zealand tourism's official quality mark, and accommodation displaying the Qualmark® star grades have been independently assessed by them.Backpacker
Includes budget "shared" accommodation in a hostel, lodge or "hotel".
Guest and Hosted
Incorporates bed & breakfasts, farm and home stays, guesthouses, boutique lodges, inns, country hotels and similar establishments providing "home-like" or "character" accommodation.
Holiday Park
Includes camping grounds and motor camps. All properties provide communal kitchens, toilets, showers and laundries in addition to a variety of additional features.
Hotel
Includes properties with at least one licensed bar and restaurant, on the premises or adjacent, with charge-back facilities.
Self Contained and Serviced
Includes motels, motor lodges, motor inns, motel apartments, serviced apartments and serviced holiday cottages.
Within each of these categories, each establishment is star graded:
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Exceptional Among the best available in New Zealand. |
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Excellent Consistently achieves high quality levels with a wide range of facilities and services. |
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Very Good Provides a range of facilities and services and achieves good to very good quality standards. |
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Good Exceeds customers' minimum requirements with some additional facilities and services. |
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Acceptable Meets customers' minimum requirements. Basic, clean, and comfortable accommodation. |
