Qualmark Ratings
Qualmark© is New Zealand tourism's official mark of quality. Any accommodation provider listed on this website carrying the Qualmark? logo has been independently assessed as professional and trustworthy, so you can book and buy with confidence.Qualmark's role is to help achieve the industry's overall goal to enhance New Zealand's reputation as a world class visitor destination.
Backpacker
Includes budget shared accommodation in a hostel, lodge, or hotel. Most offer a mixture of dormitories, double, twin and single rooms. Some rooms may include linen; otherwise this can be hired. Facilities such as kitchens, bathrooms, lounges and laundries are usually shared, although private and ensuite bathrooms are sometimes available.
Guest and Hosted
Includes bed & breakfasts, farm and home stays, guest houses, boutique lodges, inns, country hotels and similar establishments providing home-like or character accommodation. Kitchen/cooking facilities are not usually provided, although some properties may offer self-contained cottages. Depending on the style of the property, bedrooms may include tea and coffee making facilities, TV and a phone. Lounge facilities are usually shared with the hosts and/or other guests. Bathrooms may be ensuite, private or shared. Breakfasts are a feature and are usually part of an all-inclusive tariff.
Hotel
Includes properties with at least one licensed bar and restaurant, on the premises or adjacent, with charge-back facilities. All rooms have tea and coffee-making facilities and there is on-site management at all times. All provide breakfast whether in a restaurant or breakfast room, or via room service. Some hotels have conference and banqueting facilities.
A standard room usually has one room for both sleeping and living, with an ensuite bathroom. A suite will usually have a living room and at least one separate bedroom, and possibly a mini kitchen. Hotel apartments usually have both mini kitchens and laundry facilities.
Self Contained and Serviced
Includes motels, motor lodges, motor inns, motel apartments, serviced apartments and serviced holiday cottages. Units are serviced daily or as otherwise agreed with the guest, and are self-contained providing at least tea and coffee-making facilities and a private or ensuite bathroom. Frequently, cooking facilities (microwave and/or range) are provided within the accommodation unit so guests can prepare their own meals independently. Milk, tea, coffee and sugar are supplied for guests' immediate use.
Off-street car parking and all bedding and linen are provided. Communal laundry facilities are available and some units may have their own laundry facilities. Units may have TVs, phone, iron and modem for computer use. At extra cost, breakfasts can usually be ordered the night before.
Within each of these categories, each establishment is star graded:
| Accommodation star grades | |
 Plus | Acceptable. Meets customers' minimum requirements. |
 Plus | Good. Exceeds minimum quality requirements. |
 Plus | Very good. Good to very good quality facilities and services. |
 Plus | Excellent. Consistently achieves high quality levels. |
 | Exceptional. Among the best available in New Zealand. |
| Applied For | The property is undergoing assessment. |
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