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Qualmark

Looking for a quality holiday?
Qualmark™ is New Zealand tourism’s official mark of quality. All accommodation and tourism businesses that carry the Qualmark™, have been independently assessed as professional and trustworthy, so you can book and buy with confidence.

The Qualmark™ can help you identify quality places to stay, things to do and ways to get around no matter where you are in New Zealand.

Great places to stay

Whether you're looking for a luxury hotel, a family motel, a budget backpacker, a homely bed & breakfast or a spacious holiday park, the Qualmark™ identifies quality assured accommodation suitable for any type of traveller.

Every accommodation provider on Qualmarks' website has undergone a rigorous assessment and licensing process to become part of the Qualmark™ licensing system. They'll meet your essential requirements of cleanliness, safety, security and comfort; and offer a range and quality of services appropriate to their star grade.

How do you indentify a Qualmark Accommodation business?

There are six categories so look for these signs:




Backpacker

Includes budget "shared" accommodation in a hostel, lodge, or "hotel".



Guest and Hosted

Incorporates bed & breakfasts, farm and home stays, guest houses, boutique lodges, inns, country hotels and similar establishments providing "home-like" or "character" accommodation.




Holiday Home

Includes serviced holiday cottages to luxurious lodges.



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, and serviced apartments.


Exclusive

Features intimate, exclusive and highly individual establishments which offer the finest of locations, facilities, activities and service. They range from destination retreats offering golf, fishing, food and wine or wilderness adventures, to stylish urban and design hotels and secluded beach or lake front villas.


Accommodation Star Grade Descriptions

Within each category (except Exclusive), each establishment is star graded:

Star
Star plus

Acceptable
Meets customers' minimum requirements. Basic, clean, and comfortable accommodation.

Star Star
Star Star plus

Good
Exceeds customers' minimum requirements with some additional facilities and services.

Star Star Star
Star Star Star plus

Very Good
Provides a range of facilities and services and achieves good to very good quality standards.

Star Star Star Star
Star Star Star Star plus

Excellent
Consistently achieves high quality levels with a wide range of facilities and services.

Star Star Star Star Star

Exceptional
Among the best available in New Zealand.

Applied For

Applied For
This indicates the property is undergoing assessment for grading.

Things to do and ways to get around

If you're after things to do and ways to get around, Qualmark endorsed visitor services, transport and visitor activities are the smartest choice, from abseiling to yachting, art galleries to wilderness walks, coaches to limousines.
Businesses that carry the Qualmark® have met quality standards in safety, facilities, equipment, customer service and more. You can count on them to deliver a quality experience.

"Endorsed" definition

Professional and trustworthy

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