Hotel and "star" category

I%26#39;m working in the tourism industry near Nice and I would like to inform people that the number of star about a hotel is not specially a proof of quality

according a survey, 80% choose a hotel according the number of star but 90% do not know, how do hotel get %26quot;stars%26quot;

= you get stars, according the size of the lobby, rooms and basic equiments (phone in room, disabled equipment...)

and never about if the hotel is cleaned or not, modern, if there is a spa, or service (valet parking, staff for your lugage, internet wifi...) or front office open 24h....

it%26#39;s true, it%26#39;s the same classification since may be 20 or 30 years and start to be out of fashion and equipment as internet is request now for guests but not necessary to get stars

this classification is changing with now hotel 5 stars in France and with another listing of equipments requested

until now, 4 stars category was huge about the quality

from palace at 5 000 euros per night to a bad (or good) building at 70 euros per night

sometimes you can read many tourists complaint about an hotel and were not happy after their holiday because they chose a hotel according stars or the rate :ex: I was in a 4 star hotel and it was dirty for instance, or the building was older....

People said this hotel is not a 3 star hotels about quality....there is no sense = you can say it%26#39;s not a good value but do not mention number of star because it%26#39;s not depending the quality

I advise always to check on internet many comments about few hotels before to book one

check on : trip advisor, booking, venere, expedia.... comments and you will find a good idea at what you will except

you could find a lovely 2 or 3 stars hotel at a cheaper rater instead of a bad 4 star hotels

or you will see if it%26#39;s a good idea to pay 200 or 400 euros for a 4 star hotels

do not trust specially the number of star or the rate BUT check comments

of course, if there are only 2 or 3 comments about one hotel, it%26#39;s not a guarantee of quality (because a friend of the owner can wrote a review to help business) (50 or 100 comments, it is very good to have an idea)

also, if you are looking for a hotel in French Riviera, do not forget to check B%26amp;B because we have many here around Nice (saint paul, antibes, eze..) at about 100-150 euros per night with a very good quality and all hotels services, sometimes pool....

have a good choice

main topic is on %26quot;Nice%26quot; Forum

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Just out of curiosity, can you or anyone else give me an example of a yucky 4* hotel?

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in Paris, I mean.

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Helpful post, thankyou. I did know that the stars were related to provision and not quality but I%26#39;ve been reading so many reports by people who didn%26#39;t - so it%26#39;s good to have a reminder, thankyou.

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Thanks for re-posting this from the Nice forum. It really is useful.

Shoesy, if you go to the hotel list on this site and filter by star rating I think you%26#39;ll find more than a few. Off the top of my head IIRC the Westminster rates as a 4-star and gets some pretty lukewarm reviews.

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The categories are being revamped again, since the last classification system dated from something like 1982 and obviously did not take into consideration thinks like computer access or wifi. Also, a 5-star category has been created to replace 4-star L. I think fewer than 10 hotels in France have qualified so far.

The changeover for stars for the other hotels will take several years. Considering the fact that a few hotels are still displaying things like %26quot;2-star NN%26quot; signs from 1982 dating from the last change (NN = nouvelles normes), I hope that some new kind of sign is being designed to replace the blue octogon and dissipate all ambiguity.

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there are already about 40 -- 5 star hotels in France and many others will come soon

for instance

12 already 5-stars around Nice (90 -- 4 stars hotels)

…wikipedia.org/wiki/…A9toiles_en_France

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Drives me mad... people who write reviews that say %26quot;not a 4* (or 5*, or whatever)%26quot;. People seem to think the star rating is an international system. Your country has its own rating criteria and so does mine. *If* an hotel claims to have x stars but only has a classification of x-1 from its national authority let us know. If not do more research next time.

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Dubai has taken the farce one step farther and claims that it has some 7-star hotels.