Hotel Ratings in Europe

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Jun 24th, 1998, 09:53 AM

Tom Vogt

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Hotel Ratings in Europe

Reading through the various travel guides for Europe I've noticed that hotels seem to be ranked by price only. Is there anything like AAA Guides or Mobile Travel Guides which provide a quality rating as well as providing an indication of quality? This would enable one to select a hotel based on a $/quality compromise.

Jun 24th, 1998, 10:29 AM

wes fowler

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Tom, Almost every country in Europe rates their hotels by a star system, with 5 stars being at the top of the scale. A problem you may encounter is that there is no consistency between countries in their ratings. A four star hotel in Italy might only be considered two star in Switzerland, the land of hotelkeepers, for example. If you contact the national tourist offices,either by phone, mail or on line, you should be able to secure hotel listings that indicate the "star" ratings. Good luck!

Jun 25th, 1998, 09:09 AM

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TOM: I ALWAYS TRY TO STAY AT IBIS HOTELS. 2 STAR HOTEL CHAIN. I HAVE FOUND ONE IN PARIS, THERE ARE MANY IBIS THERE, AT RUE CAMBRONNE NEWLY RENOVATED FOR ABOUT $90 OER NITE FOR TWO PEOPLE, ED

Jun 25th, 1998, 09:59 AM

Christina

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The star ratings are not really indicators of quality -- rather, an indicator of number and type of services,rooms, & amenities a hotel has. You could have a really great 3-star hotel and a real dump, depending on a lot of things. However, youwill usually get better "quality" the higher you go in the stars, on average. If you want to find high quality two-star hotels, the star ratings won't help much. Well, I don't know what kind of guide books you're using, but all of the ones I've used give comments on quality and, by definition, if they do not extensively comment on quality, you should assume they are recommending the place or it wouldn't be in the guidebook--this is what they usually say. Fodor's, for example, has comments on quality right here online and makes recommendations for the ones it considers best. I don't know about other countries, but for France you can get atleast 2 guides that rank hotels by quality: Michelin and Gault-Millau.

Jun 25th, 1998, 03:29 PM

Graciela

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a little bid of advise, always, always, ask in a polite way to see the room before you take it , even if you have made a reservatiton. They will not mind and it will be better for you to get what you wish and better for the hotel because is always better to have a happy guest. Even 5 stars hotels might have a room you do not like, and the front desk clerk can almost always move you to a room you like more. Good luck.

Jun 29th, 1998, 03:54 PM

Richard Vicek

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Good evening,Tom Hotel classification can vary from country to country. Switzerland in their Swiss Hotel Guide have a very good description of what requirements must be met for each class. However here are a couple of web sites to surf, which will not only give you the price, but in most pictures and other information regarding the hotel. Surf well: http://www.swisshotels.ch/-----www.h...avel.com/----- http://www.romantikhotels.com/-----w...tels.com/----- http://www.slh.com/slh/-----www.trav...hotelguide.ch/ Good surfing. Richard of Hickory Hills,IL