Who we are

Excellent advertising and communication

• Annually renewed Rental Guides that can be found in bookshops, specialised bookstores and online.
• Gîtes de France attends the different national and international tourist fairs intended for professionals and the general public.
• A press office that publishes year-round press releases, reports and reviews.
• Internal newsletters.
• Regular availability updates.
• Websites

Excellent professional staff

• Content labelling and rating system.
• Regular quality control of the Gîtes de France rentals.
• Listings of unregistered rentals, approved institutions by the Préfecture.
• Individual and personalized studies for starting gîtes and for renovations.
• Information on possible financial support or grants: administrative management.

Additional services for owners

• Legal aid in case of litigation.
• Legal documents made available to ensure all activities meet the legal requirements.
• Specific comprehensive documents explaining fundamental paper work for legal, tax related and administrative issues.
• The Revue Nationale des Gîtes de France and the ÉditionsSpécifiques Gîtes de France Isère supply regular information updates.
• Internal network for owners (Intranet).

Our partners

Gîtes de France Isère occupies a most significant place in the rural tourism sector, is supported by the Conseil Général de l'Isère and the Chambre d'Agriculture and is partners with the Comité Départemental du Tourisme, the Observatoire du Tourisme, the Offices de Tourisme, the Chambres Consulaires and the different tourism development organizations.

Gîtes de France is above all

• A national network, a team of 600 people there to service owners and customers.
• Gîtes de France supplies a commercial service that is efficient because we care.
   We provide supervision and support for sales logistics.
• Over 20 years of collaborations with many tour operators.

A steady growth rate :

• 38 000 owners.
• 55000 rentals.
• 330 000 beds in mainland France and overseas territories.
• 30 millions vacation days.

Regular customers :

• 2 millions people have adopted the Gîtes de France formula.
• Rural gîtes: 400 000 rental contracts per year, 2000 new gîtes per year, many families as regular customers.
• Bed & Breakfast: 1 500 new B&Bs per year, many couples as regular customers.

A dynamic national network :

Customer services :

• General public information through commercial events, fairs, advertising campaigns, brochures and posters published by the Relais Départementaux.
• An optimised website: (more than 7 000 000 visitors).

Services to owners :

• An intranet for real-time management and monitoring. 
• A quarterly magazine for practical information (legality, taxes, tourism, business).
• A legal federal department actively involved in national and European legislation implementation.

An active partnership policy :

• An active partnership policy with the public authorities, national federations (hiking, national parks, WWF, FNHPA, Logis de France), with commercial businesses, the specialised press with using press kits.

A High-Quality Label :

Benefit from an established reputation and a strong trademark image based on:
• The high-quality and the comfort of listed accommodations that receive periodic checks and follow-ups.
• Owners that offer a friendly personalized welcome.
• Training programs for the owners.
• A precise trade policy with access to useful documents (standard rental agreements, published prices, descriptions), help in case of litigation.