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Do you share our standards and our goals?

Gemlidays rests on two pillars, and two only: quality and selection. We deliberately bring together a limited number of complementary properties across France, run by hosts who share the same high standards, a genuine sense of care and real knowledge of their area, around common goals:

• Growing each member’s bookings, through the channel of their choice: their website, platforms or direct contact.
• Offering visibility that complements the platforms, showcasing the quality and story of each host, beyond price and availability.
• Building travellers’ trust, including when they book direct, through a demanding selection and a clear quality standard, in France and abroad (website in French and English).
• Fostering a true network spirit: members recommend one another and help attract new quality hosts and new guests, and everyone benefits.

Taking back controlPlatforms remain a valuable channel, and Gemlidays does not ask you to give them up. But a rating that drops over a detail, an algorithm that changes, a new rule applied to every listing — the latest example: the dishes and bins issue — are reminders that relying on a single channel is a weakness. Gemlidays helps you grow direct bookings, at your own pace and on your own terms, with guests who choose you for who you are.

More ways to be foundYour property appears on the map of France and on its region’s page, but also in our collections, which group our gems by mood: by the sea, at the foot of the slopes, for a big family gathering, to unwind… And your property may feature in our travel journals, guides written for Google and AI search: a journal about your destination, or a trip idea bringing several gems together, such as large houses for the whole family.

Host commitment: a charter to respectBy joining Gemlidays, each host undertakes to:

• Comply with the regulations applicable to their activity.
• Run their property personally or, with Gemlidays’ agreement, entrust guest hospitality to a local concierge service that personally looks after every stay.
• Maintain the quality of their property and welcome at the level required on admission.
• Respond to guests promptly and attentively, from first contact to the end of the stay, including requests forwarded by Gemlidays.
• Ensure the accuracy of the information provided to Gemlidays and published on their website, and keep it up to date.
• Report without delay any loss of classification or label, any non-compliance with the GemSign criteria, or any substantial change in their activity.
• Promote the network to their guests and recommend other members’ properties to them whenever the opportunity arises.
• Where possible, display the Gemlidays logo, with a link to the website, on their own website.

Failure to comply with the charter may, after discussion with the host, lead to their listing being removed from the network.

RecommendationGemlidays members are first and foremost travellers who love special places that reflect who they are — and the first to want to discover their peers’ properties. We recommend that each host offer an advantage to other network members when they stay with them: a discount, a special gift or a complimentary extra, highlighted directly on your listing from the Saphir tier.

Membership termsGemlidays offers four membership tiers, all reserved for properties that pass our selection.

(*) Launch offer: free for the first year from the date the listing goes live, for any application received by 30/11/2026 and limited to the first 50 hosts admitted. Without the host’s express agreement to be invoiced €39/year after this period, the listing automatically moves down to the free Opale tier rather than being unpublished: it then keeps 5 photos, a link to a platform and an approximate location.

Full details of each tier are available on our page Membership fees.

Here is what we look at before opening the doors of the network.