Gîtes de France: what it really costs

Gîtes de France is a well-known label that brings guests and supports owners. It also has a price, and that price is not published nationally: each departmental office (relais) sets its own rates.

So we read what the offices publish themselves. We are not Gîtes de France and do not speak for it: the figures below come from their own pages, read on 14 October 2026. For your gîte, the only exact figure is your own office's.

The annual membership fee

This is what you pay each year to belong to the network and use the brand. It depends on the département, the size of the property and sometimes the formula. Three examples:

• Gard (2026): €116 including VAT a year for one gîte on the "shared" formula, €86 for each extra gîte. On the "exclusive" formula, the fee is waived.
• Nièvre: €200 to €300 a year for a gîte, €100 to €200 for B&B rooms.
• Savoie: €240 a year on average, based on the property's capacity.

Some offices offer something on joining: on the shared formula, Gard waives the current year's fee for members who join before 1 July; Savoie takes €50 off a referred owner's first membership.

The booking-office commission

Commission applies only to stays booked through the office: its website, its booking centre, its phone team. It is a percentage of the rental price.

• Savoie: 10 % on every booking made by Gîtes de France Savoie.
• Gard (2026): 12 % including VAT of the public price for a gîte, on both formulas; on the shared formula, 7 % when you bring the guest and the office writes the contract.
• Nièvre: 13 % to 15.5 % for a gîte, 8 % for B&B rooms.
• Loire: the office says these commissions are generally between 15 and 20 %, sometimes more.

On the pages we read, the range for a gîte runs from 10 % to 20 %. Over a year, this weighs far more than the membership fee.

Inspections: the label and the star rating

To get the label, the office inspects the property and awards one to five épis. In Nièvre the approval lasts five years for a gîte. None of the offices we read publishes the price of this label visit today: ask yours before you commit.

The star rating (classement) is a separate procedure, not specific to Gîtes de France, but many offices are accredited to carry it out, label or not. Published prices:

• Savoie: €150 including VAT per property, travel included, valid until 31 December 2026.
• Côtes-d'Armor, Ille-et-Vilaine, Morbihan: €160 including VAT for one property.
• Gard: €210 for a single visit, €175 per property for a grouped visit.

What the rating changes, especially for tax, is in our guide to the star rating.

What you get in return

The offices describe much the same service. According to the pages we read:

• Visibility: your listing appears on the national site and the département's. Gard reports over 20 million visitors on the national site in 2025, and more than 3,370 contracts signed by its office that year.
• A team that sells for you: in Gard, on the exclusive formula, the office handles contracts, reminders, payment collection and stay certificates, and its team answers seven days a week, 8 am to 8 pm.
• Payment methods guests value, such as French holiday vouchers, and cancellation insurance offered to guests.
• Support: advice, training, professional photos in Savoie, help with paperwork.
• The label itself, which many guests know and look for.

One thing to check: none of the pages mentions insurance for the owner. Liability insurance for your letting activity remains yours to take out, as the Loire office points out.

A worked example

Take a gîte let at €600 a week, with 15 weeks booked through the office in a year — €9,000 of rentals. The commission paid would be:

The same 15 weeks booked direct, on your own website, carry no commission to the office. Card payment fees and your website subscription remain, but no percentage on each stay.

Realistically, not all 15 weeks will move to direct, and that is not the aim. If just 5 of them come from regulars who return every year, you keep €300 at 10 %, €360 at 12 % or €465 at 15.5 %. The other ten weeks, the office keeps bringing you.

Keeping the label and booking direct

It all depends on one word in your contract: exclusive or shared.

• On an exclusive formula, the office alone sells your property. In Nièvre ("Sérénité") you may not let directly or on other platforms; a guest who contacts you is passed to the office, at a reduced commission.
• On a shared formula, you keep the right to let it yourself. In Nièvre ("Liberté") you may let directly and list wherever you like. Gard leaves you free to join other platforms. Savoie offers to share the selling of your property, including with your own website.

Gard notes that you can change formula each year, when the membership is renewed.

In Gard, on a shared formula, the office can sell any free date in your calendar at any time, so the calendar must always be right. This is where a website with a synced calendar fits: Gîtes de France bookings block the dates on your site, and your direct bookings block them at the office. Gard provides the sync (iCal) links in the members' area; the steps are in our help page on the Gîtes de France calendar.

This matters. In Gard, a double booking can cost the owner compensation to the guest of 25 % to 100 % of the rental price on top of the refund, plus the commission the office would have earned.

Two things change when you let directly. You handle the contract, the deposit and the tourist tax yourself. And Gard states that the office's mediation service does not cover those contracts. Your website has to do that work properly: contract, deposit, invoice.

Finally, the label stays attached to your property for as long as you are a member. The brand is protected: ask your office whether and how to show the logo and your épis on your site.

Before you sign or renew

Ask your office these four questions, and get the answers in writing:

1. What is the membership fee for my property, and how is it calculated?
2. What commission rate applies, and on which price (including VAT, public price)?
3. Is my formula exclusive or shared, and can I change it?
4. What does the label inspection cost, and how long does it last?

See your own website, next to the label

If you are on a shared formula, or thinking of moving to one, paste your Gîtes de France listing on this page: you see at once what your direct booking website would look like, under your own name. Looking commits you to nothing, and our prices are public.

Sources

• Gîtes de France Gard, Guide commercialisation 2026, read on 14/10/2026.
• Gîtes de France Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, Rejoignez-nous — Nièvre, read on 14/10/2026.
• Gîtes de France Savoie, Comment fonctionne l'activité de location avec Gîtes de France, read on 14/10/2026.
• Gîtes de France Loire, Foire aux questions propriétaires, read on 14/10/2026.
• Gîtes de France Savoie, Classement meublé de tourisme, read on 14/10/2026.
• Gîtes de France Côtes-d'Armor, Ille-et-Vilaine, Morbihan, Classement meublé de tourisme, read on 14/10/2026.
• Gîtes de France Gard, Classement meublé de tourisme, read on 14/10/2026.

Rates change every year and from one département to the next. If your office is not listed, or a figure has moved, its own price list is the one that counts.

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