Holiday Hostels
It is a requirement under the Tourist Traffic Acts 1939-2003 that all Holiday Hostels must be registered with Fáilte Ireland and comply with a set of criteria for the classification concerned. This system requires all Holiday Hostels to meet a minimum set of requirements in order to be approved and registered with Fáilte Ireland. Please find link below to Fáilte Ireland’s website.
Fáilte Ireland has sub-contracted its accommodation registration assessment and classification functions covering hotels, guesthouses and other categories of registered accommodation to Tourist Accommodation Management Services Ltd (TAMS).
If you are a service provider looking to provide holiday hostel services in Ireland, you may obtain further information and relevant contact details from the Failte Ireland website in the links below.
Holiday Hotel and Youth Hostels
Other procedures a provider of holiday hostel services may have to comply with in order to exercise the service activities in Ireland include: planning legislation, food, health & safety regulations, firesafety and local building regulations. The relevant competent authorities dealing with those areas are : the Department of the Environment and the Department of Health and the Health Services Executive.
Please find relevant links below on the relevant competent authorities websites dealing with the areas above.
