An accommodation establishment which provides hotel services, offers two meals a day and has at least 7 rooms. It has to provide catering services. Depending on the equipment in the building and the scope of services rendered, five categories of boarding houses are distinguished: top - 5 stars, lowest - 1 star. Boarding houses to the category of 5 * and 4 * must show rooms with full bathroom hygiene and sanitation.

• Act of 29 August 1997 on hotel services as well as tour manager and tourist guide services
  Place of publication: (Dz. U. z 2023 r. poz. 1944)