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Active Farm Certification
Specialized farms for active holidays
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- Certificates for farm holidays
- Active farm
Discover the advantages of the "Active Farm" certification for your active holiday and for your farm. What defines a farm specializing in active holidays, what are the criteria, the inspections, and the benefits? Find out here.
What are the advantages of an "active farm"?
For those who don't want to just laze around on vacation, we recommend the active farms on bauernhofurlaub.info. Some hosts offer special highlights beyond the classic farm holiday, such as a wide range of activities around the farm. This starts with an ideal location for sports activities and extends to helping out on the farm. Farms with fitness facilities and sports grounds right on the premises also fall into this category. We want to highlight precisely these kinds of farms with our certification. Our active farms ensure a truly active farm holiday by organizing tours, allowing guests to help out on the farm , and being located in a region with plenty of opportunities for sports.
Criteria for the "Active Farm" certificate
Helping out on the farm
Holidaymakers can help out on the farm. For example, with feeding the animals, mucking out the stalls, or harvesting.
Hiking and cycling trails
Directly from the farm you can access a cycling or hiking area with a well-developed network of paths.
Tours and activities
The farm offers self-guided tours or can arrange them, for example through a local guide.
Sporting environment
The area around the Aktiv-Hof offers a good range of sports facilities. Discounts or a regional discount card are available.
An active farm must first and foremost see itself as a place for active people . Only when this is explicitly stated does certification offer added value. For us, objectively verifiable facts are what count in classifying a farm as an active farm. The prerequisites for this are:
- Guests are welcome and encouraged to help out on the farm.
- Hiking and/or cycling trails pass directly by the farm
- The farm organizes (either itself or through third parties) activities such as guided tours.
- The area surrounding the Aktiv-Hof offers a good range of sports activities with benefits for guests.
- Optionally, the farm itself can provide sports facilities, such as a fitness room or sports fields.
Furthermore, all certified holiday farms must operate an active, organic, or sustainable agricultural program . Numerous negative reviews can also preclude certification, especially if they contradict the certification criteria.
The certification is valid for 24 months .
What controls are in place?
Information from the farms
Accurate information about the holiday farms on bauernhofurlaub.info.
editorial control
Review by the bauernhofurlaub.info editorial team through research.
extended control
Random visits to the farms and evaluation of guest reviews.
To ensure the accuracy of the information and a high level of certification quality, there is a multi-stage verification process. This process is as follows:
- Confirmation of the truthful information by the host in the system.
- Submissions are checked by the editorial team of bauernhofurlaub.info.
- Upon successful completion of the test, the certificate will be awarded (online and by post).
- Random on-site checks by the editorial team of bauernhofurlaub.info.
- Evaluation of guest reviews on bauernhofurlaub.info.
Should a subsequent inspection by our team reveal that the criteria for being designated as an active farm are not met, the certification will be revoked immediately. In the event of numerous negative reviews of a farm, an on-site inspection will be conducted – this may also involve a " mystery guest " visit.
How can my farm become an activity farm?
A Premium PLUS listing is required for the certification application. This can be booked directly through the system. Afterwards, all data required for both the listing on bauernhofurlaub.info and the certification process must be entered in the administration area . The system then confirms the accuracy of all data entered . The bauernhofurlaub.info editorial team will then review the application within two business days. If the required criteria for Active Farm Certification are met, the farm will receive the award on bauernhofurlaub.info as well as the certification package.
Certified active farms offer the following advantages:
- The certificate is displayed on bauernhofurlaub.info by means of an award on the farm's page .
- Listing on a dedicated search page for active farms .
- Award on all search pages - immediately visible via graphic.
- Premium PLUS gives you priority ranking on all search pages.
- Award as a graphic file in multiple versions for display on the website as well as on all channels of the certified farm.
- Presentation on the social media channels of bauernhofurlaub.info (Instagram, Facebook, Facebook group and Pinterest).
- Certification package by post: high-quality wooden sign in A4 format, certificate and Aktiv-Hof sticker.
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