Every big platform took its cut. Hosts paid commission, raised their rates to cover it, and you ended up speaking to a call centre rather than the people who actually run the place. We built the alternative: hosts list their chalets here, you find them, you book direct, nobody in the middle takes a slice.
The decisions that shape how the platform works for hosts and guests — and the reasons we won't change them.
Every enquiry and booking goes straight to the person running the chalet — the owner, the manager, the chef. No call centres, no agents, no commission skimmed off the rate the host quotes you.
There is no booking fee, no service charge, no platform mark-up. The price you see is the rate the host has set. Whatever you pay goes to them, on their terms.
Listings are funded by a flat subscription, not by commission per booking. That removes the incentive for us to push you toward one chalet over another and lets hosts price honestly.
Verifying ownership and operating legitimacy across multiple countries is genuinely hard — paperwork is inconsistent, regulations vary, evidence is patchy. We monitor listings on the platform and put in the work to verify hosts where we can. We don't pretend it's a perfect process; we just commit to doing it honestly.
There is no Chalet Hunter representative in the chain. When you send an enquiry from a listing, it lands in the inbox of the person whose name is on the door. They quote the rate they set, you pay them directly, and the contract is between the two of you.
That sounds obvious. It is not how the big platforms work — and it is the entire reason we exist.
A plain comparison of how the platform works compared to the global vacation rental sites you're probably already using.
We're deliberately not trying to be everywhere. The Alps and Pyrenees are where the platform's hosts operate and where the team skis — so it's the only place we list.
Chamonix · Morzine · Méribel · Val d’Isère
Verbier · Zermatt · St. Moritz · Wengen
St. Anton · Lech · Saalbach · Mayrhofen
Cortina · Courmayeur · La Thuile
Arinsal · Soldeu · El Tarter
The best ski week of your life is almost always at a chalet you booked direct. We just made that easier.
Chalet Hunter is independently owned and funded. No private equity, no growth-at- all-costs mandate. We answer to guests, to hosts, and to whoever's on the next chairlift.
Twenty-plus seasons in Chamonix and Verbier. Started the platform after a decade of running independent chalet operations.
Former resort manager in the Tarentaise. Works with hosts across France and Switzerland to get their listings on the platform.
Builds the booking platform, the host dashboard and most things in between. Skis Verbier when nobody’s watching.
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