Chamonix-Mont-Blanc · Haute-Savoie
Chamonix has some of the strictest short-term rental rules in France: mandatory registration, change-of-use authorisation, and one tourist rental permitted per owner. We manage your property inside that framework, end to end, for a flat 19 % commission including VAT.
94 properties managed in Chamonix
Flat 19 % commission
No lock-in period
Our main office: 324 rue Joseph Vallot, Chamonix · Owner portal · Book a stay
Our team · Chamonix valley
generated for our owners in 2026
Generated for owners in 2026
Average income per property
Average occupancy
Properties managed in Chamonix
Our real numbers in Chamonix
€2.46M generated is a total — and a total rises simply because we manage more properties. The real question, yours, is whether an individual property earns more than it used to. In Chamonix, it does.
Revenue per available night (RevPAR)
+19 % vs 2025
The industry benchmark: what one night on the calendar earns, whether it is booked or not.
Average daily rate (ADR)
− €2.93 vs 2025
We did not raise prices. They actually came down slightly.
Nights sold
60.8 % occupancy
This is where the whole gain comes from: a fuller calendar, not a higher price.
In plain terms. Between 2025 and 2026 the average nightly price of our Chamonix properties went slightly down, and yet each property earned 19 % more. The difference did not come from the rate: it came from the nights we managed to sell in April, May, October and November — the periods when a poorly managed property sits empty.
Source: PriceLabs Portfolio Analytics report, 31 August 2026. Period compared: 1 January – 31 August 2026 against the same period in 2025, across our 94 active properties in Chamonix. Regulations verified with the Chamonix-Mont-Blanc town hall and the valleedechamonix.declaloc.fr portal.
What it costs
The same rate in Chamonix as everywhere else in the valley, whatever the season and whatever the occupancy.
Yours — direct booking
Our commission, all channels
On a direct booking our commission is 19 % and the rest is yours. Through a platform, Airbnb or Booking takes its own commission on top: here are both cases, on a €1,000 booking.
Through a platform
| Paid by the guest | €1,000 |
| Platform commission | − €150 |
| Care Concierge, 19 % incl. VAT | − €190 |
| You receive | €660 |
Direct booking
| Paid by the guest | €970 |
| Card processing fees | − €15–31 |
| Care Concierge, 19 % incl. VAT | − €184.30 |
| You receive | €755–771 |
Cleaning is paid by the guest and the tourist tax is passed on to the town hall: neither enters the calculation. Card processing fees apply only to direct bookings.
Full pricing details · What does property management cost in Chamonix? · Property manager or self-management?
Why “VAT included”? Because the 20 % VAT is already inside the 19 %. On €1,000 of rent our commission is €190 and nothing is added on top: no VAT supplement, no setup fee, no subscription. Cleaning is billed directly to the guest with their booking, and hotel-quality linen is included. If you reclaim VAT — under the para-hotellerie status, for instance — the pre-VAT share of our commission works out at 15.83 %.
Comparing two managers means checking three things, not one. First, whether the rate is quoted excluding or including VAT: a headline 17 % excluding VAT becomes 20.4 % once VAT is added. Second, what base the percentage applies to: the gross amount paid by the guest, or only what remains after the platform’s commission. Third, what is included: cleaning, linen, consumables, photography, listing setup fees.
We did that exercise publicly, manager by manager, from their own published pricing pages checked in August 2026 — including where a competitor comes out ahead of us.
Quick estimate
Own a property in Chamonix? Find out in one minute what it could earn on short-term rental, based on our real local data.
The detailed estimate takes account of your exact address, capacity, amenities and our real data across the 94 properties we manage in Chamonix. Free, no obligation, answer within 24 working hours.
Our Chamonix portfolio
Six properties we actually manage in Chamonix, ordered from smallest to largest, with their average nightly rate and occupancy in August 2026. Find the one closest to yours — it is the most honest benchmark we can give you.
Apartment
50 m² · 2 bedrooms · sleeps 4
| €8,300earned in August | 97 %of nights booked | €275average / night |
Apartment
107 m² · 3 bedrooms · sleeps 5
| €10,300earned in August | 94 %of nights booked | €355average / night |
Apartment
135 m² · 4 bedrooms · sleeps 7
| €20,800earned in August | 100 %of nights booked | €671average / night |
Chalet
140 m² · 3 bedrooms · sleeps 8 · private sauna
| €19,900earned in August | 87 %of nights booked | €739average / night |
Chalet
280 m² · 4 bedrooms · sleeps 8 · sauna and hammam
| €18,200earned in August | 87 %of nights booked | €674average / night |
Chalet
280 m² · 5 bedrooms · sleeps 10
| €34,300earned in August | 81 %of nights booked | €1,400average / night |
Revenue, share of nights booked and average nightly rate recorded from 1 to 31 August 2026 across the properties shown (source: PriceLabs). “Nights booked” means paid occupancy, excluding nights blocked by the owner: this is why Le Chaney shows 52 % when its calendar was in fact occupied 89 % of the time. Revenue rounded to the nearest hundred euros, before our commission. August is a peak month: annual averages are lower. One property’s performance says nothing about another’s — it depends on location, capacity, condition and period.
The market from the inside
These figures do not come from a market study: they come from our own portfolio of 94 properties in Chamonix, recorded on 31 August 2026.
| €221average nightly rate across the whole portfolio, January to August 2026 | 5.7 nightsaverage length of stay — Chamonix guests stay longer than in a weekend resort | 34 propertiespassed 90 % occupancy in August 2026, five of them at 100 % |
€143 to €671
per night — recorded in August 2026
The spread comes down to location, view and renovation. A well-placed, well-photographed studio regularly outperforms a poorly presented three-room flat. This is the steadiest format across the year: it rents midweek and at weekends, in winter and in summer.
€166 to €1,400
per night — recorded in August 2026
A simple family chalet and a large chalet with sauna and services are not in the same market. This is the segment where dynamic pricing changes revenue the most: our best chalet generated over €34,000 in August alone.
Share of nights booked during August 2026, by lead time before arrival.
| More than 4 months ahead | 46 % |
| 1 to 4 months | 20 % |
| Less than a month | 34 % |
Almost one night in two is booked more than four months ahead. In practice: a good part of your winter sells before the first snow. It is also why the average booking window went from 21 to 31 days in a year.
Share of August 2026 bookings by channel.
| Booking.com | 57.6 % |
| Airbnb | 35.4 % |
| Vrbo / Abritel | 3.0 % |
| Direct & other channels | 4.0 % |
A property entrusted to Care Concierge is listed on Booking.com, Airbnb, Vrbo/Abritel, HomeToGo, Holidu and our own direct booking engine. If one platform changes its rules or downgrades a listing, your calendar does not stop.
| Winter peak season | ~80 % |
| Summer peak season | ~84 % |
| Shoulder season | far lower |
Peaking in February on the winter side and August on the summer side. The troughs are April–May and October–November. Chamonix is one of the few Alpine resorts with two genuine high seasons, and it is precisely in the troughs that the gap between a managed property and a self-managed one shows.
We also let by the season, one to four months: see seasonal rental in Chamonix.
What this means for you. 60.8 % occupancy is a portfolio average over eight months, shoulder season included. A property priced badly or photographed badly falls well below it; a well-run one goes comfortably above — 34 of ours passed 90 % in August. That is exactly what we look at during an estimate.
Chamonix in numbers
Five public figures, each with its geographic area, its year and its source. We checked every one of them against the official source — the links are clickable, go and verify them.
tourist nights per year, 50.4 % of them from international guests
Chamonix-Mont-Blanc valley
Official press kit
of the housing stock are second homes — 10,159 properties
Chamonix commune · 2023
INSEE — full dataset
median price per m² for an apartment, up 32 % since 2021
Chamonix commune · 2025
DVF data — data.gouv.fr
residential sales recorded over the year, 83 % of them apartments
Chamonix commune · 2025
DVF data — data.gouv.fr
of the territory under environmental protection, and 7 glaciers
Chamonix-Mont-Blanc valley
Official press kit
tourist beds in the valley — abundant supply, so real competition
Chamonix-Mont-Blanc valley
Official press kit
What these figures tell an owner. Chamonix concentrates massive international demand on a very constrained territory where seven homes in ten are second homes. Apartment prices have risen around 32 % in four years while the number of sales fell — supply is tightening and existing properties are gaining value. But with 82,500 tourist beds in the valley, a poorly presented or poorly priced property gets overtaken. That is exactly where our work happens.
Sources and methodology. Data verified on 1 September 2026. Tourism statistics cover the Chamonix-Mont-Blanc valley (Chamonix-Mont-Blanc, Les Houches, Servoz and Vallorcine); population, housing and sales data cover the commune of Chamonix-Mont-Blanc. Sales volumes come from the public DVF file and count mutations: one notarised sale can cover several lots, and the current year’s data may still be completed. The median price per m² is calculated only on sales covering a single apartment.
Before you rent
These rules apply to Chamonix-Mont-Blanc, Les Houches, Servoz and Vallorcine since 1 January 2025. They include no grandfather clause: a property already rented before 2025 must comply like any other.
| 1tourist rental permitted per owner | 13characters — the mandatory registration number | €5,000fine for advertising without a number | 3 yearsvalidity of the change-of-use authorisation |
Online registration is mandatory at valleedechamonix.declaloc.fr, the valley’s official portal — paper forms are no longer accepted. You receive a 13-character number that must appear on every listing: Airbnb, Booking, Abritel and any advertising material.
Fines of up to €5,000 where no number is shown. The full procedure →
Required for any second home, and for a main residence rented more than 120 days a year. In Chamonix, each owner is limited to a single property — one authorisation per individual or company from 1 May 2026.
Valid for 3 years, renewable. An energy performance certificate has been required since 20 November 2024. Applications go to the Chamonix-Mont-Blanc town hall — rules differ from one commune to the next →
Calculated on nights actually declared, not on a flat rate. For an unclassified property: 5 % of the pre-tax nightly rate, capped at €4.90 per person per night.
We collect it, declare it and pass it on to the town hall on your behalf — included in our 19 % commission.
Optional in Chamonix: no local rule makes it a condition of renting. But since the Le Meur law it changes your tax position — the micro-BIC threshold differs depending on whether the property is classified or not.
What the one-property limit means in practice. If you own two homes in Chamonix, only one can be rented as a tourist property. The second needs another route: year-round letting, a mobility lease, or the seasonal exception — a property let for at least four consecutive months to seasonal workers can exceed the quota. It is the first question we look at with a Chamonix owner.
Our areas in Chamonix
Chamonix is not a single market: a studio in Les Pèlerins and a chalet in Les Praz do not rent at the same price, or to the same guests.
Rue du Docteur Paccard, place Balmat. Walking distance to shops and the shuttle buses. Short stays and couples concentrate here.
At the foot of the Grands Montets, quiet and family-oriented. Chalets and large apartments, longer stays, strong winter demand.
More affordable, close to the Aiguille du Midi and the exit towards Les Houches. Good purchase-price-to-yield ratio.
Residential, on the edge of Les Houches. Practical for guests arriving by car, easier parking.
Les Houches, Servoz, Vallorcine: same rules, different quotas from one commune to the next. See Les Houches →
Our work on the ground
Our new main office is in Chamonix on rue Joseph Vallot, with a team on site every day. Our cleaning teams, our linen stock (at our Les Houches base) and our tradespeople are in the valley, not in Annecy or Geneva.
Declaration, registration number, change-of-use application, energy certificate. We prepare the file with you.
Professional photography, distribution on Airbnb, Booking.com, Vrbo, Abritel and our own direct site. Prices tuned to the Chamonix season.
Communication, self check-in by key box, 24-hour emergency contact during stays.
Inspection after every departure, sheets and towels provided. In detail →
A network of local tradespeople, fast call-outs. Billed at actual cost, with no margin added.
Collection, declaration and payment to the town hall. Detailed monthly statement on your owner portal.
We also work in: Argentière · Les Houches · Saint-Gervais-les-Bains · Les Contamines-Montjoie · Megève · Combloux · Sallanches
Frequently asked
No. Chamonix-Mont-Blanc limits each owner to a single change-of-use authorisation, and from 1 May 2026 that limit applies per individual or company. An exception exists if the additional property is let for at least four consecutive months to seasonal workers. The complete guide to Chamonix regulations.
Yes. The rules include no grandfather clause: properties already let short-term before May 2025 must obtain authorisation like any other. See what changes from commune to commune.
We prepare the file with you on valleedechamonix.declaloc.fr and make sure the 13-character number appears on every listing. A listing without a number risks a fine of up to €5,000.
The valley applies the actual-rate regime. For an unclassified property it is 5 % of the pre-tax nightly rate, capped at €4.90 per person per night. We collect it and pass it on to the Chamonix town hall on your behalf. Classification changes this amount.
It is not compulsory in Chamonix. It is a tax decision: since the Le Meur law, the micro-BIC threshold differs depending on whether the property is classified. See our article on LMP and LMNP.
Not necessarily. Delegated management makes most sense on a property let regularly, especially in high season. For a few weeks a year, tell us — we will say so plainly rather than sign you up. Two useful reads: property manager or self-management and traps to avoid.
Yes. Large chalets and premium apartments are managed on the same 19 % commission, with support matched to that level of property. Six chalets we manage in the valley are shown, with their real figures, on our Premium chalets page.
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