Portes du Soleil

The Resort and Its Setting

Portes du Soleil sits in Champoussin, a small, traditional village tucked into the Swiss Alps in the canton of Valais. It's an independent timeshare property affiliated with RCI, which means owners get the personal, small-scale feel of a locally managed resort while still having access to RCI's exchange network if they want to trade their week for a stay elsewhere. The village itself is unhurried and genuinely alpine — no high-rise sprawl, just chalets, local restaurants and mountain air.

The Area and Things to Do

The resort takes its name from the Portes du Soleil ski area, one of the largest interconnected ski networks in the world, with well over 600 kilometres of linked slopes accessible directly from Champoussin — a real draw for winter owners and renters alike. Outside of ski season, the same terrain opens up for hiking and mountain biking, and the neighbouring Val d'Illiez valley (around 8 km away) adds further trails and slope access. Monthey, roughly 15 km away, is the nearest proper town for shopping and dining, and Lake Geneva is within a day trip for anyone wanting lake towns and water sports in summer. This mix of winter sports and summer mountain activity is why the resort sees use across most of the year, not just one season.

Selling or Renting a Week Here

If you're an owner at Portes du Soleil deciding whether to sell or rent, BidMyTimeshare works as a direct owner-to-owner marketplace: you list your week yourself, set your own asking price, and buyers or renters contact you through the platform. There's a one-time listing fee to post, and no commission is taken from the sale — unlike agency-brokered resales, what you agree with a buyer is what you keep.

Because Portes du Soleil is an independent resort, any resale transfer is handled through the resort's own owners' association or on-site management rather than a large branded developer. Before agreeing a price with a buyer, ask management directly for the current transfer fee and the latest annual maintenance fee — these figures aren't published centrally and can change year to year, so get them in writing as part of your listing preparation. A resale buyer typically takes on the week itself along with its RCI affiliation, meaning they can continue exchanging through RCI once the transfer is registered with the resort, but they should confirm this with management rather than assume it's automatic.

Renters, meanwhile, are mostly after availability during the two peak windows — ski season (December to February) and summer hiking season (July and August) — so listing with clear dates and being upfront about which season your week falls in will bring more serious enquiries.

Practical Notes for Owners and Buyers

Champoussin is reached by car or by regional train connections from Geneva or Lausanne, so factor that into how you describe the resort to a buyer unfamiliar with the area. RCI members should activate exchange benefits early if that's the plan, since preferred dates in a network this size fill up quickly. For anyone listing a week, mentioning the shoulder seasons (April–May, September–October) as a value option can appeal to buyers who want the Alps without peak-season crowds or pricing.