How Many Bedrooms Do You Actually Need? A Group-Size Guide

2026-09-09

The maximum capacity listed for a chalet is the ceiling, not the target. Booking right up against it usually means shared rooms, a wait for the bathroom, and a living room that never fully empties out, comfortable for a long weekend, less so for a full week.

Across our current portfolio, capacity and bedroom count vary more than the headline numbers suggest. In Tignes: Chalet Hideaway sleeps 10–15 across 6 bedrooms and 6 bathrooms; Chalet Gatsby sleeps 14–20 across 8 bedrooms and 8 bathrooms, the largest in the collection; Chalet Hearth sleeps 10–14 across 5 bedrooms; Chalet Gallery sleeps 12–16 across 6 bedrooms; Chalet Aviator sleeps 14–18 across 7 bedrooms; Chalet Squadron sleeps 14–20 across 6 bedrooms; Chalet Mirage sleeps 12–16 across 7 bedrooms. In Courchevel, Chalet Ivory sleeps 10–14 across 5 bedrooms. In La Clusaz, Chalet Aravis sleeps a flat 12 across 4 bedrooms.

Bedroom-to-bathroom ratio matters more than raw bedroom count for a multi-generational or multi-family group. A chalet with near-1:1 bedrooms to bathrooms, Hideaway and Gatsby both qualify, means no morning queue before the lifts open. A lower ratio works fine for a single close-knit group used to sharing, less so for several families traveling together who each want their own space.

A rough rule of thumb: book for your group size plus one or two spare beds, not your absolute maximum. That gives you a real spare room for an early-arriving guest, a sick child who needs to isolate for a night, or simply breathing room in the evenings rather than every bed and sofa in permanent use.

If your group includes several families who'd rather not share a bathroom, or a mix of couples and single travelers who each want a door that closes, that's worth telling us directly. We'll size the chalet to how your group actually lives together for a week, not just to a headcount. Tell us who's coming and we'll recommend the right fit.