Welcome Service

Home search, permits, settling-in and schools from offices in Geneva, Lausanne and Zurich, since 1990. Tell us about your move and Welcome Service gets in touch with you.

  • 4.7 · 41 Google reviews
  • Speaks 4 languages
  • Taking new clients
  • Preferred partner, relofinder: how it worksVetted and audited by ReloFinder. Requests sent through ReloFinder go only to preferred partners. They pay ReloFinder nothing, not for introductions and not for rank. The top five of every list are partner agencies we work with directly; outside the top five, partners are ranked by score like everyone else.
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Google ratings of Welcome Service’s own listings in Geneva, Lausanne and Zurich combined, captured 14 Oct 2026. In the national top 5 on ReloFinder as a partner agency we work with directly (score 4.75). How we rank

Google rating from 41 reviews
★ 4.7
partner agencies nationally, score 4.75
Top 5
Google reviews in the last 24 months
6
founded
1990
offices in Switzerland
3

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Families moving to Switzerland who want one team for the whole move.

Welcome Service is a Swiss relocation agency with offices in Geneva, Lausanne and Zurich, founded in 1990. It offers home search, immigration & permits, settling-in, school search, temporary housing and 4 more services in English, French, German and Italian. On Google it holds 4.7 stars from 41 reviews (captured 14 Oct 2026) and is one of the national top 5 partner agencies on ReloFinder.

From what Welcome Service lists and its Google record. Nobody pays to appear here. How we check

  • The whole move, one agency

    Home search, permits and settling-in, plus school search, temporary housing, departure support and 3 more.

  • Moves to Zurich, Geneva, Basel and 3 more regions

    Offices in Geneva, Lausanne and Zurich.

  • Families with school-age children

    Lists school search and spouse & partner support.

  • Clients who speak one of 4 languages

    Languages listed by Welcome Service: English, French, German, Italian.

9 services, 6 regions.

As Welcome Service lists them. Each link opens every agency that offers the service or works in the region, ranked the same way.

What Welcome Service does

Also on its list

  • Temporary housing
  • Departure support
  • Spouse & partner support
  • Pet relocation
  • Tax & legal

Where Welcome Service works

How to start with Welcome Service

  1. Tell us about your move

    Four quick questions: what you need, where, who is moving and when. Two minutes.

  2. Welcome Service gets your request

    With your contact details, so they can call you. Nobody else gets it.

  3. A consultant calls you

    Usually within one business day, to talk through your move and give you a price. You agree terms with them directly, with no obligation.

Typical Swiss prices

What Welcome Service costs

Home search
CHF 2,500–5,000 at agencies that publish prices
Full-service package
from CHF 5,950, permits and schools on top
First consultation
Free, says Welcome Service
Pricing
Fixed packages

Typical market range: what Swiss agencies publish on their own price pages, checked 24 September 2026. Welcome Service has not published its rates; you get its real price in the intro call. What agencies charge

What working with Welcome Service feels like

In clients’ own words, newest first: 15 Google reviews captured from Welcome Service’s own listing. Nothing filtered, nothing rewritten.

4.7

from 41 Google reviews Google ratings of Welcome Service’s own listings in Geneva, Lausanne and Zurich combined, captured 14 Oct 2026.

Read them on Google (opens the Welcome Service listing)

Star split of the 15 reviews with text captured from its listing

  • 5 stars:12
  • 4 stars:0
  • 3 stars:0
  • 2 stars:0
  • 1 stars:3

“Welcome Service did an excellent job understanding our needs, helping us find a place, and helping us to settle in.”

5 of 5 stars. Simo H. · Google review ·

“Highly recommend for all relocation support services. The employees at Welcome Service are knowledgeable, hard working, and responsive. It would have been extremely difficult to navigate our relocation from the US to Switzerland without them.”

5 of 5 stars. Tyler F. · Google review ·

“We had an outstanding experience with Welcome Services. Véronique and Ness did an amazing job understanding our needs, identifying suitable places in the area, and helping us secure one that we truly love living in now. During our visits, Véronique provided thoughtful feedback on each property…”

5 of 5 stars. Marc R. · Google review ·

“Nous avons été très satisfaits de notre accompagnement, l'écoute et la réactivité dont nous avons bénéficié.”

5 of 5 stars. Claire F. · Google review ·

“The team are extremely knowledgeable about the Geneva and surrounding areas, and really listen to your needs and requirements for your move. They are well connected with the various utilities and services, and were able to seamlessly get everything set up for us. The provided timely and full…”

5 of 5 stars. Heidi S. · Google review ·

“Notre installation à Genève s'est bien déroulée grâce à une équipe professionnelle et à l'écoute. Un grand merci en particulier à Julie pour son implication et sa réactivité.”

5 of 5 stars. Amine S. · Google review ·
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“Welcome Service did an excellent job understanding our needs, helping us find a place, and helping us to settle in.”

5 of 5 stars. Simo H. · Google review ·

“Highly recommend for all relocation support services. The employees at Welcome Service are knowledgeable, hard working, and responsive. It would have been extremely difficult to navigate our relocation from the US to Switzerland without them.”

5 of 5 stars. Tyler F. · Google review ·

“We had an outstanding experience with Welcome Services. Véronique and Ness did an amazing job understanding our needs, identifying suitable places in the area, and helping us secure one that we truly love living in now. During our visits, Véronique provided thoughtful feedback on each property, helping us understand the local context and make informed decisions. Finding housing in Geneva is notoriously difficult, but Welcome Services made the process manageable—and even enjoyable. Highly recommended!”

5 of 5 stars. Marc R. · Google review ·

“Nous avons été très satisfaits de notre accompagnement, l'écoute et la réactivité dont nous avons bénéficié.”

5 of 5 stars. Claire F. · Google review ·

“The team are extremely knowledgeable about the Geneva and surrounding areas, and really listen to your needs and requirements for your move. They are well connected with the various utilities and services, and were able to seamlessly get everything set up for us. The provided timely and full support making sure that every step of the relocation was considered and managed effectively. I cannot recommend them highly enough, they made a very daunting experience manageable and very smooth.”

5 of 5 stars. Heidi S. · Google review ·

“Notre installation à Genève s'est bien déroulée grâce à une équipe professionnelle et à l'écoute. Un grand merci en particulier à Julie pour son implication et sa réactivité.”

5 of 5 stars. Amine S. · Google review ·

“I was really hesitating if I send a review or not as my experience dates back to 2017 and I was hoping it was maybe just an isolated case. However, in the meantime, I have seen several of my colleagues struggling with this service, which is why I will also share my experience. First they make you fill out a form to know all details that you are looking for in an appartment. Then, the big disappointment comes, they "choose" and show you appartments which are not ticking a single box of the criteria that you have mentioned to them. Moreover, I had a bit of the feeling that they thought I'm anyway not Suisse, I have no clue about the market here, so I should just be happy with whatever they are proposing me. On the side, I was looking myself as well for appartments, which actually corresponded to my criteria and send them over to them, so that they schedule the visits for me. Therefore, putting all that aside, the very least thing I would've expected from such an agency is that, at least, if I have to do already the work to find the appartment that corresponds to my wishes, they should have the relevant connections with the regies and be able to push my application through...well no. I have applied for at least 5 appartments and haven't gotten any of them. Therefore, I was really struggling to understand what the purpose of this company in terms of appartment hunt is? In the end I found my own appartment, made my own application and, thanks to another friend of mine, who had good contacts with the regie, I got my dream appartment. And as said in the beginning, I'm not the only one that struggled with this company...”

1 of 5 stars. Michi P. · Google review ·

“Excellents services, professionnels à l'écoute, je recommande vivement.”

5 of 5 stars. Christel I. · Google review ·

“Notre société a été amenée à travailler à plusieurs reprises avec Welcome Service. Nous ne pouvons que recommander cette entreprise dont le sérieux, l'écoute et le professionnalisme de leurs consultants et management a été fortement apprécié par nos clients privés et corporate. Bravo à toute l'équipe.”

5 of 5 stars. Jimmy B. · Google review ·

“Terrible relocation agency. My friend was relocating to Geneva and this agency caused more problems than helped. From finding an apartment, where agency always came up with too expensive ones, and consultants behaviour during the visits was not helpful in getting the apartment, so in the end we got one apartment where the consultant from this company was not present during the visit; to important emails being sent to old email address even though they were explicitly told not to, which cause more stress on our side. They also sent things to different postal address they were asked to. Definitely do not recommend. If you want to avoid unnecessary stress, choose different agency or relocate by yourself.”

1 of 5 stars. Richard B. · Google review ·

“Excellent service, friendly and very professional team. They have really valuable connections in Geneva and they got me the apartment I really wanted! Thanks again for assisting with my relocation, it felt I was in good hands! :)”

5 of 5 stars. Tiffany L. · Google review ·

“Une équipe formidable, toujours à disposition et surtout force de proposition! Je recommande.”

5 of 5 stars. Buxum S. · Google review ·

“Best relocation support in Switzerland.”

5 of 5 stars. Biton A. · Google review ·

“Great Staff and excellent service! Very helpful and available when needed! Best relocater in town!”

5 of 5 stars. Natalie B. · Google review ·

“Merci de mieux conduire avec la Skoda grise 555 *** à l'avenir...”

1 of 5 stars. Selvakkumaran E. · Google review ·

Quoted verbatim with the reviewer’s first name and initial and the date Google shows (“approx.” where Google gives only the year). Google rating captured 14 Oct 2026; directory updated 23 Oct 2026. How reviews are collected

The facts, with sources.

What Welcome Service told us, what its Google listing shows, and when the data last changed.

Updated 27 Sep 2026
Founded
1990
Head office
Geneva (GE)
Offices
Geneva (GE) · Lausanne (VD) · Zurich (ZH)
Covers
Zurich · Geneva · Basel · Zug · Lausanne · Lucerne · St. Gallen
Languages
English · French · German · Italian
Team
21–50 people
Google rating
4.7 from 41 reviews · its own listing, 14 Oct 2026
ReloFinder rank
In the national top 5 partner agencies · score 4.75 How we rank
New clients
Taking new clients

Three more agencies doing this work in Geneva

Ranked agencies local to Geneva that also offer home search, permits, settling-in and schools. Shown in ranking order.

Auris Relocation

Geneva · EN DE FR

Google rating 5.0Google rating of Auris Relocation’s own listing, captured 11 May 2026.Preferred partner: how it worksVetted and audited by ReloFinder. Requests sent through ReloFinder go only to preferred partners. They pay ReloFinder nothing, not for introductions and not for rank. The top five of every list are partner agencies we work with directly; outside the top five, partners are ranked by score like everyone else.

Taking new clients

Clients mention 8 consultants by name

“From day one, Corinne provided exceptional service during our recent relocation. She was friendly, organized, and so helpful when it came to paperwork and registration. Corrine communicates…”

5 of 5 stars, Rebecca P. · Google ·
  • Home search
  • Permits
  • Settling-in
  • +4 more

Rel-Ex (Relocation & Expat Services GmbH)

Andelfingen · EN DE FR

Google rating 5.0Google rating of Rel-Ex (Relocation & Expat Services GmbH)’s own listing, captured 21 Sep 2026.Preferred partner: how it worksVetted and audited by ReloFinder. Requests sent through ReloFinder go only to preferred partners. They pay ReloFinder nothing, not for introductions and not for rank. The top five of every list are partner agencies we work with directly; outside the top five, partners are ranked by score like everyone else.

Taking new clients

Clients mention 1 consultant by name

“I would like to express my sincere gratitude to Relex for their outstanding support throughout our family’s relocation process. Relex made what could have been a very complex and stressful…”

5 of 5 stars, Atte V. · Google ·
  • Home search
  • Permits
  • Settling-in
  • +2 more
Get matchedProfile of Rel-Ex (Relocation & Expat Services GmbH)

Schmid & Hoppler

Wollerau · EN DE

Google rating 5.0Google rating of Schmid & Hoppler’s own listing, captured 21 Nov 2025.

Taking new clients

Clients mention 2 consultants by name

“We were very pleased with Sandra's support when we were looking to rent an apartment in Canton Schwyz. From the beginning, she was very friendly and sensitive to our needs and wishes. With…”

5 of 5 stars, Taylor F. · Google ·
  • Home search
  • Permits
  • Settling-in
  • +1 more
Profile of Schmid & Hoppler

“Preferred” means vetted and audited by us. The top five of every list are partner agencies we work with directly. How we rank

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