Teach where you love to ski

You set the price. Alpine Pal keeps 10% of the lesson, and the remaining 90% is yours — there is no listing fee, no subscription and no charge for being on the platform at all. If nobody books you, you pay nothing.

The student pays when they book, and the money is held until the lesson has happened. That is the part worth reading twice: you are not chasing anyone for payment on the snow, and a no-show does not cost you the day. Once the lesson is done the balance moves to your account, and you withdraw it when you want to.

You can also charge for extra students in the same group, and set your own minimum and maximum lesson length. A two-hour private and a full day are the same product here — the difference is what you decided to allow.

This is the part that varies most, and it is not a formality. In France and Italy, teaching skiing for money without the professional qualification is a criminal offence, not a paperwork problem. Austria, Switzerland, Spain and Andorra regulate it too, each in their own way. In the United States and New Zealand there is no state licence at all, and what counts is your industry certification.

When you apply you tell us which country you teach in, and the form asks for whatever that country actually requires: the credential name, the issuing body, your licence number and the expiry date. Where a public register exists — France's *carte professionnelle* database, for one — an administrator checks the number against it before your profile goes live.

Every country page on this site names the qualification it requires and links to the register where there is one. That listing is worth reading before you apply.

There are two kinds of profile. A certified instructor holds the qualification their country requires and teaches. A companion rides along — showing someone the mountain, not teaching them to ski — and is labelled as such throughout the site so nobody books one expecting a lesson.

The companion option is not available in the countries where the distinction would not survive contact with an inspector. The application form blocks it in those countries rather than letting you find out afterwards. If you hold a qualification, apply as an instructor: the certified badge is what people filter on.

You open the hours you want to teach and nothing else. Nobody can book a slot you have not opened, and you set the notice you need — if you will not take a booking for tomorrow morning, say so and the calendar will not offer it.

A paid request arrives and you have 48 hours to accept it. Let it run out and the student is refunded in full automatically, so an unanswered request costs you the booking but never leaves anybody hanging. You can also propose a different time instead of declining outright, which is usually what a clash actually needs.

Students can message you before they book. Most of them do, and it is the single biggest difference from booking through a school: they arrive knowing who you are, what you sound like and where you are meeting.

Your application goes to a person, not a filter. They check the qualification you submitted — against the public register where one exists — and either publish your profile or come back to you about what is missing. If a ski school invites you, that review does not happen: the school vouches for you and its name backs your badge.

Until that review is done your profile is not listed and cannot be booked. Once it is, you appear on your resort's page, on your country's page and in search, and you can open your calendar. A rejection is not the end of it: fix whatever was wrong on your profile and ask for another review.