Cocooning, a relocation service company offers direct, personalised and flexible solutions to companies, institutions and private clients.
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WHO ARE WE ?
Since 2002, Cocooning has acquired a know-how in the conception and implementation of complete and tailored solutions, serving your company and employees and you as a private customer. We provide access to services which simplify everyday life, contribute to wellbeing and improve performance.
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It is with devotion that the team is caring for you and shares professionalism of 20 years of relocation experience, knowledge and network. Adaptation, flexibility, humility and well caring are our core values, which allow us to understand different customer profiles and needs.
Paying special attention to the relationship with you, your satisfaction is the goal of the Cocooning team.
Meet the team
Anya Govaert
Angie de Voogd
Sylvia Jumelet
Claudia Villa
Céline Martin
Hey Cocooning dream team… Who is part of it?
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Anya: Owner and founder
German and Belgium native, Anya has lived many years in Switzerland. Customer service is her DNA and after over 20 years in the business, she is still very passionate.
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Angie: Relocation Consultant
Swiss native, she has worked for many years in HR and HR Mobility of international companies, which made her understand corporate clients and newcomer’s needs. She is solution-oriented, hands-on and has lots of empathy.
With her network and big smile, she makes a relocation well organized and stressless.
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Sylvia: Relocation Consultant
Sylvia, native from the Netherlands. Lives in Switzerland for many years. She is a real sunshine. Experienced in International Hotel industry where it became her second nature to deliver memorable guest experiences; focusing on customers and meeting their needs is what she enjoys doing the most.
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Claudia: Dual Career Coach
Swiss native experienced her own expatriation in New York, London and Zurich. Certified coach since 2008 and worked as an international recruiter for many years.
Guided by her motto of ‘vision, motivation, action’, she strives to empower individuals to transform insights into purposeful steps forward.
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Céline: Dual Career Coach
Pure local Swiss, she has also studied and worked in Italy—an experience that strengthened her passion for foreign languages and cross-cultural exchanges. She has many years of experience in career transition and personal development, supporting individuals in redefining their goals and navigating change with confidence. Her professional journey and personal nature are both marked by curiosity, openness and a global mindset.
PASSION - DEVOTION - EMPATHY - INTEGRITY - CONFIDENTIALITY
An exploratory trip is an essential step to get to know the new environment before deciding where to drop definitively your suitcases. As per our motto, never make up a first impression, it is our duty to awake your interest in the area and to response to your doubts. The visit includes a short tour of the region, a visit of a potential houses enabling a feel of the housing market as well as eventually a visit of the school and other places to experience the way of life in Switzerland.
Exploratory trip
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Immigration process
Our job starts with advising you on your visa and residency permit procedure according to your citizenship. We file the permit request on your behalf and accompany you to the local authorities.
Housing
Temporary, permanent rental or purchasing living is organized according to your given criteria. Dedicated accompaniment is provided throughout the administration process, the search, the visits, the entry inspection until the complete installment. Our mission is to make you feel home and enjoy seeing your flowers bloom.
Schooling
The appropriate school is the utmost criteria in the relocation process. We start with analyzing education history, expectations and give pros and cons to be considered to choose between an available private school or the local state school.
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We accompany throughout choices, visits and administration process: Switzerland is famous for its private schooling and it is the country where the International Baccalaureate is born. We advise on different options and differences between the schools.
For families choosing state schooling, we organize the children’s registration directly with the local Education department or with the municipality.
Settling in
We don’t stop at finding your house, we are also there for the unsexy administration tasks such as IT connections, bank account opening, move of personal goods, storage, furniture rental, car importation and purchasing, compulsory insurances, understanding of contract conditions…. and so much more…
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Integration
Being acutely aware of the challenges that arise when arriving in a foreign environment, Integration is very important to settle and to feel like Switzerland is your second home. We recommend you to start with learning French. This helps you, as an example, breaking the ice when talking to your neighbors or when you order your menu in the restaurant but also it helps to get in touch with local people and finding your way into a daily routine.
The Cocooning team has published some practical tips on our website Cocooning-swiss.ch. Those tips cover a number of basic knowledges of your host country, cross-cultural habits “Dos and don't” and provides ideas for your daily life. For example, how/where to hire a cleaning maid, how to exchange for foreign driving license and gives ideas for leisure.
As an example, I managed my own integration thanks to sports clubs where it was easy to meet people with the same interest.
We invite you to listen to the audio presentation for dual career coaching….
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Personal assistant
As a private customer you might need assistance to master tasks of everyday life, such as the management of your properties (cleaning, gardening), payment of your bills and your daily administration, organization of your vacation and leisure, handling issues with authorities on your behalf… who else than Cocooning is your right-hand team….?
Departure
Your Swiss-adventure is coming to an end? Here we go again with a complete and stress less plan to make it happen: Home sale or lease termination, tenant search, exit inspection and follow-up on eventual repairs until release of deposit, subscriptions cancellation, furniture move and storage, car sell or export, ….
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Dual Carrer
Relocating to Switzerland for work is a big step—not just for the expatriate, but also for their partner and family. One important, sometimes overlooked, question is: What happens to the spouse’s or partner’s career?
Many accompanying partners put their own professional lives on hold to support the move. This can bring emotional and professional challenges, especially knowing that highly qualified expats often have spouses with the same level of education. The spouse may want to stay professionally active, aspire to develop professionally or opts for a career transition to respond to the Swiss market.
At Cocooning, we believe integration is much smoother when both partners have the chance to thrive. That’s why
we offer Dual Career Support—a personalized coaching service.
From understanding the Swiss job market to applying the latest job search strategies, we provide practical, hands-on support. We work together on clarifying career goals, refining applications, using the right keywords and concrete achievements in the CV. We also place special focus on how platforms like LinkedIn and recruitment tools are driven by algorithms. Today, visibility and success also depend on how well your profile aligns with
these systems.
But it doesn't stop there. We also guide you in crafting authentic personal pitches for networking and provide tailored interview training—so you can approach each opportunity with confidence and clarity.
Our goal? Helping you feel empowered, supported and ready to build your own professional path here in
Switzerland.
