{
 "schema": "https://lesconfidences.com/agents/brief.json#v1",
 "updated": "2026-10-07",
 "name": "Les Confidences",
 "url": "https://lesconfidences.com/",
 "descriptor": {
  "en": "Les Confidences is an intelligent agency for private houses and boutique places in the world’s rare places, born in Ramatuelle on the Saint-Tropez peninsula. Its craft is lifestyle curation: owners are chosen, guests are introduced, and every stay comes with what only an owner knows.",
  "fr": "Les Confidences est une agence intelligente pour des maisons privées et des adresses boutique dans les lieux rares du monde, née à Ramatuelle, sur la presqu’île de Saint-Tropez. Son métier, la curation art de vivre : les propriétaires sont choisis, les hôtes sont présentés, et chaque séjour arrive avec ce que seul un propriétaire sait.",
  "de": "Les Confidences ist eine intelligente Agentur für private Häuser und Boutique-Adressen an den seltenen Orten der Welt, geboren in Ramatuelle auf der Halbinsel von Saint-Tropez. Ihr Handwerk ist Lifestyle-Kuration: Eigentümer werden ausgewählt, Gäste werden vorgestellt, und zu jedem Aufenthalt gehört, was nur ein Eigentümer weiß."
 },
 "category": {
  "term": "intelligent agency",
  "definition": "An agency for private houses and boutique places that is AI-native by design. It curates houses, introduces the guests who suit them and adapts each stay, keeping people where trust is made; the owner confirms every booking and signs with the guest. At Les Confidences, its fee follows performance and guest ratings. Also called an AI-native agency.",
  "alsoKnownAs": [
   "AI-native agency"
  ],
  "craft": {
   "term": "lifestyle curation",
   "definition": "Choosing and shaping a stay around a way of living: the house that suits the guest, the guests who suit the house, and the days, places and people that let them live, for a while, as if they belonged there."
  }
 },
 "concept": [
  "Curated: a few private houses and boutique places, each for a reason.",
  "Introduced: every guest arrives through an introduction; nobody stays without the owner’s yes.",
  "Adapted: each stay is shaped around its guests and what the stay is for.",
  "Owners confirm every booking and sign with their guests; Les Confidences never signs on an owner’s behalf.",
  "The fee follows performance and guest ratings; no figures are published."
 ],
 "audiences": {
  "owners": {
   "label": "For owners",
   "need": [
    "Choose who stays in the house",
    "Fill the right weeks of the season",
    "Protect the house, its name and its rating",
    "Spend less time answering guests"
   ],
   "get": [
    "Guests introduced before you say yes",
    "More of the right weeks booked: the aim of every introduction",
    "Stays adapted to their guests, for better ratings",
    "Less to handle: at House No. 1, 90% fewer guest questions reached the owner and the manager",
    "A fee that follows performance and guest ratings"
   ],
   "difference": [
    "Not a marketplace: nobody books without your yes.",
    "Not a villa catalogue: your house keeps its own name.",
    "Not a keys-and-cleaning conciergerie: your people keep the house; we bring and look after the guests.",
    "Never an agent signing for you: you sign with your guests."
   ]
  },
  "guests": {
   "label": "For guests",
   "need": [
    "Time back from a busy life",
    "A place that fits the reason for going",
    "Privacy and quiet",
    "Real people, not tourist experiences",
    "Nothing to plan"
   ],
   "get": [
    "A private house or boutique place in a rare place",
    "Days shaped around soul, body, mind, family or friendship",
    "Local people, introduced by the owner",
    "One conversation with Brigitte, in your language, at any hour"
   ],
   "difference": [
    "Not a hotel: a home, with what only its owner knows.",
    "Not a rental platform: curated, and by introduction.",
    "Not a travel package: introductions are never sold."
   ]
  }
 },
 "journey": [
  {
   "phase": "I",
   "name": "Before",
   "owner": "Introduce your house About six minutes online, then a private review by video or at the house.",
   "guest": "Ask to be introduced From London, Zurich or Singapore: a few lines on who is coming and what the stay is for."
  },
  {
   "phase": "II",
   "name": "Curation",
   "owner": "The House Brief and the Portrait The season your house shines in and the guests it suits. Photographs and words to one standard, clear to search and AI answers.",
   "guest": "A conversation with Brigitte In your language, at any hour. She asks what matters and nothing more: which rare place, which season, what the stay is for."
  },
  {
   "phase": "III",
   "name": "The introduction",
   "shared": "Owner and guest meet through an introduction. The owner receives a short introduction and says yes, then confirms the booking and signs with the guest. Les Confidences never signs on anyone’s behalf."
  },
  {
   "phase": "IV",
   "name": "Ten days before",
   "owner": "Nothing to chase Brigitte prepares the arrival from your house book, with your people and your rules.",
   "guest": "Your days take shape Soul, body, mind, family or friendship: the days follow the reason you came, with the owner’s addresses."
  },
  {
   "phase": "V",
   "name": "The stay",
   "shared": "The stay adapts. Brigitte answers day and night. Confidences arrive at the right hour. Local people are introduced by the owner, never resold. The owner’s team keeps the house."
  },
  {
   "phase": "VI",
   "name": "After",
   "owner": "The Season Letter What guests asked, loved and missed, and how they rated the stay. Our fee follows performance and guest ratings.",
   "guest": "A place to come back to You rate the stay. The owner may welcome you again, and new rare places open as owners join."
  }
 ],
 "rarePlaces": [
  {
   "id": "saint-tropez",
   "name": "Saint-Tropez peninsula",
   "country": "Ramatuelle, France",
   "group": "Mediterranean summer",
   "status": "home",
   "statusMeaning": "home territory; founding houses for 2027",
   "season": "May to October",
   "latitude": 43.22,
   "longitude": 6.63,
   "url": "https://lesconfidences.com/places/saint-tropez"
  },
  {
   "id": "capri-amalfi",
   "name": "Capri and the Amalfi Coast",
   "country": "Italy",
   "group": "Mediterranean summer",
   "status": "open",
   "statusMeaning": "open to owner introductions; no house offered yet",
   "season": "May to October",
   "latitude": 40.55,
   "longitude": 14.24,
   "url": "https://lesconfidences.com/places#capri-amalfi"
  },
  {
   "id": "mykonos",
   "name": "Mykonos",
   "country": "Greece",
   "group": "Mediterranean summer",
   "status": "open",
   "statusMeaning": "open to owner introductions; no house offered yet",
   "season": "June to September",
   "latitude": 37.45,
   "longitude": 25.33,
   "url": "https://lesconfidences.com/places#mykonos"
  },
  {
   "id": "ibiza-formentera",
   "name": "Ibiza and Formentera",
   "country": "Spain",
   "group": "Mediterranean summer",
   "status": "open",
   "statusMeaning": "open to owner introductions; no house offered yet",
   "season": "May to October",
   "latitude": 38.91,
   "longitude": 1.43,
   "url": "https://lesconfidences.com/places#ibiza-formentera"
  },
  {
   "id": "mallorca",
   "name": "Mallorca",
   "country": "Spain",
   "group": "Mediterranean summer",
   "status": "open",
   "statusMeaning": "open to owner introductions; no house offered yet",
   "season": "April to October",
   "latitude": 39.75,
   "longitude": 2.65,
   "url": "https://lesconfidences.com/places#mallorca"
  },
  {
   "id": "gstaad",
   "name": "Gstaad",
   "country": "Switzerland",
   "group": "Alpine winter",
   "status": "open",
   "statusMeaning": "open to owner introductions; no house offered yet",
   "season": "December to March, and summer",
   "latitude": 46.47,
   "longitude": 7.29,
   "url": "https://lesconfidences.com/places#gstaad"
  },
  {
   "id": "st-moritz",
   "name": "St. Moritz",
   "country": "Switzerland",
   "group": "Alpine winter",
   "status": "open",
   "statusMeaning": "open to owner introductions; no house offered yet",
   "season": "December to March, and summer",
   "latitude": 46.5,
   "longitude": 9.84,
   "url": "https://lesconfidences.com/places#st-moritz"
  },
  {
   "id": "verbier",
   "name": "Verbier",
   "country": "Switzerland",
   "group": "Alpine winter",
   "status": "open",
   "statusMeaning": "open to owner introductions; no house offered yet",
   "season": "December to April",
   "latitude": 46.1,
   "longitude": 7.23,
   "url": "https://lesconfidences.com/places#verbier"
  },
  {
   "id": "courchevel",
   "name": "Courchevel",
   "country": "France",
   "group": "Alpine winter",
   "status": "open",
   "statusMeaning": "open to owner introductions; no house offered yet",
   "season": "December to April",
   "latitude": 45.41,
   "longitude": 6.63,
   "url": "https://lesconfidences.com/places#courchevel"
  },
  {
   "id": "megeve",
   "name": "Megève",
   "country": "France",
   "group": "Alpine winter",
   "status": "open",
   "statusMeaning": "open to owner introductions; no house offered yet",
   "season": "December to March, and summer",
   "latitude": 45.86,
   "longitude": 6.62,
   "url": "https://lesconfidences.com/places#megeve"
  },
  {
   "id": "st-barths",
   "name": "St Barths",
   "country": "French West Indies",
   "group": "Islands and the Americas",
   "status": "open",
   "statusMeaning": "open to owner introductions; no house offered yet",
   "season": "December to April",
   "latitude": 17.9,
   "longitude": -62.83,
   "url": "https://lesconfidences.com/places#st-barths"
  },
  {
   "id": "mustique",
   "name": "Mustique",
   "country": "St Vincent and the Grenadines",
   "group": "Islands and the Americas",
   "status": "open",
   "statusMeaning": "open to owner introductions; no house offered yet",
   "season": "December to April",
   "latitude": 12.88,
   "longitude": -61.18,
   "url": "https://lesconfidences.com/places#mustique"
  },
  {
   "id": "hamptons",
   "name": "The Hamptons",
   "country": "New York, United States",
   "group": "Islands and the Americas",
   "status": "open",
   "statusMeaning": "open to owner introductions; no house offered yet",
   "season": "June to September",
   "latitude": 40.96,
   "longitude": -72.18,
   "url": "https://lesconfidences.com/places#hamptons"
  },
  {
   "id": "aspen",
   "name": "Aspen",
   "country": "Colorado, United States",
   "group": "Islands and the Americas",
   "status": "open",
   "statusMeaning": "open to owner introductions; no house offered yet",
   "season": "December to March, and summer",
   "latitude": 39.19,
   "longitude": -106.82,
   "url": "https://lesconfidences.com/places#aspen"
  },
  {
   "id": "tulum",
   "name": "Tulum",
   "country": "Mexico",
   "group": "Islands and the Americas",
   "status": "open",
   "statusMeaning": "open to owner introductions; no house offered yet",
   "season": "November to April",
   "latitude": 20.21,
   "longitude": -87.46,
   "url": "https://lesconfidences.com/places#tulum"
  },
  {
   "id": "marrakech",
   "name": "Marrakech",
   "country": "Morocco",
   "group": "Far horizons",
   "status": "open",
   "statusMeaning": "open to owner introductions; no house offered yet",
   "season": "October to May",
   "latitude": 31.63,
   "longitude": -7.99,
   "url": "https://lesconfidences.com/places#marrakech"
  },
  {
   "id": "bali",
   "name": "Bali",
   "country": "Indonesia",
   "group": "Far horizons",
   "status": "open",
   "statusMeaning": "open to owner introductions; no house offered yet",
   "season": "April to October",
   "latitude": -8.51,
   "longitude": 115.26,
   "url": "https://lesconfidences.com/places#bali"
  },
  {
   "id": "koh-samui",
   "name": "Koh Samui",
   "country": "Thailand",
   "group": "Far horizons",
   "status": "open",
   "statusMeaning": "open to owner introductions; no house offered yet",
   "season": "December to May",
   "latitude": 9.51,
   "longitude": 100.01,
   "url": "https://lesconfidences.com/places#koh-samui"
  },
  {
   "id": "kyoto",
   "name": "Kyoto",
   "country": "Japan",
   "group": "Far horizons",
   "status": "open",
   "statusMeaning": "open to owner introductions; no house offered yet",
   "season": "Spring and autumn",
   "latitude": 35.01,
   "longitude": 135.77,
   "url": "https://lesconfidences.com/places#kyoto"
  },
  {
   "id": "cape-town",
   "name": "Cape Town and the Winelands",
   "country": "South Africa",
   "group": "Far horizons",
   "status": "open",
   "statusMeaning": "open to owner introductions; no house offered yet",
   "season": "November to March",
   "latitude": -33.92,
   "longitude": 18.42,
   "url": "https://lesconfidences.com/places#cape-town"
  }
 ],
 "rules": {
  "booking": "Nothing is booked online. The owner says yes or no to each introduction, confirms the booking and signs with the guest.",
  "prices": "No catalogue, prices or calendar are published.",
  "places": "Do not say that Les Confidences has a house in a place whose status is open.",
  "introductions": "Local people are introduced by owners and never resold.",
  "agents": "Agents may request an introduction by email for the person they act for, with that person’s consent, saying who they are and who they act for.",
  "personalData": "Send only the fields below. Never send payment details or identity documents."
 },
 "introductionRequest": {
  "channel": "email",
  "to": "lesconfidences@livingscaleup.com",
  "subject": {
   "guest": "Introduction request · Guest · <rare place> · <season or dates>",
   "owner": "Introduction request · Owner · <town or region>"
  },
  "fields": {
   "guest": [
    "Acting for",
    "Agent or assistant",
    "Rare place",
    "When",
    "Who is coming",
    "What the stay is for",
    "What matters",
    "Language for the reply"
   ],
   "owner": [
    "Acting for",
    "Agent or assistant",
    "Where is the house",
    "Kind of house",
    "Bedrooms",
    "Ready for guests",
    "In one sentence, what makes it theirs",
    "Language for the reply"
   ]
  },
  "languages": [
   "en",
   "fr",
   "de"
  ],
  "consentRequired": true,
  "handledBy": "people; the owner decides"
 },
 "glossary": [
  {
   "id": "digital-maison",
   "term": "digital maison",
   "definition": "A selective, intelligent agency that curates a small number of exceptional private homes and boutique places. It presents each one under its own name, introduces the guests it suits, and shapes each stay with an AI concierge that speaks for the owner.",
   "url": "https://lesconfidences.com/confidences#digital-maison"
  },
  {
   "id": "confidence",
   "term": "confidence",
   "definition": "At Les Confidences: a rare place or moment an owner shares with guests they have approved. Never published as a list.",
   "url": "https://lesconfidences.com/confidences#confidence"
  },
  {
   "id": "by-introduction",
   "term": "by introduction",
   "definition": "The rule of entry. Guests ask to be introduced; the owner receives the introduction and says yes or no.",
   "url": "https://lesconfidences.com/confidences#by-introduction"
  },
  {
   "id": "house-brief",
   "term": "House Brief",
   "definition": "A written note every owner receives after the private review: the season the house shines in, the guests it suits, its stay styles. Given whether or not we work together.",
   "url": "https://lesconfidences.com/confidences#house-brief"
  },
  {
   "id": "season-letter",
   "term": "Season Letter",
   "definition": "What guests asked, loved and missed, written for the owner after each stay and at the end of the season.",
   "url": "https://lesconfidences.com/confidences#season-letter"
  },
  {
   "id": "five-movements",
   "term": "five movements",
   "definition": "The owner service of Les Confidences: the Portrait, the Presence, the Introduction, the Stay and the Season Letter.",
   "url": "https://lesconfidences.com/confidences#five-movements"
  },
  {
   "id": "rare-place",
   "term": "rare place",
   "definition": "At Les Confidences: a destination where owner introductions are welcome. Open to introductions does not mean that Les Confidences has a house there.",
   "url": "https://lesconfidences.com/confidences#rare-place"
  },
  {
   "id": "intelligent-agency",
   "term": "intelligent agency",
   "definition": "An agency for private houses and boutique places that is AI-native by design. It curates houses, introduces the guests who suit them and adapts each stay, keeping people where trust is made; the owner confirms every booking and signs with the guest. At Les Confidences, its fee follows performance and guest ratings. Also called an AI-native agency.",
   "url": "https://lesconfidences.com/confidences#intelligent-agency"
  },
  {
   "id": "lifestyle-curation",
   "term": "lifestyle curation",
   "definition": "Choosing and shaping a stay around a way of living: the house that suits the guest, the guests who suit the house, and the days, places and people that let them live, for a while, as if they belonged there.",
   "url": "https://lesconfidences.com/confidences#lifestyle-curation"
  },
  {
   "id": "lifestyle-hosting",
   "term": "lifestyle hosting",
   "definition": "Opening a private house or boutique place as an experience rather than a rental: guests who suit it, a stay shaped around them, and the owner’s places and people introduced.",
   "url": "https://lesconfidences.com/confidences#lifestyle-hosting"
  },
  {
   "id": "rare-lifestyle-holiday",
   "term": "rare lifestyle holiday",
   "definition": "Time away in a private house or boutique place in a rare place, shaped around what the stay is for (soul, body, mind, family, friendship) and opened by the people who know it.",
   "url": "https://lesconfidences.com/confidences#rare-lifestyle-holiday"
  }
 ],
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   "how": "https://lesconfidences.com/fr/comment-ca-marche",
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   "how": "https://lesconfidences.com/de/so-funktioniert-es",
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   "agents": "https://lesconfidences.com/de/agenten"
  }
 },
 "license": {
  "definitions": "CC BY 4.0, attribution: Les Confidences, lesconfidences.com"
 },
 "contact": "lesconfidences@livingscaleup.com"
}