Orientation

• Medical assistance & emergencies (hospitals, doctors, dentists, specialists, homeopathy, ...)
  
• Hair dressers and estheticians
  
• Advise on Swiss educational system
  
• Holiday schedule in Vaud and Geneva
  
• Find the right after school activities for your child (English or Swiss scouts, language classes, gym, music, dance, art, sports, theatre, etc)
  
• Where to purchase school supplies
  
• Kid's birthday advice
  
• Family photographer
  
• Orientation on Swiss apartment living (concierge, shared laundry rules, ...)
  
• Figuring out public transit
  
• Local farmers and produce (local eggs and vegetables delivered to your door)
  
• Local rules on lawn mowing and property upkeep
  
• Recycling in Switzerland
  
• Local events and town halls
  
• Shopping - Supermarkets, markets, home supplies, clothing, electronics, outlets, malls, ...)
  

Service Areas

Next Steps is a set of services that can be adjusted to meet your personal needs. The focus is to help you settle into Switzerland and gain the tools to setup and take control of your situation, including:

• Familiarizing yourself with your new surroundings
  
• Bringing you in touch with local day to day life in Switzerland
• Providing a service that saves you time; that provides for individual and family needs
  
• Providing families who have been settled in Switzerland with information on international events in their area
  

Focus Areas

Administration

• Commune registration
  
• TV tax, garbage tax, recycling, ECA (fire insurance), water tax, etc.
  
• Utilities - electricity and gas
  
• Insurance - household, liability, health, car, ...
  
• Pet insurance & dog license
  
• Mobile phone providers
  

Home Services

• Home security
  
• House services (plumber, electrician, cable, internet, house keeper, baby sitters, nanny, mold specialist, blinds, etc)
  
• Gardener
  
• Pool maintenance
  

Car Services

• Car insurance
  
• Car registration
  
• Driver's license switch
  
• Parking permits
  
• Purchasing a car
  
• The blue disk and meter parking
  

Orientation

• Job search providers
  
• Pet care for holidays
  
• Interior decorators
  
• Translation services
  
• Life coaches
  
• Travel + Holidays in Switzerland (Ski, Santa visits, hiking, camping, ...)