Savoie has three different ski countries in one department. Do not book “near the Olympics” without naming which one.
Les 3 Vallées
Courchevel’s villages are the race base for speed alpine and ski jumping: 1850 at the top, then Moriond, Courchevel Village, Le Praz, and La Tania. Le Praz is the village with the jump. Méribel and Méribel-Mottaret sit in the middle of the linked area and are not competition venues, which can be an advantage when Courchevel’s race piste is closed. Val Thorens is the highest of the seven resorts and opens earliest. Les Menuires and Saint-Martin-de-Belleville are the other Belleville bases. Brides-les-Bains and Orelle are on the domain and are not Courchevel.
If the resort is full or priced out of reach, Moûtiers is the rail and road town for this side of the Tarentaise. You will ride a bus or a taxi up. That is a real choice, not a failure.
Tignes and Val d’Isère
The technical alpine races are at Val d’Isère. The village, La Daille, and Le Fornet are different walks to a lift. Tignes shares the pass and the 300 km. It is not the named race site. Bourg-Saint-Maurice is the valley railhead.
La Plagne
The sliding track is here, and so is a large alpine area of its own. The resort is several stations plus valley villages such as Champagny-en-Vanoise and Montchavin. Read the current plan on la-plagne.com before you treat them as interchangeable. Aime, in the valley, is the rail stop people use.