What a hotel week really costs a crew of six
Room rate is the number everyone compares. Evening meals, parking, laundry and the productivity cost of a team split across three buildings rarely make it onto the spreadsheet.
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Insights
Notes from the sourcing desk
Practical writing about housing a mobile workforce — logistics, welfare, compliance and the things that quietly cost projects money.
Drying rooms: the most requested feature nobody specifies
Ask a site manager what matters and they will say parking. Ask the crew after a wet fortnight and you get a different answer entirely.
Read the noteWhat to check before you put a team in a house
Gas safety, electrical certification, alarms, licensing and insurance that actually permits business lettings. A short checklist worth running before anyone gets keys.
Read the noteWhy drive time beats distance every time
Eleven miles across a city at 6am is not eleven miles across a valley. How we measure the commute when we shortlist, and why it changes the answer.
Read the notePlanning accommodation for an outage window
Turnarounds triple headcount in towns with almost no stock. What to lock in twelve weeks out, and what you can safely leave until four.
Read the noteAccommodating clinical staff on night rotations
Daytime sleeping changes everything about what a good property looks like. Light, noise, neighbours, and check-in times that suit a 4am finish.
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