Guides
Practical guidance on housing people who work away
Arranging accommodation for a team is rarely anybody’s actual job. It lands on whoever has the time, usually alongside everything else.
These guides are the answers we give on the phone, written down. What to ask before you book, where the money actually goes on a longer stay, what to sort out before people arrive, and how to handle the things that come up in week three.
They are written for the person doing the arranging, whether that is HR, a project manager, an office manager or the person running the job. No sales pitch, and nothing that only works if you buy from us. New guides are added as we write them.
Already have a requirement?
If you know where your people need to be and roughly when, you do not need to read anything first. Send us the four things below and we will come back with options.
- Where they need to be
- When they arrive, and roughly how long for
- How many people
- Anything that would rule a property out
All guides
Newest first. Each one is written to be read once and acted on, not skimmed.
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Letting to contractors: what owners should know before the first stay
How a working stay differs from a holiday let, setting a property up for people on shifts, house rules that suit them, and who to ask before the first stay.
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Finding accommodation near a work site you do not know
A site in a town nobody on your side knows: where local knowledge comes from, rural sites, busy areas, and when staying further out is the right answer.
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How to brief an accommodation supplier so the first answer is useful
The seven parts of a brief that gets options back rather than questions, an example you can copy, what to leave out, and how to read the first reply.
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Sharing accommodation on a project: how to set it up so it works
Once the crew is sharing: who gets which room, the six house rules worth agreeing, the person who would rather not, and what to tell the supplier.
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A corporate accommodation checklist for the week before arrival
The lead-time items two weeks out, what to send the people travelling, what to confirm for yourself, the first 48 hours, and the whole thing as one list.
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What to put in a corporate accommodation policy
Ten sections worth having, two things people always leave out, two things to keep out on purpose, and a one-page version you could write this afternoon.
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When the dates move: handling accommodation extensions
Why extensions are harder than the original booking, the seven questions to ask before you commit, and what to do when the same property cannot take the dates.
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Employee welfare when people work away from home
What actually wears people down on a long stay, what accommodation can and cannot fix, and the eight things worth building into how your organisation does this.
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Accommodation for a project team: how to plan it before mobilisation
The four numbers that decide everything, whether the crew shares or takes separate rooms, the vehicle questions people forget, and a mobilisation timeline.
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Staying in Peterborough for work: a practical guide
How to get around, where to stock up, places worth eating at and what to do with the weekends: the practical side of working away in Peterborough.
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Serviced accommodation or a hotel? How to choose for a stay of weeks
For a few nights, book the hotel. For weeks it changes, and not because of the nightly rate. How to work out which one fits, and what to compare beyond the headline price.
Or just ask us
A guide is useful. A straight answer about your actual dates is more useful.
Call 01733 964574, Monday to Friday, 9am to 5pm, and describe the requirement out loud. We will write it down for you and tell you honestly whether we can cover it.