What a crew bed actually costs per night in Europe
Across 123 arranged bookings with a known occupancy, the median was €55 per person per night. The UK is the most expensive well-sampled market at £85 and the Netherlands the cheapest at €45. Occupancy, not city, is the biggest single lever on the per-person rate.
Per-person, per-night rates we actually arranged
Client-side nightly rate divided by the number of people housed. Only markets with five or more bookings are shown, with sample sizes, because at these volumes a single unusual property moves a mean.
| Market | Bookings | Median per person / night | Middle half of the range |
|---|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | 21 | £85 | £85–£100 |
| Germany | 24 | €72 | €48–€80 |
| Spain | 9 | €55 | €47–€70 |
| Czech Republic | 5 | €54 | €50–€82 |
| France | 7 | €50 | €40–€88 |
| Netherlands | 12 | €45 | €42–€47 |
| Slovakia | 7 | €38 | €19–€45 |
| Ireland | 8 | €36 | €35–€60 |
| Italy | 6 | €27 | €22–€48 |
| Denmark | 6 | DKK 280 | DKK 156–290 |
Two patterns are worth more than the individual numbers:
- Occupancy, not city, is the biggest lever. Germany's whole-unit median was €140 a night but €72 per person. The spread inside a single market comes mostly from how many people share a unit, which is a specification decision made before anyone searches for a price.
- Consistency varies more than price. The Netherlands (€42–47) and the UK (£85–100) are predictable; Slovakia (€19–45) and Italy (€22–48) are not. In thin markets the budget risk is variance, not the median.
Direction of travel
EUR bookings by month of check-in, per person per night: €33 (Jan 2026), €48 (Feb), €42 (Mar), €42 (Apr), €47 (May), €50 (Jun), €54 (Jul), €47 (Aug). Monthly samples are small (4–21 bookings), so read this as a mild upward drift through H1 2026, not a trend line, and note that summer peaks reflect leisure competition for the same stock in several of these markets.
Method and limits
Population: 177 bookings arranged by Bonjour Residences with check-in dates from May 2025 to September 2026; 123 had both a nightly rate and a recorded headcount, and per-market figures use those. Rates are client-side, in the booking currency, and are not converted between currencies. They include the property and its stated inclusions and exclude project-specific extras. Bonjour Residences arranges accommodation with independent operators and does not own the properties described; rates reflect what was contracted at the time, in specific towns near industrial project sites, not national averages.
Data as at 14 September 2026.
Where we house crews
- Contractor accommodation in Lyon
- Contractor accommodation in South Wales
- Data centre construction accommodation
- All project locations
For what sits inside the rate, see all-inclusive worker housing across Europe.
- Bonjour Residences internal booking records, check-ins May 2025 to September 2026 (177 bookings, 123 with both a nightly rate and a recorded headcount). Rates are client-side, in the booking currency, not converted.
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