Furnished, self-catering homes near the site for crews staying months, not nights. Priced in the market that fits the length of the stay, on one contract and one invoice.
The short version
A project that runs for months needs a different kind of accommodation from a two-night site visit. Hotels get expensive and tiring, booking platforms were built for holidays, and a residential lease asks for twelve months and a deposit per person.
The same room can sit in three markets at once: nightly stock priced for travellers, monthly furnished lets priced for people staying weeks or months, and residential leases priced for a year or more. Most crews on long projects end up booked nightly because that is what is easiest to find online.
We start from the length of the job and search the market that fits it. Clients have saved 20-30% by using the correct market for the length of stay.
Your options
Over a long project, the market you book in matters more than the rate you negotiate inside it.
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| Hotels | Booking platforms | Residential lease | Bonjour Residences | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cost over three months or more | Highest per head, per diems climb because nobody can cook | Consumer pricing, little long-stay discount | Low, if you can commit to a year | Monthly rates negotiated direct with owners |
| Commitment | Night by night | Per booking, holiday cancellation terms | Usually twelve months | Matched to the project, extensions planned in |
| Deposits | Card on arrival | Card upfront | Deposit per tenant | No deposit per person, no card upfront |
| Kitchen and laundry | Rarely | Varies by unit | Yes, unfurnished or basic | Yes, furnished and checked before you approve |
| When the project overruns | Rebook at the rate of the day | Rebook, if the dates are free | Renegotiate the lease | Handled as one change across the whole booking |
| Invoicing | One per hotel, per month | Dozens of card receipts | Rent, utilities and bills separately | One consolidated VAT-compliant invoice |
Comparison reflects how these options typically work for project teams on stays of a month or more. Individual providers vary.
Cost over time
Cost per person per night. Illustrative.
What long stays need
Over months, eating out every night costs more than the room and wears the crew down. Every option has a real kitchen.
A washing machine in the property or close by, and space for work clothes and personal kit.
Van parking, and a drive to site measured in real minutes from the site gate, not from the town centre.
Private rooms where people stay for months, shared houses where the crew prefers it and the budget needs it.
Crews rotate, packages start and finish at different times, and projects overrun. We hold the flexibility in the booking, not in the contract.
Your workers message us on WhatsApp when the boiler fails on a Sunday, and we deal with the owner.
Coverage
Capital cities are easy. What clients actually keep a partner for is Koblenz, Groningen, Hillerød, Kežmarok, Varese and Prestwick.
These are the projects we publish. Coverage runs to 27 markets, plus project work in the United States.
All locationsProcess
Location, team size, dates, budget. A site postcode and a headcount is enough to start.
Typically within 24 hours, sourced from partners in that market rather than pulled off a platform.
We handle booking coordination, contracts and staggered check-ins with every property owner.
One WhatsApp channel for your crew, one invoice for your finance team, for the length of the stay.
In practice
Irish industrial contractor
★★★★★
An Irish industrial contractor mobilising a crew to Limerick, on a project running from early July into August.
The Challenge
Eleven people needed furnished beds in Limerick from early July, held for a project running into August, with the crew housed close enough to the site to travel together. It was peak summer season, when Limerick prices are at their highest, and the market is small with a student-heavy supply base. Almost nothing was bookable at that size and duration through hotels or platforms, and no one was offering eleven beds held at a fixed rate for the length of the project.
The Solution
We sourced direct from local owners rather than platforms: three four-bed houses, close enough to the site for the crew to travel together, held at a fixed rate for the length of the project. Seven days from brief to start date, staggered check-ins coordinated with the owners, one WhatsApp channel during the stay, and one consolidated VAT-compliant invoice on 30-day terms. The stay came in 42 percent under what the same crew would have cost in short-stay inventory.
Results after Bonjour
11
Crew members housed
7 days
Lead time from brief to start date
5 weeks
Housed on site
3 x 4-bed
Houses sourced direct
42%
Cost savings on short-term inventory
★★★★★
AIS Vanguard, part of Ainscough Industrial Services, is one of the UK's leading machinery relocation companies, delivering projects across Europe and the United States.
The Challenge
Their accommodation needs were often last-minute and spread across multiple locations, typically requiring upfront card payments, pulling project managers into day-to-day coordination with multiple hosts, and creating language barriers that made issues harder to resolve. Invoicing was fragmented, receipts had to be chased, and there was no leverage on rates or payment terms.
The Solution
Bonjour became their accommodation partner across the UK, Germany, France, Spain, Italy, USA and beyond. We work with individual project teams to source accommodation tailored to the client's preferences, coordinate check-in and check-out directly with workers, and handle any property issues via WhatsApp during the stay. AIS Vanguard now benefits from one point of contact, consolidated VAT-compliant invoicing in their local currency, no upfront card payments and smoother multi-country delivery.
Results after Bonjour
3
Countries hosted since 2025
90%
Admin time saved
30
Days payment terms
£6k+
Savings on first booking
100%
Happy workers
Irish industrial contractor
★★★★★
An Irish industrial contractor mobilising a crew to Limerick, on a project running from early July into August.
The Challenge
Eleven people needed furnished beds in Limerick from early July, held for a project running into August, with the crew housed close enough to the site to travel together. It was peak summer season, when Limerick prices are at their highest, and the market is small with a student-heavy supply base. Almost nothing was bookable at that size and duration through hotels or platforms, and no one was offering eleven beds held at a fixed rate for the length of the project.
The Solution
We sourced direct from local owners rather than platforms: three four-bed houses, close enough to the site for the crew to travel together, held at a fixed rate for the length of the project. Seven days from brief to start date, staggered check-ins coordinated with the owners, one WhatsApp channel during the stay, and one consolidated VAT-compliant invoice on 30-day terms. The stay came in 42 percent under what the same crew would have cost in short-stay inventory.
Results after Bonjour
11
Crew members housed
7 days
Lead time from brief to start date
5 weeks
Housed on site
3 x 4-bed
Houses sourced direct
42%
Cost savings on short-term inventory
★★★★★
AIS Vanguard, part of Ainscough Industrial Services, is one of the UK's leading machinery relocation companies, delivering projects across Europe and the United States.
The Challenge
Their accommodation needs were often last-minute and spread across multiple locations, typically requiring upfront card payments, pulling project managers into day-to-day coordination with multiple hosts, and creating language barriers that made issues harder to resolve. Invoicing was fragmented, receipts had to be chased, and there was no leverage on rates or payment terms.
The Solution
Bonjour became their accommodation partner across the UK, Germany, France, Spain, Italy, USA and beyond. We work with individual project teams to source accommodation tailored to the client's preferences, coordinate check-in and check-out directly with workers, and handle any property issues via WhatsApp during the stay. AIS Vanguard now benefits from one point of contact, consolidated VAT-compliant invoicing in their local currency, no upfront card payments and smoother multi-country delivery.
Results after Bonjour
3
Countries hosted since 2025
90%
Admin time saved
30
Days payment terms
£6k+
Savings on first booking
100%
Happy workers
For finance and procurement
One consolidated VAT-compliant invoice covering every property and every country on the project, in your local currency where we can.
Corporate contracts run on 30-day terms. No individual receipts for your team to submit and no personal cards exposed.
One onboarding, one set of compliance documents, one contact, instead of a new vendor for every city on the programme.
Questions
Anything that keeps a crew away from home for more than a few weeks. Once a stay passes about a month, monthly furnished lets usually become cheaper and more practical than hotels or nightly bookings.
It depends on the market and the location. Clients have saved 20-30% by using the correct market for the length of stay. We show you the options side by side before you commit.
Usually, yes. We plan for extensions from the start and agree what happens when dates move before the first night. Where an owner cannot extend, we find the next property before the crew has to leave.
No. The booking is between your company and us. There is no twelve-month lease, no deposit per person and no furniture to buy.
Yes. Rotating crews, staggered arrivals and changing headcount are normal on long projects. We book in phases and adjust as packages start and finish.
Every option is furnished and all-inclusive: utilities, Wi-Fi, local taxes and support are in the rate. See all-inclusive worker housing for the detail.
No. We are an independent accommodation agency. We source furnished homes from a vetted partner network and stand behind the booking, the invoice and the support for the whole stay.
Site, start date, expected duration and headcount by phase. Options typically within 24 hours.