Why teams stay in apartments, not hotels.
A hotel is built for a night or two. Past a couple of weeks, a furnished apartment does the same job
better: a full kitchen, a separate bedroom, somewhere to work and somewhere to sit that isn't the
bed. On stays of a month or more it usually costs less too, with utilities and Wi-Fi in the rate and
no nightly lodging tax.
For a team it matters more. We place people in the same building or block, so they arrive together,
eat together and get to the site together, while each person keeps their own front door. Shared two-
and three-bedroom units are there for cohorts that want them, never a default.
HotelFurnished apartment via cohauz
Living space
One room. Bed, desk, bathroom.
A whole apartment: separate bedroom, living room, kitchen, usually a washer and dryer.
Cost over a month or more
A nightly rate on every night, plus lodging tax, parking and meals out.
A monthly rate, usually lower per night, with utilities and Wi-Fi in and occupancy tax reduced or exempt in many jurisdictions.
Keeping the team together
Rooms spread across whichever floors are free that night.
Units in the same building or block. Shared 2BR and 3BR units where a cohort wants them.
Privacy
Sleeping, working and taking calls in the same room.
A bedroom with a door, and a front door of your own. Nobody is sharing unless they chose to.
Length of stay
By the night, re-booked as the project runs on.
From a couple of weeks to a year or longer, with extension and early-exit terms agreed up front.
Paperwork
A folio per room per stay for finance to reconcile.
One contract and one monthly invoice for the whole requirement, itemised by unit.