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Questions

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Most questions about event staffing have an answer you can put a figure on. We publish ours. Below are the ones we're asked most, each with a complete answer in the first paragraph and the reasoning after it.

Prices and billing

How much does a hostess cost for a day?

For an eight-hour day, a fully managed hostess costs between 43,200 and 57,600 HUF, which is 5,400-7,200 HUF an hour, covering the wage, the public charge and the admin. If you are the employer, you pay only our coordination fee of 1,100-1,600 HUF an hour, alongside the wage and the 4,800 HUF daily EFO public charge.

How much more do weekend or holiday staff cost?

A weekend adds 20%, a public holiday 75%, and a night shift between 22:00 and 06:00 adds 30%. These are wage-based surcharges, so on a fully managed booking they appear in the hourly rate, while on the coordination track you pay them directly to the worker and our fee is unchanged.

Is there a minimum order? Can I book just one person?

There is no minimum headcount: we quote for a single person and for a single shift. One thing is fixed, a four-hour minimum billing per person. That isn't agency policy but arithmetic: the daily public charge falls due in full even under four hours, and a two-hour call-out doesn't repay the worker's travel either.

Headcount

How many hostesses do you need for 100 guests?

For registration, two hostesses per hundred guests is the rule of thumb, plus one for wayfinding if the venue has several floors or rooms. The two aren't sized for the daily average but for the opening peak: roughly half the guests arrive in the twenty minutes before the start, and that's where the queue forms.

Planning and timing

How quickly can you provide staff?

We quote within one working day on every request. The crew itself can be on site within 24 hours in urgent cases, though the pool is narrower then and a 25% urgency surcharge applies. For larger headcounts, above ten people, three to five days is the comfortable lead time, because then there's room to select rather than just fill.

What happens if someone doesn't turn up?

We replace them, and the replacement is our risk rather than yours. On a fully managed booking this is automatic: we send someone else in place of the person who dropped out, and we don't invoice for the one who didn't arrive. Under an ongoing partnership we also commit to a replacement deadline, between two and six hours depending on the volume committed.

Do you work outside Budapest?

Yes, across the whole country, with dedicated location pages for twenty cities, and Vienna and Bratislava fit within the region too. Venues outside Budapest carry a 10% surcharge covering travel and the narrower local pool. Response time differs by city: 24 hours in Budapest, longer further out, and we publish it on every location page.

Employment and law

Who pays the EFO public charge?

The employer. Which party that is depends on the arrangement: on a fully managed booking we are the employer and we pay the 4,800 HUF daily charge, included in the hourly rate. On the coordination track you are the employer, so you pay both the charge and the wage, and we invoice only our coordination fee.

Would it be cheaper to hire our own staff?

For continuous, predictable work yes; for occasional peaks no. An employee pays off when there is work for them every week. For someone hired to cover two events a month, the idle time and the employer admin cost more than the agency fee. The break-even sits roughly where monthly hours reach part-time.

How many days can someone work under casual employment?

With the same employer, at most 5 consecutive calendar days, 15 days in a calendar month and 120 days in a year. The annual cap rose from 90 to 120 days on 1 January 2026. Tracking the limits is the employer's responsibility, so yours on the coordination track and ours on the fully managed one.

Selection and quality

What languages does the staff speak?

Hungarian and English as standard, and in the Professional package English is a baseline requirement rather than a surcharge. Other languages, typically German, French, Italian or Spanish, are available on request and carry a 15% surcharge because they narrow the selection. Language needs have to be stated when booking, as they are a selection criterion rather than an option added later.

Can I ask for a casting and see who's coming?

Yes. In the Professional and Partner packages casting is part of the process as standard: we present several candidates and you choose. The Essential package has no casting, because there the job is about reliability rather than presentation. You can request casting on Essential at any time, in which case Professional pricing applies.

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