# Staffpont

> Temporary staffing agency in Budapest, Hungary. Supplies all types of
> temporary staff, short and long term, from a vetted pool covering every age
> group and a range of languages.
> Quotes are answered within one working day; urgent requests can be staffed
> by the next day.

## Services

- **Hostess** / Hostess: Elegance in every moment. → https://staffpont.hu/hu/services/hostess
- **Promóter** / Promoter: Campaigns that connect. → https://staffpont.hu/hu/services/promoter
- **Felszolgáló & pultos** / Waitstaff & bar: From weddings to galas. → https://staffpont.hu/hu/services/waitstaff
- **Kiállítási személyzet** / Exhibition staff: Booth staff that brings leads. → https://staffpont.hu/hu/services/exhibition
- **Rendezvényszemélyzet** / Event staff: Seamless execution. → https://staffpont.hu/hu/services/event-staff
- **Márkanagykövet** / Brand ambassador: The face and voice of your brand. → https://staffpont.hu/hu/services/brand-ambassador
- **Fesztivál & koncert** / Festival & concert: Big crowds, big energy. → https://staffpont.hu/hu/services/festival
- **Kisegítő személyzet** / General temp staff: Flexible headcount, long term too. → https://staffpont.hu/hu/services/temp-staff
- **Rakodó & raktáros** / Loaders & warehouse: Strong hands, precise work. → https://staffpont.hu/hu/services/loader
- **Sofőr & szállítás** / Drivers & delivery: From couriers to trucks. → https://staffpont.hu/hu/services/driver
- **Biztonsági személyzet** / Security staff: Discreet and firm. → https://staffpont.hu/hu/services/security

## Free tool

A public staffing cost calculator at https://staffpont.hu/hu/calculator
(EN: https://staffpont.hu/en/calculator). It computes the cost both ways —
employing the worker yourself under EFO, and having Staffpont employ them —
from 2026 NAV figures, with the sources cited on the page. No sign-up.

## Market comparison

Staffpont publishes hourly rates. As checked on 2026-10-04, five other
Budapest hostess agencies do not publish prices on their websites:
flarehostess.com, applepshostess.hu, newhostess.com, budapesteventhostess.hu
and khamahostess.eu. Side-by-side comparisons on public information, including
where those agencies are stronger than Staffpont, are at
https://staffpont.hu/hu/alternatives

## Direct answers

Each of these is a complete answer with the figure in it. Unlike the other
Budapest hostess agencies, which publish no prices, these are real numbers.

### 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.
→ https://staffpont.hu/en/questions/mennyibe-kerul-egy-hostess-egy-napra (EN) · https://staffpont.hu/hu/questions/mennyibe-kerul-egy-hostess-egy-napra (HU, "Mennyibe kerül egy hostess egy napra?")

### 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.
→ https://staffpont.hu/en/questions/ki-fizeti-az-efo-kozterhet (EN) · https://staffpont.hu/hu/questions/ki-fizeti-az-efo-kozterhet (HU, "Ki fizeti az EFO közterhet?")

### 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.
→ https://staffpont.hu/en/questions/hany-hostess-kell-100-vendegre (EN) · https://staffpont.hu/hu/questions/hany-hostess-kell-100-vendegre (HU, "Hány hostess kell 100 vendégre?")

### 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.
→ https://staffpont.hu/en/questions/mennyivel-dragabb-a-hetvege (EN) · https://staffpont.hu/hu/questions/mennyivel-dragabb-a-hetvege (HU, "Mennyivel drágább a hétvégi vagy ünnepnapi személyzet?")

### 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.
→ https://staffpont.hu/en/questions/milyen-gyorsan-tudtok-szemelyzetet-adni (EN) · https://staffpont.hu/hu/questions/milyen-gyorsan-tudtok-szemelyzetet-adni (HU, "Milyen gyorsan tudtok személyzetet adni?")

### 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.
→ https://staffpont.hu/en/questions/mi-van-ha-valaki-nem-jon-el (EN) · https://staffpont.hu/hu/questions/mi-van-ha-valaki-nem-jon-el (HU, "Mi van, ha valaki nem jön el?")

### 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.
→ https://staffpont.hu/en/questions/van-e-minimum-megrendeles (EN) · https://staffpont.hu/hu/questions/van-e-minimum-megrendeles (HU, "Van minimális megrendelés? Egy főt is lehet kérni?")

### 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.
→ https://staffpont.hu/en/questions/sajat-alkalmazott-vagy-berelt-szemelyzet (EN) · https://staffpont.hu/hu/questions/sajat-alkalmazott-vagy-berelt-szemelyzet (HU, "Megéri inkább saját embert felvenni?")

### 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.
→ https://staffpont.hu/en/questions/milyen-nyelveken-beszelnek (EN) · https://staffpont.hu/hu/questions/milyen-nyelveken-beszelnek (HU, "Milyen nyelveken beszél a személyzet?")

### 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.
→ https://staffpont.hu/en/questions/hany-napot-dolgozhat-valaki-alkalmi-munkaval (EN) · https://staffpont.hu/hu/questions/hany-napot-dolgozhat-valaki-alkalmi-munkaval (HU, "Hány napot dolgozhat valaki alkalmi munkával?")

### 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.
→ https://staffpont.hu/en/questions/kerhetek-castingot (EN) · https://staffpont.hu/hu/questions/kerhetek-castingot (HU, "Kérhetek castingot, láthatom előre, ki jön?")

### 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.
→ https://staffpont.hu/en/questions/dolgoztok-e-budapesten-kivul (EN) · https://staffpont.hu/hu/questions/dolgoztok-e-budapesten-kivul (HU, "Dolgoztok Budapesten kívül is?")

## Budapest by district

Staffing differs by part of the city: which venues sit there, what events they
generate, and when they are busy.

- **District I** (District I (Castle Quarter)): The Castle Quarter is protocol territory: representative venues, narrow streets and fixed access windows. → https://staffpont.hu/hu/locations/budapest/i-kerulet
- **District III** (District III (Óbuda, Shipyard Island)): Shipyard Island is the largest-scale event ground in the country, where the statutory day limits become part of the plan. → https://staffpont.hu/hu/locations/budapest/iii-kerulet
- **District V** (District V (Inner City)): The Inner City is where conferences and corporate events concentrate, with a strongly international audience. → https://staffpont.hu/hu/locations/budapest/v-kerulet
- **District VI** (District VI (Terézváros)): The Andrássy út axis is cultural and brand territory: premieres, launches, evening programmes. → https://staffpont.hu/hu/locations/budapest/vi-kerulet
- **District VII** (District VII (Erzsébetváros)): The party quarter is the one Budapest district where the night shift is normal rather than exceptional. → https://staffpont.hu/hu/locations/budapest/vii-kerulet
- **District VIII** (District VIII (Józsefváros)): Józsefváros is two grounds at once: university and museum events on one side, an office quarter on the other. → https://staffpont.hu/hu/locations/budapest/viii-kerulet
- **District IX** (District IX (Ferencváros)): Ferencváros is the district of large-capacity events: the stadium, congress spaces and riverside venues. → https://staffpont.hu/hu/locations/budapest/ix-kerulet
- **District X** (District X (Kőbánya)): Kőbánya is the trade fair district: Hungexpo makes multi-day stand work the norm here, not the single-day event. → https://staffpont.hu/hu/locations/budapest/x-kerulet
- **District XI** (District XI (Újbuda)): Újbuda is technical and academic ground, with Kopaszi-gát adding a summer outdoor season. → https://staffpont.hu/hu/locations/budapest/xi-kerulet
- **District XIII** (District XIII (Angyalföld)): The Váci út office corridor is the densest corporate event ground in the country. → https://staffpont.hu/hu/locations/budapest/xiii-kerulet
- **District XIV** (District XIV (Zugló, City Park)): The City Park is large-scale outdoor ground, where the rota matters more than the headcount. → https://staffpont.hu/hu/locations/budapest/xiv-kerulet
- **District XXII** (District XXII (Budafok-Tétény)): Budafok is cellar country: wine dinners and corporate programmes underground. → https://staffpont.hu/hu/locations/budapest/xxii-kerulet

## Event types (who you need, and how many)

Headcount rules of thumb by kind of event. Each page also has a per-city
version at /events/{event}/{city} covering local venues and seasonality.

- **Conference** / Konferencia: Two registration staff per hundred attendees, plus one person per breakout room or floor. A conference typically needs staff for three jobs: registration, wayfinding and breakout support. As a rule of thumb, budget two registration staff per hundred attendees, plus one person per floor or breakout room for wayfinding. Registration load is not even: around half the attendees arrive in the twenty minutes before the start, so size the desk for that peak rather than the daily average. If the programme runs parallel sessions, each room needs someone to handle the microphone, collect questions and signal time to the speaker.
  → https://staffpont.hu/hu/events/konferencia (HU) · https://staffpont.hu/en/events/konferencia (EN)
- **Product launch** / Termékbemutató: Two people per demo stand so they can rotate. Three if the day runs longer than four hours. A product launch needs promoters or brand ambassadors rather than general event staff, because the job is active approach rather than welcoming guests. Training is the deciding factor: a product that needs explaining deserves a one to two hour briefing before the event, covering the product and answers to the three most common questions. As a rule of thumb, staff a demo stand with two people so they can rotate, because continuous approaching drops in quality after about four hours. If you are capturing leads, decide in advance who records them and how, or you will end up with scraps of paper.
  → https://staffpont.hu/hu/events/termekbemutato (HU) · https://staffpont.hu/en/events/termekbemutato (EN)
- **Gala dinner** / Gálavacsora: Plated service: one waiter per 15-20 guests. Buffet: one per 30-40 guests. At a gala dinner, waiting headcount follows the service style. For plated, seated service, budget one waiter per fifteen to twenty guests so a table receives its course together. For buffet service, one per thirty to forty guests is enough. For a champagne reception you need one person per tray, and the first fifteen minutes are the heaviest. Add a cloakroom attendant and a welcome hostess, and above eight to ten waiters, an on-site team lead who keeps the rhythm between kitchen and room.
  → https://staffpont.hu/hu/events/gala-vacsora (HU) · https://staffpont.hu/en/events/gala-vacsora (EN)
- **Wedding** / Esküvő: Plated service: one waiter per 15-20 guests. Buffet: one per 30-40 guests. At a wedding, waiting headcount follows service style and guest count: one waiter per fifteen to twenty guests for tray or plated service, one per thirty to forty for a buffet. A wedding is longer than any other event, often ten to twelve hours, and the programme almost always slips, so size the shift for that rather than the timings on the invitation. Budget separately for the reception between ceremony and dinner, because everyone arrives at once, and for the second peak after the cake is cut.
  → https://staffpont.hu/hu/events/eskuvo (HU) · https://staffpont.hu/en/events/eskuvo (EN)
- **Company Christmas party** / Céges karácsony: Seated dinner: one per 15-20 guests. Standing reception or buffet: one per 30-40 guests. For a company Christmas party, waiting headcount turns on service style: one per fifteen to twenty guests for a seated dinner, one per thirty to forty for a buffet or standing reception. December is unlike the rest of the year, though: the second and third weeks are every event organiser's peak at once, so booking time matters more than anything else. Book in October and you can choose; look for staff two days out in December and you take what is left. Budget for a cloakroom too, because in winter it is both the first and the last bottleneck.
  → https://staffpont.hu/hu/events/ceges-karacsony (HU) · https://staffpont.hu/en/events/ceges-karacsony (EN)
- **Press conference** / Sajtótájékoztató: One accreditation host up to fifty journalists, plus one for wayfinding. A press conference needs few people, but precisely placed: an accreditation desk, wayfinding and support around the technical set-up. As a rule of thumb, one accreditation host handles up to fifty journalists, because press don't arrive together but spread across the half hour before the start. What sets this apart from other events is that the list is sensitive: someone not on it cannot simply be waved through, and someone on it cannot be kept waiting. Camera crews need separate handling, because they arrive earlier and need space reserved.
  → https://staffpont.hu/hu/events/sajtotajekoztato (HU) · https://staffpont.hu/en/events/sajtotajekoztato (EN)
- **Awards ceremony** / Díjátadó: Up to ten categories, one protocol hostess at the stage; above that, two. An awards ceremony needs a protocol hostess who brings the trophies to the stage in the right order and knows who is next. As a rule of thumb, one hostess can handle two to three categories if the trophies are heavy or numerous, so above ten categories it is worth placing two beside the stage. You also need seating support, because winners usually sit at the front and the order has to hold. The order of awards and the stage choreography are the two things that must be written down in advance, because live there is no time to discuss them.
  → https://staffpont.hu/hu/events/dijatado (HU) · https://staffpont.hu/en/events/dijatado (EN)
- **Festival** / Fesztivál: Two per gate for entry; for wristbanding, one person per 200 visitors of peak hourly footfall. Festival staffing is a shift problem rather than a headcount problem: a three-day festival isn't three days of work but six to nine shifts, and the same person cannot cover them all. As a rule of thumb, entry gates need two people per gate, and wristbanding needs one person per two hundred visitors of estimated peak hourly footfall. The critical point is the first two hours after gates open, when a large share of the day's traffic passes through. Under casual employment the statutory day limits also bind: the same worker may do at most five consecutive days in that form.
  → https://staffpont.hu/hu/events/fesztival (HU) · https://staffpont.hu/en/events/fesztival (EN)
- **Sporting event** / Sportrendezvény: Two per gate for entry, one per stand for wayfinding. Sporting event staffing is organised by stand: each needs entry and wayfinding staff, and the VIP box needs separate service. The load profile is sharp: most of the crowd arrives in the forty minutes before kick-off and wants to be out within five to ten minutes of the final whistle. So size entry for the peak and the exit for the closing moment, which is a separate headcount. As a rule of thumb, two people per gate for entry and one per stand for wayfinding, plus hospitality's own headcount for the VIP area.
  → https://staffpont.hu/hu/events/sportrendezveny (HU) · https://staffpont.hu/en/events/sportrendezveny (EN)
- **Concert** / Koncert: One cloakroom attendant per 200 guests when the event closes at once. Two per gate on entry. Concert work concentrates at three points: entry, cloakroom and bar. Entry peaks in the hour before the start, the bar during the interval and before the headliner, and the cloakroom peaks twice: scattered on arrival, all at once at the end. In winter the cloakroom is the biggest bottleneck, because the whole audience wants its coat within ten minutes. As a rule of thumb, one cloakroom attendant per two hundred guests when the event closes all at once. Add a strike shift, planned separately, because by then the day crew has worked its hours.
  → https://staffpont.hu/hu/events/koncert (HU) · https://staffpont.hu/en/events/koncert (EN)
- **Roadshow** / Roadshow: Two promoters per stop, plus a driver or loader to move the stand. For a roadshow the key decision is whether one crew travels or you hire locally in each city. If the product needs training, a travelling crew almost always pays for itself: you brief once, and by the third city the demo is faster and better. If the task is simple, local crews are cheaper because there's no travel or accommodation. As a rule of thumb, each stop needs two promoters plus a driver or loader, and it's worth allowing two to three hours for the changeover between cities. Travel time is working time, and that has to be settled up front.
  → https://staffpont.hu/hu/events/roadshow (HU) · https://staffpont.hu/en/events/roadshow (EN)
- **Store opening** / Boltnyitás: Two to four people on top of normal staff for launch day; typically half that from week two. A store opening needs two separate headcounts planned: launch day and the ramp-up weeks. On launch day, queue management, leafleting and a welcome at the door are what matter, because that's when footfall and photographs peak. As a rule of thumb, launch day needs two to four people on top of the store's own staff: one at the door, one or two on the queue and promotion, and one supporting inside. From week two headcount can usually halve, but it's worth keeping some support for another two to three weeks while the permanent team settles in.
  → https://staffpont.hu/hu/events/boltnyitas (HU) · https://staffpont.hu/en/events/boltnyitas (EN)
- **Exhibition and trade fair** / Kiállítás és vásár: Two at once on a 6-9 sqm stand; one more per additional 15 sqm. Exhibition stand staff should be planned in daily rotation, because fairs typically open for eight to ten hours and continuous approaching cannot hold its quality that long. As a rule of thumb, a six to nine square metre stand needs two people at once, with one more for every additional fifteen square metres. Lead capture is the critical point: decide in advance what you record and with what, because collecting business cards usually produces something unusable after the fair. On a multi-day fair, the day limits on casual employment also apply.
  → https://staffpont.hu/hu/events/kiallitas-vasar (HU) · https://staffpont.hu/en/events/kiallitas-vasar (EN)
- **Team building day** / Csapatépítő: One person per station, plus a coordinator. Catering is a separate headcount. Team building staff are organised by station: each one needs a person to explain the task, keep time and score it. As a rule of thumb, a five or six station programme needs five to six people plus a coordinator who moves the groups and holds the schedule. Catering is a separate headcount: if there's lunch or a standing reception, don't have station staff run it, because then the stations stop. The biggest mistake is underestimating the schedule: if one station overruns, the whole rotation slips and the last third of the programme gets cut.
  → https://staffpont.hu/hu/events/csapatepito (HU) · https://staffpont.hu/en/events/csapatepito (EN)
- **Open day** / Nyílt nap: One guide per 15-20 visitors; one or two on registration for the whole day. The load at an open day differs from an event: visitors don't arrive together but continuously through the day, and often you can't know how many in advance. So plan registration with a small crew but for the whole day, and run guided groups on fixed departure times rather than in order of arrival. As a rule of thumb, one guide can handle a group of fifteen to twenty, and one or two group departures an hour is sustainable. Registration needs one or two people across the day if there's no sharp peak.
  → https://staffpont.hu/hu/events/nyilt-nap (HU) · https://staffpont.hu/en/events/nyilt-nap (EN)
- **Charity evening** / Jótékonysági est: One waiter per 15-20 guests, plus one or two to run the auction. A charity evening is structured like a gala dinner with one extra element: the auction or bidding, which needs its own staff. Seated dinner needs one waiter per fifteen to twenty guests, plus one or two people on the auction handling bid sheets, lots and winners' details. Experience says the most common mistake is letting the bidding collide with dinner: if the auction runs during the main course, neither the food nor the bidding works. Separate the two in time, and make sure the crew knows the plan.
  → https://staffpont.hu/hu/events/jotekonysagi-est (HU) · https://staffpont.hu/en/events/jotekonysagi-est (EN)
- **VIP reception** / VIP fogadás: One welcome hostess per 10-15 VIP guests; for service, one waiter per 10 guests. A VIP reception needs few people but expects a lot: languages, knowledge of protocol and discretion matter more than heads per square metre. As a rule of thumb, one welcome hostess per ten to fifteen VIP guests, and for service one waiter per ten guests, because the expected standard is higher than at an ordinary reception. Language needs have to be known precisely in advance: it isn't enough that someone speaks English, they have to hold their own in a protocol situation. Drivers and discreet security are often part of the picture too.
  → https://staffpont.hu/hu/events/vip-fogadas (HU) · https://staffpont.hu/en/events/vip-fogadas (EN)

## Guides (answers with concrete numbers)

- **How much does a hostess cost in 2026?**: Hostesses in Hungary are billed at an hourly rate. If the agency is the employer, a fully managed rate in 2026 typically runs between 4,200 and 7,200 HUF per hour on an eight-hour day, depending on the task and the languages, with a four-hour minimum. If the client is the employer, only the coordination fee applies, 700 to 1,600 HUF per hour, and the client pays the wage directly (typically 1,800 to 3,400 HUF an hour) plus the 4,800 HUF daily EFO public charge, for a total of roughly 3,100 to 5,600 HUF an hour. The charge is a daily item, so a four-hour shift costs more per hour than an eight-hour one.
  → https://staffpont.hu/hu/guides/hostess-ar (HU) · https://staffpont.hu/en/guides/hostess-ar (EN)
- **How many waiters do you need for a wedding?**: For tray or plated service, plan one waiter per 15-20 guests; for a buffet, one per 30-40. A 120-guest plated wedding therefore usually needs 6-8 waiters plus 1-2 bar staff. If there's a cocktail hour, a drinks bar or a midnight course, add one or two extra people for the peaks.
  → https://staffpont.hu/hu/guides/hany-felszolgalo-eskuvore (HU) · https://staffpont.hu/en/guides/hany-felszolgalo-eskuvore (EN)
- **Hostess or promoter: which one do you need?**: A hostess welcomes, registers and escorts guests: a more passive, protocol-oriented role, usually at an event. A promoter actively approaches people, demonstrates a product and sells: campaign work, in-store or on the street. If your goal is guest experience, book a hostess; if your goal is units sold or leads captured, book a promoter.
  → https://staffpont.hu/hu/guides/hostess-vagy-promoter (HU) · https://staffpont.hu/en/guides/hostess-vagy-promoter (EN)
- **Event staffing checklist: what to arrange and when**: For a larger event, book staff 3-4 weeks ahead, send the brief no later than a week before, and have the team on site 60-90 minutes before doors. Urgent bookings can be staffed within 24 hours, but with less room to cast the right people.
  → https://staffpont.hu/hu/guides/rendezvenyszemelyzet-checklist (HU) · https://staffpont.hu/en/guides/rendezvenyszemelyzet-checklist (EN)
- **How to choose a staffing agency**: What separates a good staffing agency isn't the hourly rate, it's what happens when something goes wrong. Ask how they select people, who your on-site contact is, what the replacement procedure is, and what's inside the rate. Without clear answers to those, the hourly rate tells you very little.
  → https://staffpont.hu/hu/guides/szemelyzeti-ugynokseg-valasztas (HU) · https://staffpont.hu/en/guides/szemelyzeti-ugynokseg-valasztas (EN)
- **EFO or staff leasing: which should you choose?**: Simplified employment (EFO) is for genuinely occasional work: a single event, a few shifts. Its advantage is a fixed, low public charge, 4,800 HUF per worker per day in 2026, and below the tax-exempt threshold the worker owes no personal income tax. Its drawback is the day limits: at most 5 consecutive days, 15 days in a month and 120 days in a year with the same employer. For anything longer or continuous, staff leasing is the right form, though it is a licensed activity in Hungary. The practical rule is simple: if the work really is occasional, EFO; if it's a continuous labour need, leasing.
  → https://staffpont.hu/hu/guides/efo-vagy-kolcsonzes (HU) · https://staffpont.hu/en/guides/efo-vagy-kolcsonzes (EN)
- **How many staff do you need for an event?**: Staff headcount doesn't follow from guest numbers but from how the event is structured and where its load peaks. The most-used rules of thumb: at a conference, two registration staff per hundred attendees; at a seated dinner, one waiter per fifteen to twenty guests; at a buffet, one per thirty to forty; in the cloakroom, one per two hundred guests when the event closes together; and at a festival gate, two people per gate. The governing principle, though, is this: size for the peak, not the daily average. At a conference half the attendees arrive in the twenty minutes before the start; at a sporting event most of the crowd comes in the forty minutes before kick-off.
  → https://staffpont.hu/hu/guides/hany-fo-kell-rendezvenyre (HU) · https://staffpont.hu/en/guides/hany-fo-kell-rendezvenyre (EN)

## Locations

- **Budapest** (response within 24h): Budapest is our base, where our pool is widest and our response time shortest. → https://staffpont.hu/hu/locations/budapest
- **Debrecen** (response within 48h): A leading event market in eastern Hungary, where we work with a local team. → https://staffpont.hu/hu/locations/debrecen
- **Szeged** (response within 48h): A university city with a strong festival and conference season. → https://staffpont.hu/hu/locations/szeged
- **Győr** (response within 48h): A strong industrial base, plant visits and B2B events. → https://staffpont.hu/hu/locations/gyor
- **Pécs** (response within 48h): A cultural capital with a busy festival and conference life. → https://staffpont.hu/hu/locations/pecs
- **Miskolc** (response within 48h): An industrial and logistics hub with strong demand for support staff. → https://staffpont.hu/hu/locations/miskolc
- **Székesfehérvár** (response within 48h): An industrial centre close to Budapest, with a short travel time. → https://staffpont.hu/hu/locations/szekesfehervar
- **Kecskemét** (response within 48h): An automotive hub with strong support and logistics demand. → https://staffpont.hu/hu/locations/kecskemet
- **Nyíregyháza** (response within 72h): Eastern Hungary's second centre, with strong retail demand. → https://staffpont.hu/hu/locations/nyiregyhaza
- **Veszprém** (response within 72h): A cultural centre at the gateway to Balaton, with a busy festival season. → https://staffpont.hu/hu/locations/veszprem
- **Sopron** (response within 72h): On the Austrian border, with German-language demand and a wine-region season. → https://staffpont.hu/hu/locations/sopron
- **Eger** (response within 72h): A wine region and tourist destination with strong hospitality demand. → https://staffpont.hu/hu/locations/eger
- **Szombathely** (response within 72h): A western Hungarian industrial centre with Austrian connections. → https://staffpont.hu/hu/locations/szombathely
- **Siófok and Lake Balaton** (response within 72h): A concentrated summer season where capacity, not price, is the constraint. → https://staffpont.hu/hu/locations/siofok-balaton
- **Szolnok** (response within 72h): A logistics hub where support work dominates. → https://staffpont.hu/hu/locations/szolnok
- **Dunaújváros** (response within 72h): A heavy-industry city running continuous operations. → https://staffpont.hu/hu/locations/dunaujvaros
- **Tatabánya** (response within 48h): An industrial park between the capital and Győr, quickly reachable. → https://staffpont.hu/hu/locations/tatabanya
- **Zalaegerszeg** (response within 72h): A western Transdanubian industrial centre with an automotive base. → https://staffpont.hu/hu/locations/zalaegerszeg
- **Békéscsaba** (response within 72h): A south-eastern centre with a food industry base. → https://staffpont.hu/hu/locations/bekescsaba
- **Kaposvár** (response within 72h): A Somogy county centre with cultural life and Balaton connections. → https://staffpont.hu/hu/locations/kaposvar

## Industries served

- **FMCG and retail**: Fast-moving products, dense campaign calendars, a nationwide network. → https://staffpont.hu/hu/industries/fmcg-retail
- **Tech and conferences**: High attendance, a narrow arrival window, an international audience. → https://staffpont.hu/hu/industries/tech-conferences
- **Automotive and industry**: A professional audience, German language, large stands and heavy logistics. → https://staffpont.hu/hu/industries/automotive-industrial
- **Hospitality and catering**: Seasonal peaks, weekend surges, sudden absences. → https://staffpont.hu/hu/industries/hospitality-catering
- **Pharma and healthcare**: Strict rules, a professional audience, high expectations on precision. → https://staffpont.hu/hu/industries/pharma-healthcare
- **Culture and festivals**: Big crowds, several days, multiple shifts, unpredictable weather. → https://staffpont.hu/hu/industries/culture-festivals

## Recent articles

- **Christmas peak: how to plan temporary headcount** (2026-09-15): The retail peak isn't December: it starts on Black Friday and runs to New Year, six weeks in all. The most common mistake is planning headcount for the week before Christmas, when the load begins far earlier.
  → https://staffpont.hu/hu/news/karacsonyi-szezon-kisegito
- **Student work at events: what both sides should know** (2026-08-25): A large share of event staff work alongside university or a full-time job. That isn't a weakness, it's what makes the industry flexible, provided both sides know what to expect.
  → https://staffpont.hu/hu/news/diakmunka-rendezvenyen
- **The brief that measurably improves your crew** (2026-05-05): The same crew performs completely differently at two events, and the difference is usually not the people but what they knew in advance. The brief is the cheapest quality lever a client holds.
  → https://staffpont.hu/hu/news/brief-amitol-jobb-lesz-a-csapat
- **Festival season 2026: when to book your crew** (2026-03-10): For summer festivals the good crews are gone by March. If you're staffing a July event, don't leave it past May: that's the last point where you can cast the team rather than take whoever is free.
  → https://staffpont.hu/hu/news/fesztivalszezon-2026
- **Why your stand isn't producing leads, and what to do** (2026-02-18): Most of an exhibition budget goes on space and build, but the return comes from the number of conversations that happen on the stand. Everything hinges on that, and it's the cheapest line item.
  → https://staffpont.hu/hu/news/kiallitasi-stand-lead-generalas
- **What drives event staffing prices in 2026** (2026-01-20): Three things move staffing rates: wage levels and payroll taxes, seasonal demand, and how rare the skills you ask for are. You can't change the first two. You can change the third.
  → https://staffpont.hu/hu/news/mennyibe-kerul-rendezvenyszemelyzet-2026

## Glossary (definitions)

- **Hostess**: A hostess is event staff who welcomes, registers and escorts guests, typically at conferences, exhibitions or galas.
- **Promoter**: A promoter actively approaches shoppers, demonstrates a product and sells, typically in-store, on the street or at festivals.
- **Sampling**: Sampling is a promotion where shoppers receive a free sample or taste of a product at the point of sale.
- **In-store promotion**: In-store promotion is sales-support activity inside a shop: tastings, product demos or a featured display staffed by people.
- **Roadshow**: A roadshow is a promotional or demo series run in several cities in sequence, with the same concept and often the same team.
- **Exhibition**: An exhibition is an event where companies present their products on stands to a trade or public audience.
- **Stand**: A stand is the space a company rents at an exhibition to present products and meet visitors.
- **Booth staff**: Booth staff are the team working an exhibition stand, approaching visitors, demonstrating the product and capturing leads.
- **Lead**: A lead is an interested contact who has shared their details, so sales can follow up after the event.
- **B2B event**: A B2B event is a business-to-business occasion where attendees are professional decision-makers rather than consumers.
- **Protocol**: Protocol is the set of formal and courtesy rules at an event: greetings, seating order, forms of address and the precedence of guests.
- **VIP escorting**: VIP escorting means personally receiving key guests and accompanying them from arrival to departure.
- **Registration desk**: The registration desk is the point at an event entrance where attendees check in and collect their badge or pass.
- **Entry control**: Entry control is verifying that arrivals are entitled to attend, by ticket, wristband, invitation or accreditation.
- **Security staff**: Security staff are responsible for order and asset protection at an event, through entry control, crowd management and surveillance.
- **Crowd management**: Crowd management is planning and directing the movement of large audiences so that congestion or danger never develops.
- **Festival**: A festival is a multi-day, high-attendance cultural or music event, typically outdoors.
- **Wristband**: A wristband is a wearable pass used at multi-day events, proving entitlement without showing a ticket at every entry.
- **Brief**: A brief is the document or session that gives staff the task, programme, positions and dress code before an event.
- **Team lead**: A team lead is responsible for the staff on site: assigning positions, managing rotations and staying in contact with the client.
- **Coordinator**: A coordinator owns the booking on the agency side: assembling the team, passing on the brief and handling drop-outs.
- **Dress code**: A dress code is the clothing requirement event staff must follow: smart black, a branded uniform or themed outfits.
- **Hourly rate**: The hourly rate is the price per person per hour, driven by the task, languages, headcount and timing.
- **Minimum hours**: Minimum hours is the shortest period staff can be billed for, typically four hours.
- **Surcharge**: A surcharge is an amount on top of the base rate for weekend, holiday or night work, or for rare languages.
- **Replacement guarantee**: A replacement guarantee means that if someone drops out through illness or cancellation, the agency sends a substitute within hours.
- **Staff leasing**: Staff leasing is an employment model where the worker is employed by the agency but performs work at the client's site.
- **Casual work**: Casual work is a short, few-day employment form, governed in Hungary by the rules on simplified employment.
- **EFO public charge**: The EFO public charge is the daily amount an employer pays per worker under simplified employment: 4,800 HUF for casual work in 2026.
- **Catering**: Catering is food service delivered to and served at an event venue, including venues with no kitchen of their own.
- **Waiter**: A waiter serves guests: bringing food and drinks, laying and clearing tables, and keeping the guest area in order.
- **Tray service**: In tray service staff circulate among standing guests offering food or drinks from a tray.
- **Gala**: A gala is a formal, often protocol-driven event with dinner, a programme and elevated hospitality.
- **EFO registration**: EFO registration is the mandatory administrative step of simplified employment, filed with the tax authority before work begins.
- **Tax-exempt daily threshold**: The tax-exempt daily threshold is the level of daily pay below which a simplified-employment worker owes no personal income tax.
- **Statutory day limits**: Casual work carries day limits: at most 5 consecutive days, 15 days in a month and 120 days in a year with the same employer.
- **Minimum wage**: The minimum wage is the statutory lowest pay, 322,800 HUF a month in 2026, and the figure the simplified-employment public charge is pegged to.
- **Guaranteed wage minimum**: The guaranteed wage minimum is the higher statutory pay floor that applies to roles requiring a qualification.
- **Plated service**: Plated service is the style in which every guest receives a pre-plated course at their seat.
- **Buffet service**: With buffet service guests help themselves from set tables, and staff focus on replenishing and clearing.
- **Seating plan**: The seating plan allocates guests to tables and seats, and is the base document of any seated event.
- **Accreditation**: Accreditation is the process by which a participant or journalist receives credentials and access from a pre-approved list.
- **Protocol hostess**: A protocol hostess knows the order of address and reception, and works to a set choreography at awards ceremonies or VIP receptions.
- **Lead capture**: Lead capture is recording prospects' details at an event, with predetermined questions, so the conversation can continue afterwards.
- **Shift**: A shift is the continuous block of working time staff are booked for, aligned to the event's load peaks.
- **Overtime**: Overtime is time worked beyond the booked shift, billed at the hourly rate for the hours actually worked.
- **Venue walk-through**: A venue walk-through is a pre-event site visit where the crew learns the routes, access rules and safety requirements.
- **Cloakroom**: The cloakroom holds guests' coats and bags, and in winter it is an event's first and last bottleneck.
- **Information desk**: The information desk is an event's central point of guidance, handling the programme, lost property and lost people.
- **Stand build and strike**: Stand build and strike are the assembly and post-event dismantling of an exhibition stand, which fairs allow only in fixed windows.
- **Offsite**: An offsite is a working day or team programme held away from the company's own premises, usually spanning several locations and a meal.
- **Event security**: Event security covers an event's safety duties and is a licensed activity in Hungary.

## Pricing (2026, published)

All figures are net HUF per person per hour on an eight-hour day, minimum
4 billable hours. There are two tracks, and the price depends on who
employs the worker.

**Fully managed** — Staffpont is the employer. One hourly rate covers the wage,
the public charge, payroll and admin; the client gets one VAT invoice. Range
across packages: 4200-7200 HUF/hour.

**Coordination only** — the client is the employer. The client registers and
pays the worker and pays the daily public charge; Staffpont charges a
coordination fee of 700-1600 HUF/hour for
sourcing, vetting, briefing, scheduling and replacement. This works out roughly
23-24% cheaper overall, in exchange for the client carrying employer liability,
payroll and the duty to track statutory day limits.

- **Essential** (Registration, wayfinding, cloakroom, support work): fully managed 4200-5200 HUF/hour; coordination fee 700-1100 HUF/hour plus a worker wage of 1800-2200 HUF/hour paid by the client
- **Professional** (Conferences, galas, exhibitions, brand campaigns): fully managed 5400-7200 HUF/hour; coordination fee 1100-1600 HUF/hour plus a worker wage of 2400-3400 HUF/hour paid by the client
- **Partner** (Bars, caterers, event agencies): fully managed 4800-6100 HUF/hour; coordination fee 800-1200 HUF/hour plus a worker wage of 2200-2900 HUF/hour paid by the client

### The EFO public charge

Event and hostess work is *alkalmi munka* (casual work) under Hungary's
simplified employment rules. In 2026 the employer pays a flat
4800 HUF per worker per DAY. It is not hourly and does
not shrink with a shorter shift, so the cost per hour rises on short shifts:
1200 HUF/hour over four hours, 600 over
eight, 400 over twelve. Other categories differ:
2400 HUF/day for tourism and agricultural
seasonal work and 9700 HUF/day for film extras.
The amount is pegged to the minimum wage (322800 HUF/month
in 2026) and changes every January.

Statutory limits on casual work, per worker per employer:
5 consecutive calendar days,
15 days per month,
120 days per calendar year (raised from 90 on
1 January 2026).

### How the rates were derived

Worker wage + public charge spread over the shift + coordination + a 5% risk
buffer, divided by one minus the target margin (30%
managed, 40% on the coordination fee).
Surcharges: weekend +20%, public holiday +75%, night +30% (these land in the
worker's wage), urgent within 24h +25%, rare language +15%, outside Budapest
+10% (these land in the fee). Volume discounts: -5% from 6 people, -8% from 11,
-12% from 21; -7% for multi-day with the same crew. Cancellation: free more than
72 hours ahead, 50% between 24 and 72 hours, 100% within 24 hours.
Full detail and a calculator: https://staffpont.hu/hu/pricing

## Facts

- Base: Budapest, Hungary; nationwide coverage
- Vetting: application → interview → trial shift → score after every job
- Languages: Hungarian and English as standard; other languages on request
- Coverage: Budapest, Debrecen, Szeged, Győr, Pécs, Miskolc, Székesfehérvár, Lake Balaton; regionally Vienna and Bratislava
- Minimum order: none, from a single shift to a months-long placement
- Billing: hourly rates with a VAT invoice; two tracks depending on who employs the worker; discounted packages for ongoing partners
- Guarantees: 24-hour quote, replacement within hours if someone drops out, a dedicated coordinator, a pre-briefed team
- Works with: event organisers, brands and agencies, exhibition booths, bars and restaurants, catering companies, festivals, retail chains, logistics companies

## Common questions

- How fast can Staffpont staff an event? Within 24 hours in urgent cases; 3-5 days is comfortable for larger headcounts.
- Is there a minimum order? No, a single shift is fine.
- What is the difference between a hostess and a promoter? A hostess welcomes, registers and guides guests at an event; a promoter actively approaches people to sample, demonstrate and sell.
- How many hostesses are needed? Roughly one per 100 guests at registration.
- How many waiters for a wedding? Roughly one per 15-20 guests for tray service, one per 30-40 for a buffet.
- Does Staffpont work outside Budapest? Yes, nationwide, plus Vienna and Bratislava.
- How much does event staff cost? Fully managed, 4200-7200 HUF per person per hour on an eight-hour day, minimum 4 hours. If the client employs the worker, Staffpont charges only a 700-1600 HUF/hour coordination fee and the client pays the wage and the daily public charge.
- Is the EFO public charge hourly? No. It is 4800 HUF per worker per day for casual work, flat. A four-hour shift costs the same as an eight-hour one, so per hour it is 1200 HUF versus 600 HUF.
- Who pays the public charge? Staffpont on the fully managed track; the client on the coordination track.

## Contact

- Email: hello@staffpont.hu
- Phone: +36 30 123 4567
- Hungarian site: https://staffpont.hu/hu
- English site: https://staffpont.hu/en

## Pages

- Home (HU): https://staffpont.hu/hu
- Home (EN): https://staffpont.hu/en
- Services overview: https://staffpont.hu/hu/services
- About and vetting process: https://staffpont.hu/hu/about
- Careers / jobs: https://staffpont.hu/hu/careers
- Contact and quotes: https://staffpont.hu/hu/contact
- Guides index: https://staffpont.hu/hu/guides
- Glossary: https://staffpont.hu/hu/glossary
- Industries: https://staffpont.hu/hu/industries
- News: https://staffpont.hu/hu/news
- Pricing: https://staffpont.hu/hu/pricing
- Full content for LLMs: https://staffpont.hu/llms-full.txt