The short answer: four options
For a crew staying several weeks in the Monterrey metro area there are four realistic options: hotel rooms, a whole furnished house or apartment, a direct lease, or rooms and guest houses. Each one fits a different project profile well.
The decision is rarely about price alone. It depends on crew size, whether everyone leaves at the same hour, how long the project runs, and whether the company needs a tax invoice for the stay.
Hotel rooms
Hotels work better than people admit in two cases: large crews on a single rigid departure time, and projects where the company requires daily housekeeping or 24-hour reception as a standard.
The limits on long stays are well known: cost scales with every person, there is no kitchen to bring food spend down, and the crew ends up spread across floors, which slows daily coordination.
A whole furnished house or apartment
This is what we operate, so it is worth being precise about where it fits. It works when the crew is four or five people, when the stay is measured in weeks or months, when cooking and doing laundry on site is realistic, and when the team arrives in several vehicles.
Our house has 3 bedrooms, 5 beds, and room for up to 7 guests, with 1 full bathroom, a full kitchen, a washer, WiFi, TV, free parking, and self check-in. That single bathroom belongs on the table before deciding: for four or five people whose mornings can be staggered it works well; for a large crew that all needs to shower inside the same half hour, we do not recommend it.
A direct lease
For multi-month projects, an annual lease can be more efficient per month. The real cost is the process: a guarantor or a rental policy, a deposit, and paperwork that rarely closes in days.
It also arrives empty. Furnishing it, connecting utilities, and equipping a kitchen for a crew is a project in itself, and at the end of the lease it all has to be undone. For a project-length stay, that work is rarely justified.
Rooms and guest houses
This is the cheapest option per person, which is why it is common on job sites. In exchange, the crew usually ends up split, invoicing is irregular, and quality varies widely between one option and the next.
If the company needs a tax invoice for the stay, this is usually the route that creates the most trouble at project close. Confirm invoicing before booking, not after.
How to choose in practice
Three questions settle most cases. How many people, and what are the departure times? How many weeks, and how firm are the dates? Does the company need an invoice?
If the answer is four or five people, several weeks, staggerable mornings, and yes to invoicing, a whole house is usually right. If it is a large crew on one fixed schedule, a hotel will serve better — and we say so plainly.