Horsey Holidays

With my hopeless sense of direction, I would appreciate being lent a map of the suggested routes with rough timings, perhaps you could laminate them so that they last.

As others have said, biosecurity - if you have multiple groups staying it would be good to paddock/stable their horses separately. I think for short stays you don't need massive paddocks, I'd be happy with my horse in quite a small area just to stretch their legs when they weren't being ridden, and at night.

If you have good instructors nearby (especially someone with a familiar name) and a decent arena, you could organise overnight training camps (and get get more people in if they are happy to sleep in their lorries).
 
We have been on a riding holiday in the Peak District which was lovely, - the things that we liked have mostly been mentioned, but in case there is anything new:

Bedding and hay/haylage provided
Mucking out tools provided
Enough parking for lorries etc.
Turnout in pens of varying sizes
Tack room space etc.
Routecards for taking riding with sights to see on the way, including pubs that will provide water for horses and bring you food/drinks outside etc. as well as hints and tips for rides...length, amount of hillwork, how challenging the ground/terrain is etc. Also be really honest about any roadwork - there is a riding 'trail' near here that when you look at it in detail is about 1/3 on roads, that are not quiet country lanes. Some people will want to be sure of no roads at all, or short amount of quiet road etc.
Either catered breakfast, or easy to get to shops etc. A welcome package of bread/butter/milk/eggs etc. would be really nice if not catered. Evening meal recommendations for pubs etc.
 
If you get the OS maps app you can plot routes on them and then share them with other users. The other users can then view their journey against that route so they always know where they are on the route and will never get lost!
 
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