Geysir - Gullfoss Special
24 August 2023
The Riding
The Accommodation
Do you have any comments about the accommodation and food?
Accommodation so much more basic than believed it was going to be. 2 showers between 21 people wasn't ideal at the second place.
Food not as expected either. The brochure stated to try local food, salmon, lamb and variety of cheeses. We basically had rice, potato salad and a basic meat. Alcohol only available to purchase after we requested it on day 3 and they went to a shop to get some once realising it wasn't available at all
Very long gaps between meals and late breakfasts meant a lot of time sitting and waiting as nothing else to do at the places we stayed. Even some board games would have solved this
The girls worked so hard though and couldn't fault them at all
[Becky from In The Saddle replies: Thank you very much for your feedback. Some of the accommodation in Iceland can be very basic and most guesthouses have few ablutions to share amongst the group. I will absolutely look at altering the information to make this clearer. Alcohol is very expensive and not available on the ride and so we suggest purchasing some at duty free or at a supermarket before the ride starts. On the Icelandic trips, there can be very long gaps between meals and so it's recommended that you make additional sandwiches at breakfast to have as a snack during the day. I'd be happy to pass the comments back to the ride operator regarding the food and I apologise if it wasn't as expected.]
Before Your Holiday
Did you have all of the information you needed to:
How could we improve the quality of pre-holiday information that we send?
It could have been a bit more realistic as we were expecting a little different to what we found.
[Becky from In The Saddle replies: Thank you very much for your comments and we will absolutey look at making the information in the itinerary clearer.]
Do you have any other feedback for us?
Spot on and no issues
Michelle who has been on 2 In The Saddle rides. Fantastic horses and people but be prepared for basic | So different to what used to but got in to it eventually. Great variety of routes although a lot were road side but I guess nothing can be done about that to get to where we needed to get to