Castle vs Ranch
Two ways to run a company offsite, side by side — group size, budget, where each concentrates, and the estates worth booking.
Plan a RetreatCastle
Heritage grandeur — turrets, great halls, and a sense of occasion.
- Venues
- 21 exclusive-buyout estates
- Typical group
- 2–450 guests
- Indicative budget
- $500–$950 pp/night
- Concentrated in
- British Isles · Mediterranean Europe · Northeastern United States
- Best for
- leadership, celebration, strategy
Ranch
Wide-open working land — riding, fire pits, and rugged bonding.
- Venues
- 16 exclusive-buyout estates
- Typical group
- 30–500 guests
- Indicative budget
- $600–$1,100 pp/night
- Concentrated in
- Mountain United States · Western United States · Caribbean & Latin America
- Best for
- team building, leadership, celebration
Dromoland Castle
A 16th-century baronial castle on a 450-acre estate with a walled garden, championship golf and a purpose-built Brian Ború Hall that swallows a 450-person conference under 30-foot ceilings. The mix of state rooms for board-level sessions and a full estate for team activity is why companies take it whole.
OHEKA CASTLE Hotel & Estate
Adare Manor
A neo-Gothic manor on an 840-acre estate whose golf course hosts the 2027 Ryder Cup, paired with a 499-square-metre Grand Ballroom seating 350. It runs board sessions in the oak-panelled library and awards nights in the ballroom without the group ever leaving the grounds.
Devil's Thumb Ranch Resort & Spa
A 6,500-acre Rocky Mountain ranch near Winter Park with 20,000 square feet of barn and lodge meeting space that handles groups up to 500. Cabins and lodge rooms sit across the valley; days run to horseback, fly-fishing on the Fraser and Nordic trails in winter.
The Resort at Paws Up
A 37,000-acre Montana ranch on the Blackfoot River that invented luxury 'glamping.' Tented camps, homes, and a tented pavilion host hundreds without ever feeling like a hotel.
Rancho de los Caballeros
An 18,000-acre Sonoran Desert guest ranch north of Phoenix with 79 casitas, its own championship golf course and 12,500 square feet of meeting space. It runs corporate groups of 100-plus, pairing boardroom mornings with trail rides, clay shooting and desert cookouts.