Paul,
Sounds like a good idea, but Edd (Copperman)'s recent experience on here has mirrored mine; organising such a thing is a nightmare!
The usual procedure seem to be as follows:
1 - Decide upon suitable dates for you
2 - Set up poll on doodle (http://www.doodle.com/)
3 - Tell everyone on here about the doodle poll and ask people to fill it in
4 - Everyone lists their available dates on here and doesn't fill in the doodle poll
5 - Someone tells everyone to stop mucking around and fill in the doodle poll
6 - Most people fill in the doodle poll (eventually)
7 - The date draws near and people drop out one by one
8 - You get fed up and (understandably) cancel the event, going with your mate/wife/girlfriend/mum instead
[&:]
All the best in trying to set it up ... when were you thinking of and where would you stay?
Oli.