Jeff was brilliant. We had some issues with my wife's plane ticket when we were leaving for Ushuaia, and he remained cool and calm the entire time while he worked with the airline to make sure that she had a seat on the plane. Thanks Jeff!!
Overall, this was an exceptional experience! Thanks to all for the incredible efforts and organization. The RunningFit team were helpful, supportive, very professional - the associated events were outstanding, Celebration Dinner, Pasta Dinner, Welcome Dinner. Love to do it again!
The Marine Corps Marathon is 26.2 miles of one emotional wave after another, with all the monuments and memorials. The Blue Mile is almost overwhelming. Great course support by the Marines and the sense of pride upon completion is like no other. A must do for every marathoner!
The MCM was a great experience. As an Army veteran, I was proud to participate in a race organized and managed so well by active duty military, the Marines. The race was challenging, fun, and meaningful. We'll be back in DC to run the MCM again in 2017.
The hotel was very nice, and super convenient! Walking distance to the marathon start as well as close to the Metro, the bus line to Georgetown, and several restaurants. I would definitely recommend it as a place to stay for MCM.
Familiar with this top notch hotel and I am glad Marathon Tours picked it to house their runners. Within close proximity from the finish line, and metro stops, and most importantly, a bridge away from my favorite place to get sweets (Georgetown Cupcakes).
By far the best organized US marathon experience and the Blue Mile, honoring all the fallen heroes of this great nation. This portion of the marathon was so moving that I cried looking at all the pictures.
I just wanted to express my thanks to you and your entire group for an incredible weekend. I mistakenly assumed your package would simply ease my burden of a hotel room and transportation; however, it was so much more. The talks by Kathrine and Roger did so much for me and my nerves the night before my first Boston Marathon. Their talks and books with continue to inspire my passion for running. The friends I made at the dinner and my entire experience were enhanced by your hard work.
Thank you for all of your hard work that led to a wonderful Boston experience for us. The hotel room was perfect. The dinner and the talks from Kathryn and Roger were wonderful and inspiring. Also the bus transfer situation was just fine, with no problems whatsoever!
I enjoyed meeting like-minded destination marathoners from all parts of the world. I thought I would be grouped with only people from the U.S. like myself, but meeting runners from around the world was awesome!
Amazing landscape and supportive and enthusiastic it's very well run. Old Camp is pretty low-end lodging, but there isn't anything the race organizers can do about that. I was delighted that I was able to switch to the hotel on the second day. All in all, this is a fantastic race and experience. Bravo! staff, very knowledgeable
What did I like best? Being with family, meeting people from different areas of the country and being able to see Ireland, be educated about it's history & traveling thru Galway, County Clare/Burren region, saw a little bit of everything, it was the trip of a lifetime for me!
The Dublin Marathon experience through Marathon Tours proved to be the friendliest running event; great balance of running, site-seeing, and culture!
The guaranteed entry. This is my third time doing NYC, and I would NOT have done it this time if it weren't for the Marathon Tours entry and tour package.
While I usually travel on my own, the special nature of travel to Cuba made going with a group make sense. I looked at Insight Cuba, since they have more overall experience with Cuba travel, but your information showed a clear advantage for a running-specific trip.
Overall, an excellent experience - and we strongly recommend booking a post-race balloon ride (well in advance).
Thank you for such a quick response. I appreciate the great customer service you always provide.
This is my third trip with Marathon Tours and each one has been better than the next and the first one was awesome! Thank you so much for your personal touch and your dedication to making these trips fabulous!! I especially appreciate your effort in acknowledging the World Marathon Majors Finishers. It was a special race for me in that regards and the effort you put forth to celebrate with me and my family was very much appreciated. Marathon Tours rocks!! Nicole is awesome and I believe Jacqui has talked me into the Maasai marathon next summer - 7 continents here I come! Great company, great people!
The support before and during the Berlin trip, from the greeting in the hotel. The cocktail hour on the Thursday, the bus tour and the greeting at the hotel after the marathon with beer, Gatorade and bath salts were great. The post marathon social event was great too.
This was my first experience with Marathon Tours & Travel. My wife and I hesitated to sign up for this based on the expense, relative to the cost of getting a hotel and lining up some wine tours ourselves (we were fortunate to have successfully registered for the race). But the "extras" provided that wouldn't come from our do-it-yourself trip were immeasurable -- priceless, as the commercial says. I look forward to our next trip with Marathon Tours & Travel. The benefits of this trip are too long to list but the big ones were: * The virtual elimination of the countless hassles and stresses normally associated with traveling, with planning a trip and with participating in a race (where's the pre-race bathroom?) * Meeting a great group of interesting people, all with a good balance of interest in running and having a good time. * Each aspect of the agenda was well thought out and each venue was perfect to provide a wonderful experience in a way no do-it-yourselfer could come close to replicating. * Outstanding hosts. * Providing race registration. I actually didn't need this but this was a benefit that I didn't appreciate and I think is undersold on the group's website.
