For those of us in the Duke Triathlon in September, we are looking to block some rooms. Kinnie, Michael & Ursula and my family are interested. It is about a 10 to 15 dollar savings if we can get 10 rooms as a minimum. An FYI - it is 80 miles to the start point from Rocky Mount. It took me an hour and 40 minutes to get there with no traffic. See times for packet pick up etc below. Please let me know your thoughts.These hotels are about 16 miles from the start and 9 miles from InsideOut Sports (for Saturday registration). All of these are close together on Williams St/US1 in Apex and there are restaurants nearby. Remember - everyone has to pick up their own packet, ID and USTA card (if you are a member) required. Packet pick up is at Inside Out Sports on Saturday from 12 noon to 6 PM and at the race site on Sunday from 5AM to 6AM. In something that is a bit odd to me, there is an orientation meeting at the event site at 6PM on Saturday - why they are not having it at Inside Out sports along with packet pick up is beyond me. This is not mandatory, but recommended. There are no instructions on the race morning. The race starts at 7AM.
Holiday Inn Express: 1006 Marco Lane : has 5 Queen Doubles, 10 Kings and 8 King Execs (you get a sofa) and we could get them at $73 (reg. $84.99).- Days Inn:1400 E Williams St : 10 room minimum (and I had a great deal of trouble understanding everything he said) but I think they have plenty of rooms at this point. $56.99
- Comfort Inn: 1411 E Williams St : 20 queen doubles and 20 kings currently available. $71.
For folks new to the triathalon thing, we found the info meeting quite helpful. It will also be helpful to visit the transition area as it may be a bit overwhelming on race morning. Just a thought.
ReplyDeleteDuke Tri Hotel Rooms - Lavely needs a place to bed down.
ReplyDeleteI will take a room as well!
ReplyDeleteRyan
By my count we are at 5 rooms so far. Did anyone have a preference between the hotels available?
ReplyDeleteCount me in as well.
ReplyDeleteEric I will send an email this week to all Tri people. That should help to nail this down.
ReplyDeleteThanks Michael.
ReplyDeleteI vote for the Holiday Inn Express. Looks clean, and has good reviews on tripadvisor.com.
ReplyDeleteI did check the rates on the Holiday Inn site, and they appear to be pretty much the same as the group rate ($74.99). So if we did not want to deal with getting a block, we could probably just book online for two bucks more.
My main concern is getting a non smoking room.
I like Holiday Inn Express also.
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