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Re: Hotels

mirriam71 — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 15:37:08 GMT

I would also suggest the Marriot at the Dunn Loring metro. I live in Dunn Loring so I may just stay home - why wouldn't I? Well, I've got 14 month old twin boys who think its great fun to get up in the middle of the night the night before a long training run, so I don't know why the night before the actual marathon would be any different!

The hotel is a 30 second walk from the metro, and its the Orange line which will take you to Rosslyn. You then get on the blue line to the Pentagon. It's about a 30 minute trip, but the metro opens at 5 am. http://www.wmata.com/tripplanner_d/tripplanner.cfm.

Mirriam

Re: Hotels

jthornbuckle — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 15:36:06 GMT

Here is a link to the hotel.

http://www.ichotelsgroup.com/h/d/hi/1/en/hotel/axehd?rpb=hotel&crUrl=/h/d/hi/1/en/availsearch&ias=y

I had purchased a room for myself and 1 for my girlfriend who will no longer be able to make the trip. When you book with priceline the room is non refundable therefore I am stuck with them. It looks like the hotel is charging $229 per night for the rooms I paid $85 per night and would just like to get my money back...so that would be $170 to you. I can accept pay pal an just have them move the room reservation to your name if that works for you.

Re: Hotels

wonwood — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 14:35:56 GMT

I am staying at the Marriott Dunn Loring. As of last week they still had rooms. I believe it is a little further from the start then some of the other hotels but it was $119 a night and it was directly across the street from a Metro station. I got scared by some of the messages of people waiting hours trying to get back to Crystal City so I choose to go the other direction and a little furher out.

Wood

Re: Hotels

lenzlaw — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 14:20:41 GMT

Can't offer more than that. I can't imagine you'd find anything close to the start / finish. Just make sure the hotel really is close to the Metro. A lot of them say they are but it turns out to be a mile away. Many also have shuttles to and from Metro but they may not start early enough for the marathon.

Re: Hotels

cplmtz0121 — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 13:46:17 GMT

Probably nothing this late in the game. But it's DC, we stayed all the way in Springfield and had no problem at all getting around using public transportation.

Hotels

Native Floridian — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 13:45:02 GMT

Can anyone recommend any hotels that are ok to stay in for the MCM? Need something within walking distance to the metro!:D