TarHeelMom
Cathlete
Hi Trippers!
Welcome, and for you repeaters, welcome back! In the months to come we'll be releasing tons of info for you folks, so please be sure to visit the Road Trip forum FREQUENTLY to ensure that you're up to date. It's our job to help make your 2009 Cathe RT experience the most smoothly-run, eye-popping, wow-inducing, memory-making weekend ever.
First, a suggestion from us: PRINT THIS POST AND ALL OF OUR OTHER IMPORTANT INFO POSTS TO COME, and put them into a Cathe Road Trip folder or ring-binder. We've found that a 1/2" to 1" binder is plenty roomy. You'll be glad later that you've kept all this RT stuff together and organized!
Now, we do have one IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT that may affect your transportation plans.
Cathe usually teaches a class at her gym on Friday mornings, and in years past many Road Trippers have come to town early in order to attend that class. This year, for a variety of reasons Cathe is not going to be able to teach a Friday morning class on Friday, July 31st.
What does this mean for you?
The Road Trip and your fun time with Cathe will officially late Friday afternoon (the official time to be announced soon). So:
(1) If you've already booked your transportation plans and will be in town early: Registered Road Trippers who arrive in town early are welcome to use Cathe's gym free of charge on Friday prior to the start of the Road Trip events. It's awesome, and there are many classes and equipment that you will enjoy. For more info, see http://www.hugeclub.com.
(2) If you have NOT already made your transportation plans, try to schedule your drive/plane/train so that you arrive at our hotels in time to catch the Cathe Bus to the gym for the opening Road Trip events. There will be ONE BUS RUN TO CATHE'S GYM (two buses, but making only one trip). The buses will depart from the front of the Fairfield Inn at approximately 3:30 or 3:45 on Friday, July 31st (exact time to be announced soon). For those of you staying at the Residence Inn, our "sister" hotels sit side-by-side and you'll just need to walk across the parking lot to catch the bus.
For your planning purposes, we'd say that from the time your plane/train arrives, you should allow 90 minutes (we're deliberately being slightly conservative with this timing, but you should be too!) for getting your luggage, picking up your transportation and getting to the hotels. Keep in mind that the later you arrive, the more you risk running into summertime afternoon thunderstorm-related landing delays as well as Philadelphia-area rush hour and going-to-the-shore-for-the-weekend increased traffic.
If you're not renting a car, once again we do recommend using Rapid Rover transport, available from the Philadelphia Airport and from the Philadelphia 30th Street Amtrak Station. We'll soon be posting this year's info about their rates.
A final note: We know that stuff happens and that some of you may end up involuntarily coming in too late to catch the Cathe Bus. If that happens, don't panic. Just have your transportation service bring you directly to the gym. We will have secured storage available for your luggage, and you can carry your luggage on the Cathe Bus when you return to the hotels on Friday night.
That's it for now. Post with questions and we'll be glad to try to help! See you soon!
Welcome, and for you repeaters, welcome back! In the months to come we'll be releasing tons of info for you folks, so please be sure to visit the Road Trip forum FREQUENTLY to ensure that you're up to date. It's our job to help make your 2009 Cathe RT experience the most smoothly-run, eye-popping, wow-inducing, memory-making weekend ever.
First, a suggestion from us: PRINT THIS POST AND ALL OF OUR OTHER IMPORTANT INFO POSTS TO COME, and put them into a Cathe Road Trip folder or ring-binder. We've found that a 1/2" to 1" binder is plenty roomy. You'll be glad later that you've kept all this RT stuff together and organized!
Now, we do have one IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT that may affect your transportation plans.
Cathe usually teaches a class at her gym on Friday mornings, and in years past many Road Trippers have come to town early in order to attend that class. This year, for a variety of reasons Cathe is not going to be able to teach a Friday morning class on Friday, July 31st.
What does this mean for you?
The Road Trip and your fun time with Cathe will officially late Friday afternoon (the official time to be announced soon). So:
(1) If you've already booked your transportation plans and will be in town early: Registered Road Trippers who arrive in town early are welcome to use Cathe's gym free of charge on Friday prior to the start of the Road Trip events. It's awesome, and there are many classes and equipment that you will enjoy. For more info, see http://www.hugeclub.com.
(2) If you have NOT already made your transportation plans, try to schedule your drive/plane/train so that you arrive at our hotels in time to catch the Cathe Bus to the gym for the opening Road Trip events. There will be ONE BUS RUN TO CATHE'S GYM (two buses, but making only one trip). The buses will depart from the front of the Fairfield Inn at approximately 3:30 or 3:45 on Friday, July 31st (exact time to be announced soon). For those of you staying at the Residence Inn, our "sister" hotels sit side-by-side and you'll just need to walk across the parking lot to catch the bus.
For your planning purposes, we'd say that from the time your plane/train arrives, you should allow 90 minutes (we're deliberately being slightly conservative with this timing, but you should be too!) for getting your luggage, picking up your transportation and getting to the hotels. Keep in mind that the later you arrive, the more you risk running into summertime afternoon thunderstorm-related landing delays as well as Philadelphia-area rush hour and going-to-the-shore-for-the-weekend increased traffic.
If you're not renting a car, once again we do recommend using Rapid Rover transport, available from the Philadelphia Airport and from the Philadelphia 30th Street Amtrak Station. We'll soon be posting this year's info about their rates.
A final note: We know that stuff happens and that some of you may end up involuntarily coming in too late to catch the Cathe Bus. If that happens, don't panic. Just have your transportation service bring you directly to the gym. We will have secured storage available for your luggage, and you can carry your luggage on the Cathe Bus when you return to the hotels on Friday night.
That's it for now. Post with questions and we'll be glad to try to help! See you soon!
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