Travel Itinerary for Clients on Flight & Entry Only Package

Please find enclosed your airline e-Ticket(s) baggage labels, general information document, and race registration document for the tour to the New York City Marathon

Your Flight

Your tickets are only valid for the flights shown. Please check the departure times as shown on your flight itinerary as timings may have changed since your confirmation.

You should check-in for your flight at least 3 hrs before the scheduled departure time.

Departures terminals are as follows:

Heathrow: Virgin Atlantic, United Airlines and American Airlines - Terminal 3. British Airways - Terminal 4 and 5.

Gatwick: Continental Airlines - South Terminal

Manchester: Delta & Continental - Terminal 2

Manchester: British Airways - Terminal 3

Birmingham: Continental Airlines desk

Glasgow: Continental Airlines desk - Terminal M

Edinburgh: Continental Airlines desk

Tickets, Passports & Visas

Flight times can change, please check your flight ticket and flight itinerary in case of changes since preparation of these details. Please check the Travel Information pages for Passport & Visa Information.

ESTA

It is now a condition that all travellers to the United States travelling under the Visa Waiver Scheme are required to register with US Border Control online at least three days before travel is due to commence. Registration takes 10mins and will ask you the same questions as currently asked on the Visa Waiver form - Passport details, personal details such as date of birth and where you are staying in the USA.

For more information, and to apply online please visit the following website: https://esta.cbp.dhs.gov.

On Arrival

On arrival in New York you will have to clear immigration as soon as you disembark from the aircraft. Collect your luggage from the carousel before passing through customs into the arrivals hall where ground transportation arrangements for onward travel into New York can be arranged.

Transfers

If you are not being met at the airport and need to transfer to the centre of Manhattan this can be done in three ways:

Public Bus: Picking up from each terminal to the Port Authority Bus Terminal on 42nd Street in Manhattan - cost approx. $18/20.

Gray Line Express: Contact the Gray line desk in the arrivals hall and purchase a ticket on the mini-buses that run door to door to midtown hotels - cost approx. $20/25

Taxi: Official taxis are parked in a rank immediately outside the terminal buildings. There is a set fee for midtown hotels, plus any tunnel or bridge tolls - cost approx. $50/55.

There is also a Subway connection to Manhattan from JFK Airport, and rail connection from Newark Airport to Penn Station NY.

We regret that we can not offer places on the tour coaches booked to our New York Hotels as they are all fully allocated.

Return Flights

The terminal and airport for your return flight is shown on your flight itinerary, please make sure you check-in at least 3 hrs before the scheduled departure time.

Representative in New York

Should you have a problem your contact point in New York is Mike Gratton who will be staying with the full package clients at:

Crowne Plaza Manhattan Times Square

1605 Broadway

New York

NY 10019

Tel (212) 977 4000

The Crowne Plaza is located on Broadway between 48^th & 49^th Streets.

Emergency Contact

In case of emergency Mike can be contacted on his mobile:

+44 7921 783613

Itinerary in New York

FRIDAY 4th NOVEMBER

08.00 Meet in the downstairs lobby area of the Crowne Plaza Manhattan Times Square for an information run with former London Marathon winner Mike Gratton to see the finish area in Central Park. This will be a slow run of about 3 miles with stops to see the finish line and the last mile of the marathon route.

18.00 PARADE OF NATIONS IN CENTRAL PARK

The Parade of Nations is a new event for the New York Marathon and we will walk with those who would like to join us up to the finish line area in Central Park from the Crowne Plaza at 5.20pm to watch the Parade, listen to the Official Opening Ceremony and watch the fireworks display.

If you would like to be part of the Parade you should visit the page on the official NY website www.ingnycmarathon.org to sign up.

SATURDAY 5^th NOVEMBER

08.30 DASH TO THE FINISH LINE 5KM

The Dash to the Finish Line is a new event that replaces the International Friendship Run. The race must be entered in advance on www.ingnycmarathon.org and starts at the United Nations Building on First Avenue at 45th Street and runs 5km back to the Marathon Finish line in Central Park. Allow 30mins to get to the start at the UN.

09.00-10.00 Our staff will be available in the lobby of the Crowne Plaza Hotel to answer your questions.

1630-2100 Ronzoni's Pasta Party at the Tavern on the Green - Central Park.

You will find a ticket for the pasta party in your registration pack.

1930 Finish line Fireworks (details will be in your New York Information Pack)

SUNDAY 7^st NOVEMBER

06.30am PLEASE MEET AT THE HOTEL PICK-UP DESIGNATED TO YOU BY THIS TIME.

This year we have private buses to the start but they must leave our tour hotels in good time to get to the holding area. Please bring your bus voucher along with you and hand it to the 2:09 member of staff supervising. Please do not change your pick-up as this may cause the pick-up to be oversubscribed.

If you are staying in the Financial District you may consider taking the Staten Island Ferry from Battery Park rather than travel up to the mid-town hotels to catch a bus. The ferry leaves every 30mins on the hour and half hour and there is a connecting shuttle to the start area from the dock on Staten Island - the ferry is free and you do not need to book it.

Please note: Daylight savings time ends at 2:00 a.m. on Sunday, November 7. Don't forget to set clocks back one hour."

09.30am Spectators - Your partners or friends are welcome to join us and walk to the 17 mile on First Avenue to watch the race come through. Meet in the lobby of the Crowne Plaza Hotel at this time and we will escort them with our other spectators to the first viewing spot as runners arrive in Manhattan for the first time.

MAY WE WISH YOU ALL THE BEST OF LUCK IN THE ING NEW YORK CITY MARATHON

GOING HOME

Please check you're airline eTicket for the times of your return flight. You should aim to arrive at the airport 3hrs before the scheduled departure time.