Click to see charges for Budapest worlds.
Hungary is hungry for your entry fee to indoor worlds. The LOC website is locked and loaded. As usual, registration and related costs aren’t cheap. But at least Budapest appears ready to deliver on its promise of a high-class WMA world indoor championships. See
the download site for PDFs of the entry booklet (in several languages) and other stuff. Chart at left shows costs in Euros, which
are now going for $1.33 per Euro. So if entry fee is 30 Euros, Americans will pay about $40. The preliminary day-by-day schedule also is posted. Deadline for entry is listed as Feb. 3, 2014, for the meet in late March. More than 1,000 people have “Liked” the
meet’s Facebook page, and its YouTube channel gives tours of the racewalk, cross country and half-marathon routes (all outdoors, of course.)
English-language entry book. Nice job, Budapest!
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.45 exchange rate on the (HUF) You can stay in some decent hotels for $60 US a night.
The most expensive part of the trip is the flight.
I didn’t see a Throws Pentathlon which is usually contested at Indoor Worlds.
Maybe throws pens are only at outdoor worlds. Neither Kamloops nor Jyvaeskaela had a weight pen.
I am concerned that the online registration has been under construction for a couple of months.
I see they have an 8K Cross Country and half-marathon. That seems unusual for an indoor meet. I have not run one of these meets, just wondering if this was indeed the case?
That sounds right, Jerry, from what I have seen in past world indoors. Based on historical averages, you can expect a temperature range (Fahrenheit) of 38/39 to 54/56 during the period in question, but I note it was quite a bit colder in Budapest this past March.
Regardless, I think you are going to spend quite a bit on your flight, but per Matt B. (post no. 1) you should be able to get a reasonable price on your hotel. Assume you will be going to represent the USA in fine fashion. Hope your training is going well.
Hotels are relatively cheap. I have already booked my flight and hotel. The entire package was very reasonable. Looking forward to running the 800 semi’s on my birthday.
8k x-c and 1/2 marathon are standard for the indoor WMA meet – both will attract considerable numbers of local and regional runners who otherwise will not compete on the indoor track.
The entry deadline seems about right as well – WMA wants the # pretty early on.
I hope to go – Budapest is on my bucket list of places to visit. Best I get on an indoor track and see if I can crank myself around it a few times.
Check out flying to a large airport and taking the train -one might save a few $$$ that way- I have not check this out – but it might be worth looking at this.
Regarding flight costs, I remember that there were very cheap flights to Budapest from big European airport cities like London or Dublin on cheap regional Euro airlines such as Ryanair or Thompson Air. Might be worth checking out if you’re planning to go. Mary’s suggestion of flying to a big airport city and taking the train to Budapest is good too. All this is easy to research on the internet.
What do you get for paying for an “accompanying person”? Is this for coaches? If my family wants to attend do I have to pay for them to accompany me?
Mary,
Budapest has a large airport. The other option is Vienna, but most of the time there is not much difference in price. Anything else is inconvenient.
Flying into Budapest is much more convenient of course. For those who have limited time that is the way to go. For those who have time and the funds to travel – it is a good excuse to see a few more places in that part of Europe. As one who is of age to remember WWII and the Cold War – and has not been able to travel to Eastern Europe, I would see it as an opportunity to visit some places on my bucket list. When I studied in West Germany during my grad school days Eastern Europe was behind the Iron Curtain.
I hope to go regardless of my ability to train but health issues of a family member at home may make that impossible. It will be a last minute decision for me.
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