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ILLINI WEEKEND GETAWAY
THE CHAMPAIGN OF RIDES!

Updates


General Company Wide Updates

Illini Weekend Getaway Specific Updates for the 2024 Season

12/28/23

  • The supported hotel and and transportation staging point before the start of the event has changed to the Hampton Inn in Urbana. Click Here for more information.

12/16/23

  • Registration is now open for the 2024 Illini Weekend Getaway! Click Here to register!

12/15/23

  • We are still securing our supported hotel for the event. More information will be coming soon!
  • If you will not be able to check in and attend the opening meeting on Friday evening, we will give you your registration materials after the opening meeting at 8:00 am on the first day you want to ride and no longer leave them at the front desk of the hotel for you to pick up when you check in.
  • The price of the full weekend has increased by $20.00 and the price of one riding day only has increased by $10.00. Click Here for more information about our pricing schedule.
  • We now directly accept credit card payments but will charge a 3.6% surcharge to cover credit card processing fees. If you do not want to pay this surcharge you may submit your payment to us through Zelle or check or money order instead.
  • The price of all transportation services has increased by $10.00 each way.
  • The price of the Mechanical Support Plan has increased by $10.00 if you register during regular registration, $16.00 if you register during late registration, and $20.00 if you register the day of the event.
  • Web site updated with 2024 dates.
    • The Illini Weekend Getaway will occur on May 17th - 19th, 2024.

Major Previous Illini Weekend Getaway Specific Updates

  • The regular registration price of the full weekend has increased by $6.00 from $99.00 to $105.00 and the price of the transportation services between Chicago and Champaign has increased by $10.00 each way. The regular registration price of one day only registration has not changed. Click Here for more information about our pricing schedule.
  • The late registration fee has increased by $5.00 from $25.00 to $30.00 per day.
  • We have added "e-bike" as an additional option for the type of bike you will be transporting. There will be an additional $30.00 fee to transport e-bikes on our transportation service each way. This is because e-bikes generally require special handling and care since they are are typically heavier and/or take up more room in our vehicles than standard upright bicycles and therefore cannot be transported on any outside roof racks and must be transported inside a support vehicle.
  • If you register using a paper registration form:
    • You can now submit your payment through Zelle.
    • We no longer have incoming fax service so you can't send us a copy of your completed form this way any more.
  • If you sign up for the Mechanical Support Plan, you will need to specifically request the pre-ride inspection yourself as we will not be able to search out each participant individually to provide it.
  • Registration procedures for postponed 2020 participants posted. Unfortunately, we can only allow postponed 2020 participants to register for an event at the original 2020 pricing schedule one time. Click Here for more information.
  • No refunds will be issued in the event we are unable to run an event due to circumstances beyond our control. These circumstances include but are not limited to disasters (natural and/or manmade), pandemics, war, acts of terrorism, government regulations, strikes, civil disorder, curtailment of transportation facilities, or acts of God. (Force Majure)
  • If you want to pay directly at the Chicago parking garage, the kiosk there now automatically calculates and charges you the total amount owed after you leave based on the ticket you received when you entered. It no longer only issues tickets for the current day one at a time. You no longer need to purchase enough single day tickets that total to the correct amount due for the total amount of time you will leave your car parked there in advance or leave all the tickets clearly displayed on your dashboard so the garage staff knows you have paid. Click Here for more information.
  • There will be an additional $30.00 fee to transport bicycles that require special handing and care (recumbents, e-bikes, tandems, etc.) on any transportation service. However a tandem bicycle will not incur an additional fee if both people riding it register for the same transportation service.
  • Only online registration will be available four weeks before the start of the event in order to assure that we receive all of your information and payment in a timely manner due to laspes in mail service. This includes all late registrations. Click Here for more information.
  • The south loop now features a stop at the Sidney Dairy Barn in the middle of the route. Stop in and and enjoy the world's best ice cream! Click Here for more information.
  • A cue sheet and map for the walking route from the Amtrak train station to the supported hotel has been posted. Click Here for more information.
  • We will now set up at the transportation staging point in Chicago beginning at 7:30 am on Friday (previously 7:00 am) to accept bicycles and baggage to transport to Champaign.
  • Our main opening meeting will be held at 7:30 pm in the Bailey Room in the Champaign hotel. Click Here for more information.
  • WE NO LONGER ISSUE ANY REFUNDS AT ANY TIME FOR ANY REASON. If you do not participate and would like a refund you MUST purchase an individual travel insurance plan, which will reimburse you according to the plan coverage.Click Here for more information about our refund policy.
  • Unfortunately the Live Grit Triathlon Store is no longer in business and we have renamed the event to the "Illini" Weekend Getaway.
  • We now allow trikes (any bicycle with three or more wheels) to participate in our events. However, all participants riding trikes must provide their own on road support for them at all times because we cannot guarantee that we will be able to easily or quickly transport them off the road in any support vehicle in case of mechanical breakdown. In addition, we still cannot accomodate any trikes on any of our transportation services. Click Here for more information.
 

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