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Global Adventures

We've expanded globally! Global Adventures are all-inclusive week-long running adventures in the most incredible locations all around the globe.

All Participants Must Have a COVID-19 Vaccine

This measure ensures we are doing everything we can to protect our runners, staff, and the communities who host us! Click to hear more about our decision.

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COVID-19 Trip Cancellation

As we continue to monitor the CDC guidelines and country-specific travel restrictions, we have published a schedule by which we will notify runners of trip cancellations.

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Iceland

June 2021

Costa Rica

August & September 2021

January 2022

Patagonia

November 2021

February & March 2022

Ireland

April & May 2022

Alaska

July 2022

Grand Circle

September 2022

Hawaii

Next adventure date TBD

Banff

Next adventure date TBD

*Dates are tentative. A few dates planned for 2021 are postponed to the year 2022. Due to Covid-19, staff is not able to fully scout a few locations. We will update this page with solid dates as soon as possible!

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Sample Itinerary
Here's what a typical day would look like (from the Banff 2019 adventure):

After waking up and eating breakfast, we’ll head out for our trail run - a 5.4 mile trail run to Bow Falls. After the run we’ll hang out at Bow Lake as we eat a catered lunch, before continuing on to visit the Athabasca Glacier in the afternoon. Experience a glacier up close like you never have before! After the glacier experience, we’ll finish the day by driving up to Jasper, checking into the hotel and eating a delicious dinner.

Select a Global Adventures trip for a more detailed itinerary!

For any questions, please reach out to Cherie at cherie@vacationraces.com, or on her phone at 818-943-0693. Thanks, and we look forward to seeing you around the globe!

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Global Adventures Vaccine Policy

As of June 1, 2021 a complete COVID-19 vaccine is required for all Global Adventures trips, regardless of the COVID requirements of the host country.

All participants will need to show a completed vaccine card or certificate at event check-in.

The Global Adventures trips through spring 2022 travel to countries that continue to struggle containing COVID. The COVID policies to travel to/from these locations are continuing to evolve and will almost certainly change before the trips happen. While we cannot guarantee entry into these countries in the future (even with a vaccine), the chances of the trip being cancelled dramatically go up without everyone being fully vaccinated.

Furthermore, unlike most of the United States, access to medical facilities and to COVID vaccines is limited in these countries. For us to continue to operate, we need the virus to be contained globally. Recent reports have shown a clear correlation rate between vaccine rates and COVID transmission.

Finally, the safety of our staff, host country partners, and participants matters a great deal to us. The vaccine has proven to be extremely effective in protecting people from severe illness and death.

Due to the amount of advance planning required to limit our own exposure and to increase the safety of all involved, as well as to try and help curb the spread of the virus where we are travelling, we are requiring all participants and staff to be fully vaccinated before participating regardless of the COVID requirements of the host country.

Medical exemptions will be considered, but for the time being, any international travel by an unvaccinated person will be strongly discouraged.

An important update regarding Covid-19

With things continuing to change weekly, and sometimes daily, we are taking each Global Adventures trip on a case by case basis by checking the CDC guidelines and appropriate countries' websites until the outbreak is resolved.

If we need to cancel due to Covid-19, we will make that decision 45 days before the trip. All registered runners will receive communications outlining their options at that time. Until then, we will keep checking our magic 8 ball and you can assume the event is on unless you’ve heard differently from us.

*These are the dates by which we will decide if the race will have to be cancelled:

Trip	Decision Date
Iceland: June 5-12, 2021	April 16, 2021
Iceland: June 19-25, 2021	April 30, 2021
Costa Rica: August 21-28, 2021	July 7, 2021
Costa Rica: September 4-11, 2021	July 21, 2021
Patagonia: November 6-14, 2021	September 22, 2021
Patagonia: February 19-27, 2022	January 5, 2022
Patagonia: March 12-20, 2022	January 26, 2022

What does this mean for the remainder of the 2021 race season?
We will be opening registration for our 2021 race season just as we do every year. While we are doing our part to follow health and safety recommendations and contain the spread of COVID-19, our plan is still to bet against the apocalypse.

Moving forward: As of June 1st, 2021 - All participants MUST have proof of a complete COVID-19 vaccination to attend our Global Adventures trips. We care deeply about the safety of our runners, staff, and the communities who host us. A vaccine has been shown as the best way to reduce transmission rates.

If you have questions you can also reach out to the event director, cherie@vacationraces.com. We are currently experiencing a high volume of calls and emails, but are working our hardest to get back to you in a timely manner. We promise we will respond, please be patient. It may take 2 or 3 days for us to respond.

Thank you for being a part of our community. We will see you out there!

-VR Team