I stayed at the Summit this year for the GCT in Panama City.

Pros: Its close to the host hotel (1 block), its moderately priced, all rooms have balconies overlooking the beach, decent pools & poolside bar

Cons: Spring break furnishings (queen bed and bunk beds share the bedroom), a generally cheap and smelly hotel.

Overall, it met its designed purpose: a quiet place to sleep and eat before the race with a nice balcony to sip coffee and relax in the mornings.

I've stayed at the Gulf Crest Motel for the 1/2 and for IMF. It's at about the 0.5-0.75 mile mark on the run. Decent accomodations.

I've stayed at the Watercrest Condos for the 1/2. REally nice, but further down the strip, probably 4 miles from the start. More expensive.

A couple of friends stayed at the Spain Motel. Really cool, but they don't have a lot of rooms. It's also a few miles from the start.

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There are a ton of hotel/motels in Panama City. Most of them that are near the race site are a litle rough around the edges. Last year at IMFL I wanted to stay away from the hoopla so we stayed at a Marriot about 7 miles down the road. Really nice hotel with 2 restaurants, room service, etc. Plus I could ride my bike away from the traffic closer to the race site.