Custom Groups + Teams

For one, real experience. We've been designing custom Runcations since 2019. You can check out a few reviews and photos from previous custom groups below. We love this work — it's where we can dial in pace, customize hotels, build in surprise stops, and shape every detail around your group's personality. Our team is involved in every custom trip detail from the first email through the celebration dinner.

Running clubs and teams, 30th birthday parties, honeymoons, anniversaries, work retreats, media trips, coach-led training camps, family reunions of hikers and runners, and friend groups celebrating a big year. The reviews on this page are from past custom groups — they tell the story better than we can.

We've already hosted documented custom groups in the Italian Dolomites, Tour du Mont Blanc (France/Italy/Switzerland), Yosemite + Mammoth Lakes (California), and Peru — see the reviews on this page. We also build custom trips in Patagonia (Argentina), Slovenia, the French and Spanish Pyrenees, the Peaks of the Balkans, the South Tyrol Dolomites, and California's Eastern Sierra. If you have a dream destination outside this list, get in touch — we may be able to design something new.

For self-guided custom trips, we can work with groups as small as 1–2 people. For guided custom trips, the pricing is most competitive at 8–14 participants (same as our standard guided trips), but we have no fixed upper limit — we scale to fit your group. We've designed trips for compact running teams, large coach-led training camps, and corporate retreats with split itineraries (runners + hikers + those that want to hang in a beautiful place).

About 1 year ahead is ideal for trips that involve mountain huts — Tour du Mont Blanc refuges, Dolomites Hut-to-Hut rifugios, and Peaks of the Balkans guesthouses all sell out far in advance, especially in peak season. For other guided custom trips or self-guided custom itineraries, 6 months out is comfortable; we can sometimes accommodate shorter timelines if your dates are flexible. Get in touch — we'll tell you honestly what's possible.

Almost everything. Pace and daily mileage, the mix of runners and hikers (we handle both on the same trip), accommodation style (rustic mountain huts up through 5-star spa hotels), themed celebration nights, adding a major trail race into the itinerary, yoga and stretching sessions, training clinics with our running coach, photographer and videographer add-ons, group dinners with local chefs, side adventures like via ferrata or glacier tours. The more specific your wish list, the better we can build it.

Custom trip pricing depends on destination, group size, length, accommodation tier, and add-ons. For guided custom trips, 8–14 participant groups are priced comparably to our standard guided departures — smaller groups cost more per person, larger groups can sometimes be less per person. Self-guided custom trips are typically less expensive than guided. Once we understand your dream trip, we'll send a transparent quote.

Yes — this is one of our most common requests. We design custom itineraries that work for runners, hikers, and walkers in the same group, with shared meals and base camps but pace-appropriate routes during the day. Some custom trips have included non-running partners with their own activity plans (spa days, sightseeing) plus group dinners. If you have a child or family situation, we'll talk through what's possible by trip and age.

We can tailor it to include whatever in-country logistics you want — accommodations, baggage transfers, in-country transport, route planning and GPX files, mountain hut reservations, border permits where applicable, and a detailed pre-trip packet. International flights are booked by participants directly, but we recommend airports and timing. For visas and EES/ETIAS, we point you to current government resources and the latest guidance — every country is different.

Either email us at info@runcation.org or fill out the custom trip form below. Share what you have so far — group size, rough dates, destinations you're dreaming about, any must-haves. We respond within 2-5 business days with questions and an early sense of what's possible.