Marathon Group Reviews 

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TrustScore 4.5 out of 5

4.6

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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Coming from outside Ireland (Australia and Canada!), this was the best concert experience I've ever had! I was nervous about having to get a coach to go to a concert but everything went so smoot... See more

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Booked Marathon Coaches get to Malhide Castle & Marley Park. Teddy swims, Lewis capaldi, Michael Buble, pit Bull & Maroon 5, For price and comfort of having reliable transport, purchasing tickets on... See more

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

I've used the Marathon Group buses to get from Leixlip to concerts at St Anne's Park and Malahide Castle, and it's the only way to travel to these concerts. To have direct travel options to these venu... See more

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

Bus was due to leave from Wellington quay. I arrived at Aston Quay and met Marathon coach sign indicating bus stop. Other race goers were also waiting. My brother was at Wellington quay and rang to sa... See more

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Marathon Group is a Dublin-based company who have been operating for almost 30 years and provide bus transport to concerts, events, schools, colleges & corporate travel. We pride ourselves in offering a friendly, reliable and safe service for all of our passengers.


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4.6

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TrustScore 4.5 out of 5

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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

10/10

Brilliant service to and from electric picnic, was put on a bus as soon as possible and left on time, journey was as fast as possible and all staff/ drivers were lovely and helpful. Would 100% recommend and use again.

14 August 2023
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Reply from Marathon Group

Thanks so much, Emma, I am glad you found our service useful! Hopefully, see you on the bus to Electric Picnic again next year!

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

Horrible experience

Horrible experience. First of all I pay 40 euro for a return coach ticket to Stradbally, which I don’t mind as I did last year. But this year we weren’t provided with a coach but an extremely uncomfortable and warm double decker bus, which we were stuck on for 3 hours. When we eventually arrived all of our bags and luggage were down on the bottom part of the bus while everyone was on top. Staff just grabbed bags and threw them off the bus, not caring for the fact that we all have valuables and other breakable items which would surely break if the bag was throw any more carelessly which I don’t even think could happen. Our tent was nearly robbed for Christ sake because everything was everywhere. While all this was happening we all had to move bags and scatter around like headless chickens the completely unprofessional bus driver was shouting at everyone. He was extremely extremely rude and cursed everyone out of it whoever didn’t do what he said. We didn’t bother taking the return coach we ended up getting just a lift instead. I’ll sure to be driving next time.

30 August 2023
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Reply from Marathon Group

HI Darragh, thanks so much for leaving this review. We will be looking into this and identifying the bus driver and the shortcomings detailed in a bid to improve our services going forward. I can see your booking reference number above, and I will issue you a refund this morning. This refund could take 7-10 working days to land back in the account of the card used for payment.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

good organization

good organization, enough information provided

11 August 2023
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Reply from Marathon Group

Hi Jana, thanks for taking the time to leave a 5 star review, we really appreciate it!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

The tour was very well planned

The tour was very well planned. Guide and the driver (Sara &Sarah) were super good. Very informative as well

10 August 2023
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Reply from Marathon Group

Hello! We are delighted you found our bus service useful! We hope to see you on another service soon!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Clean bus

Clean bus
Professional lovely driver

10 August 2023
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Reply from Marathon Group

Thank you so much for the wonderful review!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

All staff were well-organised

All staff were well-organised! There was no long queue to get on the buses, everyone got home safely. Thanks for making transportation easy for us after an amazing event.

11 August 2023
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Reply from Marathon Group

Hi Selen, I am glad you found the service easy and of course safe! We hope to see you on another service in the near future!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Bus to Farmleigh

Girl in charge of the queue was super friendly and lovely to deal with.
Drive was a nice man and very safe driving

20 July 2023
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Reply from Marathon Group

Hello! I have passed your kind words to the team members mentioned, it has made their day! Thank you!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Great customer service

I Used car parking service for the event “ d8 In the garden” in Palmerstown house, Naas. I was very pleased. Very well sign posted when I got there & great customer service. I had emailed with a couple of queries days prior and they replied promptly. Definitely recommend.

4 August 2023
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Reply from Marathon Group

Hi Louise, great news! I am delighted you found it all nice and easy! That's what we aim to achieve! Thanks for taking the time to leave a review, we appreciate it!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Everything went as promised

Everything went as promised. Was also very accommodating when asked to wait for a passenger who was running late and when a number of us asked if we might be dropped off earlier in the route. This made such a big difference to our day. There was no "computer says no" experience with Marathon coaches.

18 July 2023
Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Best option for Marlay Park concerts

Highly recommend, first time I organized transportation for a Marlay Park concert and I'll do it for all occasions moving forward. Very quick getting to the park and into the coach, in 20 mins I was home. Drivers were also really friendly.

4 July 2023
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

My son used marathon coaches last…

My son used marathon coaches last weekend and left his bag on the bus with his passport inside. We are going on holiday next week so obviously I was in a panic. They spoke to me by email n told me they.d know by Tuesday if the bag was found. Not even the decency to email me to let me know if it was found or not. Not impressed!

2 July 2023
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