Leaving their luxury coach at Hearthside Grove, Randy and Dawn explore Grand Island National Recreation Area in northern Michigan. Take the ferry boat across a channel of Lake Superior with Randy and Dawn to Grand Island, just north of Munising and part of the Hiawatha National Forest. Get some fun facts about Lake Superior –…
Congratulations to Chase Elliott and Kevin Harvick – both Marathon coach owners – for placing first and third, respectively, in Sunday’s Bank of America Roval 400 at the Charlotte Motor Speedway. Chase Elliott had fallen to 37th place after a crash into the tire barrier early in the final stage of the race, but…
Marathon Show Coach #1308 is finished and getting decked out for the holidays. See a tour of Marathon’s newest luxury coach off the production line as it gets adorned for the holiday photo shoots. Mal has followed Show Coach #1308 all the way through production. In ep.135, get festive with Mal and crew as they…
For some, traditional travel can become a burden mainly due to the myriad of transitions needed: transport – car rental – hotel – restaurant – necessity run – entertainment – hotel and on and on. When you have a Marathon, you have everything right where you need it. In fact, even our dinettes were recently…
Randy and Dawn continue their in-depth travels around northern Michigan with an exploration of Munising in the Upper Peninsula and its surrounding area including Miner’s Falls, Hiawatha National Forest and Pictured Rocks. In ep.16, get what you’ve come to expect from Randy and Dawn: a unique and thorough view of a special place – in…
Superbly designed throughout in a rich palette of soothing browns and beiges and steel gray with complementary neutral accents, Marathon Coach #1188 is an extra-ordinary pre-owned (2010) triple slideout XL Marathon Prevost conversion that impressively blends contemporary textures and materials including wood, metal and stone, that work together to create a harmonious sense of style…
In this pre-recorded episode of Marathon Mondays, take a tour of the luxury RVs on the Marathon Coach factory floor with host Mal Williams. Walk the entire factory floor with Mal and see a wealth of luxury coaches in different stages of production: See the newest updates in Show Coach #1308, like the reupholstered booth-style…
In this NASCAR-sponsored video tour, step into Marathon Coach #1278 with fan-favorite NASCAR driver and Marathon coach owner Chase Elliott as he walks through his luxury RV home away from home. Listen in as Chase explains how, spending so much time on the road, he counts on his Marathon to stay in comfort and…
Team up with Randy and Dawn as they continue their luxury RV travels with a jaunt to Holland, Michigan. In Ep.15, listen in as Dawn delivers a quick rundown of the city of Holland on the shore of Lake Macatawa in northern Michigan. Enjoy the bounty of the Holland Farmers Market, which takes place every…
Follow Mal into the paint booth in this bonus footage of Show Coach #1318 – as promised earlier in Ep.133 – for an intimate look at the exterior of this brand-new, custom luxury RV. Inside paint booth #4 at Marathon Coach’s World Headquarters in Coburg, Oregon, the paint job on custom coach #1318 is nearly…
Check in on Marathon Coach #1318, a custom luxury RV currently in the paint booth, then visit several luxury coaches in the service dept. From just outside the paint booth at Marathon’s World Headquarters in Coburg, Oregon, get the most recent updates about Marathon Show Coach #1318, a custom luxury coach that Mal is following…
Prepare to be floored as top of the line luxury RV Marathon Show Coach #1307 comes off the production line. One look at the rich tones of caramel, espresso and cream of the exterior paint of Show Coach #1307 will draw you in for a closer exploration of the craftsmanship and artistry inside and outside…
Join Randy and Dawn from their home base at luxury RV resort Hearthside Grove in Northern Michigan for an ice cream social and a tour of Marathon Show Coach #1301. After a test drive and an ice cream social for guests at Hearthside, follow Randy and Dawn on a tour of brand new Show Coach…
In a dominating performance on Sunday, Marathon coach owner Kevin Harvick took the checkered flag at the Brickyard 400 at Indianapolis Speedway. Starting from the pole, Harvick was in control the entire race and sped to a 6.118-second advantage over the runners up in the final nine laps. This is Harvick’s second career victory…
Get a live look-in at a luxury coach in mid-production at the World Headquarters of Marathon Coach in Coburg, Oregon. Take in yet another exclusive sneak peek at a Marathon bus conversion as Mal hops into Show Coach #1308 to show off a unique floorplan and a modern design. Walk with Mal through a crowd…
In another Kasey Hess exclusive video, veteran actor Tom Berenger discusses his first luxury coach made by Marathon. Kasey Hess welcomes Tom Berenger to the Marathon family, as they chat in Tom’s newly purchased luxury motorhome – Marathon Coach #1097. Find out how Tom found his new dream home on wheels from a fortuitous tip…
Enjoy a tour of Saugatuck as Randy and Dawn take their luxury coach to this pretty little town in northern Michigan. On the shores of Lake Michigan and the Kalamazoo River, Saugatuck used to be a big lumber town. In this informative episode, get some of the history of the area and see some of…
Congratulations to Marathon coach owner Erik Jones on winning the Bojangles’ Southern 500 at Darlington Raceway in Darlington, South Carolina, over the weekend. Erik crossed the finish line in the top spot despite a four-hour rain delay and a huge pileup near the end of the…
In this special Labor Day episode, Mal lets the luxury coach speak for itself – in this case, Marathon Show Coach #1285. Get a visual tour – from back to front to back again – of the interior of Marathon Show Coach #1285. A pre-owned luxury RV manufactured on the X3 model Prevost chassis in…
Join Randy and Dawn as they explore Mackinac Island in Northern Michigan, just thirty minutes from their luxury RV home resort of Hearthside Grove. Continue to explore beautiful northern Michigan with Randy and Dawn as they cross the Mackinac Bridge over Lake Huron to Mackinac Island. Listen in as Dawn describes how this beautiful five-mile…
People say there’s nothing like service with a smile, and that’s exactly what you can expect at our Grand Prairie location, located between Dallas and Fort Worth, right off I-30. From reception to service to sales, Marathon Coach Texas delivers expert support efficiently and with…
The importance of beautiful and reliable flooring in a luxury coach is showcased in this episode as Mal takes a mid-production jump into Marathon Show Coach #1308. Join Mal on a busy production day, as he sidesteps Marathon employees hard at work on the interior of Show Coach #1308 to show us the flooring. Get…
See a quick yet informative unboxing of the two black crates that come prepared in the underbelly of every one of Marathon’s new luxury coaches. Louis Pasteur once famously said: “Fortune favors the prepared mind.” Marathon Coach agrees! That’s why the owners of every new Marathon will find two large black boxes in the bays,…
From their “home resort” for the summer at Hearthside Grove in Petoskey, Michigan, Randy and Dawn drive their luxury RV over to Boyne City for the annual Pirate Festival. Corsair costumes, unusual contests and characters of all kinds come together in Boyne City during the second weekend of August, and Randy and Dawn are checking…
The world’s largest luxury bus converter, both in numbers produced and facility size, Marathon Coach takes pride in our workmanship, craftspeople and clients. Since 1983, family-owned Marathon Coach has produced more than 1,300 bus conversions for customers across the globe.
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Mal shows off a couple of the sleek systems that come standard in every new luxury RV manufactured by Marathon Coach. In episode 129, Mal jumps into brand-new Marathon Show Coach #1306 and examines Marathon’s patented TechLink system and Marathon’s patented Freedom Plus (sewer hose) system, both standard in all new Marathons. Find out just…
Rick Mount
Involved in high-end RVing since the 1970s and with Marathon since 1990, Rick knows the luxury RV lifestyle. After assisting with the Marathon Coach Florida setup, he transferred to the Oregon location in 1995. “I like what I’m doing even after…
Between test drives and meet-and-greets, Randy and Dawn explore the picturesque town of Charlevoix in Northern Michigan. Making their home base at Hearthside Grove – the alluring luxury motorcoach resort – allows Randy and Dawn to freely explore the quaint and lovely towns of Northern Michigan. In today’s episode, follow them to Charlevoix, where 17,000-acre…
Marathon owners know when they’re on a grand adventure, every day’s a celebration. And there are many ways and many places to celebrate the motorcoaching lifestyle, including must-visit luxury RV resorts nestled in hubs of food, fun and recreational mainstays. Although many of our favorite…
In episode 128, get an in-depth look at how a luxury RV can be reimagined. Join Mal as he jumps inside pre-owned Marathon Coach #1143, which is being remodeled – or as Mal likes to say, reimagined – by its new owners. See some of the upgrades that have already been made, including the exterior…