<span style="border-collapse: separate; color: #000000; font-family: Times; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; font-size: medium" class="Apple-style-span"><div style="background-color: #ffffff; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; font: 76%/120% Georgia,Verdana,Helvetica,sans-serif; color: #444444"><p style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 12px; color: #444444; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px 0px 1.2em 0em" class="MsoNormal">Staying overnight at the Holiday Inn Express Hotel and Suites Wilmington Newark in Wilmington, Delaware was a great introduction to the Holiday Inn Express brand.</p><p style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 12px; color: #444444; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px 0px 1.2em 0em" class="MsoNormal"><img src="images/holiday%20inn%20express%20wilmington%20newark.png" alt="Holiday Inn Express &amp; Suites Wilmington Newark Delaware" title="Holiday Inn Express &amp; Suites Wilmington Newark Delaware" width="300" height="185" /></p><p style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 12px; color: #444444; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px 0px 1.2em 0em" class="MsoNormal">The five of us were on our way from New York to Sterling, Virginia for a family birthday party and decided to stay in a hotel half way since we were driving directly after school.</p><p style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 12px; color: #444444; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px 0px 1.2em 0em" class="MsoNormal">Our trip started out a bit later than expected so I called the Holiday Inn Express Hotel and Suites &ndash; Wilmington Newark front desk to let them know we would be arriving much later than their 3PM check in time. I was concerned about driving that far only to hear they had released the room because we didn&rsquo;t arrive at a certain time.</p><p style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 12px; color: #444444; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px 0px 1.2em 0em" class="MsoNormal">I&rsquo;m really happy we stayed at Holiday Inn Express Hotel and Suites &ndash; Wilmington Newark. It&rsquo;s located right off the highway in a location close to restaurants so we were able to have dinner before checking into the hotel.</p><p style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 12px; color: #444444; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px 0px 1.2em 0em" class="MsoNormal"><img src="images/holiday%20inn%20express%20wilimington%20newark%20suite.jpg" alt="Holiday Inn Express Hotel and Suite Wilmington Newark Double Bed Suite" title="Holiday Inn Express Hotel and Suite Wilmington Newark Double Bed Suite" width="300" height="200" /></p><p style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 12px; color: #444444; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px 0px 1.2em 0em" class="MsoNormal">Once we arrived, check in took less than a minute. We stayed in a double bed suite. It had a separate section with a pull out sofa and two televisions. I was able to send a few emails before bed because the room had free Wi-Fi. Overall, the room was comfortable, clean and large enough for us to stay in.</p><p style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 12px; color: #444444; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px 0px 1.2em 0em" class="MsoNormal">Breakfast the next morning was held in the guest lounge area that had ample tables and chairs off the breakfast bar area. We didn&rsquo;t have trouble finding a table for us to sit together or something every one was interested in eating. Breakfast was buffet style featuring hot and cold breakfast options including eggs, sausage, bacon and pancakes along with continental staples - bagels, muffins, biscuits and cereal and fruit. It was the second best complimentary breakfast offer we have had in my eight years of family travel.</p><p style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 12px; color: #444444; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px 0px 1.2em 0em" class="MsoNormal"><img src="images/guest%20lounge%20tables%20and%20chairs%20holiday%20inn%20express%20wilmington.jpg" alt="Holiday Inn Express Hotel and Suites Wilmington Newark Guest Lounge area" title="Holiday Inn Express Hotel and Suites Wilmington Newark Guest Lounge area" width="300" height="225" /></p><p style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 12px; color: #444444; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px 0px 1.2em 0em" class="MsoNormal">While there is a pool on property we didn&rsquo;t visit it since we had to leave early in the morning to continue our drive to Virginia. We also didn&rsquo;t need the business center or laundry service.</p><p style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 12px; color: #444444; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px 0px 1.2em 0em" class="MsoNormal">Not only do I find the <a href="http://www.hiexpress.com/hotels/us/en/newark/ilges/hoteldetail" target="_blank">Holiday Inn Express Hotel and Suites &ndash; Wilmington Newark &nbsp;</a> to be family friendly but I would recommend it to anyone looking for a hotel in that area. I would also return to this hotel if we were traveling nearby.</p><p style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 12px; color: #444444; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px 0px 1.2em 0em; text-align: center" class="MsoNormal">*Before You Go - Details You Should Know*</p><img src="images/details.jpg" alt="Holiday Inn Express Hotel and Suites Wilmington Newark stay details" title="Holiday Inn Express Hotel and Suites Wilmington Newark stay details" width="612" height="192" /><p style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 12px; color: #444444; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px 0px 1.2em 0em" class="MsoNormal">&nbsp;</p><p style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 12px; color: #444444; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px 0px 1.2em 0em" class="MsoNormal">Family Friendly Rating: 4 out of 5&nbsp; </p><p style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 12px; color: #444444; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px 0px 1.2em 0em" class="MsoNormal"><em>(Please note. The first two photos from this review are from the hotel website as my camera stopped working well that morning. The hotel guest lounge area photo of tables is one of the few hotel photos I was able to take with my camera.) </em></p></div></span>