Set to become the top choice of the limited selection of hotels in Lathrop, the newly built Holiday Inn Express (open late 2009) greets guests with an unusual water fountain by the entrance, and an elegant floor to ceiling lobby inside. Room rates are relatively low yet the 81 rooms are all large, and well equipped (microwave, refrigerator, wall-mounted flat screen TV); also available are several whirlpool bath suites. Free hot breakfast buffet is provided, and all the other expected services are available - pool, hot tub, fitness room, guest laundry, convenience store and business center. The hotel is one of several along Harlan Rd, the eastern I-5 frontage road - 10 miles south of Stockton and 20 miles north of Modesto.

Comfort Inn Lathrop sits along the frontage road east of interstate 5, next to exit 463 (Lathrop Rd) - 9 miles south of Stockton and 5 miles from the I-205 junction. The on-site Country Kitchen Restaurant serves breakfast (free), lunch & dinner, and several other diners are located nearby, though a better selection of facilities can be found 5 miles away in the adjacent and larger town of Manteca. Other services at the Comfort Inn include an indoor pool, hot tub, sauna, exercise room, sun deck, and a microwave/refrigerator in each room.