Ten miles south of Stockton, the Holiday Inn Express hotel in Lathrop, CA, provides good quality lodging to travelers along interstate 5, which runs by just to the west (access is from exit 462), though not too close for the 65 rooms & suites to be affected by any traffic noise. The hotel has a rural/residential setting, next to a supermarket and several fast food restaurants. Customer service is good and all public areas are nice and clean; the main amenities are an outdoor pool, a fitness center, sauna, newsstand, guest laundry and free continental breakfast.

Generally thought of as the top choice of the limited selection of hotels in Lathrop, the newly built Best Western Plaza Inn & Suites (open 2008) 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 full breakfast is provided, and all the other expected services are available - pool, hot tub, fitness room, guest laundry, gift shop, meeting room and business center. The hotel is one of several along S 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.