Holiday Inn Express Vancouver Airport - Richmond

About the hotel: This recently renovated (2017) hotel is just off Hwy 99, a 6-minute drive from Vancouver International Airport (YVR) and a 25-minute drive from downtown Vancouver.

The 8-storey hotel has 107 smoke-free and pet-free rooms with elevator access.

All rooms include free Wi-Fi, free local calls, a 37” flat screen LCD TV with cable and pay movies, a coffeemaker, a mini-fridge, a microwave, a desk with ergonomic chair, a safe, iPod docking, an iron and ironing board, a hair dryer, windows that open and climate control.

Some rooms include a sofabed, a 50” LCD TV and a balcony. Accessible rooms are available.

Rooms are furnished with 1 queen pull-down bed, 1 or 2 queen beds or 1 king bed.

Underground parking with a clearance of 6’6” is available for $10 per night.

Extended parking must be reserved in advance by calling the hotel and asking for their extended parking package for airport travellers.

A free 24-hour airport shuttle runs every half hour to and from the hotel and on call after midnight.

Free 24-hour coffee is available in the lobby.

A free hot and cold breakfast buffet is served daily from 6 am to 10 am.

There is no restaurant on site, but guests will find Abercorn Inn Restaurant across the street and Tim Hortons a 3-minute walk away. Manzo Japanese Restaurant and Italian Tomato are both an 11-minute walk and Boathouse Restaurant is a 14-minute walk.

Hotel amenities include a fitness centre, a business centre, dry cleaning, a guest laundry, a mini-mart, a 24-hour front desk, storage, foreign currency exchange, ice machines, an ATM and free newspapers.

What’s nearby? Costco Wholesale offers salads/fruit/snacks a 1-minute walk. River Rock Casino Resort is a 12-minute walk. Union Square Shopping Centre offers a wide array of restaurants, a 16-minute walk away. Lansdowne Centre offers retail shopping, a bank and restaurants an 8-minute drive or 18 minutes by bus or SkyTrain.

City attractions: VanDusen Botanical Garden is a 10-minute drive. Rogers Arena (home of the NHL's Vancouver Canucks and concert venue) is 21 minutes by car. Granville Island and Public Market and Telus World of Science are both a 23-minute drive.

Getting around: Bridgeport SkyTrain station is a 10-minute walk. Hwy 99 is less than a minute drive. Vancouver International Airport (YVR) is 6 minutes by car. (All travel times: Google Maps)

Confirmed by hotel Jan 13, 2018: parking clearance, airport shuttle details