Is parking available at the property?

Self parking is available on-site, but it is subject to charges. Free parking is also offered, although availability may be limited.

What type of breakfast is offered?

A complimentary buffet breakfast is served daily, providing a variety of options to start the day.

Are pets allowed at the property?

Pets are allowed with a fee of USD 25 per accommodation, which may vary based on the length of stay. Service animals are exempt from fees.

What are the check-in and check-out times?

Check-in is from 4:00 PM, and check-out is until 12:00 PM. Early or late check-in/check-out may be available upon request, but additional charges may apply.

Is there an airport shuttle service available?

A ferry terminal shuttle is provided at no charge. Guests must contact the property upon arrival to arrange pick-up using the contact information on the booking confirmation.

What accessibility features are available for guests with disabilities?

The property features step-free entrances, wheelchair-accessible facilities in public areas, and accessible rooms. However, specific details about bathrooms and pool access features are not provided.

Where is the property located in relation to key landmarks?

The hotel is located in Bellingham (Meridian), within a 10-minute drive of Western Washington University and Park Bowl. It is 0.6 miles from Bellis Fair Mall and 3 miles from Regal Barkley Village. Public transport options are available nearby.

Does the property have a swimming pool?

Yes, the hotel features an indoor pool, which is accessible from 6:00 AM to 10:00 PM. The property also has a hot tub available for guests.

Holiday Inn Express Bellingham Hotel

Average nightly price at Holiday Inn Express Bellingham by IHG by month, last 12 months (USD)
Month	Average price
January	US$101
February	US$99
March	US$113
April	US$115
May	US$126
June	US$175
July	US$162
August	US$156
September	US$155
October	US$143
November	US$117
December	US$108

What guests think

At Holiday Inn Express Bellingham by IHG, travelers praise friendly, accommodating staff, clean modern rooms with comfortable beds, and a popular free breakfast, plus amenities like a pool and hot tub and a convenient location near shopping and dining.

Multiple reviews note thin walls and noise from other guests or pets, as well as intermittent key-card problems. Recent or ongoing renovations occasionally closed facilities or created cramped temporary spaces, and a few guests reported odors, small rooms, or tight/limited parking. Overall, a comfortable, amenity-rich option suited to travelers who want easy access and can accept occasional noise or construction-related inconveniences.

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Facilities

Guests like the pool and hot tub; some use a neighboring gym arranged by the hotel. Several mention tight or limited parking and occasional facility closures or limitations during renovation, and the pool is small.

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Rebecca

14 Dec 2023

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Stayed 1 night

Parking was limited and the area wasn’t safe and poorly lit up.

10

Shareen

21 Sept 2025

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Stayed 1 night

Good location with plenty of parking. Pool for kids. Clean room and bathroom. Comfortable beds. Great breakfast. Everyone very nice and helpful. Recommend!

10

Jerry

30 Oct 2023

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Stayed 1 night

The facility was clean and in a good area. Pool and hot tub where nice, and a good breakfast.

10

Bobbi Jo

27 Jul 2025

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Stayed 1 night

Great hotel pool open until midnight (10 to 12 adults only). Our only complaint is room wasnt ready until 5pm Pool clean and hot tub, good selection for breakfast Rooms nice, loved the heated toilet seat

10

Rita

8 Aug 2025

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Stayed 1 night

Great area set aside for families to visit and play games, great breakfast! Business area provided.

10

Iryna

3 Sept 2024

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Stayed 1 night

The parking spaces were a bit too tight. Especially if you have a truck or a large suv.

10

Luitzen

21 Apr 2025

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Stayed 2 nights

Quiet and comfortable, and staff seemed extra careful to make sure everything worked - present, pleasant and responsive! One small issue is the Gym is a full gym next door - a plus, but the hours are limited to when it's open. Loved hot tub!

10

Tina

29 Jul 2024

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Stayed 1 night

I was very impressed by the hot breakfast. Pool is very small. Good service. Room was standard, overall, a pleasant stay.

10

David

30 Oct 2025

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Stayed 1 night

Clean and updated room. Great staff and pool. Great location!

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kevin

26 Jul 2025

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Stayed 1 night

Great friendly staff. The gym for the facility was a pretty decent commercial gym beside the hotel. Breakfast was pretty good as well. The Japanese toilet was also a surprise. My only qualm about the property was that it appears to be a wood frame building. You could hear everything. The people above me woke up at 4am and the sound of rolling luggage, shower and flushing toilet woke me up. Good stat overall

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Cleanliness

Cleanliness is praised across many stays, with rooms and common areas frequently described as very clean. However, a number of guests reported odors (musty, pet, or smoke) and a few noted the pool not looking its best.

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Pavel

1 Sept 2024

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Stayed 1 night

The staff was friendly and the breakfast was good, but the building needs renovation. The hallways have a musty, aged smell, and the room has a persistent odor of cigarette smoke despite the no-smoking policy.

10

Patty

19 Sept 2025

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Stayed 1 night

The staff is friendly and helpful. The rooms are spotless and well maintained.

10

Susan

7 Sept 2023

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Stayed 2 nights

Breakfast was great! Pool didn’t appear the cleanest however.

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Chris

25 May 2025

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Stayed 1 night

Very clean and quiet. Staff were courteous and helpful. Was an enjoyable stay.

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Sandra

4 Jul 2025

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Stayed 2 nights

Our room smelled like a dog had been in it. The inside of the bed smelled like someone else’s perfume. The window looked into another room at a right angle. The pool was directly outside the lobby with a huge floor to ceiling window displaying the occupants. Ugh. We had booked two nights but left after one.

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Suzanne

22 Apr 2024

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Stayed 1 night

The hotel lobby is ok, it's been updated but in a superficial way. The breakfast area is small and cluttered. The hallways are dark and somewhat dingy though the carpet is newer. Our room smelled strongly of mold. I was not happy about it but since it was one night, I dealt with it. I woke up congested and my eyes were scratchy. The bed was very comfortable and the room was otherwise nice. I let the front desk know that the room smelled really moldy and he said the maids would air it out. I suggested having maintenance check out the AC unit as it may be leaking to cause the moisture and mold. Anyway, I would not recommend and I will not be staying there again.

10

Carrie

15 Sept 2025

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Stayed 1 night

Clean and comfy.

6

Leslie

10 Mar 2024

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Stayed 2 nights

Wasnt super clean, more “tidy” rather than nooks and crannies sparkling clean.

10

Monica

3 Apr 2023

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Stayed 1 night

The property was super clean and tidy! Especially the rooms and bathrooms, my mom and I were so impressed. The staff was also very kind and helpful. There are lots of amazing dining options around the area as well!

10

Bailey

2 Nov 2025

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Stayed 1 night

We had a wonderful stay! Friendly staff and super clean nice room.

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Rooms

Rooms are generally modern and comfortable, with features like bidet/heated toilet seats. Several guests reported thin walls or noise/light intrusion, plus occasional hard beds, small rooms, or minor wear and tear.

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Cynthia

4 May 2025

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Stayed 4 nights

Visiting my son, booked 2 rooms with king beds. Beds comfortable. Has an upgraded toilet with heated seat. Service was friendly and efficient. Breakfast was much more than expected. Close to lots of activities.

6

Kathryn

22 Apr 2024

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Stayed 2 nights

We chose this hotel over another less expensive option as it had such great reviews. I looked for square footage before booking but couldn’t find it in the room descriptions. We were traveling and had just stayed a different chain hotel the previous evening. Our room was much smaller and more expensive at this hotel than the night before. I’m not sure why the reviews are so on the excellent side of things. While our stay was fine, it was only just OK. The paint in the bathroom is peeling, there are small holes in the bathroom walls from attachments, the room is small compared to an average hotel room, and we didn’t have the option to sign into our Netflix accounts. I would try a different place next time we stay in Bellingham.

8

Julianne

31 May 2024

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Stayed 2 nights

Key card to room were easily deactivated and new ones needed 6 times during stay. Great room and facility! Fantastic breakfast

6

Matthew

6 Jun 2023

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Stayed 2 nights

The beds were hard as rocks, which made my wife and I hurt so bad every morning. The rooms were clean, but the beds were my problem.

8

Mary

5 Aug 2025

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Stayed 4 nights

Good mattress and great breakfast. There should be a fan in the bathroom and the AC fan should not be so loud.

10

R DANIEL

12 Sept 2025

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Stayed 2 nights

My room was modern and well-designed. And Lauren at the front desk went above and beyond by calling me days before check-in to say I should book a different room to insure my special request could be honored.

8

Susan

11 Aug 2025

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Stayed 4 nights

we stayed for 4 nightsm. our checkin and checkout process was very efficient. the staff was always pleasant and helpful. the facilities were always clean. our room was ground level right on the other side of the wall to checkin which made it noisy as well as the the traveler/s in the rooms above and surrounding us... the room soundproofing was terrible!

10

Barbara

3 Sept 2025

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Stayed 2 nights

The only disappointment was with the TV. There was not a guide to see what is playing when. Just flipping through channels to try to see what’s on and finally turning it off because you can’t really know what you’re watching or how far into the program you are. VERY frustrating. There should be a program guide available.

8

Michelle

21 Sept 2025

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Stayed 3 nights

A good location with a lot of eateries and shopping near by. Rooms could use better sound proofing. A/C is great! Staff is friendly.

8

Leslie

15 Apr 2023

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Stayed 2 nights

I did not like that the room did not have black out drapes I wish we had gotten a bidet seat!

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Service

Service is consistently friendly and helpful, with efficient check-in and attentive breakfast staff. A few guests experienced miscommunication, billing or key issues, or noisy housekeeping.

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debbie

18 Dec 2023

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Stayed 1 night

Staff were exceptionally helpful. I left my drink on the check in counter. She called me and informed me and asked if I would like her to run it up to me? Thanked her and said I would come get it. Then called about heating and she brought my drink up and to help with heater but we figured it out just as she knocked on the door. Check in and out fast and easy. Breakfast excellent.

10

Samantha

25 Dec 2024

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Stayed 4 nights

The desk clerks were wonderful! The hotel lwt me know ahead it was being renovated. They were very kind and always welcoming. It was a wonderful experience 💓

10

Charles

15 Aug 2025

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Stayed 1 night

Great staff! Everyone was friendly and inviting. I forgot my ear buds and they called me right before I was leaving the area.

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R DANIEL

12 Sept 2025

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Stayed 2 nights

My room was modern and well-designed. And Lauren at the front desk went above and beyond by calling me days before check-in to say I should book a different room to insure my special request could be honored.

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Richard

4 Mar 2025

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Stayed 2 nights

Both days we stayed there, The house keeping was yelling back and forth down the hall, starting at 7:30 am. They were opening and letting the doors slam. We thought it was veey disrespectful. The pool and hot tub were closed, that waa one of the main reason we booked there. Bed was really stiff and very uncomfortable. We will not be back.

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Susan

11 Aug 2025

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Stayed 4 nights

we stayed for 4 nightsm. our checkin and checkout process was very efficient. the staff was always pleasant and helpful. the facilities were always clean. our room was ground level right on the other side of the wall to checkin which made it noisy as well as the the traveler/s in the rooms above and surrounding us... the room soundproofing was terrible!

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Jeffrey

4 Feb 2024

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This is a nasty Holiday Inn Express. The entire building looks and smells dirty: the lobby, the elevators, the pools, the breakfast area, and the rooms. In addition to being dirty, the facility is dated, tired, and worn. The front desk employees were indifferent, rude, and put in little effort to please guests. While eating my breakfast, I watched many customers walk away disappointed. The location was noisy. Due to the paper thin walls, you could hear your neighbors and all of the nearby traffic. The breakfast was fantastic.

10

Emily

26 Nov 2024

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Stayed 1 night

Ella at the front desk was so helpful in sorting out my own error with my booking, and all with a smile.

6

ROBERT CARLSON

11 Aug 2025

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Stayed 1 night

Expedia made an error in my reservation and it didn't show up correctly on the hotel computer.It was resolved by hotel staff after indepth investigation.

4

Cassandra

18 Jan 2023

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Stayed 19,373 nights

There was a notice posted in the hotel that there would be a fire alarm test at 11 in the morning. It lasted 45 minutes with just random alarms continuing to go off over and over. It really upset my dog and during that hour the elevator was out of order and we needed to load the car. This made taking things down to a vehicle impossible. Especially with an upset and scared dog. Our hotel key cards during this continued to fail to work and we had to get new cards three times. Very unhappy. Then the day after leaving I checked my account and I was charged not only $180 for the room on the 15th when we checked in for credentials but I was charged 196 on the 16th the day we checked out as a SEPARATE charge! I called and went to my bank today on 11/17 the day after checking out and my bank teller confirmed that the $180 charge from the 15th was still being held out of my account as well as the $196 from the 16th our date of check out! My bank teller told me that the $180 should drop away as soon as the $196 hard posts from the hotel but that has not happened as of tonight and so I have been short nearly $200 in my account for two days!! I'm very disappointed in the service by the staff who explained to me when I called that they were new and were unsure why this happened but they insisted they only had one charge on their end. The manager then told me the same thing and lacked kindness. Won't stay here ever again and will tell friends and family about it and the unprofessionalism!!

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Location

Convenient for shopping, restaurants, and highway access; many find it quiet once on the property. Some felt it was hard to find or a bit far from downtown.

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Maria Teresa

6 Nov 2023

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Stayed 1 night

Convenient location all around.

10

Aubrey

22 Sept 2024

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Stayed 2 nights

Great location. Easy walk to shopping or dining. We were on the first floor and the light outside the window made it tough to sleep even with the curtains closed. Nothing a sleep mask couldn’t fix. We will definitely stay here again.

10

Susannah

28 Jul 2025

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Stayed 2 nights

The rooms were clean and the mini "kitchen" was stocked with plates and cups. It was helpful to have a sink outside of the bathroom too (with four people in a room!). The front desk and breakfast personnel were very helpful and friendly. The breakfast was hot and plentiful. The location is OK, but a bit hard to find (tucked behind other buildings) and on a busy street. Internet was good.

10

Jocelyn

14 Oct 2024

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Stayed 1 night

Quiet and comfortable room. Convenient location.

10

Rudy

12 Apr 2024

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Stayed 3 nights

Good service and convenient location.

8

Michelle

21 Sept 2025

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Stayed 3 nights

A good location with a lot of eateries and shopping near by. Rooms could use better sound proofing. A/C is great! Staff is friendly.

10

David

30 Oct 2025

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Stayed 1 night

Clean and updated room. Great staff and pool. Great location!

10

Eileen

4 Sept 2024

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Stayed 3 nights

The Hotel is right on Meridian which makes it so easy to get to destinations. I highly recommend staying here. You won't regret it

10

Wenona

27 Oct 2024

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Stayed 1 night

Was a good hotel to stay at. Close to shopping and restaurants.

10

Mauricio

23 Sept 2023

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Stayed 2 nights

We enjoyed our stay. Nice, quiet rooms. Great breakfast, friendly and efficient staff. A bit far from downtown but near lots of shops and restaurants. Highly recommend it.

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Dining

Breakfast is widely praised for variety and quality, often better than typical complimentary offerings. During renovation it could feel cramped or crowded.

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Jennifer

10 Aug 2025

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Stayed 1 night

We checked in really late and the front desk staff was pleasant and quick to get us checked in. Clean room, comfortable bed, and good breakfast. Would stay again.

10

Jannet

6 Mar 2024

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Stayed 2 nights

Nice and clean. Great breakfast!

10

Barbara

30 Dec 2023

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Stayed 3 nights

The breakfast every morning (included in the price of the room) was amazingly good. There were fresh baked cookies every day. The pool was fabulous. The bed was comfortable. The room was quiet. There was plenty of parking. It was close to great restaurants and Bellis Faire Mall. The only down side was that the refrigerator was exceptionally loud every fifteen minutes or so.

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Bobbi Jo

27 Jul 2025

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Stayed 1 night

Great hotel pool open until midnight (10 to 12 adults only). Our only complaint is room wasnt ready until 5pm Pool clean and hot tub, good selection for breakfast Rooms nice, loved the heated toilet seat

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Frank

7 Sept 2024

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Stayed 1 night

Free Breakfast was very high standard!

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Abbigail K

18 Feb 2025

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Stayed 2 nights

We werent aware the building was undergoing a facelift. The entire first floor was a construction zone. Staff was friendly but it made the breakfast difficult as seating was limited. Would probably return however

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Babak

13 Apr 2025

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Stayed 1 night

It was under renovation. There was no enough space for breakfast.

10

Lauren

18 Mar 2024

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Stayed 1 night

The staff were all great and friendly. The hotel was very clean. We were thrilled with the breakfast. The variety of food was great and it is available for much longer than most hotels.

8

Monique

23 Jun 2025

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Stayed 1 night

The front desk ladies were absolutely the best. They were friendly and helpful. The breakfast was delicious. We also spent an hour in the pool n hot tub it was very clean and enjoyable.

10

Sarah

16 Sept 2025

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Stayed 2 nights

Very quiet at night and the morning breakfast had lots of great options

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