Name: Holiday Inn Darlington - NORTH A1M, JCT.59 by IHG
Address: Newton Park, Coatham Mundeville, Great Aycliffe, Newton Aycliffe, England, United Kingdom, Great Aycliffe, Durham, GB
Price range: $67–$234 per night
Rating: 8.53

What guests think

At Holiday Inn Darlington - NORTH A1M, JCT.59 by IHG, travellers commonly praise the friendly, helpful staff, convenient just-off-motorway location, and generally clean, comfortable, spacious rooms, making it a practical stopover for road trips and short stays.

Several reviews note unreliable in-room Wi-Fi, some dated decor and maintenance issues, and occasional noise from creaky floors or nearby parking. Breakfast is often rated good to excellent, though consistency and buffet replenishment vary, while evening meals and bar prices receive mixed feedback, including slow service and value concerns. Overall, expect a convenient stopover with solid basics and a few trade-offs.

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Facilities

Free, easy parking is frequently mentioned. The property is pet friendly, and the on-site gym is very small.

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Lisa

Nov 14, 2025

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Stayed 1 night

I didn't have breakfast. Parking is easy. Evening meal really disappointing- slimy coleslaw and the sour cream was out of a jar. Wouldn't eat here again. Lady on reception was lovely and really accommodating. Overall the hotel was fine for a one night stay and convenient for A1

8

Mary

Aug 26, 2023

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Stayed 1 night

Very good value for money other than expensive dinner options. You have more reasonable options and prices before 6 pm. Breakfast was very good, however. Room was clean and large. We requested a room change to the quiet side of the hotel (overlooking the car park) and were given one quickly. Reception service was really good. Would come again. .

8

Anthony

May 19, 2023

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Stayed 2 nights

-Good room -Friendly staff -Very small gym, not really worth it if there's more than one person in it -Disappointed that I couldn't get a table for one at 7pm in the restaurant as there was a table of 12 booked for around that time.

10

Gary

Mar 24, 2025

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Stayed 1 night

Overnight stay on way to Scotland with our dog. Very friendly and professional staff, extremely accommodating.

10

Karen

Mar 20, 2023

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Stayed 1 night

Great staff. Nice and quiet. Easy access and parking.

10

DEBBIE

Aug 30, 2025

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Stayed 2 nights

Very nice enjoyable stay, friendly and helpful staff, pet friendly and disabled facilities will deffo stay again next year

8

Laura

Oct 20, 2023

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Stayed 2 nights

Had a weekend stay for daughters competition 2 nights. Breakfast was very good clean pleasant hotel but was spoiled when I recieved £100 fine for parking in the Hotels car park. Was told on arrival to enter my reg to avoid fine but not that I had to re enter each day of stay to avoid fine he should of been clear that I needed to enter each morning feel robbed!

4

David

Jan 12, 2025

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Stayed 1 night

A superior room which sadly was on the ground floor with the parking area directly outside the window. Both cars started up and revved engines very early in order to warm their vehicles up before driving off, waking me up. The room was very cold so had to ask for an independent heater. Very disappointing and uncomfortable. I did ask for another room but none were available!

8

GILLIAN

Oct 4, 2024

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Stayed 1 night

A beautiful old place, retaining traditional features, good parking, friendly helpful staff. Excellent food, highly recommend

8

Susan

Aug 31, 2025

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Stayed 1 night

Great hotel for convenient location for Kyren. Friendly and helpful staff. Free parking. Conenient to M1A

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Cleanliness

Rooms and public areas are generally clean. Some guests mention wear and maintenance issues such as lifted flooring, loose tiles, faulty electrics, or tired decor.

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Philip

Aug 7, 2023

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Stayed 1 night

Disappointing tired hotel staff not particularly helpful room clean but damage to door. generally supposed to have been refurbished cheap job done needs a proper refurbishment. breakfast was good though

6

CRAIG

Jun 14, 2024

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Stayed 1 night

In need of an upgrade

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David

Aug 3, 2025

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Stayed 1 night

The public areas were nice and modern. The room we had was in need of upkeep. For example, the linoleum in front of the sink was lifted up. There was a loose tile in the toilet/shower room with missing grout. It was confusing... There was a portable radiator and a fan - and then some kind of blower unit above the door. Only a dry iron was provided.

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Will

Aug 29, 2023

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Stayed 1 night

Faulty electrical circuits, only some light fittings working in room. Reported to reception on arrival.

10

Paul

Nov 17, 2024

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Stayed 1 night

The hotel was clean and comfortable and the breakfast was superb

6

Vitor

Dec 9, 2024

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Stayed 1 night

The room's decor seemed a little dated, and the climate control system wasn't working perfectly; however, a heater was provided. The staff were extremely kind and professional.

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Adam

Nov 9, 2025

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Stayed 1 night

Room was clean, bed and pillows are comfy enough. Wifi in the room was appalling, breaking up every few minutes. Staff was helpful and friendly. Breakfast was nice with good choice of food

10

Leanne

Jun 15, 2024

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Stayed 1 night

Lovely clean, spacious and comfortable room, friendly and helpful staff, really comfortable bed. The breakfast was great too.

10

Patricia

Sep 22, 2024

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Stayed 2 nights

Everything was very clean, the bedroom was very spacious. Friendly staff

10

MRS T M

Apr 19, 2025

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Stayed 2 nights

We stay here often it is always a good breakfast and very clean bedrooms comfy beds and the staff are very helpful and always pleasant

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Rooms

Rooms are often spacious and comfortable, but several guests note dated decor and climate-control issues, and some sofa beds are small or uncomfortable. In-room Wi-Fi is frequently unreliable, and noise from creaky floors or rooms above is a recurring complaint.

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Simon

Nov 18, 2025

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Stayed 2 nights

Wifi doesn't work in bedrooms only in main areas, had to move rooms as heating didn't work in first room

8

Maggie

Dec 16, 2024

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Great stay! Very spacious room, nice staff. Only down side was that the sofa bed mattress was not very comfortable.

10

Asma

Jan 26, 2025

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Stayed 1 night

Comfortable stay at HI as always, nice, spacious room with good shower.

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Vitor

Dec 9, 2024

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Stayed 1 night

The room's decor seemed a little dated, and the climate control system wasn't working perfectly; however, a heater was provided. The staff were extremely kind and professional.

8

Adam

Nov 9, 2025

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Stayed 1 night

Room was clean, bed and pillows are comfy enough. Wifi in the room was appalling, breaking up every few minutes. Staff was helpful and friendly. Breakfast was nice with good choice of food

8

Alex

Jun 11, 2023

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Stayed 1 night

Very convenient to the main road, all the staff were extremely helpful, the wifi was absolutely useless in the rooms, this was really disappointing, also no electrical outlets by the bed side for a CPAP machine.

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Feonagh

Dec 3, 2023

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Stayed 1 night

Room 203 was freezing cold and the floorboards outside the door were very creaky. Due to the location of the room (beside the stairwell), a lot of people passed the room.

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Simon

May 7, 2023

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Stayed 1 night

We had ground floor room. Got woken up by the people in the room above walking about . Terrible sound proofing you could hear everything

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jakub

Oct 4, 2024

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Stayed 1 night

Hotel seemed OK at first, not the best of Holiday Inns but acceptable. The problem appeared at 4am in the morning when I found out the ceiling is very thin and the floor above extremely creaky. I could hear every step of the guest above me who got up extremely early. If you need to stay in this hotel, ask for a room on the top floor with no one above you.

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Aimee

Aug 15, 2025

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Stayed 2 nights

All ok. The sofa bed for two people was extremely small. Not quite a double and not very comfortable.

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Service

Service is frequently praised as friendly, welcoming and helpful across reception and breakfast. There are occasional issues, including slow restaurant service, poor handling of disruptions, and a few complaints about billing or assistance.

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Lisa

Nov 14, 2025

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Stayed 1 night

I didn't have breakfast. Parking is easy. Evening meal really disappointing- slimy coleslaw and the sour cream was out of a jar. Wouldn't eat here again. Lady on reception was lovely and really accommodating. Overall the hotel was fine for a one night stay and convenient for A1

10

lee

Nov 23, 2025

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Stayed 1 night

Staff were great. Breakfast was decent. Had a nice quiet nights sleep before a busy day in Newcastle.

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Gareth

Jun 22, 2024

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Stayed 1 night

The hotel was difficult to find initially. A sign at the end of the road would alleviate the issue. Could be down to tree growth ? Reception was great and room also. What spoiled our stay was a coach full of school children that arrived around 9 pm. The noise in reception and later in the corridor as they went to their room was high and disturbed our Friday evening . This noise continued on and off in to the early hours and started again at 06.30. No supervision of these young people past check in was apparent. Knowing that this trip was arriving, wouldn’t it have made sense to segregate room allocations ? Unfortunately breakfast was also disturbed. Not ideal for a relaxing start to Saturday morning ! Very disappointed

10

Polly

Sep 14, 2023

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Stayed 1 night

Very pleased with our stay, the staff were very helpful, friendly and went out of their way for me & my elderly mother.

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Adam

Nov 9, 2025

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Stayed 1 night

Room was clean, bed and pillows are comfy enough. Wifi in the room was appalling, breaking up every few minutes. Staff was helpful and friendly. Breakfast was nice with good choice of food

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Christopher

Feb 13, 2023

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Stayed 1 night

I was double charged for my room. I booked through Hotels.com and paid. I was charged again by the hotel when checking out. They are refusing to refund. Avoid.

10

Susan

Apr 18, 2025

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Stayed 1 night

Lovely hotel. Lovely staff.

10

MRS T M

Apr 19, 2025

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Stayed 2 nights

We stay here often it is always a good breakfast and very clean bedrooms comfy beds and the staff are very helpful and always pleasant

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Simon

May 10, 2024

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Stayed 1 night

This was a terrible experience. Am a fan of Holiday Inns and have stayed in them at various locations across the UK. Yesterday evening i was told by staff i would have to wait an hour after ordering for food (for me that was not a problem) but it doesn't look good. Next the beer i wanted went off tap. Next on asking for a taxi to be booked i was given a list of numbers and told i would need to call them myself. From the list, one was a dead line and another had no response. Hotels have more local knowledge than a visitor. Next the shower would not work but after playing with it for a while it began to work but only slightly. This was by far the worst experience i have had at an IMG hotel. Please don't let it happen again.

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Gillian

Feb 25, 2024

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Stayed 1 night

Hotel its self was ok. The rooms were clean and had what you needed in the room. The night we were there, there was a power cut to the area and the staff didn’t have a clue how to manage anything. There apparently was no manager on and the manager didn’t see this as enough of an emergency to come in and help their staff out!

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Location

Conveniently located just off the A1(M), making stopovers and visits to nearby cities straightforward. A few guests found it hard to locate or noted that without a car nearby options are limited.

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Colm

Aug 26, 2023

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Stayed 1 night

Excellent Holiday Inn - clean, comfortable, spacious rooms; very helpful staff; decent breakfast; just off motorway.

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Robert

Jan 25, 2024

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Stayed 3 nights

Its in the middle of a motorway so for those without a car, you are limited to KFC, McDonalds or sandwiches from the petrol stations.

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Gareth

Jun 22, 2024

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Stayed 1 night

The hotel was difficult to find initially. A sign at the end of the road would alleviate the issue. Could be down to tree growth ? Reception was great and room also. What spoiled our stay was a coach full of school children that arrived around 9 pm. The noise in reception and later in the corridor as they went to their room was high and disturbed our Friday evening . This noise continued on and off in to the early hours and started again at 06.30. No supervision of these young people past check in was apparent. Knowing that this trip was arriving, wouldn’t it have made sense to segregate room allocations ? Unfortunately breakfast was also disturbed. Not ideal for a relaxing start to Saturday morning ! Very disappointed

10

PAUL

Aug 13, 2025

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Stayed 4 nights

easy access to Darlington ,convenient stay

10

alison

Feb 11, 2024

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Stayed 1 night

Excellent overnight stay, family friendly and easy to find. excellent breakfast, lots of choice for all. Good value for money.

10

David

Nov 7, 2025

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Stayed 1 night

Great location

8

Alex

Jun 11, 2023

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Stayed 1 night

Very convenient to the main road, all the staff were extremely helpful, the wifi was absolutely useless in the rooms, this was really disappointing, also no electrical outlets by the bed side for a CPAP machine.

10

Jamie

Jun 15, 2024

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Stayed 1 night

Great location for a quick visit to Durham Uni

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Paul

Feb 16, 2025

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Stayed 1 night

Standard traveller’s hotel on A1M, lifted by the quality of the breakfast which was excellent

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Susan

Aug 31, 2025

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Stayed 1 night

Great hotel for convenient location for Kyren. Friendly and helpful staff. Free parking. Conenient to M1A

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Dining

Breakfast is often praised for quality and choice, though some report poor items or slow replenishment. Evening meals and the bar are mixed, with comments about high prices, limited availability at busy times, and disappointing dishes or delays.

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Lisa

Nov 14, 2025

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Stayed 1 night

I didn't have breakfast. Parking is easy. Evening meal really disappointing- slimy coleslaw and the sour cream was out of a jar. Wouldn't eat here again. Lady on reception was lovely and really accommodating. Overall the hotel was fine for a one night stay and convenient for A1

10

lee

Nov 23, 2025

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Stayed 1 night

Staff were great. Breakfast was decent. Had a nice quiet nights sleep before a busy day in Newcastle.

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Warren

Sep 12, 2024

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Stayed 3 nights

All 3 mornings the breakfast buffet wasn’t replenished and had to wait for cooked food

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Paul

Nov 17, 2024

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Stayed 1 night

The hotel was clean and comfortable and the breakfast was superb

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mark

Apr 5, 2024

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Stayed 1 night

The hotel itself was adequate. Like most IHG hotels, it is in desperate need of a refurbishment. The breakfast was absolutely spot on, excellent, couldn’t fault. The prices in the bar were eye watering. Over £5 for a small bottle of beer, wow, way too much. Overall I would stay again.

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Tony

Apr 20, 2024

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Stayed 2 nights

Stayed for 2 nights and could not fault the room and the breakfast was really good. However we decided to order a snack from the menu one evening. I ordered a sandwich, the menu stated fresh bloomer bread, brown or white, tuna, spring onion, mayonnaise and black pepper. When I received this it was 2 thin slices of 50/50 bread, no spring onion and the thinnest filling of tuna, more like spread. The charge for this was £8.00!! Definitely not worth the cost.

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Adam

Nov 9, 2025

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Stayed 1 night

Room was clean, bed and pillows are comfy enough. Wifi in the room was appalling, breaking up every few minutes. Staff was helpful and friendly. Breakfast was nice with good choice of food

10

Caralyn

Sep 3, 2023

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Stayed 2 nights

From the minute we entered the Holiday Inn the staff were friendly and helpful.The evening dinner was lovely and the breakfast was fantastic Overall we had a pleasant stay, and would definitely stay again

8

Becki

Jan 18, 2025

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Stayed 1 night

Very large and comfortable room. The worst breakfast I’ve eaten in a very long time. All food was rock hard the hash brown disintegrated upon putting fork in could have lost teeth on the bacon, I asked for a fresh egg as those in the dish were rock hard. The pastries were incredibly unfresh and very oily. The canned fruit was nice!

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MRS T M

Apr 19, 2025

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Stayed 2 nights

We stay here often it is always a good breakfast and very clean bedrooms comfy beds and the staff are very helpful and always pleasant

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Month	Average price
January	$72
February	$80
March	$88
April	$81
May	$89
June	$117
July	$95
August	$95
September	$122
October	$109
November	$95
December	$71

Su	Mo	Tu	We	Th	Fr	Sa
		1	2	3	4	5 $186
6 $93	7 $114	8 $119	9 $140	10 $99	11 $99	12 $234
13 $67	14 $103	15 $151	16 $141	17 $99	18 $104	19 $113
20 $78	21 $103	22 $136	23 $108	24 $92	25 $92	26 $103
27 $71	28 $101	29 $119	30 $119

Su	Mo	Tu	We	Th	Fr	Sa
				1 $74	2 $92	3 $113
4 $70	5 $102	6 $106	7 $106	8 $75	9 $68	10 $98
11 $67	12 $93	13 $114	14 $102	15 $76	16 $95	17 $98
18 $67	19 $93	20 $102	21 $102	22 $84	23 $84	24 $93
25 $67	26 $100	27 $102	28 $105	29 $89	30 $89	31 $98

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