holiday inn national airport/crystal city to metro

We had to wait a long time for a pick up and then the other people on the shuttle that had come from the airport complained about the detour so we didn't try it again. We had the hotel shuttle drop us off a few streets over at Chick Fil A and called to have him pick us back up. There's a McDonalds next to the hotel that we ended up going to a lot and also to the CVS nearby. Either way was a pain with small children, etc. That was the hotel suggestion for getting back to the hotel each time if you don't want to walk from the Crystal City stop. We should have ridden the metro to the Reagan stop and taken the hotel shuttle. We called the hotel and they explained to walk towards the back of the hotel from behind the CVS on the sidewalk and that was a big help. It's difficult to see where you can walk on sidewalks without ending up out in the street. Trying to walk to the hotel from the Crystal City Metro stop was a bit of a challenge the first time carrying our luggage since we flew into Dulles instead of Reagan. Our check in took forever since their computer system froze and they had to reboot so just getting settled in so we could leave and see the town was delayed and slow.

Holiday inn national airport/crystal city to metro