Where to stop en route to Washington D.C

We will be traveling from eastern L.I to washington around thanksgiving - not sure of exact days yet - we are going as a family not to meet up with anyone so are flexible with our timing. It looks like it could take us 6 - 6 1/2 hours but will probably be longer with all the holiday traffic. So where would you stop for a night en route? We will probably drive straight through on the way home but would like a stop over somwhere on the way down there.

Any ideas or tips for washington with two kids?

TIA

Re: Where to stop en route to Washington D.C

We drive to LI often from DC. We usually stop in Philadelphia or spend a night in NJ off of 95. We have stayed in Mt Laurel or Princeton area.

Where to stop en route to Washington D.C

A little out of the way but I'd do philly. There stuff to do there. If not, the. Just anywhere along the drive just to crash.

Re: Where to stop en route to Washington D.C

Are you sure you need to stop? I drive from right outside of DC (about 20 miles north in MD) to East Islip multiple times a year with a 2 and 5 year old (and did it when they were 1/4, infant/3) by myself sometimes and we just charge through. We do it in 4 hours if we don't make stops when we leave between 6-6:30 in the morning. We're doing it Wed before and Sat after Thanksgiving and as long as we time it right it's pretty simple.

Re: Where to stop en route to Washington D.C

Hmm, we are driving the same time, and I didn't think it would be necessary to stop at some point and sleep over. I guess we will leave at like 6am to try to avoid the mess of traffic. I had plane tickets booked, but switched them to something else. Now I'm thinking I should've kept them! Loathe traffic.