Housing, transportation, and parking information
Dear Colleagues,
Lodging. We do not have a preferred hotel. You are free to choose
from a wide range of accommodation options in the Stanford/Palo Alto/Menlo Park vicinity from this
website and also this
website or a Google search
of Stanford area hotels. For inexpensive housing options, check out the following places.
- Hotel California. A friendly B&B
place with wireless. Rate: $80.00 + tax per night. You can take a shuttle
to campus or walk about two miles.
- Stanford Guest
House. This is located at the SLAC facility. Group Rate: $109 (no
tax) per night. Bus runs to campus during day.
- Cardinal Hotel. A dignified
old hotel in the center of Palo Alto. Special MMDS rates: $99 per night for
standard room; and $65 per night for shared bath European style room.
Within a long walk to campus — about a mile and a half to the event location.
Transportation. The Stanford
campus is easily accessible via the free Marguerite
Shuttle, the Caltrain rail service,
and the VTA buses
and light rail. Click here
for detailed directions. If you need shuttle transportation to/from the
airport, please make your own reservations, preferably 24 hours in
advance:
- South and
East Bay Airport Shuttle (800-548-4664 or 408-225-4444).
Reservations not required but recommended. Operates 24 hours per day, 7
days per week.
- Super
Shuttle (800-258-3826, 415-558-8500 or 650-558-8500).
Reservations not required but recommended. Operates 24 hours per day, 7
days per week.
- VIP Airport Shuttle
(800-235-8847 or 408-885-1800). Reservations required. Operates 24
hours per day, 7 days per week.
Parking. If you will be driving, check out this
page for parking information.
- Plentiful free parking is available at the Stanford Shopping
Center, located a 25-minute walk or a 10-minute Marguerite ride away
from Stanford.
- $1.50/hour coin-metered spaces (up to 10 hours) and Pay & Display lots
are located throughout the campus. Parking is free on Saturday and after
4pm on weekdays. The locations may be found on this searchable campus map.
- You may also buy a one-day visitor scratcher permit which
allow parking in Pay & Display lots and at meters. These are available for
$12 each at the PT&S office (open weekdays
7:30am–5pm) located at 340
Bonair Siding.
Other information. Stanford
Parking & Transportation Services (P&TS) is available if you need
assistance planning your trip. They can talk you through the best route
— from your front door to campus. Contact the P&TS office at
650-723-9362, email at transportation@stanford.edu. For further
information not covered here (dining, recreation, shopping, etc), please
visit the Stanford visitor
resources webpage.
We look forward to seeing you at what
promises to be an exciting meeting.
MMDS Organizers