Accommodations
SLAC Housing Office
The SLAC Housing Office provides housing assistance for benefits-eligible employees relocating to SLAC, including:
- Research of current available rental properties
- Local rental market counseling and referrals
- Rental/Lease Agreements Assistance
For non-employees, the SLAC Housing Office may be able to assist in locating accommodation for stays of five nights or longer. For stays less than 5 nights, we have provided several resources below to help you in booking your own accommodations.
Contact Information:
- Email: housing@slac.stanford.edu
- Phone: 650-926-4757
- Fax: 650-926-5178
Hours: Monday-Friday, 9 am-12 pm and 1 pm-5 pm
Location: VUE Center, Building 053, Room 1040
Stanford Guest House 650-926-2800
The Stanford Guest House is a comfortable and convenient housing structure located on SLAC’s campus just across the street from the Science and User Support Building (SUSB). Guests will have access to in-room, high-speed Internet access, a fitness center, a 24-hour reception desk, laundry facilities, free parking, complimentary tea and coffee and a 24-hour gift shop.
Advance reservations are required and you must provide a credit card to guarantee your reservation. If no rooms are available, you can request to be put on the waitlist. For further information contact the Guest House direct at ext 2800 (650-926-2800).
SLAC Rates at the Guest House effective as of January 1, 2017:
For SLAC or Stanford Visitors/Employees:
- $155.00/night (standard - 1 queen bed) (*Rates include tax)
- $195.00/night (deluxe - 2 queen beds) (*Deluxe rooms may be made handicap accessible by removing one queen bed)
For SLAC Facility Users:
- $135.00/night (standard room - 1 queen bed) (*Rates include tax)
- $175.00/night (deluxe - 2 queen beds) (*Deluxe rooms may be made handicap accessible by removing one queen bed)
Reservation Page for SLAC Facility Users (LCLS, SSRL, FACET/Test Beam) and KIPAC »
Hotels
SLAC is located in Menlo Park, near Palo Alto, both of which offer many conveniently located hotels with varying levels of amenities.
Long and Short-Term Housing
For visitors planning longer stays at SLAC, here are resources for finding rental housing. See the Estimated Housing Costs page for general information on the housing market in the Bay Area.
- Rental Listings
- Airbnb
- Alltherooms.com
- Craigslist - Please note that some Craigslist listings for Apartments/Housing for Rent are scams. You should avoid 'rent to own' listings and listings with unreasonably low rental prices; these are all fraudulent. Please contact SLAC Housing Services for more information.
- Palo Alto Online (Fogster Classifieds)
- Stanford Classifieds (SU Post)
- My New Place
- Trulia.Com
- Zillow Rentals / Sales
- Apartment List
- Realtor.Com
- SabbaticalHomes.com
- Local Property Management Companies
- Apartment Complexes
- Temporary Housing/ Sublets
- Tenant/ Landlord Issues
Please note: Inclusion in this list does not imply an endorsement by SLAC or Stanford.
Requesting Housing Assistance
If you’ve read the information above and on the Estimated Housing Costs page, but need further support or counseling on your relocation to or stay at SLAC, please fill out the Housing Questionnaire.
When completing your housing questionnaire, it is important for us to know as much about you as possible (such as will you have a car, or be bringing pets). This will help us to see what direction we should take in our search.
When requesting assistance for a long term stay, advance notice is always appreciated; but in order to do a true search, the client must be here and ready to put down a deposit and the first month's rent.
When requesting a room in a home or one of our furnished studios for five nights or more, we would also like as much advance notice as possible. We are able to pre-book these accommodations and will reserve them on a first-come-first served basis.