My husband had emergency surgery at Stanford Hospital so I found myself in Palo Alto with no place to stay and no transportation. Thank goodness for Lakshmi and her Airbnb. She provided daily rides for me to and from the hospital at any time I requested. Her home is in a lovely and very friendly Menlo Park location. This geographical area is prohibitively expensive (even two-star motel-hotel type establishments run in the mid- $200 range) so comparatively this was an excellent value.