Beth was an amazing host. She immediately made me feel welcome and was generous in sharing other parts of her house with me (having a shelf in the fridge, storing my bike and boxes in the garage, etc). She was very accommodating and cared a lot about making sure I was comfortable (often without me asking) with things such as noise and temperature. The room was also much bigger than I expected. The photo captures only about half of the room, and there was a full-sized book shelf and storage unit (both empty for me when I arrived) on the other side of the room. Her laundry machines are in the garage, which I liked because I could do my laundry at any hour without worrying about noise. The neighborhood is in one of the more residential parts of Palo Alto and felt extremely safe and quiet at all hours. There aren't a ton of things in walking distance, which I didn't mind, although you probably do need a car or at least a bike to get around. (I had both.) Parking was very easy, and it took me about 15 minutes to bike to Stanford's campus from her house. Overall, I could not have asked for a better first experience with AirBnB.