Family

Off-Campus Family Housing

Past participants have had good experiences making family arrangements through Airbnb and VRBO. With this arrangement, you must release your on-campus single occupancy room. The portion of the program fee that would have gone toward your campus housing will be taken off your program fee invoice. This is only available for participants traveling from far distances who could not otherwise attend the program. With this option, participants would stay with their family off campus for the full 6 weeks of the program. 

Please email sep@gsb.stanford.edu with any questions and to express interest in this option.

Family Visiting

Long weekends are often popular times for family visits/shorter stays. If your family is planning to visit during the program, below are local hotels listed. Past participants have also used services such as Airbnb and VRBO to secure shorter stay accommodations. 

• Sheraton Palo Alto (1.2 miles from campus)

• Clement Hotel (1.1 miles from campus)

• El PRADO Hotel (1.7 miles from campus)

• The Westin Palo Alto (1.1 mile from campus)

• Nobu Hotel (1.5 miles from campus)

• Stanford Park Hotel (2.0 miles from campus)

• Residence Inn Palo Alto @ Los Altos (3.3 miles from campus)

• The Rosewood Hotel Sandhill (3.7 miles from campus)

• Four Seasons at Silicon Valley (3.9 miles from campus)

Activities and Summer camps

For families with children in need of a summer activity. (Disclaimer) Stanford University does not endorse any of these products lised here and is not responsible for any of the products, services, or content they provide. 

• Stanford Athletic Camps (Stanford Campus) - Variety of athletic camps ages 5+

• Stanford Pre-Collegiate Summer Institute (Stanford Campus) - 30 summer courses offering students the opportunity to experience Stanford Grades 8-11

• Bay Area Dance School (Los Altos) - High quality dance instruction for children and teens ages 5+

• Castilleja School Casti Summer Camp (Palo Alto) - All girl summer camp with arts, cooking, sports, games, and more grades 2-9

• Digital Media Academy (Stanford Campus) - Filmmaking, Special FX, game and web design, comic and cartoon creation, and more            ages 6-18

• Galileo Innovation Camps (Multiple Locations) - teaches innovation grades pre-K - 10

• Golden Eagle Camp (Los Altos and Homestead High Schools)  - All sports camp ages 5-13

• Hidden Villa Camp (Los Altos) - Farm animals, arts, swimming, crafts, environmental awareness, and more ages 4-18

• iD Tech Camps (Multiple Locations) - Code Apps, Design Video games, build robots, produce movies, and more ages 7-17