Super 8 Motel - Palo Alto/Stanford Area

I realize this is a budget hotel, but tried it given positive feedback on the web. First room was not heated when I got there. Like 40 degrees. Heater was loud but heated the place. Could not sleep due to strong paint fumes. Turned out it was painted during the week. No problem switching to another room, that one had just been painted too. So switched to yet another room that had not been painted but was smelled very old/ musty instead. I decided to take that over paint fumes and the rest of my stay was generally ok except that the wireless internet was spotty in that room (220).I will say the staff did whatever they could to help me out and did not complain about moving me or handling my arrival at 3am the first night. Kudos for that. However the facility is really in need up updating and I find I¿m not fond of the motel/walk-right-outside concept. I'll upgrade to something w/ indoor halls. It feels a lot safer. ...read more