For the planning session we drove in the night before and stayed at the Luskin Conference Center Hotel (just a few short blocks from radiation oncology), mostly because it was a long day of planning (including rectal hydrogel insertion) with a very early start.

I drove myself back and forth the day of the first treatment since I was told there would be minimal side effects for the first ( which was true) and it was on a Thursday with next treatment not until the following Monday. When I returned for the remainder of the treatments I stayed again at the hotel for the duration (a total of ten nights). My spouse had to be at work and couldn’t stay the duration, but came back and forth as their schedule allowed and then drove me home at the completion of the SBRT.

UCLA has three hotels in the vicinity with discounted rates for medical center patients and families. The Luskin is the most convenient to Rad Onc, has an onsite restaurant with decent food, and they placed a mini refrigerator in my room for me ( there is a Ralph’s and a Whole Foods both nearby) allowing me to keep some beverages, snacks, and light food in the room.
https://luskinconferencecenter.ucla.edu/