When are you flying in? Weekend or Weekday? You have to be careful with CAL TRAIN as some of the express trains skip Santa Clara. Another good way via transit is to take the CAL Train to Mt. View. Cross the tracks to transfer to Santa Clara VTA Light Rail toward Winchester. The light rail stops across the street from the hotel via the Old Ironside or Great America Station. It's about a 20 minute LTR ride from Mt. View to the hotel, single ride is $2.
Originally Posted by
myperks
IMHO
cheapest: take CalTrain to Santa Clara station, take free VTA to Airport, take hotel shuttle.
second cheapest and faster: take Monterey Airbus from SFO to SJC and take hotel shuttle.
you can probably mix it up with some short taxi rides somewhere in between.