Airport Parking

[Bazzer]

My wife and I used to use the shuttle bus to an off site car park, but from a sparkling service to begin with, we found that by the time we had waited for the bus, etc., we could have checked in or been home long ago.
The gap between booking a space and travelling is also significant. I am away next week. Someone travelling in our party was, on Tuesday, quoted £138 for 7 days parking. My parking in the same place was less than half that, because of booking early. So for him it is cheaper to get a taxi.

 

[ClichéGuevara]

A mate went to pick his car up from a non-airport car park after a flight to find it full of rubbish and a sleeping bag. Seems at least one of the staff lived in the cars while people were away.

 

[mustang1]

Hard times or gone all Greenpeace?

I found sanctimony.

 

[fossyant]

Don't use the airport solves the problem.

Quite. Not flying at present due to the mess at airports with check in and security, and planes are a covid incubator - 3 of my family, from the same flight, have all just caught covid.

PS Taxi or drop off as I'm less than 10 miles from Manchester Airport

 

[sheddy]

We try to take the train.
Sadly not available for early/late flights.

 

[Brandane]

A friend of ours regularly flies between Gatwick and Inverness. She drives up to Gatwick and has for many years been parking in the driveway of a bungalow near the airport. There's a fair few who supplement their pension by doing the same thing. The chap drops her off at the airport and then parks her car on his drive. She lets him know the date of her return and texts him when her flight has landed, he then comes and collects her. I'm not sure of the cost, but she's been doing this for quite a few years now.

Sounds like they are using yourparkingspace.co.uk or similar. People with parking spaces to rent can do so via the site.
I have used them a few times, there are good deals to be had. Glasgow airport parking can be booked through them at a fraction of the NCP rip off rates, and you use the car park of the Holiday Inn Express, 2 minutes walk from the terminal.
I have also used them when going to France on cycling trips. Drive to Portsmouth with the bike in the car, park at a hotel just off the A27 (Holiday Inn Express again!) and then cycle a few miles to the ferry port. Rates for a week or so were very reasonable, about £5 per day IIRC..

 

[Brandane]

I don't like using any long term car parking where they insist on you leaving your car keys with them.
I seem to remember hearing stories in the past of some less than scrupulous places selling engine and electronic parts which were swapped over from a faulty car, while you were safely out of the way for a few days.

 

[Sallar55]

Your car may be at the house, but who cuts your grass. Sister is worried that as the grass is tall no one is at home.

 

[The Central Scrutinizer]

Your car may be at the house, but who cuts your grass. Sister is worried that as the grass is tall no one is at home.

True.

 

[vickster]

Your car may be at the house, but who cuts your grass. Sister is worried that as the grass is tall no one is at home.

How long is she going away for?

 

[The Central Scrutinizer]

In the end we took the X10 bus which goes to stansted airport from Basildon.
Only about eight stops altogether and it took ninety minutes.
£44 return for my wife and i and we had a lovely ten days in Zakynthos
#Cheapskate