As with @steverob it depends on what time the flights are and whether there are any deals on airport parking. There's a tipping point where we drive usually when we are able to get decent parking options and at least one flight is early/late in the day. We do take public transport, but it can take an hour to get the airport (Liverpool) vs around 25mins if we drive. Manchester is further away so usually drive and park when flying from there.
Airport Parking
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Roseland triker
Cheese ..... It's all about the cheese
- Location
- By the sea
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Taxi to Heathrow Terminal 4 is quite expensive from here......😆🤪
Taxi to Heathrow Terminal 4 is quite expensive from here......😆🤪
oldwheels
Legendary Member
- Location
- Isle of Mull
When my son was working as a self employed contractor overseas he kept an old VW Golf as an "airport car" as he travelled at all sorts times and a taxi costs in excess of £200 each way. Never had any problems with damage or interference.
Nowadays his employer pays for a taxi but has in the past supplied one way self drive hire cars.
Nowadays his employer pays for a taxi but has in the past supplied one way self drive hire cars.
mustang1
Guru
- Location
- London, UK
Always use airport car park. Have to use shuttle bus when we go on holiday with other people but when we go on our own, we always park right next to the airport "fromt door" so never use the shuttle bus.
Have used valet a couple of times but just dont fancy it any more.
Have used valet a couple of times but just dont fancy it any more.
vickster
Legendary Member
gavroche
Getting old but not past it
- Location
- North Wales
Manchester airport is only 60 miles away from my home and the latest taxi return fare since Covid and ever increasing cost of fuel is now :
250 pounds .
250 pounds .
Alex321
Veteran
- Location
- South Wales
Have always taken the car and parked.
Sometimes in official on-airport parking, sometimes in official but off-airport parking sometimes in 3rd party off-airport, and a couple of time in the "hotel plus parking" type arrangement when we had an early morning flight.
We have found a few times recently that the "meet and greet" type of parking actually worked out hardly any more expensive than the regular type and have used that when it is cheap enough.
Don't worry about no car at home because we have always had two cars when we have been able to afford foreign trips, so there has still been one at home.
We have never lived close enough to the airport for taxi to really be a viable option, although we have moved since our last flight, and it would now be viable if flying from Cardiff (about 8 miles away).
Sometimes in official on-airport parking, sometimes in official but off-airport parking sometimes in 3rd party off-airport, and a couple of time in the "hotel plus parking" type arrangement when we had an early morning flight.
We have found a few times recently that the "meet and greet" type of parking actually worked out hardly any more expensive than the regular type and have used that when it is cheap enough.
Don't worry about no car at home because we have always had two cars when we have been able to afford foreign trips, so there has still been one at home.
We have never lived close enough to the airport for taxi to really be a viable option, although we have moved since our last flight, and it would now be viable if flying from Cardiff (about 8 miles away).
Alex321
Veteran
- Location
- South Wales
Do you only ever fly private too?
Some airports aren't all that expensive for that type of parking Cardiff, for instance (my closest airport), £62.50 for 8 days, less than 5 minutes walk from the terminal.
DaveReading
Don't suffer fools gladly (must try harder!)
- Location
- Reading, obvs
Those considerations will apply to most, if not all, people.
If you're taxying or using public transport, the cost is independent of the length of your holiday, whereas parking costs obviously depend on how long you're away for.
So it's a trade-off, which will be different for everybody.
mustang1
Guru
- Location
- London, UK
Do you only ever fly private too?
Its funny you say that. Yes I used to fly private and I wrote that in my original message but then deleted it.
vickster
Legendary Member
Its funny you say that. Yes I used to fly private and I wrote that in my original message but then deleted it.
Hard times or gone all Greenpeace?
Brandane
Legendary Member
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- Costa Clyde
Are you in Hounslow?
How can you resist with such generous discounts? £502 reduced to £499, why bother (with the discount!)
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vickster
Legendary Member
Are you in Hounslow?
How can you resist with such generous discounts? £502 reduced to £499, why bother!
Roseland is in Cornwall so it’s hardly surprising a cab to Heathrow is a bit spendy!
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.
