Airport Parking
Why is airport parking such a big issue?
Parking your car at any one of the UK’s leading airports can certainly be an issue if your caught in traffic due to unforeseen traffic delays and your late for your check –in or at worst miss your flight all together.
With thousands of travelers driving to the airports every day of the week it’s not surprising that the simple fact of parking your car can be stressful and certainly more expensive than you would think.
You can just leave it to the last minute and take the car and hope all goes well and then try to find a space or you could pre-book your parking space at any of the leading airports including Heathrow, Gatwick, Stansted, Birmingham, Manchester and be assured of a reserved parking space as well as saving up to 60% on the normal parking tariffs or at least 30% depending upon time and airport. That fact alone should be sufficient motivation for you to take a few minutes and pre-book your airport parking space.
Gatwick airport parking has been greatly improved over the recent years having said that it is still rather expensive to park your car at the terminal buildings and so off site airport parking for Gatwick have increased the capacity and reduced the cost considerably. Gatwick off-site parking at Cophall Farm, Courtlands, APH are all secure parking compounds.
Heathrow Airport parking is certainly the most costly of all the leading international airports and advance booking can render up to 60% saving on the turn up on the day parking tariffs. Heathrow is a business airport and offers more business travelers facilities such as business car parking, long term stay and a on demand transfer service as well as meet and greet services are available.
Stansted airport parking offers far less in terms of scale and capacity and due to its ‘green field’ location recent planning restrictions has made it hard for developers to acquire suitable land and convert into concrete and tarmac parking areas. This has meant that capacity at Stansted can be in short supply particularly in the peak travel holiday seasons. So it pays to book well in advance.
Manchester airport parking is increasing daily and local authorities are intent on turning the area into a carbon neutral zone by 2015. There are approximately 16,000 on-site airport parking bays available and a dozen or so private airport parking companies offering additional airport parking in and around Manchester Airport to boost capacity with a free shuttle service to the terminals.
Birmingham airport parking is probably one of the lowest costs considering its importance as being the largest and busiest airport outside of London. It is still worth booking in advance to secure a place and to save a substantial discount off the on the day prices.
All international airports have improved services and offer disabled access and both short stay and long stay parking options as well as secure parking and most offers meet and greet services.
For those of you travelling early hours then it’s worth looking into the special overnight accommodation deals offered by the airport hotels close by the airports. You can obtain a large discounted package deal for hotel accommodation, and parking at the hotel for up to 2 weeks and arrive on time refreshed and definitely not stressed with an airport hotel parking package deal. To check on all the best airport hotel package deals take search for airport hotels now