posted by Vacation Home Rentals on Dec 18
Airport parking varies a lot around the world but in some crowded countries airport parking can be a very expensive option unless you are prepared to park some way from the airport.
You will almost always pay more for easy and convenient airport car parking services. If you are well off or your company is paying the bill you can often park right next to the airport. You can usually save some money by parking further away from the airport terminal and getting a bus or coach.
If the demand is high and supply of parking is limited the usual rules of supply and demand will apply to airport parking. The airport management company or the car parking contractor will set a parking cost at whatever the customers will be prepared to pay. Air travel seems to grow by leaps and bounds and the growth has increased demand for car parking services at airports.
Due to the high levels of demand for air travel car parking services have been able to charge high prices for parking at airports. There is more to the cost of flying than just the airline ticket but these costs have done nothing to slow the growth of air travel.
The airline passenger is limited in their choice and sometimes car travel is the most suitable way to get to the airport especially when travelling at difficult times of day or night. If you are travelling to an airport some distance away the transport connections offered at airports may not help you much.
Many airports offer airport car parking alternatives and are served by train connections with the trains arriving almost inside the airport terminal but that only helps if you can easily get to a train station on the right line for the airport. Some travellers are happy to use buses and coaches to get to the airport but if you are travelling with luggage it can be very difficult.
Getting on a bus or coach with your luggage is not as easy or convenient as using your car. Instead of you choosing when you want to travel you have to fit in with whatever service they provide. It may be more convenient to drive to the airport but the cost of airport parking is the price you have to pay.
posted by Vacation Home Rentals on Jan 30
my message is do not leave your airport parking to chance, the airport may be extremely busy and you could be delayed looking for adequate parking. Do you know where you are actually going when you reach the airport. Leaving airport parking to just turning up at the last minute can cause problems and has led to flights almost being missed.
Incorrectly, the airport bus driver was given a warning by his superiors for helping the wheelchair user. Why on earth did this happen? My friends put me onto a normal bus as we did not have the time to wait the 25 minutes for special wheelchair transport to arrive.
An airport official saw the driver helping me get off the bus at the airport terminal and then pulled the driver in to discipline them. How did I get to know about this? I was told airport officials had given the driver of the bus a warning from the driver of special assistance vehicle on my return to the airport.
What was the problem, the bus driver was helping out a disabled member of the community. I could not believe how much the car parking costs were; when comparing to costs when booking online there is a vast difference.
The event took place earlier in the decade; since then there are now a number of sites that offer great airport parking booking facilities. The Internet has allowed car users to pre-book airport car parking in advance at a discount.
If you have a disability and are looking for which airport car park you should choose then GoSimply would be the site I recommend. Disable users will find the site useful as it highlights if a car park has disabled facilities. The other excellent feature on the GoSimply site is the amount of reviews from other travellers
Booking airport parking in advance makes sense for the following reasons:
- It gives peace of mind
- You can reduce costs
- You can park closer to the airport
- Take the worry out of finding a suitable parking
- Major car parks are monitored 24/7
My subsequent travels to Stansted airport have all resulted in me pre-booking my Stansted Airport Parking in advance. I would advocate this to any traveller but even more so a disabled traveller who is looking for Stansted Airport Parking.
Why leave finding a suitable car park at an airport to chance! Think about it, if you are stuck in traffic and have no car park place guaranteed you could well be stuck at an outer car park and face a longer transfer time.
