If you’re the type of person who organises your luggage well in advance, makes a checklist of everything you’re definitely going to need, and plans your journey to the minute, you’ve probably already carefully researched and booked your airport parking well in advance and saved yourself a pretty penny. If that just isn’t you then you might not realise you could be paying up to 60% more than you need to.
It only takes a few minutes to take a look at websites such as Airport-Parking.co.uk and you could find cheap airport parking by comparing 90% of the airport parking market.
To lend you a helping hand, and to make sure you don’t pay through the roof, here is a ‘Top Money Saving Tips’ guide to cheap airport parking. With the proper planning and the implementation of these tips you’ll be able to save time and money.
1st Top Tip: Preparation, Preparation, Preparation.
If you’ve not pre-booked your airport parking and turn up on the day hoping to get a cheap space, you’re going to be very disappointed, and get a costly surprise. In many UK airports there is a premium charge for holiday goers who haven’t booked their spaces, you’ve most likely got nowhere else to park and they know that! Paying 60% more for your parking isn’t a tiny amount and if you’d pre-booked you could be taking that money away on holiday with you. Booking weeks or months in advance will obviously get you the best deals but you can still book days before, or even on the morning of your departure. You won’t save as much but you won’t be charged the set gate fee when you arrive.
2nd Top Tip: The Early Bird
The earlier the better! As soon as you know when you’re flying out get online and check the airport parking prices. If you check early enough you’ll find that airport car parks will have advance purchase prices – but these can drop off at any time, the closer the departure date the less likely you’ll get a big discount. Once it’s booked you’re not going to have to worry about parking, reducing the stress of holiday preparation closer to you going away.
3rd Top Tip: To Drive or not to Drive
It’s the big travel day and you’re thinking it’s going to be cheaper and easier just to book a taxi and have them drive you to the airport. If you live 5 minutes away this is probably true, however most people live a little further away. The traffic around the airport is going to be busy and you have to hope your taxi turns up on time, your taxi meter is going to be ticking away and you might not get there as early as you’d have liked.
4th Top Tip: Take a little Walk
Parking offsite might seem like a daunting process, the idea of dragging your suitcases, but this just isn’t the case anymore. Offsite airport parking provisions provide a quick and efficient shuttle service that run regularly day and night, and can often be less congested and quicker than those attached to the airport. If you do you research and book early enough you’ll most likely be able to get yourself a cheap airport parking fee and only be a 5 walk away.
5th Top Tip: Stay the Night Before
If you’ve got an early flight travelling up in the middle of the night isn’t always the most stress free start to a holiday – you’ll have been up most of the day and all the want to do is get to your destination. Deciding to stay in a hotel the night before can not only get rid of the nasty stressful feeling of the night time travel but in many cases reduce the cost of your parking. Many hotels offer discounts on airport parking if you book a hotel room with them.
Guest Post by Airport-Parking.co.uk.
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