temporary thread for parking discussions

Lorraine_Turner

Hi folks

I went to Spain for a fortnight last month and parked with the guy that Addy's recommending. The service was absolutely excellent. He keeps your car safely out of public reach while you are away, takes you to the terminal, and picks you up from the airport when you land. He even gave us a bottle of chilled mineral water each when we landed because he thought we might be thirsty after the flight. He charges £5 a day (much cheaper than the airport car parks), and it's well worth it for the convenience and peace of mind. If you e-mail Addy, she'll let you have his contact details. Good luck.

evesham1988la

I always use Stansted Moutfitchet Railway Station, as it is much much quicker to get to the Stansted Terminal. Twenty Minutes from M11 junction, park car in street, board the train and your there - taking only 20 minutes.

This compares with about 40 minutes using Pink Elephant, beats waiting in the cold for a packed bendy bus to come and pick you up - and besides it is cheaper as well.

It is even better coming back - once it only took 10 minutes before I left arrivals until I was on the M40. Normally, it is a nightmare with Pink Elephant coming back - Queuing for bus with luggage and then driving round the car park for ages waiting for the correct zone to be called... and then queuing for the exit.

I would use the train as it is so much easier and practical....and surprisingly they are always on time. It is easy if you do your planning and arrive 5 minutes before the train leaves, which is every 30 minutes direct - not via Bishops Stortford.

p3gg

Oldish discount code from Quackers here, I used it for Stansted (Bishops Stortford FC --- fine), don't know if it still works.

http://forum.moneysavingexpert.com/cgi-bin/yabb/YaBB.cgi?board=Voucher;action=display;num=1099927537;start=2#2

nt639

I don't think that is very practical.  The car-park is very small and the trains going to the airport don't stop at Stansted Mounfitchet. So what you would have to do is catch a train at Stansted M., travel  the wrong way to Bishop's Stortford, and then change into the airport train.

When did you last go to stansted station? they have a new car park which is very large, across the other side of the road bridge & the trains do run direct!

abomb1969

Can anyone suggest a good/cheap place to park for a week at Gatwick? Off skiiing on Sunday.

Dusty_Bin_3

I parked in the long term car park at Gatwick over the new year from 30th dec - 3rd Jan for £30 which was a lot cheaper than getting taxis or trains (for 4) each way. It was all done on line and the entry to the car park was done by number plate recognition. They also have a regular free bus service to take you on the short trip to and from the terminal.

alanrowell

just google "gatwick parking" and spend 30 minutes working out the best deal for you, though most of the websites will check the same long term car parks

BTW Dusty Bin there are several long term car parks

abomb1969

Yes googled it already thanks. Most of the sites seem to use the same engine to power their searches and you get the same prices for most websites. I was just wondering if anyone had any personal experience and was trying to get on-airport parking rather than off-airport.

Seems to be coming out at £40 for 7 days not bad but off-site. Many thanks everyone!

TokyoJoe

If you are a member of the AA or RAC phone up their customer services. they both have special deals with car Parks at all the major airlines. We got our fee reduced from £76 to £54 at the car park we wanted.

imark1

Can anyone suggest somewhere REALLY cheap to park at STANSTED for a friend who need to park for 2 days from Thursday this week until Saturday

Tim