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airport car parking

my god airport car parking is a rip off.

anybody got any any pearls of wisdom? esp re heathrow.

cheers,

mark.

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  • Maisie
    Maisie Posts: 1,343 Forumite
    I saw on a thread that it's cheaper to have a night in a hotel nearby and free car parking than to pay some of the airport parking charges.
  • RightRevBod
    RightRevBod Posts: 598 Forumite
    Last year we found that a taxi to/from the airport was only 5 pounds more than the cheapest off-airport parking for a fortnight, and a lot less hasle. It was about half the price of parking at one of the on-airport car parks. Of course, the taxi charges depend on where you are coming from, but it is an option worth investigating.
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  • grumbler
    grumbler Posts: 58,629 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Name Dropper Photogenic
    Search 'Sticky: LINKS AND DETAILS FOR PARKING' above for 'heathrow' ...
  • edna_clouds
    edna_clouds Posts: 535 Forumite
    100 Posts
    for bcp car parks use code "bn221" for a 15% discount on all pre-booked

    stays until 31/10/05

    www.bcponline.co.uk

    sometimes you're the pigeon, sometimes you're the statue!

  • reddevilled
    reddevilled Posts: 426 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker
    On ebay there are auctions for car parking near airports. Often people will let you park in their drive and give you a lift to the airport. Never used it myself, but could be worth a look.
  • Woby_Tide
    Woby_Tide Posts: 5,344 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    "If you could just leave us your keys aswell in case we need to move your car for any reason"

    "You don't happen to have the logbook with you too? Just in case....."
  • Mark7799
    Mark7799 Posts: 4,806 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    This year I used Tesco Clubcard and their '4x' deals offer - airport parking is one of the options. You need to start the booking process at least three weeks before you travel but last month I got a week's parking near Cardiff Airport for £9 of clubcard vouchers.
    Gwlad heb iaith, gwlad heb galon
  • xinran
    xinran Posts: 216 Forumite
    Mark -thanks for the tip.
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