Looking into parking there when we go away in August but there's so many bloody options. Anyone done it recently and have any recommendations?
I usually stay at the hotel the night before and tag parking on to that. Premier Inn is decent enough and is attached to the terminal (Sofitel is lovely but very expensive).
We go there after work in the evening, sleep the night and then walk through to the terminal in the morning and off we go. It extends the holiday by a day and also stops me panicking about the traffic in the morning. Lovely old job
Sometimes you can get a Meet and Greet where they meet you outside the terminal with your car - that makes the homeward journey decent and it was only something like £20 extra. You can have it valeted for another £50 if you want
Only thing I would say is August is obviously busy so you might want to do it sooner rather than later
Assuming you live near smudge I'd say a taxi is your best bet. I don't trust the off site parking places since my car got scratched a few years ago and had 150 extra miles on the clock from when I handed the keys over. Got a refund but I will never ever use them again.
Cheap offsite parking is not worth it if you value your car. If you aren't bothered then do that and get the shuttle bus as it's cheapest
Meet and greet is what I've done most times but the price for a reputable firm has got more expensive than getting a taxi. I paid 100 quid return to Gatwick from Chatham last year which is about what I'd pay for decent standard meet and greet.
Staying at the hotel is good for early flights but you leave your car off site, need to take a days clothes with you on holiday that would normally go in the wash which is poxy.
Assuming you live near smudge I'd say a taxi is your best bet. I don't trust the off site parking places since my car got scratched a few years ago and had 150 extra miles on the clock from when I handed the keys over. Got a refund but I will never ever use them again.
Cheap offsite parking is not worth it if you value your car. If you aren't bothered then do that and get the shuttle bus as it's cheapest
Meet and greet is what I've done most times but the price for a reputable firm has got more expensive than getting a taxi. I paid 100 quid return to Gatwick from Chatham last year which is about what I'd pay for decent standard meet and greet.
Staying at the hotel is good for early flights but you leave your car off site, need to take a days clothes with you on holiday that would normally go in the wash which is poxy.
We'd normally book a taxi mate but we'll be in the middle of having our extension done and have to get the cars off the drive (one's going to my mums).
We've gone with the North terminal valet parking, worked out at £138 for 2 weeks.
Taxi is the way forward, from my neck of the woods its a bulls eye both ways. Over the years Ive parked at Gatwick, ridiculously expensive and have used the private offside carparks, never again, after they damaged my motor, coming home the sump trim under the engine came away, no fun at midnight on the M25. Further inspection showed that they had hit the underside of the car on something, anyway they paid up, but thats not the point. And of course if you use a taxi, and your return flight is an evening one, you can have that last holiday drink.
I stay at the Sofitel hotel outside the North Terminal, it's about £230 including parking and a nights stay. Takes away all the worry of being late when you arrive the day before.
F@ck me TCE the £230 would be the price of mine and the wifes holiday. Have used summer special a couple of times.
I stay at the Sofitel hotel outside the North Terminal, it's about £230 including parking and a nights stay. Takes away all the worry of being late when you arrive the day before.
F@ck me TCE the £230 would be the price of mine and the wifes holiday. Have used summer special a couple of times.
Like someone else said, nice but expensive. I always think that, if I was stuck on the M25 with 2 hours to takeoff. Would I pay £200 not to miss my flight?........... Oh, and the Chinese restaurant in the hotel. £170 a meal for 4!!!
What I'll say about APH, Cophall and all the others is that they are fine as long as you don't get any problems like a series of deep scratches to your car they are fine. If you get a problem like that, they are horrendous
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We go there after work in the evening, sleep the night and then walk through to the terminal in the morning and off we go. It extends the holiday by a day and also stops me panicking about the traffic in the morning. Lovely old job
Sometimes you can get a Meet and Greet where they meet you outside the terminal with your car - that makes the homeward journey decent and it was only something like £20 extra. You can have it valeted for another £50 if you want
Only thing I would say is August is obviously busy so you might want to do it sooner rather than later
Cheap offsite parking is not worth it if you value your car. If you aren't bothered then do that and get the shuttle bus as it's cheapest
Meet and greet is what I've done most times but the price for a reputable firm has got more expensive than getting a taxi. I paid 100 quid return to Gatwick from Chatham last year which is about what I'd pay for decent standard meet and greet.
Staying at the hotel is good for early flights but you leave your car off site, need to take a days clothes with you on holiday that would normally go in the wash which is poxy.
We've gone with the North terminal valet parking, worked out at £138 for 2 weeks.
Over the years Ive parked at Gatwick, ridiculously expensive and have used the private offside carparks, never again, after they damaged my motor, coming home the sump trim under the engine came away, no fun at midnight on the M25. Further inspection showed that they had hit the underside of the car on something, anyway they paid up, but thats not the point.
And of course if you use a taxi, and your return flight is an evening one, you can have that last holiday drink.
Can usually use their concierge services to get a discount
we use Maple Manor meet and greet and booked last week via our Natwest Concierge service and got £73 for a week in July
Drive straight to the short stay multi storey car park opposite the entrance to terminal, hand over your keys and walk into terminal.
Have used summer special a couple of times.