Airport car parking is a funny beast; we all take car parking for granted, but is this wise when you are travelling to an airport on your way to a flight departure. When reaching the airport how do you know where to go. How many people miss flights through not being able to park their car in time after not pre-booking airport car parking.
The airport driver was given a disciplinary warning for taking a wheelchair passenger. Who on earth would do such a petty thing? If I had waited the 25 minutes for the special transport I would have missed my flight, knowing this the airport bus driver allowed me onto his vehicle.
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 find out? It was on my return to the airport where time was not a problem that I arranged special transport the driver who took me to the car park informed me of the warning received.
What was the problem, the bus driver was helping out a disabled member of the community. Paying for time spent was expensive, two days worth of parking was not cheap.
The event took place earlier in the decade; since then there are now a number of sites that offer great airport parking booking facilities. There are some excellent websites that make it easy for travellers to pre-book airport car parking and typically at a reduced cost.
GoSimply is a great site for disabled travelers as it offers information on what car parks are disabled friendly. 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.
Don’t leave your car parking arrangements to chance! Longer transfer times do happen when you are not parked close to the airport terminal, if you are delayed in heavy traffic, this could affect your ability to reach your flight check-in in time.
