It can be very confusing to both find and book car parking space at the UK's second busiest airport. Who do you turn to in order to get accurate parking price information? Do you need to leave your car in long term or short term parking? What are the key differences between the various car parks? These are the questions that I hope to answer in this brief article.
Gatwick is the UK's second busiest airport and the sixth busiest in the world. Gatwick provides extensive parking facilities to support the 32 million passengers who use the airport each year.
You will probably want to use short term parking when dropping people off and picking them up from the airport. This is also all you need for most short trips of only a few days. Multi-storey short term parking is available at both the North and South terminals.
You are warned not to leave your car unattended, even for a short time, in the forecourt areas outside the airport passenger terminals. If you do your car will be removed by the police and you will have to pay a release fee to get it back. Always put your car in the car parks provided if you need to leave it unattended.
If your trip lasts more than just a few days then Gatwick long term parking is recommended. There are numerous options to choose from when considering long term parking at Gatwick, which can be a little bewildering.
It is worthwhile looking at the details of the various long stay car parks servicing Gatwick airport to make certain they meet your requirements. Most airport car parks provide excellent security facilities including fencing, security cameras and regular patrols. Some outstanding car parks have the 'park mark' safer parking award. All provide free bus transfer between the car park and the airport terminal, but it is worthwhile checking the frequency of the bus service and how long it takes to transfer.
If bus transfers to and from the airport terminal are too much hassle then meet and greet parking may be just what you need. This basically means that all you need do is drive directly to the appropriate terminal forecourt where you will be met by professional chauffeur. They will take your car and park it on your behalf in one of the secure long term car parks. When you return your car will have been retrieved from the car park by the chauffeur and be ready and waiting for you outside the airport terminal.
Meet and greet provides a number of benefits such as time saved at both the start and end of your journey as you don't need to worry about transfers to and from the car parks. You may also like to take advantage of the valet service to have your car cleaned while you are away.
To get the best Gatwick parking rate it is essential that you book in advance. Usually, the further in advance you book your parking the better the price. The best way to check on prices and availability is to use an online price checking and comparison facility such as the one provided by Gosimply.com. This excellent website not only provides accurate and up to date parking prices and availability information it also provides honest and impartial customer reviews of various airport facilities, including airport hotels.
