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AIRPORT SERVICES
Are you faced with a long drive to the airport? Even worse, do you have an early flight, meaning you’ll be driving through the early hours? With at least 2 hours at the airport before your flight you’ll be exhausted before you board the plane.
- Booking an overnight stay at an airport hotel means you can be sleeping instead of driving.
- Arrive at a hotel close to the airport the evening before departure, park the car then have a leisurely meal and an early night.
- In the morning use the hotel’s transfer service direct to your terminal.
- Many hotels offer a package including parking options: use the hotel’s own car park, leave the car at a secure car park and use the hotel’s transfer service: use “Meet and Greet” parking when a chauffeur will collect your car from the hotel, take it to a secure car park and meet you at the terminal when you return.
- Late night return? Why drive home when tired, probably hungry and in need of a shower? Go to your pre-booked hotel, get a good night’s sleep and set of refreshed next day after a good breakfast.
- There are some very good deals on hotels, with or without parking. A hotel with parking can cost less than parking alone.
You’ve checked in, passed through security and are airside ...... and there’s still a couple of hours before your flight. The place is crowded and noisy, there are queues for refreshments and you can’t find seats close together.
Get away from it all in a comfortable lounge
- Get away from the crowded terminal for up to three hours before your flight.
- Enjoy unlimited free drinks and snacks.
- Complementary magazines and newspapers.
- Comfortable armchairs.
- Toilets
- TV, Free broadband Internet (usually wi-fi), telephone and fax facilities in most lounges, flight announcements/information screens.
- Wheelchair access
- Children are accepted (at reduces rates) in most lounges, some of which have games consoles.
- No charge for infants.
- Affordable. Food, drinks, magazines etc., bought in the terminal could easily cost the same as the per person lounge rate.
The best deals are usually obtained by early booking so try to book a minimum of three months in advance. Early booking can save up to 60% and booking even 24 hours in advance will be cheaper than you pay at the gate.
There are several airport parking options. Distances from car parks to terminals vary and it can take 45-60 minutes to park and transfer at the larger airports, especially at busy times. On-airport parks are normally closest but also the most expensive.
- Park & Ride: Drive to your chosen car park, find a space, carry baggage to a transfer bus stop and be taken to the terminal.
- Valet Parking: Drive to the car park reception and a driver will park your car while you book in at reception and catch the shuttle bus. The procedure is reversed on return.
- Meet and Greet: Drive to the airport terminal where a fully insured driver will take your car to a secure park while you go straight to check-in.
- No waiting in a (possibly cold and wet) car park for a shuttle bus: no hauling luggage on and off the bus.
- The procedure is reversed on return and you’re on your way very soon after leaving baggage reclaim. For a little bit extra your car can be valeted, too.
In our view Meet and Greet is well worth the small premium
- Airport hotels with parking: Book an overnight stay at a hotel at a cost including 8 or 15 days’ secure parking. Enjoy a relaxing stay before your flight and a big saving in cost.
You can search the Internet for the car parks offering the best rates and convenience or you can book through Holiday Extras who offer 204 parking options at 27 UK airports and a lowest price guarantee.
Holiday Extras give a lowest price guarantee.
Book with Holiday Extras and find the same package at a lower price (with some conditions) elsewhere and your package with them will be FREE.
The main conditions are:
- The packages must be the same in every respect.
- Because prices can change on a daily basis, you must find the cheaper package within 24 hours.
- The refund will be paid after your return.