Newquay Airport introduces free 10-minute stay for passenger drop off

A controversial decision to charge car owners to drop passengers off at Newquay Airport will be scrapped next Monday, 23 December just nine months after it was introduced.

Up until March this year, drivers had a maximum of 15 minutes to drop passengers off in the airport car park before being charged a fee of £1.

From Monday, drivers will be permitted to stop for 10-minutes free of charge, after which a £1 charge will be made for the first 30 minutes.

A full list of Newquay Airport car park charges, applicable from Monday, can be seen by clicking on the link.

Southend car park to fight closure

Independent airport parking company, Southend Airport Car Park has been ordered to close its 200-space car park after the local council issued an enforcement notice, the Echo reports.

The company, which has been operating from the site since June 2012, does not have planning permission for the car park on Temple Farm Industrial Estate.

Southend Airport Car Park has appealed the decision and an inspector will now decide whether the council’s enforcement notice is valid.

What is Chauffeur Parking?

Confused over what chauffeur parking is? Well don’t be.

You don’t have to be a celebrity, royalty or extremely well off to enjoy the benefits of chauffeur parking! In fact, it’s just another way to describe meet and greet parking and valet parking.

Whilst the term chauffeur parking isn’t commonly used, it is occasionally. So just like meet and greet parking, chauffeur parking is the most convenient option when driving to Gatwick Airport.

If you’re not familiar with Gatwick meet and greet parking, also known as Gatwick valet parking here are all the details for you:

• This type of parking at the airport is when you drive directly up to the Gatwick’s arrivals/departures drop off area in either the north or south terminal
• Here you are met by the parking company driver who then takes your car to the car park for you – reputable companies will have fully uniformed and ID’d staff members
• This leaves you to make your way directly into the airport terminal
• It’s a very quick service and avoids any hanging around waiting
• You do not need to drive to a remote car park several miles away from the airport
• You do not need to use a courtesy bus to make your way to the airport having dropped your car off, usually taking 15 minutes
• So, just like, if you were dropping off a friend at the airport, you drive right up to the airport, unload and off you go. 

This type of parking is ideal for everyone. In fact most travellers, having used the service, rarely use any other type of parking afterwards.
Chauffeur parking is especially good for travellers:

• With heavy luggage and sports equipment etc. 
• Families find it ideal as they don’t have to worry about getting children in and out of a car, onto a bus (usually the bus won’t have child seats, and it’s a case of them on your lap)
• Equally, the service is good for the elderly or those with limited mobility for the same reasons.
• Time pressed business travellers enjoy its efficient service. 

Although, it is a little more expensive than traditional airport parking, it does save a lot of time -  you don’t have to add an extra 30 – 45 minutes to your journey time as you drive straight to the airport, not an off-site car park. And the best bit... when you fly back into Gatwick you come out the terminal, your car is ready and waiting and you can make your way immediately home!

Help Me Park Acquires Diamond Parking Services

Help Me Park has completed their acquisition of Diamond Parking Services.

From 5th November 2013, Help Me Park will manage and operate all new and existing bookings for Gatwick meet and greet parking.

Acquiring Diamond Parking Services is part of Help Me Park’s rapid expansion programme in the last nine years of operation, having set new levels of customer service, security and standards of parking at the airport.

The Diamond Parking Services acquisition will see Help Me Park take an event stronger foothold in the Gatwick parking arena. Such acquisitions are vital in the ever demanding meet and greet business. They improve business growth and services offered to customers, take for example an acquisition to provide meet and greet parking at Heathrow Airport due to exceptional customer demand by Help Me Park’s Gatwick customers. Help Me Park seeks out opportunities and seize them which has seen them become arguably Gatwick’s leading meet and greet operator.

Help Me Park, as part of the new business incorporating Diamond Parking, will continue to sell Gatwick parking to Diamond’s numerous wholesaler clients, without disruption to services to both the third party wholesaler and clients alike.

Help Me Park, is one of Gatwick’s leading meet and greet parking operators, which holds the coveted title of Gatwick Approved Operator. Champions in the campaign for safer, approved operator contracts at the airport, Gatwick bosses implemented a strict criteria for parking operators to meet in order to meet customer demand and expectations of which Help Me Park was integral.

Diamond Parking customers will have total peace of mind when leaving their vehicles with Help Me Park as their ParkMark awarded parking facilities see all Help Me Park car parks meet the highest security requirements. What’s more, customers able to take advantage of Help Me Park’s unique ‘no waiting money back guarantee’ – the only meet and greet, valet parking provider in Gatwick to provide such a guarantee.

About Help Me Park:

• Help-Me-Park was established in the Summer of 2004, creating the next level of Meet and Greet car parking at Gatwick Airport. 
• Priding themselves on their quality and customer service, Help-Me-Park offer customers an unrivalled, and unique, quality guarantee ‘no waiting – money back guarantee’. 
• Help-Me-Park employs only experienced, mature drivers, all of whom are fully insured.
• Help-Me-Park operates 365 days a year, 24 hours a day – as such passengers travelling from Gatwick Airport can depart, or arrive, on Christmas Day, Boxing Day, New Year’s Day and other such public holidays, including Easter. 
• Help-Me-Park is just 10 minutes from Gatwick Airport - owned and run by individuals local to the Gatwick area.

Interesting idea for finding a parking space

This is an interesting idea for parking: a parking app that lets you know when a public parking space is about to be vacated:

http://www.wired.com/autopia/2011/08/app-lets-drivers-auction-public-parking-spaces/

Manchester airport 'secure' parking is a muddy field

After a Manchester Airport parking customer found his 'secure' airport car park was a muddy field, Gatwick meet and greet parking company Help Me Park asks: 'do you know where your car is parked while you are on holiday?'

It also offers tips on how to find secure airport parking:

Do you know where your car is parked? | Help Me Park Blog.

Star ratings introduced for Bristol Airport parking

Bristol Airport is giving customers of their on-airport parking the chance to review and rate their parking at the airport.

Teaming up with independent review service, Revoo, Bristol Airport has become the first UK airport to introduce the rating system.

Star ratings are now displayed for all official on-site car parks to help inform the booking process, with more detailed comments just a click away.

Isabelle Whiteman, Head of Commercial Marketing at Bristol Airport, said: “We are confident that our car parks provide value for money, convenience and good customer service. Genuine ratings and reviews will help us maintain these high standards while providing valuable information to prospective customers when they book their parking ahead of a holiday or business trip.”

All on-site car parks at Bristol Airport have been awarded the Park Mark award for safer parking under a scheme set up by the Association of Chief Police Officers (ACPO).

Gatwick Express services cancelled for Christmas

Time to review your travel plans for getting to and from Gatwick this Christmas?

With the Gatwick Express services out of action between Christmas and New Year, it's time to consider meet and greet parking.

Gatwick Express services cancelled for Christmas | Help Me Park Blog.

Record-breaking year for Help Me Park | Help Me Park Blog.

 Help Me Park, the Gatwick-based meet and greet parking company, has, so far this year, had a record-breaking year, parking more cars than ever before.



Record-breaking year for Help Me Park | Help Me Park Blog.

ABC Gatwick wins Car Park of the Month award

Congratulations to ABC Gatwick meet and greet winner of the AirportParking.co.uk's Car Park of the Month for September.

ABC Gatwick wins Car Park of the Month award