Cheap Airport Parking

[Rev. Green]

It is cheaper to book for five days than for three. Are there any snags? Can you leave your car a day late, and collect it a day early?

[mikey4444]

Which airport Rev. ?

When I have used Bristol Airport in the past. I have always used what they call the Silver Zone, where the car is secure, so no snags there.

But if you have somebody that can drop you off and then collect you again, then that is always better, and cheaper !

[Rev. Green]

Hi Mikey4444: Manchester Terminal 2. Are you available in November?

[mikey4444]

Rev....bit too far for me I'm afraid ! But if you live near the Airport and someone is willing to drop and collect, I would still consider that alternative. Unfortunately I have no one to help me.

[EDDIE51]

The 3 day and the 5 day parking my be at different car parks. Stansted for example has short, medium and long stay car parks as well as drop off and pick up car parks.

[Buenchico]

Based upon arriving at 0700 on Day 1 and leaving at 1900 on Day 4 (based upon some random sample dates I've used in October), three (and a half) days parking at Manchester Airport's Long Stay car park costs just £29.99 (which compares very favourably with the £25 I recently paid for a single day's car parking at Stansted). Extending the booked period by 48 hours though does, indeed, make JetPark 3 available, for just £19.99.
http://www.manchesterairport.co.uk/parking/

While the FAQs on the airport's website tell you about the minimum parking time, they don't tell you what would happen if you tried to leave early. The T&Cs don't help much either. They tell you that there's an additional charge of £10 per day if you overstay on your booking but they don't specifically say whether you'd be charged at the higher rate for a different car park (where there's no minimum stay) if to sought to leave early. However they do say this:

"You must enter/exit the car park following the instructions provided to you in your e-mail confirmation and on the car park booking confirmation page. Your booking is only valid for your designated car park on the specified dates. You will be responsible for any additional charges incurred as a result of non-compliance with entry/exit instructions or use of a different car park".
http://www.manchesterairport.co.uk/terms-and-conditions/jetparks-1-2-and-3/

That paragraph suggests to me that they might seek to impose a penalty charge if you tried to leave the car park early (although my understanding of contract law is that no such charge could be enforceable if you'd not been notified about it in advance).

Given that paying the extra tenner saves you having to worry about any problems (and that Manchester Airport's parking charges are, compared to many other airports, remarkably reasonable anyway), I'd simply opt for using the Long Stay car park.

[zebo]

We always used the train to go to Manchester Airport, depends where you are though it does cover a wide area of the North. Depending in the time of day we could use our bus passes too though I think that was only for residents of Greater Manchester.