2. The words cheap and airport parking would never have been found in the
same sentence, ten years ago As air travel became more popular, and the
number of people travelling by air rose, so did competition for parking at
airports
3. The Airport parking operators took the opportunity to raise their prices, and
airport parking became almost a prohibitive cost However, co-inciding with the
rise in cheap flights that became available from the low cost airlines such as
Easyjet and Ryanair, we saw a boom in the number of people travelling
overseas by air
4. Businesses, having seen this trend, began buying up large parcels of cheap
land The parcels of land that they obtained, were often near industrial estates
and within a ten minute drive of the airport
5. Requiring little more than a secure compound, a secure office, 24 hour staff,
and vehicles to transport customers to the nearby airport These low
overheads meant that the new parkinggames parking operators could slash
the cost of parking, and gain customers from the airport operators
6. As with any market, competition brings price reductions, and travellers
suddenly found that they had a number of choices for airport parking, at
discount prices The advent of readily available internet connections, coupled
with the cheap airport parking providers building websites to sell their parking
services, suddenly put the power back in the hands of the consumer, and
prices dropped again
7. The last phase of development has seen the rise of airport parking
comparision sites, which will find a selection of available parking spaces and
prices for given travel dates In short, the airport paring customer has never
had it so good
8. In addition, parking can now be booked in advance, often qualifying for
further discounts, and a number of services have sprung up to take the stress
out of the airport parking picture These are primarily meet and greet services,
where the parking operator drives the customer to their airport from their base,
then securely parks their car for the duration
9. On return, the customer is picked up in their own car, before travelling
onwards
