Guide: decisions before your flight
Each text settles one decision you make before you leave home for the airport.
How early should you arrive at an airport parking lot?
Parking adds three steps of its own to the usual “be at the airport early”: find the entrance, hand the car over, get to the terminal.
Airport parking, taxi, train or a lift: when does driving win?
A car costs what the days it stands cost, a taxi or a lift is two journeys either way, and a ticket multiplies by the number of heads.
How airport parking is priced: days, the next-day threshold and what is included
A week rarely costs seven times the daily rate, because the price list counts whole days rather than nights on a calendar.
Late return: what happens when you overstay at the parking lot
Your flight slipped, or you stretched the trip by a day, so the car stands on the lot longer than the booking says.
Outdoor, covered or indoor airport parking: when the extra is worth it
An open lot, a canopy and an indoor hall differ in one thing: how much weather your car gets while you are away.
Shuttle or meet & greet: which to choose
A shuttle, meet & greet and a short walk are three ways to cover the same stretch: from the bay to the check-in desk.
Is airport parking safe? How to recognise a good lot
Worrying about leaving your car on somebody else's lot is reasonable, and it breaks down into a handful of specifics you can check.
Damage to your car at the parking lot: what to do step by step
The car came back with a scratch on the door or a dent in the wing, and the conversation with the operator will rest on evidence rather than on memory.
How many people and bags fit in the shuttle? Child seats, strollers, big luggage
A shuttle carries several families at once, so the number of passengers and the shape of the luggage decide whether everyone gets on at the first pickup.
Leaving a car for two or three weeks: battery, tyres, frost
Three weeks standing still is a different situation for a car than three days, and most of the difference is settled at home before you drive off.
Hidden costs of airport parking: what to check before booking
A parking bill rarely surprises you because somebody hid something, but because the question was put to the offer too loosely.
An electric car on a long-stay parking lot: charging, frost, battery level
An electric car sits out a trip differently: nothing depends on the starter, everything depends on how much energy is left after two weeks and whether it covers the drive home.