Business trips, holidays or special occasions, everyone would like to have a hassle free and relaxed travel. Airport parking often causes concern whether it is a long stay or a very short stay, parking in last minute often becomes a nightmare for travellers. If you have a driver to drop and pick you up from the airport it is fine. Otherwise it is always better to book your parking in advance as it saves a lot of money and also help you enjoy your trip.
Here are some important tips
1. Compare various parking service and choose the one that match your needs and budget
There are many parking services providers and consolidators. And most of these providers offer online booking. There are also booking consolidators that often provide a good comparison of price and services of various provides so that you can choose.
There are cheap park & ride services where you can drive down to the parking yard, handover your keys and take a transfer bus to the airport terminal (which usually be in some 2-3 kilometres ways). On your way back you will get transfer buses to the yard and you can then take your vehicle and drive home.
However this will create a lot of hassle particularly when you have lot of baggages or you travel with elderly people and kids. Transfer will also need additional time hence it will be difficult on when you have little time to catch your flight.
Here is where a meet and greet parking service comes handy. You can drive directly to the terminal where a chauffeur will pick your vehicle and take it to the yard. On your way back you can make a call upon your arrival and your car will be delivered at your arrival terminal within 10 minutes.
Some providers also offers add-on services like a car wash, drinks and snacks on arrival, helping you with the baggage etc.
So based on your time, budget and type of travel, you can choose and book and appropriate service in advance.
2. Plan & Book in Advance
Avoid last minute bookings, plan and book in advance. This will save you a lot of money. Last minute bookings will often be very costly. Also look for early bird offers from various services on advance bookings. You will also sometimes gets add-on services free of cost when you book early
3. Please be careful about Additional / Hidden charges.
Some providers charge separately for terminal parking tickets, cancellations, extension of parking etc. Be very careful with all the terms and conditions for any hidden charges and choose the right service provider.

4. Choose your flights intelligently
The timing of your flight sometime causes an extra day of parking. Suppose your flight reaches at the midnight 1-2 hours will cause an additional day of parking. This can be avoided by choosing the flight that reaches a little earlier than 12am

5. Get the parking directions
Get the parking directions from the service providers very clearly for each terminal so that you will not end up running pillar to post to find your car.
If you need any further help or information on airport parking, please visit us at http://www.skylinkparking.com/. We at Skylink provide an efficient and reliable valet parking service at Heathrow Airport. We pride ourselves in making your journey to and from the airport as easy and convenient as possible with a professional 5 star rated meet and greet parking service.