Wheelchair users and airport parking
my message is do not leave your airport parking to chance, the airport may be extremely busy and you could be delayed looking for adequate parking. How do you know where you are going when you arrive at the airport. How many people miss flights through not being able to park their car in time after not pre-booking airport car parking.
The wheelchair bound passenger was helped by an airport bus driver who had disciplinary action for doing so. Why on earth did this happen? Well I am wheelchair bound and was told that special transport was 25 minutes away; the coach driver who was performing pick-ups from the car park allowed me on to his vehicle.
When being dropped at the terminal one of the drivers bosses saw him helping and it was then he was pulled aside. How did I get to know about this? It was on my return to the airport where time was not a problem that I arranged special transport the driver who took me to the car park informed me of the warning received.
What was the problem, the bus driver was helping out a disabled member of the community. If you turn-up by chance at an airport car park without a booking you will be charged a higher price.
That was back in 2002; since then airport parking has become a lot easier to organise and book via the web. There are some excellent websites that make it easy for travellers to pre-book airport car parking and typically at a reduced cost.
If you are disabled then I would recommend GoSimply as their car park details includes information on disabled facilities. Each car park listed on the GoSimply site clearly identifies if there are adequate disabled facilities. The other excellent feature on the GoSimply site is the amount of reviews from other travellers
Booking airport parking in advance makes sense for the following reasons:
- It gives peace of mind
- You can reduce costs
- You can park closer to the airport
- Take the worry out of finding a suitable parking
- Major car parks are monitored 24/7
My subsequent travels to Stansted airport have all resulted in me pre-booking my Stansted Airport Parking in advance. I would advocate this to any traveller but even more so a disabled traveller who is looking for Stansted Airport Parking.
Why leave finding a suitable car park at an airport to chance! Longer transfer times do happen when you are not parked close to the airport terminal, if you are delayed in heavy traffic, this could affect your ability to reach your flight check-in in time.