Cluster One

That would do it! I missed that in the press.

For Meet & Greet at T5 in February half term Maple Manor are £88 vs Drivefly at £64

robbo17

I used good to go meet and greet there was no dramas and 14 days cost 79 pounds....

msm2000uk

I'm a huge fan of Goodtogo, and have just used them again.

My car didn't move outside the T5 car park, other than when it was moved up to the Meet & Greet bays in Zone L.

Excellent service, and good use of my in-car tracker!

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cupsandsaucers

I must be missing something obvious here. But what is wrong with an Uber? I've never parked in an airport car park in my life.

bhbloke

Other than the ethical concern of their drivers earning criminally low rates for working, their laissez faire attitude to criminal checks and crimes committed by their drivers and the fact they have had notice their licence is being suspended by TFL, not much.

cupsandsaucers

Dont be absurd. I know Uber drivers who make a nice per hour wage, far from "criminal".
Ubers criminal checks are actually more stringent than the black taxis!
And only reason that TFL said they were revoking their licence was because of seedy back handed money from black cab unions.

Alas. That isn't for here now is it.

Wozza2404

When coming back from a long work trip, I want my car at the terminal waiting for me. Either via a meet and greet or just parked in a car park that's walking distance from Arrivals.

Too many hours wasted waiting for taxis, uber, shuttle busses, etc.

Life is too short for the sake of a few quid.

Using the Meet and Greet services at T5 I have never been more than ten minutes between walking out of Arrivals and being in my car, heading to the M25.

My back up is HEX and then a train back to the Midlands.

Globaliser

Well, you can believe what you like about all of that.

But what about the failure to report the data breach? And the payment of hush/ransom money to the hackers? And the withholding of evidence from the court hearing the Waymo/Uber litigation?

Back to the topic, I'm sorry to hear that Purple Parking has gone under. I used to use them a lot when I had to drive to the airport, although life changes have meant that more recently the Tube has usually been a much better option. Purple Parking meet-and-greet saved my bacon on more than one occasion when travelling to the airport, and also contributed to my record time of getting home to central London: just under one hour from "chocks under" on a SYD-LHR to my front door east of Tower Bridge, including picking up a checked bag.

msm2000uk

Ignoring the 'political' angle above (which is off-topic for this thread), a return journey with UberX from my home in Central London to T5, is around £90.

I parked for £54 - so a pretty sizeable saving.

Added to that, is the fact that I didn't have to wait for a driver to turn up, as well as being in the comfort of my own car (which would be marketed as an Uber Exec).

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pauldb

Let me guess: you live in London or <20 miles from Heathrow?

A private-hire is £100 e/w for me to LHR so the attraction of parking is pretty obvious.

cupsandsaucers

90£ for an Uber from London centre to T5??? I've never seen even close to that.

Glad to know your car is Uber Exec quality. Thanks for sharing.

msm2000uk

£90 return journey as stated in my post - so £45 each way in UberX.

For an Uber Exec, I'd be looking at £120 return - so £60 each way.

As you can deduce, parking is a massive saving.

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xenole

I booked the T2/3 Business parking this weekend for £40.50. Sure I went through TCB but nothing has tracked.
About £15 more from Goodtogoparking.
Long stay was about £2 less so thought why not?

Just had an email from Avis mentioning one day rentals at £9.98 to move cars to/from London / Manchester over the Xmas period.
Sure these things normally happen but could be an option for someone especially with the amount of public transport that isn't operating.
Did have a search for the 26th but nothing came up.

IntVic

I am booked into T5 Business car park very early tomorrow, HBO... Let's say I just missed the courtesy bus, could I walk from the Business Car park to the Pod park and catch a pod? I don't know if there are pavements to make this possible or any other restrictions. It's only 0.5 miles so for me that's nothing

windowontheAside

You'd have to go some to miss the courtesy bus. In my experience they're always sitting there waiting for passengers and head off as soon as I climb aboard.

I don't know if you are trying to find a way to ride the pods regardless, but it wouldn't get you there any faster than 'waiting' for a bus.