Current parking costs at Heathrow T5!
Jul 3, 2020, 4:28 am
#16
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Neither the Sofitel nor the Thistle is open in July.
Jul 3, 2020, 5:03 am
#17
Join Date: Sep 2019
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I regularly use the meet and greet services (e.g. Purple Parking) booked through Holiday Extras. Every now and again, there is a delay on picking up the vehicle after returning (this seems to be happen only at Gatwick South, and never at Terminal 5 Heathrow), but no problems so far in dropping the vehicle off and no concerns about damage or excess mileage.
Jul 3, 2020, 5:27 am
#18
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£43 for 8 hours in the short stay T5 at the end of July is about 50% higher than pre-Covid.
Same car park is £200 for 8 days in September which is equally high.
I am happy to pay for the convenience and to save £20 e/w in an Uber (or the dreaded Hoppa) but wonder if the airport are keeping cheaper options closed to maximise revenue?
Same car park is £200 for 8 days in September which is equally high.
I am happy to pay for the convenience and to save £20 e/w in an Uber (or the dreaded Hoppa) but wonder if the airport are keeping cheaper options closed to maximise revenue?
Jul 3, 2020, 5:59 am
#19
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Join Date: Sep 2018
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£43 for 8 hours in the short stay T5 at the end of July is about 50% higher than pre-Covid.
Same car park is £200 for 8 days in September which is equally high.
I am happy to pay for the convenience and to save £20 e/w in an Uber (or the dreaded Hoppa) but wonder if the airport are keeping cheaper options closed to maximise revenue?
Same car park is £200 for 8 days in September which is equally high.
I am happy to pay for the convenience and to save £20 e/w in an Uber (or the dreaded Hoppa) but wonder if the airport are keeping cheaper options closed to maximise revenue?
Jul 3, 2020, 6:00 am
#20
Join Date: Sep 2019
Posts: 268
In passing, I mentioned this a few days back, on the 'BA to close at Gatwick' thread.
''One knock-on effect of all of this is the price of on-airport parking at LHR. It's gone through the roof! Last night, for two weeks in August, LS T5 was on offer for around £150, today it is no longer available. With the POD sold out, only SS T5 is available, at around £220.''
Long stay was on offer until 30th June, and since then only SS has been available (still £219.10 for two weeks). Clearly LHR are following the old adage, 'never let a crisis go to waste'.
Regarding hotel parking, I noticed that the new Holiday Inn on the Bath Road (only around 400 yards from the Perimeter Road entrance), is offering a night's accommodation and two weeks parking for around £150 with a Hopper transfer to T5 for £5pp or TFL service to T5 (free).
''One knock-on effect of all of this is the price of on-airport parking at LHR. It's gone through the roof! Last night, for two weeks in August, LS T5 was on offer for around £150, today it is no longer available. With the POD sold out, only SS T5 is available, at around £220.''
Long stay was on offer until 30th June, and since then only SS has been available (still £219.10 for two weeks). Clearly LHR are following the old adage, 'never let a crisis go to waste'.
Regarding hotel parking, I noticed that the new Holiday Inn on the Bath Road (only around 400 yards from the Perimeter Road entrance), is offering a night's accommodation and two weeks parking for around £150 with a Hopper transfer to T5 for £5pp or TFL service to T5 (free).
Jul 3, 2020, 6:20 am
#22
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Join Date: Sep 2018
Posts: 182
In passing, I mentioned this a few days back, on the 'BA to close at Gatwick' thread.
''One knock-on effect of all of this is the price of on-airport parking at LHR. It's gone through the roof! Last night, for two weeks in August, LS T5 was on offer for around £150, today it is no longer available. With the POD sold out, only SS T5 is available, at around £220.''
Long stay was on offer until 30th June, and since then only SS has been available (still £219.10 for two weeks). Clearly LHR are following the old adage, 'never let a crisis go to waste'.
Regarding hotel parking, I noticed that the new Holiday Inn on the Bath Road (only around 400 yards from the Perimeter Road entrance), is offering a night's accommodation and two weeks parking for around £150 with a Hopper transfer to T5 for £5pp or TFL service to T5 (free).
''One knock-on effect of all of this is the price of on-airport parking at LHR. It's gone through the roof! Last night, for two weeks in August, LS T5 was on offer for around £150, today it is no longer available. With the POD sold out, only SS T5 is available, at around £220.''
Long stay was on offer until 30th June, and since then only SS has been available (still £219.10 for two weeks). Clearly LHR are following the old adage, 'never let a crisis go to waste'.
Regarding hotel parking, I noticed that the new Holiday Inn on the Bath Road (only around 400 yards from the Perimeter Road entrance), is offering a night's accommodation and two weeks parking for around £150 with a Hopper transfer to T5 for £5pp or TFL service to T5 (free).
The Holiday Inn is closed at present as it isn't possible to book a room for tonight, but it does appear to be opening tomorrow, given that I can make a dummy booking on the hotel's website.
£119 for a Saturday night stay and 4 days' parking is far better value than T5's short-stay parking - plus I get an extra 90 minutes' kip!
I will check back next week, to ensure that the hotel is open and functioning.
Thanks again.
Jul 3, 2020, 11:15 am
#24
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if it was Gatwick and an early flight, then a hotel/parking package would be the obvious choice. But we're only about 30 miles from Heathrow and it's a middle of the day flight so unless something cheaper than the SS official option opens up, we'll be getting a taxi I think... might as well get used to the lack of social distancing...
Jul 3, 2020, 1:18 pm
#26
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I doubt Heathrow's mass transit (buses between parking and terminal) worked any better than anyone else's transit when trying to accommodate a 2m repulsion radius around everyone else.
Now that the situation is chilling out to "wear a mask and don't get up close and personal" they might be able to operate a bus transit again.
They're going to have to if they want any recovery in their passenger numbers.
Now that the situation is chilling out to "wear a mask and don't get up close and personal" they might be able to operate a bus transit again.
They're going to have to if they want any recovery in their passenger numbers.
Jul 4, 2020, 8:25 am
#28
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Settled on Purple Parking meet and greet in the end, kosher enough an operation for Mrs RC to trust the car to, and a reasonable £69 for the week...
Jul 4, 2020, 1:38 pm
#29
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This is the same purple parking that had near riot at their depot a few years back when they lost 50 or so sets of keys (including ours)
Jul 5, 2020, 5:03 am
#30
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Well I've found a scratch on a previous car after a couple of days in the old T1 short stay, so frankly there are no 'perfect' options, only ones that have a reasonable chance of ending well...