AMS short term storage
Aug 3, 2009, 10:06 am
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AMS short term storage
I have a longish layover next month (7 hours), and promised my mother that if we were on time, we could take the train into town and see a few things.
I don't want to necessarily schlep my carry on around town during this time. Is there a storage facility available at AMS that I could drop off for holding in the morning, and pickup before my 4pm connection onward?
I don't want to necessarily schlep my carry on around town during this time. Is there a storage facility available at AMS that I could drop off for holding in the morning, and pickup before my 4pm connection onward?
Aug 3, 2009, 10:09 am
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d'oh! having one of those mornings. Of course AMS has a web site!
http://www.schiphol.com/AtSchiphol/L...eftLuggage.htm
http://www.schiphol.com/AtSchiphol/L...eftLuggage.htm
Aug 3, 2009, 10:20 am
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And, to answer your question, the AMS left-luggage is very easy to use. It is signposted from the arrivals area, you go downstairs and there is a room full of lockers. You chose one, put in your credit card and it prints a slip of paper with your locker number and access code on it. Very convenient. There are also tables where you can open your luggage and rearrange stuff. We frequently have a day or two in Amsterdam during a longer trip, and we almost always use these lockers, quickly taking stuff out of our suitcases and combinining enough for a couple days into one smaller bag.
Aug 8, 2009, 7:41 am
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Good advice above.
Also, there are lockers airside in several locations around the terminal.
Just makes it that much easier to clear security when you come back.
Of course, check where your onward flight is departing from to make sure you can get back there. I actually make a point of dropping my bag in the locker closest to my onward flight so that I'm good to go when I get back.
Also, there are lockers airside in several locations around the terminal.
Just makes it that much easier to clear security when you come back.
Of course, check where your onward flight is departing from to make sure you can get back there. I actually make a point of dropping my bag in the locker closest to my onward flight so that I'm good to go when I get back.
Jan 30, 2013, 4:51 am
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Good advice above.
Also, there are lockers airside in several locations around the terminal.
Just makes it that much easier to clear security when you come back.
Of course, check where your onward flight is departing from to make sure you can get back there. I actually make a point of dropping my bag in the locker closest to my onward flight so that I'm good to go when I get back.
Also, there are lockers airside in several locations around the terminal.
Just makes it that much easier to clear security when you come back.
Of course, check where your onward flight is departing from to make sure you can get back there. I actually make a point of dropping my bag in the locker closest to my onward flight so that I'm good to go when I get back.
The other way around you could do it: cross into the Schengen zone (that forces you through the more crowded passport control), go to the lockers, then head to the arrivals hall and into the city, then upon returning you're all set to collect your bag and get flying.
The alternative for both situations is to just leave your bag land side, as milepig has suggested. It might be faster, too.