Parked at Park SFO twice this month and both times all self-park spots were gone. The first of the two times it was 5 am on a Thu and the place was a zoo. Had to valet both times but they charged self-park rate. For 5 days paid $67 including 2 day free coupon and all taxes and fees.

This is exactly what I would expect, given the ongoing expansion and temporary reduction in the number of spaces that I mentioned above.

That makes more sense. I am guessing the guy at the counter was just making stuff up since the lines were long. In any case not worth parking here on busy weekends anymore due to how packed the structure gets now and how busy the shuttles are. Miss the days where they were the best in the area.

Just called and no Bay Area Costcos carry them any more :(
 

Just called and no Bay Area Costcos carry them any more :( ARGHHHH!!!!!! Been using these for several years. If anyone sees them come back, please update this thread.

I guess you didn't see the fact that they are building an additional structure with 1,500+ spaces (mentioned a few posts above, as well as on the ParkSFO website). Once the addition is completed, the situation might be greatly improved. (Only time will tell.)

Saw it, but that won't do anything until its done. I guess I am just spoiled by Expresso parking at OAK. SFO parking options are mostly all terrible. Not worth the slight cost savings to deal with Park SFO until the new structure is complete or travelling on light days.

Parking is by 24 hours only - no hourly proration - frustrating when I realized that my last charge was an extra day due to the long shuttle and payment wait times.

I wonder if they made that decision before the impact of Uber/Lyft kicked in. That's converted a lot of parkers into passengers. Given the fixed-cost nature of a parking business, almost all of that lost revenue is lost profit.

IM(nsh)O, long run, the demand is there. Uber/Lyft rates as they are will not be sustainable long term. Also, given the distances people travel to SFO, the only viable option for many is self-transit.

But back to Park SFO - they've always been a bit sketchy on their charges - even imposing tax on the free days, which is an SSF percentage tax, so it makes no sense. If they actually turn it over to the city, still sketchy but fine.

To be fair, they do disclose that on their discount coupons with the following verbiage: "Daily rates are based on a 24 hour period. Taxes and fees are not included and must be paid by all customers." (Bolding mine)

In fact, the bolded part appears twice.

The only thing that bugs me about the taxes and fees is that ParkSFO does not disclose anywhere on their website (that I could find) what the formula is for taxes and fees. I realize that California and city/county sales taxes actually change pretty frequently (at least in recent years -- and they have even gone down, of all things!), so ParkSFO probably doesn't want to be burdened with updating their website every time a change occurs. Still, greater transparency would be nice. I do realize that you can easily look up local sales tax rates online, but there is also a question of whether ParkSFO pays any special taxes/fees to the SFO airport authority in addition to the regular sales taxes.

Yes, but tax on $0 is $0. It isn't like it is a per passenger tax or per car tax. Park'n'Fly charges exactly $0 on free days, which is the appropriate percentage of $0, whether the tax is 9% or 99%. I understand that Park SFO pays SFO a fee every time a van passes through the airport property, and pays the City of South San Francisco a tax on the revenue it earns from you, the flying (or parking) public.

Just to update: Both Anza and ParkSFO currently have coupon offers on their respective websites. Anza is $13.95/day + tax and Park SFO is 1 day free with 2 day min or 2 days free with 4 day min or 3 days free with 6 days min. (valet or self-park).

Guess the days of the 7 day free parkSFO coupons are long gone?

ParkSFO taxes/fees total 15% (including on free days); still a decent deal, depending
 

A quick search of this forum suggests that the "good old days" were over more than a decade ago.... ;)

Anyhow, my recent stay at ParkSFO went as follows: arrived early (4:30-ish AM) on a Wednesday morning (non-holiday week) for a 6:00 AM domestic flight. Luckily, I found a self-park spot fairly quickly (even bypassing a few open but "less desirable" spots for a spot on Level 3 close to Level 2). My total stay was for 6 days (or more exactly, 5 days and 20 hours+, charged as 6 days as stated on ParkSFO website). On my return very early the following Tuesday morning, the structure was not overcrowded either.

I paid at a machine using a 3-free-day coupon. Here is the math: 6 days x $17.95/day = $107.70. Less 3 days free = -$53.85. Plus tax, $16.16. Total, $70.01.

Tax/fees shown as: CTAX 8%, AFEE 5%, FSUR 2%. So, total taxes/fees = 15%. Charged on the whole 6 days = $16.16.

(Presumably, CTAX means city and/or county tax. AFEE, airport fees? FSUR, some kind of surcharge?)

By comparison, I believe the SFO Long-Term Parking current charges are $25/day, with tax/fees included. I don't know of any coupons for that. So, I paid (after coupon) less than half that per day at ParkSFO. A decent deal, but that's in part because of the length of the stay. The max coupon at ParkSFO (that I know of) is 3 days off of 6 or more, so I was optimizing the discount (vs. 1 day off 3, or 2 days off 5, etc.).

https://www.parksfo.com/coupons/

Where did you get your info about ParkSFO?

According to their website, the coupons are: 1 day off 3 min, 2 days off 5 min, 3 days off 6 min.

https://www.parksfo.com/coupons/

Has anyone parked here recently? The website mentions the construction and given the scale of the new garage I imagine that is not done and they are still down 600 spots?
Normally when I drive from Monterey to SFO I park at Anza since I'm going back down south but I want covered parking this time. I'm heading north after this trip so was going to use Park SFO, is the SFO Long Term garage down the street usually pretty packed? I'll be aiming to park around 2-3pm on the 14th, longer trip so I don't want to use the short term/hourly in the middle of the terminals.