May 3, 2013, 1:32 pm
Last edit by: RichardInSF
Short term parking:
ParkSFO
Pros:
QuikPark
Pros:
Burlingame Airport Parking (ParkBAP)
Pros:
Anza
Pros:
BART
Pros:
SFO Long Term Parking and Lot D
** The shuttle buses look exactly the same! One says 'Lot D', the other says 'Long Term Parking' (likely no longer a concern? see below re: AirTrain)
SFO Long Term Parking
Pros:
Cons:
SFO Long Term Parking Lot D
Pros:
ParkSFO
Pros:
- Generally highest rated by FTers
- Fast and regular shuttles
- Quick & easy access from 101 freeway
- Register for emails to receive monthly coupons
- Coupons for 1 free with 3+ days, 2 free with 5+ days, 3 free with 7+ days, and 4 free with 9+ days parked in a single stay.
- Coupons are blacked out during Thanksgiving, Xmas, and other peak periods
- www.parksfo.com/coupons/
- June 2013 Coupon
- Often full or forced to valet at higher rate
- More expensive than other off-airport options, especially if no coupon
- Reservations required or risk likely being turned away at entry
- Price listed online does not include tax and fees (which is around 16%)
QuikPark
Pros:
- Online reservations
- Relatively cheap
- must prebook online for best rate and bring printout to give to attendant
- Slow shuttles
- Even with a reservation, sometimes fill up and hard to find a spot
(note: if you book on-line and the lot is full, they will find you a space-you will be stopped at the gate but all you have to do is show them your pre-paid receipt)
Burlingame Airport Parking (ParkBAP)
Pros:
- Consistently one of the cheapest, especially for weekly rates.
- Generally do not have to prebook to get the best rate.
- 3 shuttles an hour only, and a bit slower than average due to distance. Try to arrive at or before :00, :20, or :40 to allow a few minutes wait.
- September 2013: For pickups late, I feel the turnaround times are more consistent with 2x per hour for the shuttle. No posted change, however.
- Poor ratings (see yelp)
Anza
Pros:
- With Burlingame Airport Parking, the only parking South of airport (Other than BART)
- Easy access dropoff, not so easy to get back on freeway (S-101)
- Valet is free (no extra charge) when they are near capacity
- Frequent parker program: Each 30 paid days yields a 5-consecutive-day park for free. Check in on facebook and receive credit for 1/2 paid day as well. (Note: This program has changed. It is now tied into the Fivestars card rather than a paper punch card.)
- When partially full, they require you use their free valet service, and this requirement varies from hour to hour. Be sure to have nothing valuable in your car!
- Poor shuttle service for SFO arrivals at busy weekend/holidays (30-45min wait)
- Need a printed coupon from their website to get the best rate
BART
Pros:
- Free over the weekend (except the cost of using BART to the airport) and holidays, even as part of a longer stay
- Online reservations for weekday parking
- BART schedule is known well in advance
- Pretty much guaranteed a parking spot
- Hard to use if you're trying to park or pick up when BART is closed for the night
- Possibility of getting a ticket if you overstay your reservation
- Can wait up to 20 minutes for BART in off-peak hours, or have to go to San Bruno and back to Millbrae during peak hours (or take a taxi for about $12)
SFO Long Term Parking and Lot D
** The shuttle buses look exactly the same! One says 'Lot D', the other says 'Long Term Parking' (likely no longer a concern? see below re: AirTrain)
SFO Long Term Parking
Pros:
Regular shuttles (not the fastest, not the slowest)- AirTrain blue line now goes to Long Term Parking (no more bus shuttles) but makes quite a number of stops before reaching the domestic terminals
- Sometimes if the normal area and Lot D fill up, you'll get a voucher to use the short-term parking at long-term rates
- Covered Parking in the garage - it gets full at peak times
Cons:
- Expensive
- However, current promo is $12/day for 3 days prepaid online (and the rate decreases for additional days)
SFO Long Term Parking Lot D
Pros:
- Sometimes if the Long Term Parking area and Lot D fill up, you'll get a voucher to use the short-term parking at long-term rates
- Expensive
Tips for Long Term Parking and Lot D- Park near Stop 5 in Long Term Parking and you are the first off the bus and out of the parking lot!
- Although the signs will indicate that a floor is full, I am often able to find a spot on these floors.
- Airtrain station is on level 5 of the garage
Month or longer parking:
Someone who's done this please add experiences - I (rob_flies_ua) would just pay for a shuttle or car service at this point. unavaca recommends taking Uber in this case.
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Sep 1, 2020 | 6:15 pm
#316
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Hotel pricing is so variable with Covid it's hard to say. There are rates this Friday (Labor Day weekend), using Google hotels without parking, that would be very attractive for a one night stay, and then drive off and park somewhere else (or park somewhere else the night before). The Hilton is $84 and the Crowne Plaza is $79. There's a HIX at $66 and the Hyatt Regency at $97.
Sep 2, 2020 | 3:40 pm
#317
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Cheapest I could see on https://parksleepfly.com/ was Holiday Inn Express SFO North was $5.99 for self-park ($97 for 12 days of parking and $230 for 12 days of parking plus one night in the hotel). Burlingame Airport Park was about $103 for the same parking period.
Anyone have opinions on either of those two options? (For parking only.) The Holiday Inn is cheap, but is it a good/safe place to leave a car for about 2 weeks?
Anyone have opinions on either of those two options? (For parking only.) The Holiday Inn is cheap, but is it a good/safe place to leave a car for about 2 weeks?
Sep 3, 2020 | 12:29 pm
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I've been parking at BAP for last few years without any incidents there. Have never seen a vehicle broken into or glass anywhere on the ground. The entire lot is fenced. Really no on-street parking there for someone to wander in to check out cars, and the street entry point has a gate to scan a QR code (not sure you can get a ticket just driving up any longer- you were able to do that for years). Prior to that I regularly parked at Park SFO using free day coupons towards my bill, but with them being $18 a day now hard to justify staying there even with the free days. Seem to always come out paying less at BAP.
Nov 22, 2020 | 8:23 pm
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SFO is running a promo where you can pay the long-term rate ($18/day) and park in the Domestic Garage (right at the terminals). Useful for a short trip. You can book on the FlySFO website.
Nov 23, 2020 | 2:09 am
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SFO is running a promo where you can pay the long-term rate ($18/day) and park in the Domestic Garage (right at the terminals). Useful for a short trip. You can book on the FlySFO website.
If you don't want to deal with booking on-line, you can swing by the Long Term Garage on the way to the airport. There's a person stationed there that will give you a ticket to use when exiting the Domestic Garage to get the same $18/day rate.
Nov 23, 2020 | 11:53 am
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Nov 23, 2020 | 12:08 pm
#322
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Felt like I hit the jackpot one time when they told me the garage was full and that I could park at the Domestic Garage at Long Term rates.
Although another time, they just told me to use Lot D. I didn't feel so lucky then.
Jan 23, 2021 | 12:14 pm
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We switched from ParkSFO to Anza a few years ago and have never looked back. ANZA is more convenient if you are driving North to SFO from the San Mateo Bridge or peninsula and the website offers cheap reservations ($11/day plus tax). The shuttle is always waiting at the lot and we never have to wait long at the airport when we return.
In the old days you would get free valet because the lots were always full. Now it is an easy self-park as there are plenty of spaces. IMO the only downside is getting to 101 South after you exit the lot. But you make it up on the front end vs. ParkSFO.
In the old days you would get free valet because the lots were always full. Now it is an easy self-park as there are plenty of spaces. IMO the only downside is getting to 101 South after you exit the lot. But you make it up on the front end vs. ParkSFO.
Jan 23, 2021 | 2:24 pm
#324
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I noticed recently the airport itself is letting you park at the domestic garage at the $18/day long term rate if you book online
https://www.flysfo.com/to-from/parking
depending on length of stay vs desire to avoid a shuttle ride etc, might be worth considering.
https://www.flysfo.com/to-from/parking
depending on length of stay vs desire to avoid a shuttle ride etc, might be worth considering.
Jan 23, 2021 | 3:19 pm
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I noticed recently the airport itself is letting you park at the domestic garage at the $18/day long term rate if you book online
https://www.flysfo.com/to-from/parking
depending on length of stay vs desire to avoid a shuttle ride etc, might be worth considering.
https://www.flysfo.com/to-from/parking
depending on length of stay vs desire to avoid a shuttle ride etc, might be worth considering.
Jan 23, 2021 | 3:22 pm
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Nevertheless $18 is less than $36.
Jan 23, 2021 | 3:31 pm
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It is not. But you need to book online, or stop by the LT Parking entrance, to get the $18/day rate at the Domestic Garage.
Jan 23, 2021 | 4:42 pm
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I'm still using Burlingame Airport Parking next to the Hilton (and across the street from Anza). $9 a day plus tax this time of year. Must pre-book. Airport pickups are currently on-demand. Hotel departures seem to be running on the half hour and hour still if there are guests (or if you've called from the parking lot).
Jan 24, 2021 | 1:19 pm
#329
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I'm still using Burlingame Airport Parking next to the Hilton (and across the street from Anza). $9 a day plus tax this time of year. Must pre-book. Airport pickups are currently on-demand. Hotel departures seem to be running on the half hour and hour still if there are guests (or if you've called from the parking lot).
The tax included rate per day has been coming out to $9.25 per day which is certainly on the cheaper side for SFO parking. Since the pandemic started the shuttle system has been quite odd, sometimes there's a dedicated black shuttle making the rounds other times you have to call for the Hilton van. I haven't quite figured out when the shuttle is running and when its not, although I have always made the preemptive call to the Hilton to organize a shuttle.
Apr 8, 2021 | 8:25 pm
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$36.80 r/t for 2 people on BART.
$54 pre-pay in the garage
Also, its street cleaning tomorrow, so I have to move the car anyways. Sunday BART schedule sucks. This is a no brainer.
The web page where you book has an “apply promo code” section. Has anyone ever found a promo code?
$54 pre-pay in the garage
Also, its street cleaning tomorrow, so I have to move the car anyways. Sunday BART schedule sucks. This is a no brainer.
The web page where you book has an “apply promo code” section. Has anyone ever found a promo code?