
What Should I Do Before Leaving My Car at the Airport?
Five minutes before you walk away settles almost every dispute that could follow. Here is the routine worth doing.
Airport parking guides, terminal-by-terminal advice and practical tips to help you spend less and travel with less hassle.

Five minutes before you walk away settles almost every dispute that could follow. Here is the routine worth doing.

Everything at Leeds Bradford is close together, which is good. The approach roads are not, which is the part to plan around.

Some operators participate and some do not, and coverage changes. Here is how to check properly rather than assume either way.

Newcastle is compact enough that the parking choice comes down to length of stay and little else.

Short trips flip the usual advice. The cheap off-airport site that wins on a fortnight is often the wrong booking for two nights.

Glasgow has a compact site and short transfers, which makes the cheaper options easier to recommend than at most UK airports.

Edinburgh is Scotland’s busiest airport and its car parks fill accordingly. Here is what each one is actually for.

Yes — and the saving is larger than any discount code. Here is how far ahead, and what happens if you leave it late.

It depends almost entirely on how many of you are travelling and how long you are away. Here is the honest comparison.

A fortnight is where the differences between car parks stop being small. Here is how the cost is actually built, and where the money goes.

Heathrow has five terminals spread across a site the size of a town. Booking the wrong car park is the expensive mistake here.

Delays are routine and most operators handle them sympathetically. Here is what to do, when to ring, and when an overstay charge actually applies.

The honest answer is that it depends on your trip, not the airport. Here is what actually drives the price, and which airports behave differently.