Archive for the ‘Airport parking’ CategoryEton Air, the Heathrow corporate airport parking supplier, has ceased trading. The corporate airport parking business of Eton Air Ltd was closed after around 13 years of successful trading. The company director regrettably could not continue to trade and was left with little option other than to cease trading due to difficult trading conditions. Leading industry competitor, www.help-me-park.co.uk, has stepped into the void as a front runner in taking up the customers of the Eton Air Car Relay business. Help-me-park commented ‘It is a real shame to see a business such as Eton Air be forced to cease trading. It is clear they were built on the same principals that have seen Help-me-park grow so rapidly in the same market – those of customer satisfaction and a dedication to doing the job right. We hope that Help-me-park can be a suitable replacement for the service previously supplied by Eton Air Ltd, and will do our best to help those customers wherever possible “ Help-me-park can be contacted on 0870 300 600 9 or by email on salesteam@help-me-park.co.uk Gatwick Airport parking provider, Help-Me-Park, has signed an exclusive contract with the Gatwick Hilton Hotel to provide Gatwick Meet and Greet parking to all the hotel’s customers who book direct with the Hilton on the Hilton website or Hilton telephone reservation team. This exclusive contract binds the two parties to an annual contract – April 08 – April 09 – whereby Help-Me-Park solely provide the Meet and Greet parking services to the Hotel’s own branded Hilton Meet and Greet Airport Park & Stay services. This contract is the second to be signed between Help-Me-Park and the Gatwick Hilton Hotel, following a hugely successful first contract, signed for one year running from April 07. The service shows impressive growth month-on-month, with increases resulting in 50% additional turnover in certain months. Much business is found in repeat bookings, formed on Help-Me-Park’s unsurpassable reliability and trustworthiness and the convenience of Meet and Greet parking. This exclusive Gatwick Hilton Meet and Greet Service is bookable both directly with the hotel or through the Hilton’s website. The easy to use web booking system confirms the booking by immediate e-mail receipt. The impressive Help-Me-Park Meet and Greet service also offers Gatwick Hilton Hotel customers their unrivalled and unique ‘no waiting – money back guarantee’. Available 365 days a year, 24 hours a day, customers find no time restrictions imposed in either their departure or arrival time. Customers can also choose to upgrade their Gatwick Meet and Greet package by choosing the Help-Me-Park car valeting option, thus returning to a professionally and fully valeted vehicle. This luxury product offering has also seen a steady increase month-on-month. Help-Me-Park report a strong increase in the luxury Meet and Greet parking services over the last 3 years by those travellers using Gatwick Airport. Customer research, conducted by the H-M-P customer base, dictates the need for quality service, time saving and hassle free product offering. Customers have proven that such a product is not dependant on the cheapest price as their time is worth considerably more should unnecessary delays be incurred by the parking provider. Sean McCarthy, Director of Help-Me-Park comments “We are dedicated to providing the Hilton Hotel with only the very best Meet and Greet parking service. We believe our unique ‘no waiting – money back guarantee’, renowned reliability and trust complements Gatwick’s premier hotel’s own service ethics.” 2007 was a fantastic year for Gatwick meet and greet parking supplier Help-Me-Park.Com. Figures just released show that customers using their valet meet and greet parking service increased by more than 30% compared with the same period in 2006. Established in early 2005, the independent Meet and Greet Gatwick Airport parking specialist, credits the secret of its success to a high quality Meet and Greet package and excellent customer service. Sean McCarthy, Sales Director commented, “We are delighted to see that our efforts this year have been rewarded. Our investment in new web technology, increased staff levels and our commitment to excellent customer service has helped us achieve these results. We’re looking forward to an exciting year ahead with the recent introduction of a new Meet and Greet parking package for The Felbridge Hotel and Spa in East Grinstead, to compliment our established Meet and Greet parking packages at the London Gatwick Hilton hotel.” “We are keen to expand our excellent reputation within the corporate arena. We are currently enhancing our Meet and Greet parking portfolio to allow us to service the needs of business travellers in a more efficient way and hope to make an announcement shortly.” Help-Me-Park.com offers secure convenient Meet and Greet parking from Gatwick Airport’s North and South Terminals. How it works: Help-Me-Park contacts the customer before they arrive at the airport, and then meets them at the specified terminal at the agreed meeting time. The car is inspected before the car is signed over to the Help-Me-Park driver, allowing the customer to go directly into the terminal, without the hassle of having to park themselves. On the customer’s return, Help-Me-Park monitors the return flight details and contacts the customer once the plane has landed. Customers are asked to call once they have collected all of their bags from baggage reclaim. The car is then returned to the customer by the Meet and Greet driver, outside the terminal to permit a quick get away. • 3 day, 8 day and 15 day Meet and Greet packages are also available with Help-Me-Park when staying at the London Gatwick Hilton Hotel and The Felbridge Hotel & Spa. Stays over the package period are charged at £10 per additional day. Valentine’s Day is fast approaching and hopefully by now you’ll have a present and card, or maybe if they’re lucky, you’ll be whisking your loved one away for a special valentine break. So why not go the extra mile and make your loved one feel the centre of attention by arranging luxurious Meet and Greet parking at London Gatwick airport, with Help-Me-Park. What says “you deserve to be spoilt” more than the luxury of a chauffeur to personally meet you outside the terminal at the beginning of your journey, that collects and parks your car avoiding all the hassle involved with parking yourself at the airport. On your return back from your break, the Help-Me-Park team monitors your return flight time and chauffeurs your car back to the terminal, ready for a quick getaway. You could always throw caution to the wind and start your break early by upgrading the night before you travel to include a stay at either the London Gatwick Hilton or The Felbridge Hotel & Spa, both of which offer excellent Meet and Greet parking packages with Help-Me-Park. There are many companies that offer a Meet and Greet parking service at Gatwick airport, but with Help-Me-Park you’ll feel like a million dollars with their attention to detail, excellent high level of service, professional friendly staff and no waiting money back guarantee – completely unique to the parking industry. Sales Director Sean McCarthy said “We take great effort and pride in offering the best meet and greet parking at Gatwick and this shows in the loyalty of our customers. Over 85% of our customers use us time after time, a fact we’re rather proud of. We treat our customers as individuals, in the way we like to be treated - with exceptionally high levels of service. We believe this approach is one of the keys to our success”. So, if you’re looking for something a little different for your Valentine’s break, take a look at the Gatwick Meet and Greet parking service with Help-Me-Park. To book, or for further information visit www.help-me-park.co.uk or call 0870 300 600 9. Help-Me-Park, the Valet Meet and Greet parking company based at London Gatwick airport, has recently celebrated their first year’s partnership with the London Gatwick Hilton Hotel. Help-Me-Park has operated the ValetPark Advance service for the London Gatwick Hilton Hotel since October 2006. The Meet and Greet service allows guests to drive straight to the London Gatwick Hilton Hotel where they are met by a Help-Me-Park driver, who chauffeurs their car to their secure parking site for the duration of their stay and then returns the car back to the London Gatwick Hilton Hotel once the guest has returned back to the UK. Sales Director for Help-Me-Park, Sean McCarthy said “We take great effort and pride in offering the best meet and greet parking at Gatwick and this shows in our partnership with the London Gatwick Hilton Hotel. To date, we have fulfilled over 2,000 bookings for the ValetPark Advance service, and are looking forward to building on this success in the forthcoming year.” Simon Cook, General Manager of the London Gatwick Hilton Hotel, who has been recently named General Manager of the Year for the UK & Ireland, commented “I am delighted with the excellent service that Help-Me-Park provides for our guests and the Hotel. It’s fantastic to find a local company that takes as much pride in delivering a high quality service, as we do at the Hilton and I am looking forward to celebrating another milestone with the Help-Me-Park team next year.” “Meet and Greet parking is ideal for both Business and Leisure travellers alike. We’ve been so in-undated with requests for Valet parking that we’ve made it easy for our guests to book online, by adding the 15 day ValetPark Advance package to our website. Should guests require a different length of stay, an 8 day ValetPark Advance or a 3 day ValetPark Advance package can be purchased by calling our reservations team direct on 01293 518080.” explained Simon. To book, or for further information on the London Gatwick Hilton Hotel’s ValetPark Advance package visit www.hilton.co.uk/gatwick or www.help-me-park.com.
The media spotlight has long been on the environmental damage caused by flying and the carbon emissions given off by airlines, however, very little focus is placed on the environmental impact of travel to and from the airport. In an attempt to reduce pollution, carbon emissions and alleviate traffic congestion, airports and travel providers are continually trying to encourage air travellers to use public transport when travelling to and from the airports. Obviously, taking public transport to the airport is the most environmentally friendly way of travelling to the airport, but isn’t always practical. In recent years we have seen a significant rise in the environmentally unfriendly method of travelling to the airport – Kiss and Fly. Kiss and fly is the enlisting of friends or family to take passengers to the airport – an innocent method of transportation, or is it? The process of kiss and fly involves twice as many journeys as that of driving to the airport and parking your own car, as the car needs to travel to the airport twice, once to drop off passengers and then back to pick up passengers on their return. The impact of kiss and fly is made apparent when you consider Gatwick airport alone, which currently handles 35.1 million passengers per year. In 2005, 27% of air travellers through Gatwick were driven to the airport in cars belonging to friends or family. In fact, in 2005, kiss and fly accounted for four times as many car trips to and from Gatwick than cars in the long-stay car parks! If all travellers using kiss and fly switched to Gatwick airport parking, or Gatwick meet and greet, this would result in a 50% reduction of road trips leading to reduced congestion on roads surrounding the airport, and a 50% reduction in carbon emissions. From a convenience point of view, kiss and fly is probably one of the most inconvenient methods of travel too. Due to security measures implemented at the airports, it is no longer possible to be dropped off right outside the airport terminal, as all cars must drive into the short-stay car parks and park before dropping off passengers. So before you telephone your mate to drive you to the airport, stop, consider convenience and the environment and drive yourself. Holiday Extras has taken over BCP in an undisclosed deal. The acquisition means Holiday Extras will manage Q-Park’s off airport car parks at Heathrow, Manchester airport, Gatwick, Newcastle airport and Glasgow airport. The sale will further increase Holiday Extras share of the airport parking market. For independent Gatwick meet and greet parking click on the link. Changes to the drop-off and pick-up arrangements coupled with rip off parking charges are putting air travellers off flying from Liverpool John Lennon airport. In an email to Liverpool airport information site, A L* from the Wirral states: “I just want to say how disgusting the drop off and pick up arrangements are.If you are dropping off elderly or disabled people 10 minutes is barely enough to off-load luggage and get back out of the car park, so effectively we have to pay a surcharge for bringing the airport customers. “A lot of Wirral taxi drivers now refuse to bring passengers to Liverpool Airport (ring a few airport services if you don’t believe me). That’s how we ended up taking some friends there at 3am, with no real traffic or anything, but still we had to be out of the car park in 10 minutes, and that includes finding a parking space! People should be given at least 30 minutes. “We are picking our friends up tomorrow, and are having to park on a street somewhere nearby - they will then ring their family on a call box to say they are ready, and the family then ring my mobile. Our friends will have to stand and wait about 15 minutes whilst we make our round-about route to the airport (whatever happened to the easy way to get there). “Are you surprised that they, and we, will avoid Liverpool airport like the plague if we can.Even with all of this inconvenience, if it is difficult to park (as it may be in the daytime) or if there is a queue to leave the airport we could still end up having to pay. It’s disgraceful.” *name withheld by request Have you experienced problems dropping off passengers at Liverpool airport or any other UK airport? Are the parking charges fair? We’d love to hear from you. If like me, you find sorting out your airport parking and getting to the airport a hassle, why not take the easiest route and book a park and stay package at an airport hotel. The Hilton Hotel at Gatwick airport offers a valet parking and room package which includes a one night stay with meet and greet parking for a period of 15, 8 or 3 days – additional days are available at an additional charge. The benefits of choosing the Hilton Valet Park and Stay Package are:
Hilton Valet Park and Stay Packages are operated in conjunction with Help-Me-Park.Com, the Hilton’s valet parking contractor. Once booked, Help-Me-Park will contact the customer directly for all details regarding the vehicle to be parked and return travel details – extra days will be identified at this point and the customer will be billed directly for additional days. Valet Park and Stay Packages are available directly from the London Gatwick Hilton only. To book contact the London Gatwick Hilton. It’s business as usual for Gatwick valet parking company, Help-Me-Park.com. In spite of the new security arrangements for Gatwick airport forecourts, Help-Me-Park is operating as normal. However, due to the extra vehicle searches and other security precautions they are advising passengers to allow an extra 20-30 minutes to get to the Gatwick meet and greet parking drop-off point and have issued the following advice to their customers: South Terminal At the moment private vehicles are allowed up to the airport but security searches etc can be put in place at any time so please make sure your mobile phone is switched on so we can contact you. Extra vehicle searches and other security precautions have been put in place and an extra 20-30 minutes should be allowed to get to the passenger drop-off point. Please stay in contact with us on 07716 063663. North Terminal Extra vehicle searches and other security precautions have been put in place. In light of this an extra 20-30 minutes should be allowed to get to the passenger drop-off point. Please stay in contact with us on 07716 063663. At the moment private vehicles are allowed up to the airport but security searches etc can be put in place at any time so please make sure your mobile phone is switched on so we can contact you. Help-Me-Park.Com operates meet and greet parking at Gatwick, bookings can be made via their web site www.help-me-park.com or by contacting them on 0870 300 600 9. |
