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After the loss of duty free when vacating to EU countries which accounted for a high percentage of travellers passing through a terminal, all airports looked to other areas to generate more income and car parking was an obvious sector.

When deciding where to park, especially in the current economic climate it pays to study the costs between on and off airport parking. The price difference can be quite high particularly when comparing to the airport drive on price. The drawback to using an off airport car park is the transfer time to the terminal will take longer. When booking your airport parking Gatwick, Heathrow car parking or Manchester airport parking you will be able to select from numerous off airport car parks as well as on airport parking.

Off airport car parks in the present day, run to high standards of security and supply efficient transports to the airports. These car parks are not only in competition with the airport but with other off site car parks which again has helped to drive the price down. These car parks rely heavily on technology in terms of observing availability and pricing. As the car parks fill the price will rise so in high season early booking is always recommended.

If a holidaymaker is short of time, parking at the airport could be the best option but if time is not an issue the chepest parking will always be at an off airport car park.

Off airport car parks usually include the charge of taking you to your needed terminal and this can prove very useful if you are flying from a busy airport such as Heathrow, Gatwick or Manchester. Directing around these airports along with many other travellers unsure where they are going can be extremely stressful with cars switching lanes at the last minute or changing direction on the many roundabouts.