Heathrow T2 Parking

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Murph7355

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38,719 posts

262 months

Monday 18th July 2022
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Does anyone have any recommendations? Can't recall the last time I used T2.

My previous lazy search options (e.g. Purple Parking) are throwing up prices of £270 for 10days' parking. Digging a bit deeper is throwing up similar "meet and greet" options for around £100 (e.g. Parking Hub).

Before I go for the latter (it's for the family wagon, so the chances of any Bueller antics are limited!), does anyone have any specific "go to" or "don't go to" places they use?

Road2Ruin

5,416 posts

222 months

Monday 18th July 2022
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Heathrow official long stay terminal 2/3. Always seems reasonable enough.

Murph7355

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38,719 posts

262 months

Monday 18th July 2022
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Cheers.

Double the cost of some of the others, but feels "safer".

Condi

17,784 posts

177 months

Tuesday 19th July 2022
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Left mine at the Moxy hotel as was staying there the night before. Bit of a faff with a 20 min public bus ride there and back, but felt safe and secure, and was £12.50 a day which was the same as anywhere else.

Murph7355

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262 months

Tuesday 19th July 2022
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Thanks.

Have kids and wife and luggage etc in tow, so have used the official parking site.

Now contemplating Canada's recent change to random PCR testing for flights into Toronto, and 10 day isolation if positive. The dumbness of what they're doing beat anything our govt did! (Random testing, allowed to travel internally where and how you want until you get the test results up to 4 days later, then have to self-isolate if positive, after spreading it for up to 4 days....)

Boringvolvodriver

9,896 posts

49 months

Wednesday 20th July 2022
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Murph7355 said:
Thanks.

Have kids and wife and luggage etc in tow, so have used the official parking site.

Now contemplating Canada's recent change to random PCR testing for flights into Toronto, and 10 day isolation if positive. The dumbness of what they're doing beat anything our govt did! (Random testing, allowed to travel internally where and how you want until you get the test results up to 4 days later, then have to self-isolate if positive, after spreading it for up to 4 days....)
One would be tempted to think that they don’t want people to go there………..

Murph7355

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Wednesday 20th July 2022
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Boringvolvodriver said:
One would be tempted to think that they don’t want people to go there………..
As things stand I'd rather not. But it's for a wedding.

Contingency plans drafted.

And always good to know there is a more stupid govt than ours.

djc206

12,615 posts

131 months

Wednesday 20th July 2022
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Murph7355 said:
Thanks.

Have kids and wife and luggage etc in tow, so have used the official parking site.

Now contemplating Canada's recent change to random PCR testing for flights into Toronto, and 10 day isolation if positive. The dumbness of what they're doing beat anything our govt did! (Random testing, allowed to travel internally where and how you want until you get the test results up to 4 days later, then have to self-isolate if positive, after spreading it for up to 4 days....)
When we went last year they had “random” testing. What that actually looked like was everyone with a British passport off our flight getting tested. We were free to do as we wished whilst awaiting the results so like you say a colossal waste of time but in fairness to them we had the results emailed to us in under 24 hours, think it might have been around 18 hours if memory serves.

I can’t see that nonsense lasting very long. Expensive and pointless.

Murph7355

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Wednesday 20th July 2022
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Thanks djc.

djc206

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131 months

Thursday 21st July 2022
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Ok so I’ve just read up on the new requirements. All testing is going to happen off site, some by virtual appointment apparently. That’s less annoying than having to queue up at the airport for someone to scramble your brains with a cotton bud but still not ideal.

Doesn’t sound like they’re going to bin off the testing anytime soon so I was very wrong about that. I’m not entirely sure what they’re trying to achieve, their own logic falls at the first hurdle but hey ho.

Murph7355

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Thursday 21st July 2022
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djc206 said:
Ok so I’ve just read up on the new requirements. All testing is going to happen off site, some by virtual appointment apparently. That’s less annoying than having to queue up at the airport for someone to scramble your brains with a cotton bud but still not ideal.

Doesn’t sound like they’re going to bin off the testing anytime soon so I was very wrong about that. I’m not entirely sure what they’re trying to achieve, their own logic falls at the first hurdle but hey ho.
Indeed.

They are also only doing it at 4 airports. Nothing via land and sea.

Totally bizarre thinking.

Edited by Murph7355 on Thursday 21st July 06:57

Jarcy

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281 months

Thursday 21st July 2022
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Road2Ruin said:
Heathrow official long stay terminal 2/3. Always seems reasonable enough.
The quote for 2 weeks in early August is £222
I contacted our local taxi firm, and their drop-off and pick-up quote is £118 all-in (including the £5 drop off fee)

Murph7355

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Thursday 21st July 2022
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Jarcy said:
Road2Ruin said:
Heathrow official long stay terminal 2/3. Always seems reasonable enough.
The quote for 2 weeks in early August is £222
I contacted our local taxi firm, and their drop-off and pick-up quote is £118 all-in (including the £5 drop off fee)
Will obviously depend where you live...though I'm pretty sure I could have got a private hire for around the same price (170 mile round trip).

However, I have a feeling something is going to go wonky on this trip with times and dates, so having a bit more flexibility, and the comfort of our own car, should be worth the premium (if there is one).

Road2Ruin

5,416 posts

222 months

Thursday 21st July 2022
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Jarcy said:
The quote for 2 weeks in early August is £222
I contacted our local taxi firm, and their drop-off and pick-up quote is £118 all-in (including the £5 drop off fee)
I paid about £70 for a week, booked a long while ago. I also live in the West Country, bit more than £118 for a taxi.