Awful ‘Meet & Greet’ tales at Stansted Airport
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Why on earth do people use these firms? Presumably if they paid by card there might be some recompense by the credit card company?
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Edited by bad company on Friday 23 May 17:01
You really would have to be a proper penny pinching cretin to use these dodgy outfits.
I'm sure some of the people on the "why do people use motorway services for fuel" thread would leave their keys with any random load of crap company to save a tenner though.
As a rule I won't use any airport parking that requires I leave my key with them. Value of the car aside it's just not worth the arseache when some dopey teenagers whacks your car into something and the company tries to wash their hands of all responsibility.
I'm sure some of the people on the "why do people use motorway services for fuel" thread would leave their keys with any random load of crap company to save a tenner though.
As a rule I won't use any airport parking that requires I leave my key with them. Value of the car aside it's just not worth the arseache when some dopey teenagers whacks your car into something and the company tries to wash their hands of all responsibility.
GeniusOfLove said:
You really would have to be a proper penny pinching cretin to use these dodgy outfits.
I'm sure some of the people on the "why do people use motorway services for fuel" thread would leave their keys with any random load of crap company to save a tenner though.
As a rule I won't use any airport parking that requires I leave my key with them. Value of the car aside it's just not worth the arseache when some dopey teenagers whacks your car into something and the company tries to wash their hands of all responsibility.
That thread is about being time poor/convenience or luck-shurry and many will use meet and greet for the same reasons.I'm sure some of the people on the "why do people use motorway services for fuel" thread would leave their keys with any random load of crap company to save a tenner though.
As a rule I won't use any airport parking that requires I leave my key with them. Value of the car aside it's just not worth the arseache when some dopey teenagers whacks your car into something and the company tries to wash their hands of all responsibility.
Even with an approved airport provider, you run the risk being used for errands, parked in a boggy field, parked outside some poor sods house for 2 weeks that he keys it, being damaged and the airport approved provider denying they damaged it.
Some airports, you are limited for choice to operations whee they are going to move your car.
I've used a couple of 'economical' airport parking operations many times with no problems, apart from once when I failed to book ahead and they were full.
As I was a regular customer, they helped me out but warned me they'd 'have to drive it a little way'. Which was fine by me, so long as it had enough petrol left when I got back. I think it racked up about 70 miles, but it was cleaner when I got it back.
I've used a couple of 'economical' airport parking operations many times with no problems, apart from once when I failed to book ahead and they were full.
As I was a regular customer, they helped me out but warned me they'd 'have to drive it a little way'. Which was fine by me, so long as it had enough petrol left when I got back. I think it racked up about 70 miles, but it was cleaner when I got it back.
Thing is is that Stansted has a pretty decent official meet and greet service that doesn't cost much more than using the official car parks yourself.
Spend thousands on a holiday and then scimp twenty quid on parking. Madness.
It's not as if this is a new phenomenon either. Tales of woe about meet and greet services are almost as old as the airports they serve.
Spend thousands on a holiday and then scimp twenty quid on parking. Madness.
It's not as if this is a new phenomenon either. Tales of woe about meet and greet services are almost as old as the airports they serve.
Vanden Saab said:
Park at the airport, fully insured and CCTVed up, get on a free bus, walk into the airport with your car keys in your pocket or arrive at the airport and give your car keys to a complete stranger and pay them to take your car away.
Be careful what you assume…You park at your own risk, so if the car is damaged or stolen you claim on your insurance. Official parking or not. The parking company won’t cover your loses. Certainly at LHR.
nikaiyo2 said:
Vanden Saab said:
Park at the airport, fully insured and CCTVed up, get on a free bus, walk into the airport with your car keys in your pocket or arrive at the airport and give your car keys to a complete stranger and pay them to take your car away.
Be careful what you assume…You park at your own risk, so if the car is damaged or stolen you claim on your insurance. Official parking or not. The parking company won’t cover your loses. Certainly at LHR.
I’ve never left my car keys with anyone, don’t see why you’d risk it.
I’ve used the official on-site parking at Bristol, they still required the keys - customers park their cars themselves within the designated area but, presumably owing to plenty of peoples’ inability to park properly, their staff then go out and tightem them all up etc. Or so I assume anyhow; our car wasn’t in the spot we left it!
My mum and dad live in a quiet ish village about 15mins drive from Southampton cruise ports
Over night ot of the blue lots of cars appeared in random spots around the village, all 5cm apart
Then a few weeks later they disappeared
Turns out it was a dodgy parking outfit
Parking cruisers cars in nice areas cutting out the cost of paying for land
Over night ot of the blue lots of cars appeared in random spots around the village, all 5cm apart
Then a few weeks later they disappeared
Turns out it was a dodgy parking outfit
Parking cruisers cars in nice areas cutting out the cost of paying for land
GeniusOfLove said:
You really would have to be a proper penny pinching cretin to use these dodgy outfits.
I'm sure some of the people on the "why do people use motorway services for fuel" thread would leave their keys with any random load of crap company to save a tenner though.
As a rule I won't use any airport parking that requires I leave my key with them. Value of the car aside it's just not worth the arseache when some dopey teenagers whacks your car into something and the company tries to wash their hands of all responsibility.
Your comparison is a bit out TBH, I would never leave my keys with anyone at any parking facilty, but I would also never buy fuel at a MW service station when there are so many options very close to most motorways. Tesco Carlisle is a prime example, 5 mins off the M6 and over 30p a litre cheaper for 99 RON than service stations, with a 90 litre tank like mine thats a decent saving. And you can pick up a meal deal sandwich etc cheaper too, and if you are Scottish you can get a shed load of booze for a lot less too. In short if you buy MW services fuel or food you have more money than sense franklyI'm sure some of the people on the "why do people use motorway services for fuel" thread would leave their keys with any random load of crap company to save a tenner though.
As a rule I won't use any airport parking that requires I leave my key with them. Value of the car aside it's just not worth the arseache when some dopey teenagers whacks your car into something and the company tries to wash their hands of all responsibility.
Southerner said:
I’ve used the official on-site parking at Bristol, they still required the keys - customers park their cars themselves within the designated area but, presumably owing to plenty of peoples’ inability to park properly, their staff then go out and tightem them all up etc. Or so I assume anyhow; our car wasn’t in the spot we left it!
They shuffle them around depending on which car is being picked up that day, and the cars staying longer end up at the back.Gatwick's on site holiday parking photographs all of your car on the way in, then you pull up at the reception place, book in, and they take your keys. They then make sure your car is close by when you arrive back.
I wouldn't give my keys to some third party lot taking it off airport, but theirs seems to be a decent operation.
Also means that everyone is waiting for the bus at the same place, so no bus driving round a big car park stopping at mulitple places. You also don't have to move suitcases more than a few yards.
I did take a note of my mileage when dropping off, it was the same when i collected it.
I wouldn't give my keys to some third party lot taking it off airport, but theirs seems to be a decent operation.
Also means that everyone is waiting for the bus at the same place, so no bus driving round a big car park stopping at mulitple places. You also don't have to move suitcases more than a few yards.
I did take a note of my mileage when dropping off, it was the same when i collected it.
Vanden Saab said:
Park at the airport, fully insured and CCTVed up, get on a free bus, walk into the airport with your car keys in your pocket or arrive at the airport and give your car keys to a complete stranger and pay them to take your car away.
No idea why someone would do anything else, and its not expensive.Stanstead is a joke airport.
We've used MBW (I think it's that) at Heathrow multiple times and they've been really good. Car always comes back as left and there are only a few extra miles on the odometer (as presumably they take it away to park somewhere else).
Be interested to use the EV next time we do as we can see where that car is on the app at all times.
We've used MBW (I think it's that) at Heathrow multiple times and they've been really good. Car always comes back as left and there are only a few extra miles on the odometer (as presumably they take it away to park somewhere else).
Be interested to use the EV next time we do as we can see where that car is on the app at all times.
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