Parking Close To Airport - Pre-book

By Author: Susan Jones
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London Luton Airport has come a long way from the times when you could park your car right away opposite the passenger terminal building. It has less jam with mostly holiday charters and a few domestic flights hence parking your car was not at all a big problem. With the expansion of budget air travel introduced by airlines for instance EasyJet and RyanAir, Luton Airport has required to spread out considerably and the terminal building is becoming more like a flourishing shopping centre. Like many of the UK's main airports, London Luton has had to build many transformations to deal with increased traffic and sheer number of trvelers although this has not always been entirely successful.

The recent trend of driving directly to the airport, parking your car and jetting off to your getaway continues unabated and secure airport parking onsite or close to the airport is becoming big business. To prevent vehicles from jamming up the terminal area, Luton airport introduced charges and deadlines in the pick-up and drop-off areas. No stopping is allowed on the main terminal roundabout ...
... or its approaches but people continue to disrupt the flow of traffic by parking or dropping off their passengers in bus lanes and way in routes to avoid paying £1 at the exit barriers. They are often ignorant that they've already been 'clocked' by the various CCTV or number plate recognition cameras dotted around the area and an £80 parking enforcement notice arrives on their doorstep a couple of days later. Some have tried the dangerous manoeuvre of reversing out directly into oncoming traffic and I've even noticed pedestrians being blowed off their feet by drivers doing this just to stay away from paying £1.

My current 'pet hate' is the quite common occurence of individuals driving around the airport approaches at around 10mph, seeking a lay-by or bus stop to attend until their passengers come through the terminal. They appear to be paying more attention to the small screen on the dashboard than driving their vehicle. It is ironic that people using sat-nav gadgets often seem to be ones who don't know where they are going.

A assured way of escaping most of these hassles would be to pre-book your secure Luton Airport parking with Airport Carparkz where you can drop off your car less than a mile from the terminal and jump on a transfer minibus that will take you to within a few yards of the terminal.