Do you drive to the airport when you travel? If so, how do you book your parking? When I flew from London Gatwick to Copenhagen for a weekend trip with my husband recently, I booked our parking through SkyParkSecure. We had an early morning flight and so I was looking for a meet and greet […]
Easy airport parking: Purple Parking meet and greet review
The only way to get to an airport from our house is by car (unless we go for a tortuous car/bus/train combo which would add aeons to our journey). So, we either 1) get a lift from a kindly friend or relation, or 2) fork out for a taxi (if we remember to book a week […]
APH Meet & Greet Airport Parking
I’ve had some horribly early flights recently and I’ve tried various options to see which is the least grim way to get to the airport at times when I really should be fast asleep in bed. Airport hotels When we went on a family trip to Croatia at Easter we had to check in at […]
Hampton by Hilton London Gatwick Park and Fly
Our flight from London Gatwick to Dubrovnik was scheduled to leave at 6.50am. That would mean waking the kids up up far too early in order to reach the airport and check in at 4.50am. I wasn’t looking forward to a pre-dawn start to our Easter trip to Croatia. Hampton by Hilton London Gatwick Park […]
APH Meet & Greet airport parking
My favourite way to get to London Gatwick, my local airport, is to be driven there by my lovely husband. That doesn’t happen often (he has a very full-time job, after all) and so the next best thing for me is valet parking. Valet parking Valet parking is a splendid idea. It involves driving to […]
Heathrow park and fly hotels
An overnight stay at an airport hotel can be a good option if you have an early morning flight, especially if you live a long way from the airport you’re travelling from. I live 20 minutes from London Gatwick and so prefer to travel from there but the last time I flew from Stansted I […]
Holiday Extras survey & giveaway
The survey Holiday Extras have asked Mums do travel to host a survey to find out more about how we book short breaks. The survey doesn’t take long to do and everyone who completes it can enter a competition to win a great prize. The prize The winner can choose either a £100 gift voucher from […]
Meet & greet airport parking
I flew from Heathrow Terminal 5 recently and was offered the chance to try meet and greet parking there, which was great. Following instructions which had been mailed to me, I drove into the short stay car park via the Fast Track lane and parked near the lifts in a designated bay. I then handed my car […]
