 Poster: A snowHead
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Prices range from £44 to £55, anybody got any experiences of these services ?
Cheaper than 2 x taxi or an airport hotel.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Sarge, I use APH which is about 5 mins from the airport. Shuttle service every ten minutes and quick pick up on return. I have booked next month for 8 days £25.44. If you want your car under cover it is a bit more. I have used them about a dozen times and would recommend them. 
http://www.aph.com/parking/manchester_airport_parking.htm
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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I can get you the details of a parking service I use regularly at Manchester its about a mile from the airport and they drop off/pickup. The service is excellent and all my family have used them for years, costs about £35 for the week.
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Cheers, I have an 05:00 checkin though, do they run the shuttles at "stupid o'clock" ?
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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Sarge, 24/7
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sounds good. Cheers.
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I've used vacationcare 01625 527467 in the past. Very convenient but I don't think there's any guarantee of where they'll park your car and what happens if it gets damaged.
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I never used them, I was always worried where the car would end up. I heard an urban myt that they were abandoned in a side street for the week or used as a general runaround for the company driver.
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meet and greet or meet and steal ?? !!! give you car keys to a complete stanger and hope they are legit...i feel a watchdog story coming on here !!!!
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stevev, backhojo, APH have secured sites with 24hr security and full liability insurance. They are not some guy who offers to mind your car for a fiver. 
Have you also considered the risk in taking a taxi to the airport. Conversation as follows.
"Going away are we?" "Yes"
"When are you back?" "Two weeks"
Taxi driver then phones mate Billy the Burglar.
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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JP, and how do you know the guy you hand your keys to actually works for APH !!!! i think it would be an easy scam to operate...have you ever watched the "real hussle" ??
i prefer to park in a car park and lock the car myself and take the keys with me....i know nothing is certain in life but at least I know where the car is parked and i locked it and i have the keys !!
we live bloody miles from any airport so taxi is never and option !!
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And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
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You normally drop off yopur car at APH yourself, or you did when we used it.
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Sarge, i use this service 5 or 6 times a year and have never had any problems, they use a secure off site parking facility, i have checked my milage a couple of times and there has never been more than 5 miles or so extra on the clock, also used the same srvice at heathrow and no problems there either 
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You know it makes sense.
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FWIW, I'd take a picture of your car before you leave it. Came back to Gatwick and when the car turned up, nice scratch on the side.
"Not us, Guv!"
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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Poster: A snowHead
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backhojo, yes and no. I use valet parking a few times a year, Some (Purple Parking at LHR and Meteor at LGW) have been there some time and you see minibuses of dirvers turn up every 10 mins to whisk your cars away, and you know exactly where they are going to be. Others - including one I used after recommendations here, seem a little harder to be sure of and seem one man-and-his-dog operations with only mobiles to ring at weekends etc... There have been some interesting exposes of some of the cheaper end of the market.
mdemon2, good point - and I always do the same on picking up and dropping hire cars too.
JP, Helen Beaumont, this thread is about valet/meet n greet services - not ones where you go to the car park,
Last edited by Poster: A snowHead on Tue 29-01-08 9:36; edited 1 time in total
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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mdemon2,
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I'd take a picture of your car before you leave it. Came back to Gatwick and when the car turned up, nice scratch on the side.
"Not us, Guv!"
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This happened to me at a Ford main dealer... so your point is? 
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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Anyway, to answer the question: parkandgo.co.uk
Very reasonable rates for meet & greet at Manchester, i.e just paid £25 for 4 days with collect and drop off at terminal. Used them in the summer, cost about £45 for a week. Well worth the little extra, especially if you have i) kids ; ii) ski luggage ; or iii) both.
Service excellent, no waiting and car returned back with original number plates and no damage ... both times !
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I used MIA Secure Parking for a Manchester meet and greet, £38 for last week, excellent service. They warn you that you might have to pay a small charge to leave the car park on your return, but the chappie that brought our car had a pass that he used to swipe us out with.
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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backhojo, yes and no. I use valet parking a few times a year, Some (Purple Parking at LHR and Meteor at LGW) have been there some time and you see minibuses of dirvers turn up every 10 mins to whisk your cars away, and you know exactly where they are going to be. Others - including one I used after recommendations here, seem a little harder to be sure of and seem one man-and-his-dog operations with only mobiles to ring at weekends etc... There have been some interesting exposes of some of the cheaper end of the market.
mdemon2, good point - and I always do the same on picking up and dropping hire cars too.
JP, Helen Beaumont, this thread is about valet/meet n greet services - not ones where you go to the car park, |
Yes, I know. I was pointing that out to JP
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This is straight from the horse's mouth.
Parking is competitive with some good companys and bad. Dont go for cheap and exspect a professional service it cant be done the cost of operating a meet and greet service is high with parking, insurance,and staff.
Your price of £44 to £55 is about right, £55 is on the high side.
What is important is how quick your car is returned and is it ok (no damage)
I have been doing meet and greet at manchester for the last 3 years and have my own company (www.professionalparkingservices.co.uk) and we have a few skiers use us and you are all wellcome to check us out.
I will be available to advise on any company you decide to use on park and ride and can recomend one or two.
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parking boss, welcome to Snowheads ! If I was to ask you about parkandgo, what would your response be ?
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park and go are a booking company, you have to pick out a car park
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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parking boss, ahh, I see, this one then: Manchester Meet And Greet, Manchester Road, Carrington, , M31 4AX. ta.
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And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
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thier ok
Paul or Dave will meet you during the day.
when you book give my regards to them
Tony
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parking boss, thanks for your reassuring reply.
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You know it makes sense.
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No problem any one needs advise email me always get email not always on line have to work sometimes
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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have never used one at manchester but used purple parking at LHR last year with no problems, it was certainly a stress free way of doing it rather than having to negotiate shuttle buses with 2 kids and the kitchen sink. I think when we go from manchester next year we will just book bewleys with parking and have an extrta nights holiday
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Poster: A snowHead
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easy solution to the kids and skis issue. drive to passenger drop off. deposit kids, skis, luggage and wife....drive to car park. park. get shuttle bus with no luggage to worry about/ meet wife and kids at check in. simple. cheap. effective...oh and yes i still get to keep my car keys and have the associated piece of mind...but hey, its a free country (i think ? !!) so we all make our own choices !!!
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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