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Airport parking hack can save you up to £290

Car Lease Special Offers has analysed the price of parking at 20 UK airports, ahead of the busy summer holiday period, to see how much it costs to park across the country. Each airport was ranked for factors such as cost of drop off, long stay and amount of EV chargers (1-20) with an overall score then calculated

They worked out that by pre booking your car parking space you could save yourself on average nearly £97! The airport with the biggest saving was Manchester, booking your space in advance there saved £290.

Based on booking for a July week away, on average, booking in advance could save £96.97 on airport parking. Edinburgh airport is the cheapest airport to pre-book your week's parking slot, costing £39.99. The biggest saving came from Manchester airport, pre-booking brings the cost of parking for a week down from £360 to only £69.99 – a massive saving of £290

Airport

Parking 7 Days

Prebooked July 21-28

Saving

Manchester Airport

£360

£69.99

£290.01

London City Airport

£420

£147.50

£272.50

London Stansted Airport

£210

£76.99

£133.01

Bournemouth Airport

£210

£78

£132

Edinburgh Airport

£170

£39.99

£130.01

East Midlands Airport

£185

£58.99

£126.01

London Luton Airport

£210

£86.99

£123.01

London Southend Airport

£210

£90

£120

London Heathrow Airport

£219.50

£112.40

£107.1

Bristol Airport

£159

£65.99

£93.01

London Gatwick Airport

£180

£106

£74

Leeds Bradford Airport

£129

£63

£66

Birmingham Airport

£167

£109.99

£57.01

Aberdeen Airport

£119

£65.99

£53.01

Newcastle Airport

£112

£75.99

£36.01

Glasgow Airport

£110

£74.99

£35.01

Liverpool Airport

£95

£66.99

£28.01

Southampton Airport

£106

£79.99

£26.01

Belfast International Airport

£65

£44.99

£20.01

Cardiff Airport

£95

£77.5

£17.50

The vast majority of UK airports have the option to drop holiday goers off for free, but figuring out which is the hardest part. Mostly, these areas are the long stay car parks, but with most drivers opting to go to the drop-off areas or short-stay parking, they could be paying a bit more than they need to.

Airport

Free parking available

Belfast International Airport

15 mins free in the long-stay car park

Cardiff Airport

5 mins free for drop-off

20 mins free in long-stay car park

Glasgow Airport

15 mins free for EVs - must register vehicle first

30 mins free in long-stay car park

Southampton Airport

20 mins for EVs - must register vehicle first

Aberdeen Airport

15 mins for EVs - must register vehicle first

30 mins free in long-stay car park

Edinburgh Airport

30 mins free in long-stay car park

Newcastle Airport

15 mins free in short-stay 2

Liverpool Airport

40 mins free in drop-off 2

Leeds Bradford Airport

1 hour free in mid-stay 2

EVs can use the pick-up & drop-off car park for up to 1 hour free of charge

London Luton Airport

15 mins free in mid-stay car park

1 hour free in long-stay car park

London Heathrow Airport

29 mins free in long-stay car park

Birmingham Airport

20 mins free in drop-off car park

East Midlands Airport

1 hour free in long-stay 2

Bristol Airport

1 hour free in waiting zone

London Southend Airport

15 min free in long-stay 3

London Stansted Airport

1 hour free in mid-stay

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