Getting to the airport

You will find numerous challenges, when you are planning a flight out of Luton Airport. Your first challenge is to get to the airport and if you intend to travel by car you will probably have to use M1 whether you are coming from the North or South of the country. Unfortunately, the motorway is notoriously busy at this point with both airport traffic and cars heading to or coming out of London.

Apart from the M25 which the M1 links onto, this is probably the second busiest strip of motorway in the country and because of the volume of traffic any accident can quickly develop into a significant tail back and could cause sufficient delay for you to even miss your flight. All this can easily be avoided if you give yourself as much time as possible or even set off the day before and use a Luton airport hotel and parking deal which is described below.

Other areas you need to consider are as follows

Are you familiar with the airport and the parking services?

Anyone who is not familiar with the layout of the airport and the location of the car parks and their fees can easily discover that they are spending a good proportion of their travel budget unnecessarily just to park their car. In addition, without comprehensive understanding of the areas where the car park is located and the security provided, many travelers may have real fears for the safety of their vehicle while they are away.

To avoid this possibility it is far better to spend a little time researching what both the on and off car parks provide in the way of security and to choose car parks approved under the Safer Park Mark Scheme which will at least give you reassurance that the car park has been vetted and approved by a third party which in this case is the Chief Police officers Association who operate this scheme.

An airport parking comparison site will also outline not only the security arrangements, but they will also describe the location of the car parks including distances from the airport, transfer times and how often the transfers operate.

They will also give a range of parking fees to select from and you will note that just by booking before you travel you can save as much as 30% on the turn up or gate price and this alone is worth knowing.

Luton airport parking options

On Airport

The airport offers long term, mid term and short term car parks with the cheapest being the long term with the fees based on distance from the airport and the regularity of the transfers. The short term car park is the most expensive and is really more for dropping off and collecting people and should never be used for parking more than 24 hours otherwise you will be in for a nasty shock.

Off Airport

Airparks car park is about 12 minutes ride from the airport and offers excellent value and is approved under the Safer Park Mark scheme.

Meet and Greet service

Especially useful if you have not much time or have to carry a lot of luggage. You drop off your car at the short stay and walk to check in. This costs about 2 ½ times more than using the off airport car park.

Luton airport hotel and parking

This is becoming evermore popular because it allows you to travel down the day or evening before your flight avoiding all the pitfalls of being potentially delayed. There are several hotels to choose from with your parking included in the price. Once again full information will be given on where your car will be stored while you are away.