Any tips on long-term parking at BWI airport?

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[Post New]08/14/2016 16:35
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Anonymous
Anonymous wrote:we parked at a hotel and they couldn't figure out how to charge us so it ended up being free. we were expecting to pay $5/day.

the shuttle took us there immediately and return was about 30 minutes wait.


We checked into a hotel the night before and left the car there for a week for free. I think it is one of those bwi park sleep and fly program.
[Post New]08/14/2016 19:09
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Anonymous
I also like the offsite parking for BWI longterm. Have do e preflight and another one and both were great.
[Post New]08/14/2016 19:11
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Anonymous
BWI long-term parking, hands down.
[Post New]08/14/2016 20:43
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Anonymous
Used the parking spot last time we flew. They were great, had a AAA discount, shuttles ran all the time and we saved a ton of $. Distance wasn't any father than the airport long term parking.
[Post New]08/14/2016 21:16
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Anonymous
The BWI express lot (cheaper than daily, more expensive slightly than long term) is AWESOME. The shuttle seems to come more quickly than long term, and it picks you up and drops you off right at your car, for like $2 more per day.

It's usually available, but occasionally full, however. Our backup is always the BWI long term lot, but you could bookmark an offsite lot instead.
[Post New]08/15/2016 12:30
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Anonymous
We've had consistently good experiences with The Parking Spot. It's not any further away then the long term lots, and their shuttles run much more frequently and drop oyu off and pick you up directly at your car.

The other option is the Daily Garage.

Every time we've used the BWI long term lots, we ended up waiting forever for a shuttle to get to the airport - maybe we just have bad luck, but it's not fun to add that stress of waiting 20 minutes when you're trying to get out of town.
[Post New]08/15/2016 12:36
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Anonymous
Fast park. Picks you up at your car, helps with bags, drops you back at your car. Got goodie type sling bags with crayons and activity books on th way in with kids and cold water when we left.
[Post New]08/15/2016 12:50
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MikeL
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Anonymous wrote:We've had consistently good experiences with The Parking Spot. It's not any further away then the long term lots, and their shuttles run much more frequently and drop oyu off and pick you up directly at your car.

The other option is the Daily Garage.

Every time we've used the BWI long term lots, we ended up waiting forever for a shuttle to get to the airport - maybe we just have bad luck, but it's not fun to add that stress of waiting 20 minutes when you're trying to get out of town.

The Parking Spot is what I use too. Much more customer focused.
Forget the long term parking and the long wait for the shuttle.
[Post New]08/15/2016 14:01
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Anonymous
We had a coupon for the Econopark. It was fine. It cost about $70 to park for 8 days. The shuttle comes very frequently.
[Post New]08/15/2016 15:28
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Anonymous
Anonymous wrote:I always just park in the daily garage for $10/day. There seem to be more shuttles that go to and from the daily garage than long-term A or B. For $1/day more, I prefer a covered garage to an open air lot. The lighting is better and I've heard of some car break-ins from the long-term lot.


The daily garage is $12 and the long term parking is $8, so the difference per day is $4, not $1.
I have parked both in daily and long term, last time I parked on the daily garage, I saw 4 long-term shuttles come by before the daily garage shuttle.

I have never had a problem parking in long term, car has always been fine. I do think it's nice to have it covered, but you should be aware of the correct pricing.

Also, since you will be gone for so long, it might make more sense to Uber there and back.
[Post New]08/25/2016 11:37
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Anonymous
Thank you DCUM!

The kids and I left from BWI yesterday. Express was full but thanks to this thread, I knew right where the Parking Spot is and it was a so easy to use!
[Post New]08/25/2016 17:12
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Anonymous
Oh good!
I always crave updates on posts I read!
[Post New]08/25/2016 17:13
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Anonymous
Pp here. I was being sincere, I hope it didn't come across as sarcastic.
[Post New]08/25/2016 19:07
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Anonymous
Anonymous wrote:We had a coupon for the Econopark. It was fine. It cost about $70 to park for 8 days. The shuttle comes very frequently.


Love them. Car to door and never waited more than a few minutes for shuttle even at 2am. 5 stars on Yelp and cold water.
[Post New]08/29/2016 18:33
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Anonymous
Anonymous wrote:Used the parking spot last time we flew. They were great, had a AAA discount, shuttles ran all the time and we saved a ton of $. Distance wasn't any father than the airport long term parking.


We have used them twice this year and had a great Expirience both times. We even got free bottled water as we were leaving the gate. They have coupons for a dollar off on their website making it $7 a day.
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