The Parking Spot review

The range is narrow on purpose: parking is the whole list in parking, and nothing else is sold alongside it. The company is based in the United States and was founded in 1998, so it has spent its working life on airport car space rather than building a wider travel menu. Booking a space does not arrange the rest of the trip.

Starting prices in this category open at €0.07, and the daily rate sits at €6.50. For a family leaving a car at the terminal from departure to return, the daily figure is the one that matters, since the total is that rate carried across the days the car stands still. Weigh it against renting a car for the same stretch.

The airport parking comparison covers 50 brands, so a quoted space from The Parking Spot sits next to other operators serving the same terminal. That allows a direct price check before booking, rather than accepting the first quote offered, and makes a long stay easier to plan.

Email is the widest channel here at 78.4%, alongside a help centre at 80.9%. Phone lines appear on 73.5% of the listings compared and live chat on 48.5%, so a family landing at an awkward hour may lean on email or self service.

An app appears on 78% of the listings compared on this site, which suits a parking booking well since the decision is made once and the reference is needed on arrival. Keep the booking details to hand, because a lost car at an unfamiliar terminal is a poor way to start a holiday.

Licensing is tracked at 0 across the listings here, and no regulator, licence or protection scheme is named for this operator. Payment protection and dispute handling come from the card issuer and the booking terms, so a family paying from abroad should check what chargeback cover their bank offers.

The company is based in the United States and was founded in 1998, and its parking work centres on the airports around that base. Departing from a US airport is the straightforward case, while a departure elsewhere needs a check that the operator actually covers that terminal, since a missed shuttle is a poor start to a family trip.

Emirates folds parking into flights, hotels and tours and Čedok into flights, packages and tours, so a traveller can cover an entire trip in one place there. The Parking Spot covers parking alone, which suits a family that has already arranged flights and rooms and only needs somewhere to leave the car for the length of the holiday.