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Manchester airport T1
Merry Christmas everyone, probably silly time to ask but I need to plan and have a few answers at the ready,
I’ve booked a secret (well to swmbo) holiday to Cuba, well need to stay overnight and park for 15 days, looking to use meet and greet rather than a car park and shuttle this time, any recommend hotel and meet and greet service
Regards
MartinDiscovery 4.5 HSE 2015 MY
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I take a lot of customers to the Clayton Hotel at Man air where you can park and fly. They have a free shuttle service both too and from the terminal but In actual fact its only a 2 minute walk from T1 arrivals back to the hotel. Its had a make over in the last year or so and seems quite decent inside The happiest of people don't necessarily have the best of everything;
They just make the best of everything they have.
24th Dec 2018 10:04 pm
JonM
Member Since: 24 May 2012
Location: North Yorkshire
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We use the Radisson blu at the airport. They do park and fly packages for up to 15 days. Just leave your car at the hotel, walk to the terminal and pick your car up again from the hotel when you get back. The car gets taken to a secure car park 7 miles away and brought back in time for your return.MY2022 D5 HSE D300 - with extra nice bits added
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24th Dec 2018 10:46 pm
gareth71
Member Since: 10 Apr 2016
Location: North-east Wales
Posts: 547
It's very much up to the individual, obviously - but there's no way I'd consider using the M&G service at Manchester airport. Well, I wouldn't use anywhere which involved leaving my car keys with someone I'd never met before, to be honest - but Manchester M&G in particular, as I've seen more than one news item about them in the last few months involving cars being returned damaged and with many more miles on them than they had when they were dropped off.
If it were me, I'd definitely be looking into one of the park & fly options at the airport hotels (I believe most of them do it), where you can park the car yourself and hold onto the keys.
25th Dec 2018 2:11 am
sideshow bob
Member Since: 20 Nov 2011
Location: Chester
Posts: 71
Re: Manchester airport T1
garfield2 wrote:
Merry Christmas everyone, probably silly time to ask but I need to plan and have a few answers at the ready,
I’ve booked a secret (well to swmbo) holiday to Cuba, well need to stay overnight and park for 15 days, looking to use meet and greet rather than a car park and shuttle this time, any recommend hotel and meet and greet service
Regards
Martin
Interesting
I have also booked a Cuba trip flying from T1 and I have booked the meet and greet, the drop off is right near the terminal
Where are you headed in Cuba?
25th Dec 2018 8:21 am
garfield2
Member Since: 24 Jul 2008
Location: morley, leeds
Posts: 311
Booked for feb at varadero, melia varadero resort
Meet and greet seems to suit my preferences but I take on board the reservations of others,
Regards
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25th Dec 2018 9:53 am
sideshow bob
Member Since: 20 Nov 2011
Location: Chester
Posts: 71
Me too
3 Nights in Havana at the Iberostar Parque Central followed by 3 nights in Trinidad and then 8 nights in Varedero in the Quatro Palmas Starfish resort
It’s your choice, this is the Dashcam footage of a friend of mine who flew from Manchester earlier this year using M&G, his Audi was only a week or so old as it was sedately driven, the rattling at the second traffic lights is the rilfling through the storage pockets.
25th Dec 2018 12:40 pm
DSL Keeper of the wheelie bin
Member Since: 11 May 2006
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^^^^^^^ That’s one way of running in a new car. I’ve seen/heard too many tales of woe from M&G “services”, wouldn’t touch them with a barge pole for my old banger, never mind a “ nice” car. For the sake of getting a shuttle bus from & to the car park it’s not worth the risk.
It’s your choice, this is the Dashcam footage of a friend of mine who flew from Manchester earlier this year using M&G, his Audi was only a week or so old as it was sedately driven, the rattling at the second traffic lights is the rilfling through the storage pockets.
Also from where the car was originally parked he could have got to the second park in under a minute. He really took the long way round ! The happiest of people don't necessarily have the best of everything;
They just make the best of everything they have.
25th Dec 2018 9:03 pm
gareth71
Member Since: 10 Apr 2016
Location: North-east Wales
Posts: 547
That dashcam vid says it all! Plus I've seen a couple of news reports over the last few months of people who've got recorded evidence of their cars being abused and mistreated while in the care of M'c'r airport M&G staff. In my humble opinion, you'd have to be off your head to hand over the keys to thousands of pounds' worth of vehicle to these clowns.
26th Dec 2018 3:17 pm
Grunders
Member Since: 30 Apr 2011
Location: Manchester
Posts: 2302
I always use the long stay... it’s a couple of minutes walk or use the bus, but time you’ve waited for it you could’ve walked it’s that close... the sooner you book it the cheaper it is..If it ain't broke... Take it apart anyway, how else you gonna find out how it works
26th Dec 2018 3:22 pm
Santa
Member Since: 28 Apr 2018
Location: Wilmslow
Posts: 10
Manchester airport valet parking
I worked for the valet parking at the airport which includes meet and greet service, in fact I was one of the first five employees that started the service. all the cars are photographed on the way in, complete with the owner in the car, i know its hard to believe but some people try to blame us for existing damage. One customer accused us of putting 7000 miles on his car he was parked for two weeks. the airport is large but all the cars remain on the airport with secure parking. i would recommend them every time.
There are a lot of other firms that do airport parking and give the impression that they are part of the airport. not all are reliable. Hope this helps. Regards John.ford consul written off
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12th Jan 2019 6:26 pm
Grunders
Member Since: 30 Apr 2011
Location: Manchester
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Aerialmark wrote:
Washwipe wrote:
It’s your choice, this is the Dashcam footage of a friend of mine who flew from Manchester earlier this year using M&G, his Audi was only a week or so old as it was sedately driven, the rattling at the second traffic lights is the rilfling through the storage pockets.
Also from where the car was originally parked he could have got to the second park in under a minute. He really took the long way round !
If using meet and greet, always uses the official Manchester airport one, the horror stories you read about are mostly always the rogue ones who pretend they are official but are not part of the airport...If it ain't broke... Take it apart anyway, how else you gonna find out how it works
12th Jan 2019 7:35 pm
garfield2
Member Since: 24 Jul 2008
Location: morley, leeds
Posts: 311
Took the plunge and booked into the Clayton with parking, swmbo was well impressed with the surprise present, happily counting down the days to go.
I’ll post up on return with the results of our experience
Regards
MartinDiscovery 4.5 HSE 2015 MY
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