Has anyone used Park & Jet at Philly Airport?

[helenk]

We were considering parking right at the airport for our upcoming trip. We cannot valet because there are 5 of us in the car.
There is a Groupon offer for the Park & Jet for 7 days for $58 which seems like a good deal, a bit cheaper than parking right at the airport
Any comments on their service?

 

[Carriemel]

I'll bite. Why can't you do valet parking with 5 people in the car? All valet parking is, is that you pull up, unload, and someone takes your car and parks it. They hold onto the keys, you hold onto your receipt.

 

[helenk]

I'll bite. Why can't you do valet parking with 5 people in the car? All valet parking is, is that you pull up, unload, and someone takes your car and parks it. They hold onto the keys, you hold onto your receipt.

I mean the offsite airport parking where you drive to the parking lot and their driver brings you over to the airport. My car only seats 5.

 

[siskaren]

I'm still not understanding. Why does it matter that your car only seats 5? Are you thinking that the driver at the offsite parking place is going to drive you to the airport in your car and then drive it back to park it? That's not how it works - you park your car and then the driver takes you to the airport in a van.

 

[Jax1023]

I'm still not understanding. Why does it matter that your car only seats 5? Are you thinking that the driver at the offsite parking place is going to drive you to the airport in your car and then drive it back to park it? That's not how it works - you park your car and then the driver takes you to the airport in a van.

There are several places in philly that do just that and call it valet service- you drive to the parking location, pick up the driver, they drive you to the airport and then bring your car back to the lot. Then on the way home they bring your car to you at the airport and you can go right home. It's quite popular with families because kids can be in their car seats.

Park and jet gets awful Yelp reviews. I've seen colonial reccomend frequently in a local Facebook group. I've never used any of them personally

 

[siskaren]

Park and jet gets awful Yelp reviews. I've seen colonial recommended frequently in a local Facebook group. I've never used any of them personally

I've used Park and Jet at O'Hare in Chicago several times with no complaints. I would take Yelp reviews with a grain of salt.

 

[cranbiz]

Why not drop off the others at the airport and then valet park. If the driver is going to take you in your car, you will then only have you and him.

 

[ByrdGal]

There are several places in philly that do just that and call it valet service- you drive to the parking location, pick up the driver, they drive you to the airport and then bring your car back to the lot. Then on the way home they bring your car to you at the airport and you can go right home. It's quite popular with families because kids can be in their car seats.

Park and jet gets awful Yelp reviews. I've seen colonial reccomend frequently in a local Facebook group. I've never used any of them personally

We have used Winner Valet many times. Our car is too small to fit someone between the car seats in the back, so on the way to the airport, I just sat on the floor in front of the back seat. It was uncomfortable, but it worked. I asked the driver if he minded, he didn't care, whatever it took.

 

[helenk]

Why not drop off the others at the airport and then valet park. If the driver is going to take you in your car, you will then only have you and him.

That seems like alot of running back and forth. It will be easier to just park and all of us take a shuttle.

 

[cranbiz]

That seems like alot of running back and forth. It will be easier to just park and all of us take a shuttle.

It is but if you are using a parking service where they use your car as the shuttle and it's a 5 person seating arrangement in the car with 5 people in it, doing that running around is a way to make it happen. Or you can shoehorn 6 people in the car for pickup and delivery.

I agree, if a service has a real shuttle, that is way more convenient.

 

[hisgal2]

I've done park and fly a few times in Philly. I've used different hotels for it. Since they are all close to the airport, it's noisy with the airplanes coming and going at all hours. Don't expect great sleep for that night if you are a light sleeper. I never sleep well the night before any flight because I'm always paranoid that I'll sleep through my alarm, so the hotel doesn't matter much to me. They all have done just fine with their purpose. I slept, and they got me to the airport on time and watched my vehicle for me.