Hey all you Philadelphians.....

[Cantw8]

I usually stay at the Ramada on Essington ave. the night before an early flight and park my car in the Park and Jet lot adjacent to it. I seem to remember reading on here somewhere, that a hotel (The Marriott ?) has free parking for the length of your trip...anybody know what I am talking about? Even if it costs a little more per night, I would save the $7 per day parking fee. Can anyone advise???

 

[beccasmom]

The Marriott at the airport does not offer free parking. Obviously, you could walk, but they do charge for parking. Since we live 15 minutes from the airport - and I work about 2 miles from it - I'm familiar with most of the properties because we use them for meetings and out of town visitors. Here are a few that did offer free parking when I last checked:

Renaissance - 610-521-5900 (formerly a Radisson)

Comfort Inn - 610-521-9800

Courtyard Marriott - 215-365-2200

Embassy Suites - 215-365-4500

Holiday Inn - don't have a # for that, but it's located on 291 (Governor Printz Blvd.)

I have seen shuttles from the Renaissance, Holiday Inn and and Embassy Suites. I assume that they all offer shuttles, but I would check to make sure. Good luck!

 

[phillybeth]

Sorry, can't help you. We park off-site at Ampco, they are wonderful. About 5-6 dollars a day with frequent shuttle service. Last time the shuttle driver even helped us shovel out our car and waited to make sure we could get out of the spot.

 

[doombuggy]

Lat year, I had an early flight out to Vegas, and stayed at the Fairfield Inn (sorry, I forget the name of the street it's on). It was around $60 - 70 for the night, and I was able to leave my car there for teh week I was in Vegas. Last fall when I went to WDW, I parked my car at Priority Parking, which is on Rt 291. I have AAA and they give a discount. The latest AAA World magazine had an ad for $42 per week special. They picked me up FAST once I had my bagage. I will use them again if I can't get a ride when I go next month.

Check out the airport's web site, I think they have links to hotels in the area. I liked the Fairfield, but if I stayed tehre again, I would ask for a room on the back side of the hotle - anything away from the lobby. I was 2 stories above it, but could hear people outside talking while waiting to be shuttled to the airport. I did not get a good night sleep (was up by 4am, to leave at like 5:30) on top of heading west, going to a show that evening, made for a VERY long day! Good luck in what ever you do!

 

[DeniseD]

We live just outside of Philly. We travel frequently on buisness and pleasure. If we don't have someone we know drop off and pick up, we use a taxi. It cost us about $20 one way. We find it much more convienient and cheaper.

 

[dansyr]

We recently stayed at the Embassy suites before flying out of Phila. airport. It is a gorgeous hotel !!!
They do not have a secure parking lot but we were able to leave our car at the hotel parking lot for the length of our vacation.
We booked off priceline and paid about $60 a night.

 

[ducklite]

The Hilton has free length of trip parking. We parked there last year when we were on our two week DCL/WDW trip.

Anne