Do you have upcoming travel plans? Are you flying out of one of the thousands of airports in the United States? Alternatively, do you work in a bustling airport? Are you an airline employee? Are you part of the airport authority, the airport manager, or the airport security director? Whether you are a standard airline traveler or an airport or airline employee, airport parking affects everyone and can be significantly stressful. From the management to the enforcement, to the constant worry of ensuring a decent parking supply, to the simple task of finding parking, the challenges always seem to continue for airport parking. Fortunately, ParqEx has over ten years of market-proven experience in delivering innovative parking solutions that address common and niche parking grievances to help make airport parking more convenient and safe. So, if this topic resonates with you, keep reading to discover how to resolve airport parking challenges with ParqEx!

Airport Parking Challenges

After boldly claiming that ParqEx will address any airport parking challenge, let’s review the existing parking challenges thousands of nationwide airports face.

1) Limited Airport Parking Availability

Despite many airports adding new parking lots and building new parking structures to meet parking demands, airports often need help with parking spaces. This statement certainly holds during peak travel times such as holidays. Finding convenient, affordable, and safe parking is a drag that often leads to added stress on the travel day and delays.

• ParqEx Solution: ParqEx’s platform is designed to maximize existing parking spot utilization, providing a convenient and efficient way for travelers to search and compare parking prices near airports. Travelers can reduce their travel anxiety by reserving their preferred parking spot ahead of time. ParqEx connects travelers with underutilized spots, put on the platform by property managers seeking to make additional parking revenue, thereby increasing the availability of parking spaces. This alleviates stress for airport authorities, managers, and security directors and provides travelers with a sense of relief and reassurance.

2) Costly Airport Parking

Airport parking fees can be exorbitant! The closer the parking spot is, the more it affects your wallet. Traveling is already costly, and this added expense is a hit that most people would rather do without.

• ParqEx Solution: ParqEx’s cost-effective parking solutions offer travelers more affordable options than traditional airport parking lots. By leveraging ParqEx’s Marketplace model, travelers can reserve parking spots at residential and commercial properties near the airport at competitive, less expensive rates. This saves travelers money and provides them with financial security, knowing they are getting a good deal on their parking.

3) Airport Parking Security Concerns

Leaving a valuable piece of property behind, like a vehicle, always leads to some cause for concern, especially at airports. Travelers get on their planes and reach their destination, but they still worry about the safety of their vehicles while they are away. These parking security concerns are heightened, particularly in crowded parking structures. These airport parking security concerns affect not only travelers or employees leaving their cars parked there for the day; they also concern airport authorities and security.

• ParqEx Solution: This is where ParqEx’s solutions also start to answer parking challenges for on-site airport parking. With ParqEx’s Access + and Access + Premium License Plate Recognition technology installed at airport parking facilities (and available residential and commercial parking properties around the airport), security is automatically enhanced via access control. These access control systems allow airport authorities, security, and property owners & managers of residential and commercial properties to grant controlled access to available parking spaces through ParqEx’s parking app (which can be integrated into pre-existing security systems and white-labeled to fit airport branding), automating the entry and exit process, reducing wait time and traffic. Only pre-approved authorized vehicles and users can enter the parking facility. On top of that, ParqEx’s robust Enforcer App is the perfect parking enforcement solution for airport parking operations and enforcement officers. Officers can monitor all airport parking facilities in real-time, 24/7. If needed, they can make the most of features like mobile LPR, VIN identification, in-app parking citation options, and towing or booting features. This additional security layer helps deliver peace of mind to travelers, employees, and airport authorities.

4) Inconvenient Airport Parking Access and Payment 

Traditional old-school parking systems are inconvenient and time-consuming. The requirement of physical parking tickets and manual payments at parking kiosks or with a parking employee at the gate takes up too much time, especially when travelers arrive home after a long trip or when employees want to get home quickly after a long work day.

• ParqEx Solution: ParqEx’s parking platform simplifies this entire process. By allowing travelers and employees to reserve their parking in advance on ParqEx’s app, airport security, and airport parking, authorities can eliminate the need for physical tickets, parking kiosks, and manual payments. How? Verified payment information has to be included in ParqEx user profiles before parking reservations can be made. Depending on the parking facility’s choice, users can be billed for parking immediately when they reserve their parking, or they can pay on exit, which is the most common airport parking facility choice. With ParqEx’s pay-on-exit payment solution, parking facilities can ensure that despite any delays travelers have faced, users will be billed appropriately for their extended stays.

5) Airport Traffic Congestion

Airports are always busy inside their terminals and outside on the roads leading in and out of arrivals, departures, and all available parking facilities. And don’t even get us started on airport traffic during peak travel times. Airport traffic is hard to navigate, especially in parking areas, and almost always leads to travel delays.

• ParqEx Solution: Navigation apps like Waze and Google Maps can help tremendously when travelers and employees are trying to navigate traffic and reach their destinations promptly, but they need help estimating the time stuck in traffic within parking facilities. This is where ParqEx’s parking app can help! Although we cannot issue a time stuck in traffic estimate, we can reduce the time spent searching for available parking via our pre-booked parking reservation system. By users creating airport parking reservations ahead of time, bottlenecks within airport parking structures are lessened, and traffic flow improves.

6) Subpar Airport Employee Parking

Employee parking is always a struggle, no matter what industry. However, the struggle is amplified in the airport industry, where there is never enough parking. Employee parking is essential because of the significant risk of operational delays and reduced airport efficiency if insufficient parking affects employees.

• ParqEx Solution: If an airport does not have enough employee parking options, ParqEx can help find and reserve available parking for employees near and around the airport. Connecting airport employees with available residential or commercial parking spots helps ensure that your airport has reliable parking options for employees. Suppose airports want to actively reserve all available ParqEx parking properties around the airport ahead of time for their employees and avoid the risk of employees having to compete with those spots with transient renters and travelers. In that case, ParqEx is more than happy to accommodate.

7) Airport Parking Customer Complaints

Everyone has heard complaints about airport parking. The terrible combination of costly parking rates, the lack of parking availability, and the inconvenience of finding available parking often lead to an abysmal customer experience. Any dissatisfaction can taint the perception of the airport, and parking is usually one of the most significant areas of customer dissatisfaction.

• ParqEx Solution: By offering travelers more affordable and convenient airport parking options, ParqEx’s parking platform will help airports improve their overall customer experience. With real-time availability features, the ability to reserve needed parking ahead of time, and convenient payment options, airport parking operations will be smoother and amount to fewer complaints.

8) Airport Environmental Concerns

We can all agree that airports are not the most environmentally friendly. Despite the jet fuel emissions and few green initiatives, airport parking is also a cause for environmental concern. Heavy traffic congestion is already heavily toxic, with increased vehicle emissions. However, many airports’ attempts to expand their parking facilities also lead to increased emissions and the loss of green spaces. Although it might not affect day-to-day airport operations, airport environmental concerns significantly affect local communities around the airports.

• ParqEx Solution: ParqEx always promotes using existing parking spaces first and foremost over expanding parking facilities. Hundreds of unused parking assets are far less costly for airports and less taxing on the environment. By utilizing pre-existing parking spots in nearby residential and commercial properties, environmental impacts are lessened, and hopefully, airports and local communities will preserve green spaces.

Conclusion

Airport parking is tricky. With limited parking availability, peak demand issues during holiday seasons, security concerns, limited space, and high costs, it is worth opening a conversation with ParqEx to address these parking challenges. ParqEx can revolutionize your airport parking with our innovative parking platform, robust enforcement solution, and access control systems.

For travelers looking to make their travel experience more straightforward, reserve your airport parking ahead of time!

Airport authorities seeking creative and innovative avenues to resolve all airport parking challenges should contact ParqEx and book a demo. We are excited to address all your parking challenges and create a custom solution for your airport.
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