Airport parking or a taxi?
Airport parking is priced per day, so the longer your trip, the worse the maths gets. A return taxi transfer is priced per journey, which means the comparison flips at a fairly predictable point.
This page shows where that point usually sits and which hidden costs people forget on both sides.
What airport parking really involves
- A daily rate that keeps running while you are away.
- Cheaper long-stay car parks that sit further out, with a shuttle at both ends.
- Extra time to build into your departure for parking and transfer.
- Two drives in traffic, one of them straight after a flight.
- The car standing outside for the whole trip.
What a return transfer involves
- One fixed price per direction, agreed before you travel.
- Door to terminal, and terminal to door on the way back.
- Flight tracking, so a delayed landing moves the pick-up.
- 80 minutes of free waiting time after landing.
- No driving when you are tired.
Where the tipping point sits
As a rule of thumb: up to two days, parking can be cheaper; from three days a return transfer usually wins; beyond a week it is rarely close. Add a second passenger and the transfer wins sooner, because the taxi price covers the whole car.