Tudor Rose Meet and Greet Valet Parking at Gatwick

Tuesday 2 October 2012

Gatwick Hotels


Airport hotels become in the recent years a MUST.

With those early morning flights or late returns we look more and more at a place where we can lay our head down for a few hours before that flight in the morning or had a rest after that ‘red eye’ flight.

Hotel industry around airports had improved considerably over the years; bring more options to its clients.

From the room only for the business travellers - with a straight forward service to its more flexible and manageable services for families.

Needless to say that the packages for Airport Hotels are improved; given you the opportunity to tailor you’re booking to your needs.

Gatwick being the second busiest airport in UK it comes as no surprise the large number of Hotels and Guest Houses at Gatwick.

Nowadays an overnight accommodation with parking included- on a Gatwick Hotel- can be cheaper than the parking itself.

With the rainy fall and winter just around the corner (with the heavy snow of its last 3 years) an overnight stay in a Gatwick Hotel or Guest House sounds very tempting.

Driving all night to catch an early flight or to head back home do sounds dreadful, and if you have to face heavy rain or snow even more. The prospect of a warm, cosy room to spend the night wins us over.

If you are one of the many that is stuck on a early or late flight don’t dwell on choosing to stay overnight. In most of the case is cheaper than parking itself and a lot more convenient and comfortable.

Don’t get caught up in traffic or drive home after a long tiring flight. Be wise, have a look on Gatwick Hotels and choose the one that suits your needs, there is an array of hotels to choose from.

I personally, I’ll stay overnight in a hotel close to the airport, have my morning coffee relaxed, without worrying about the traffic or that I may miss my flight.

Monday 1 October 2012

Looking for Gatwick Parking


Always on impasse when we want to book our airport parking, especially if you fly from Gatwick Airport.


Booking your Gatwick Parking can be very ‘trying’ for your nerves. If you don’t have friends or relatives to recommend you a reputable and reliable car park you’ve got to go through the tedious search online.

Not the search itself is what gets you but how do you chose the right Gatwick Parking ,the one that offers you the peace of mind that your car is safe and to be good value for money as well.

A lot of companies just flourished overnight at Gatwick. If you browse the internet for Gatwick Parking you get a lot of companies who offer you ‘the best deal’ then others.

A lot of them will enchant you with their well structured website, to the point content and REALY good prices. But in this day and age almost anyone could make a good website but what lies behind the ‘SO GOOD WEBSITE’ will make you wonder.

We tend to take at face value all that is said to us, either over the phone or online when we make a booking, but who checks all this car parks at Gatwick to assure you that they are true to their word?!


Airport Valet Parking Contractors Association will do that for you. AVPCA is an Association of valet parking contractors that have come together to protect their industry from the increasing number of rogue operators and bad practices.

In particular, the Association has been formed as a result of the increase in professional looking web sites, offering discounted services but regretfully lacking in solid investment into premises, insurance, staff training or have little call for Customer Relations.

Their aim - Protecting customers against rogue airport parking firms and bad practices in airport parking.


Planning Permission
To ensure that all their members have principal places of business that has the correct planning permissions for the operation of airport parking.

Arbitration Services
If a dispute does arise all the members have signed up to their arbitration and dispute resolution charter giving a complete peace of mind.

VAT Registered Businesses
Making sure that all members are correctly registered for VAT ensuring that you receive correct bills & invoices, assisting you in your accounting processes.

Land Line Telephone Number
It is a requirement that all members have registered telephone landlines. They don't accept those operators who only use mobile phones.

Registered Business Offices
As part of their due diligences to protect you, the customer, they check that all their members have registered offices at companies’ house and they visit those offices.

Up-To-Date Financial Accounts
To ensure you are not dealing with a "fly by night" firm all members are required to supply audited financial accounts showing they are solvent.

Certified Accountants
In addition to checking the solvency of their members they also check out their accountants to ensure that accounts are provided by reputable companies.


Criminal Records Bureau
To protect consumers AVPCA runs checks on all our members to ensure that they are in turn checking the CRB records of all of their staff.

Interaction With Local Police
In order to best protect our customers, their members interact with Local & Airport Police wherever possible. History shows that Rogue Traders cannot afford to embrace the Local Police and use the help and advice available to protect our customers.

Full Liability Insurance
In the event of an accident you need to know that all our members have the required amount of insurance cover. They run these checks an all their members for your peace of mind.