Dublin Airport Parking

Off topic, but evidence of how parking prices have skyrocketed over the past few years.

Have just found a PDF on my computer of parking I paid for from Feb 13th to Feb 20th, 2020. Price then for Express Red Long Term was €39.20 for the eight days.

Have just entered the same dates for this year in the online booking system - the price now would be €102.

Thought the price might be so high because the entry date is so close, so I sought a price from June 13th to June 20th this year instead - it jumped to €115.

Seriously at the stage where you have to factor the price of parking into the overall cost of a holiday, instead of it just being a relatively minor expense along the way…

You say ignore the prices. How so? I am getting quoted €77 for 2 hours???

The quote was for 2 hours in the short term car park. Can that be right?

I was advised to book parking in Dublin. Even the short term. No need to you think? Any idea what the hourly rate is? I am just picking some relatives up. Unfortunately they are not on the same flight so will need at least 2 hours.

They are sold out for "long term parking" in a short term garage. I think there's only an allocated amount of spaces designed for long term, otherwise its a bad business. Charging 30-50 per day on long-term when you can charge 100+ for the same spot in short term. It's quite common to spend 1h05mins in a carpark and paying for 2 hours €7.50.

Short term booked out doesn’t mean that short term is full, just means that they won’t take any more bookings. They couldn’t operate on the basis of allowing all spaces to be prebooked.

Technically it was never allowed. You can also try collecting from the bus parking, but again, it's not really allowed, but some people still do that.