IAPRA Promote Best Practice

Holiday makers looking for safe and reliable off-airport parking would do well to book with a member of IAPRA, the Independent Airport Park and Ride Association.

The Independent Airport Park and Ride Association is the trade association which represents the UK’s independent off-airport car parking industry. IAPRA was established in October 2002 and its members include all the key independent park and ride and off-airport car parks in the country. Its members offer a combined total of 45,000 parking spaces serving passengers at airports the length and breadth of the country.

The objectives of IAPRA include promoting best practice within the industry and ensuring that the industry’s voice is heard on issues of import to its members. It isn’t only the interests of its members that IAPRA monitor - the interests of the consumers are high on their list of priorities. Customers that park with an IAPRA member can be certain that where facilities are provided by airport authorities for drop off and pick ups, charges will be fair and reasonable.

IAPRA have a strict code of conduct that its members must adhere to with stringent guidelines for vehicle security. IAPRA state that their members must provide adequate protection from theft to customers’ cars along with reasonable safety measures to prevent the hazard of fire on the premises. A vehicle left with an IAPRA member is a vehicle left in safe hands. The Association ensure that its members have adequate insurance cover to protect customers cars at all times.

Members of IAPRA include Purple Parking, APH and Airparks Services. Airparks are holders of the Park Mark which is awarded by the Association of Chief of Police Officers. The Park Mark is given to parking facilities with comprehensive measures to deter criminal activities. Parking across each of Airparks’ 5 sites is secured by security fencing, CCTV coverage, regular 24 hour patrols and floodlighting.

Airparks Services have parking facilities at 5 airports across the UK - they offer a high level of customer service. Sites at Luton, East Midlands, Cardiff, Manchester and Birmingham airports all offer a 24 hour reception and free transfers to the airport terminals. They even offer a jump start and tyre inflation service to their customers.

Booking an airport parking space with Airparks guarantees holiday makers peace of mind knowing their vehicle is in a safe hands.

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