It’s important that we all make a contribution to reducing our carbon footprint. Especially, perhaps, air travellers. However, the realities of not flying aren’t so practical – whether air travel is for business or pleasure, for many of us it’s essential.
That’s why Help-me-park, one of Gatwick Airport’s leading Meet and Greet parking providers, can genuinely help traveller’s reduce their carbon footprint . Here’s how…
… using Help-me-park’s Meet and Greet airport parking uses less fuel and omits fewer harmful emissions than if getting family or friends to undertake the traditional ‘airport run’. |
If a passenger lives 40 miles away, for instance, a journey to Gatwick Airport needs to be made 4 times in order to be dropped off and picked up again. This equates to a huge total airport run of 160 miles!
Instead, drive straight to Gatwick Airport – 40 miles. Meet directly outside the terminal Help-me-park’s full insured driver. The Help-me-park driver takes the vehicle just 7 miles away to their 24/7 security locked, CCTV protected compound. A total of just 47 miles. Taking into account the return journey, when passengers are met right outside the terminal building by the Help-Me-Park driver, they are ready to drive straight home. This equates to just 94 miles. That’s an important 66 miles less.
So take for example the miles saved if the passenger lives 80 miles away from Gatwick Airport. They would travel, in total, on the traditional airport run a staggering 320 miles. The saving in miles by using Help-me-park Meet and Greet is a huge 146 miles!
Even by taking a taxi the same number of miles – 160 or the 320 – are travelled. All of this increases the road’s congestion and pollution. Not to mention the cost!
Many families travelling with young children are concerned about their carbon footprint and the effects it will have on their children’s future. With the Help-me-park Meet and Greet service they can help make a difference when flying from Gatwick Airport. Because, who realistically is prepared to forgo a well deserved family holiday in the sun or snow? Not to mention the stresses and strains of travelling on public transport with small children and heavy luggage.
As well as lessening their carbon footprint, families find the Meet and Greet service hugely convenient. There’s no remote car park to find. No unloading baggage and reloading onto a transfer bus. No getting wet and cold in the howling wind and rain. And most importantly, no worrying about small children and babies on a bus with no child/baby seating.
Meet and Greet is the only answer for many. Combine that with the unique ‘no waiting – money back’ guarantee offered by Help-me-park it should definitely be the only answer.
Elderly passengers also find big benefits in Help-me-park Meet and Greet airport parking. Their fully insured, mature drivers instil confidence that they and their vehicle will come to no harm. Those passengers travelling with disabilities find travelling in their own vehicle, straight up to the terminal very beneficial. Not to mention those travelling with heavy luggage – ski equipment for example – that’s awkward to get on and off a transfer bus. |
