There’s no easier way to start your holiday than by driving to Brisbane Airport in the comfort of your own car. There are plenty of options when it comes to parking, to suit all budgets and requirements, from convenient parking facilities right next to the terminals to affordable and secure off-site car parks. Read on for our guide on where to park at Brisbane Airport, jam packed with parking tips and money saving suggestions.
Please note: you can’t reserve a space at AIRPARK, ParkShort, ParkLong, ParkValet, or Guaranteed Space through our website. You can find our airport parking offers by entering in your travel dates in the search bar at the top of the page, and then clicking on ‘search’.
Save for the designated pick-up and drop-off areas, there’s no such thing as free parking at Brisbane Airport. To get the best deal possible, you should make your parking reservation as soon as you book your flight tickets. Reserving a space in advance ensures that you’ll pay the lowest rates possible. This is because many airport car parks adjust their rates based on capacity. The longer you leave it to book, the more likely it is that all the nearby car storage facilities have filled up. The last few empty spaces will go up in price, catching out travellers that made last minute bookings.
When it comes to the official airport car parks, such as AIRPARK, ParkShort, ParkLong, ParkValet, and Guaranteed Space, drive-up parking rates can be up to 30% more expensive than online rates. If you spend just a few minutes researching rates online and making a credit card booking, you’ll stand to save a reasonable amount of money, and not to mention stress. Why drive around in circles looking for space near Brisbane Airport, when you can reserve one before you leave home?
As we mentioned in our first tip, parking rates can shift over time. A little like flight prices, the rates charged by airport car parks can go up and down, based on numerous factors. Although it might seem like hard work to compare the prices charged by multiple car parks, you can do this in a couple of clicks by using an airport parking comparison website like Flyparks. Airport car parking comparison websites contain plenty of information, which can easily be found in one place, as well as rate calculators which can provide quotes for your exact travel dates.
For example, if you were looking to park near Brisbane Airport for one week, or even a fortnight, you’d need to compare the prices offered by the all the long term lots in the area to find the best deal. Flyparks has already put together a wealth of information about the rates charged at the official airport car parks, which you can access in this article here, and we’ve also put a quick summary together below. Assuming that you want to travel in the first week of March, parking would cost you:
| Car Park | 1 Week | 2 Weeks | Rating | Distance to Terminal |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gateway Airport & Cruise Parking | $65.00 | $100.00 | 9.1 | 10 min by shuttle |
| Andrew's Airport Parking | $89.00 | $124.00 | 9.4 | 5 min by shuttle |
| AIRPARK Everyday | $111.00 | $171.00 | N/A | 15 min by shuttle |
| ParkLong | $166.00 | $238.00 | N/A | 5 min on foot |
| ParkValet | $197.00 | $269.00 | N/A | 1 min on foot |
As you can see in the table above, you’d save $46.00 by parking at a budget parking provider for a week, and $71.00 over two. Alternatively, if you just drove up to ParkLong on the same day as your flight, you’d pay an extra $101.00 for one week, and $138.00 over a fortnight. That’s money you could be spending on cocktails by the pool!
When you make an online reservation, you know exactly where you stand. You also have the opportunity to plan ahead, ensuring that you know how to get to the car park, who to ask for help if something goes wrong, advance knowledge of exactly how much you are spending, and most importantly, a guaranteed space.
Directly after you have pre-booked your parking space online, you’ll be able to download your booking confirmation to your phone or print out a copy. Your booking confirmation will contain all the information you need about the car park; it’s address, phone number, shuttle bus transfer details, plus parking instructions, alongside the date and time that you’re expected to arrive and depart.
You can also check the car park information page on Flyparks to see photographs of the parking facility, and read reviews left by previous customers. This gives you a good idea of what to expect before you arrive.
To ensure that you don’t come back to any nasty or unpleasant surprises, you should try to book at an airport car park that employs the best security measures possible. Ideally, the car park should have high fences, gated entry, CCTV, flood lighting, and manned patrols. Combined, these features deter anti-social behaviour and criminal activity, and ensure that your car remains safely where you left it.
How do you know if a car park is secure? The best way to check is to read about individual car parks and the security features they have in place, and to see what previous customers had to say. On Flyparks, we collect written feedback about the various off-site car parks near Brisbane Airport and post it, complete and unedited, on our website. A good place to start is to review the Gateway Airport Parking and Andrew's Airport Parking pages, as these are the most popular and well known off-site lots in Brisbane.
There are several types of parking at Brisbane Airport to choose from, including park and ride, at terminal, valet, and parking within walking distance. If you need to be at check-in as quickly as possible, then you may want to consider parking at walking distance or using a valet service.
Parking with a valet service is a very easy way to park at Brisbane Airport. Valet parking works as follows:
There are several car parks within walking distance of the terminals, and these car parks work as follows:
Instead of booking directly at a car park and hoping that they’re offering you a decent price, you can search, compare, and book using an airport parking comparison site like Flyparks to get the best deal. Flyparks searches the off-site parking market for you, and then quotes the lowest prices available.
With Flyparks, you’ll save on the cost of expensive drive-up rates, while getting a wide range of options. We do the legwork for you, by checking numerous numerous airport car parks and only promoting the ones that we know are safe and secure.
The rates above were valid at the time of publishing in February 2020, for bookings made in March 2020, subject to availability. Please note that you cannot book at any of the official Brisbane Airport car parks through Flyparks at present. We instead feature parking spaces offered by a range of trusted and reliable off-site parking providers.
