Holiday Extras Perfect Meet and Greet

Overview

Holiday Extras Perfect Meet and Greet is a terminal Meet & Greet service that lets you drive straight to Luton Airport, hand over your car and keys and walk to departures. Call around 20 minutes before arrival, drive to Terminal Car Park 1 and meet the parking team there. Your car is then taken away to secure storage while you make the short walk to the terminal.

On your return, collect your luggage, call the number supplied with your booking and walk back to the collection point. Your car is brought back to the airport ready for you, so there is no shuttle journey in either direction.

How does Holiday Extras Perfect Meet and Greet work?

Call the parking team when you are around 20 minutes from Luton Airport. Follow the directions supplied with your booking to Terminal Car Park 1, where a uniformed driver will meet you. Hand over your booking reference, return flight information, car keys and vehicle, then walk to the terminal while your car is taken to secure parking.

When you return, collect all your luggage and call the number on your booking confirmation. Walk back to the same collection area and your vehicle will be brought back to you. Once the car has been returned, you have 15 minutes to leave the car park before additional airport charges can apply.

Why choose Holiday Extras Perfect Meet and Greet?

• No shuttle bus: drive directly to Luton Airport and walk to the terminal.
• Short walk to departures: Terminal Car Park 1 is right beside the terminal.
• Simple handover: call ahead, meet the driver and leave the parking to them.
• Convenient return: your vehicle is brought back to the airport for you.
• Useful for limited mobility: there is no need to board a Park & Ride shuttle.
• Late-return cover: Holiday Extras includes protection against qualifying additional parking charges caused by flight delays.
• Secure storage: the compound uses CCTV, security barriers and 24-hour patrols.
• Insured drivers: Holiday Extras states that the uniformed drivers are insured and background checked.

How does Perfect Meet and Greet compare with Maple Parking?

This is the most important comparison. Maple Parking Meet and Greet and Holiday Extras Perfect Meet and Greet are not completely separate parking operations: Perfect Meet and Greet uses Maple Parking drivers.

Both involve handing your car over at Terminal Car Park 1 and walking to the terminal while the parking team stores it securely. So if both appear for your dates, compare the price and booking terms carefully. A different name on the search result does not necessarily mean a different parking experience.

How does it compare with Airparks Meet and Greet?

Airparks Luton Meet and Greet offers much the same customer convenience: drive to Terminal Car Park 1, hand the vehicle over and walk to departures while the car is taken away for storage.

The difference is the underlying parking operation. Airparks stores the vehicle at its Grove Road site, while Perfect Meet and Greet uses the Maple Parking operation. For most customers the more important comparison will still be the price for their dates, cancellation conditions and any vehicle restrictions.

How does it compare with Purple Parking Meet and Greet?

Purple Parking Meet and Greet is another live terminal handover option at Luton. Again, the practical customer experience is very similar: drive to the airport, leave the keys and walk to the terminal.

That makes this one of the easiest categories to compare like-for-like. Check the price, flexibility and small print rather than paying more simply because one brand name is more familiar.

How does Meet and Greet compare with Park & Ride?

Meet & Greet is primarily about convenience. If price matters more, compare Perfect with Luton Premium Self Park, Vauxhall Way Self Park or the Airparks Park & Ride options.

Park & Ride will usually cost less, but you have to drive to an off-airport car park and take a shuttle. With Perfect Meet and Greet you pay extra to drive to the airport itself and let somebody else take care of the parking.

Important things to know

Customer handover: Terminal Car Park 1, London Luton Airport. Holiday Extras supplies the exact sat-nav postcode and arrival instructions in your booking confirmation.

You need to call around 20 minutes before arrival. The maximum vehicle height is 2.1 metres, reflecting the Terminal Car Park 1 height restriction. Once your car has been returned on the way home, leave the car park within 15 minutes to avoid additional exit charges.

Directions

Please check your airport parking confirmation email for details.

Arrival procedure

Around 20 minutes before you arrive call Holiday Extras on 01582 825656.

Once you're on level 3 of the car park you'll find allocated parking bays marked "Meet and Greet". Your driver will be wearing a Maple Parking hi-vis jacket and carrying ID. They'll take your ticket and keys and photograph your car before moving it to their secured car park.

From the car park it's a 5-minute walk to the terminal.

Return procedure

Once you have collected all your luggage, give Holiday Extras a call on 01582 825656. Make sure you let them know of any possible delays.

Walk to the airport exit and back to the car park. Your car will be delivered to the pick-up point/meet and greet area where you dropped it off.

The driver will give you a ticket to exit the car park. Make sure you're at the car park no longer than 10 minutes after your call, otherwise you may need to pay to exit the car park.

Security

24-hour security, regular patrols and CCTV.

Additional information

Most standard cars (without trailers/not commercial vehicles/8 seats or fewer) will be accepted at the car park as long as they fit under the 2.1m entry barrier and fit in a standard-size parking bay (2.4m x 4.8m).

The car park offers a grace period up until midnight at their discretion. Any longer than this and you'll be charged the car park's standard rate of £20 a day. This is subject to change.