Your car will be collect from the office near the terminal and parked for you.
Transfers from airport
Transfers are not required.
Stansted Official Meet & Greet is a pre-booked parking service close to the terminal, designed for passengers who want to avoid shuttle buses and keep the walk to check-in as short as possible. Drive to the dedicated Meet & Greet area, leave your car and keys with the airport team and walk approximately 1–3 minutes to the terminal. Your vehicle is then moved by a fully insured driver to a secure official on-airport car park while you are away.
Meet & Greet is aimed at passengers who value convenience over the lower prices generally available from self-parking options. It can be particularly useful for families, passengers with lots of luggage and Blue Badge holders who want to minimise walking and avoid transfer buses.
Why choose Stansted Official Meet & Greet?
Very close to the terminal: the Meet & Greet reception is only a short walk from check-in.
No shuttle bus: leave the car close to the terminal and walk directly to departures.
Airport-operated: your vehicle is handled by fully qualified and insured Stansted Airport drivers and stored in an official secure on-airport car park.
Park Mark accredited: the parking operation meets recognised standards for safer parking.
Blue Badge friendly: a dedicated drop-off area close to the terminal makes the service suitable for Blue Badge holders.
Simple return: collect your keys from reception and your vehicle will be waiting nearby.
How does Meet & Greet compare with Valet?
Both services avoid a shuttle and involve leaving your keys with airport staff. Official Valet Parking takes convenience a step further by using the Express Set Down area directly outside the terminal, while Meet & Greet uses the dedicated Meet & Greet car park a short walk away.
Choose Meet & Greet when you want a very short walk without paying for the airport’s most premium parking option. Choose Valet when getting as close to the terminal as possible matters most.
How does Meet & Greet compare with Mid Stay?
With Meet & Greet, you leave your car and keys close to the terminal and walk to check-in. With Official Mid Stay, you park the car yourself, keep your keys and take a shuttle of around seven minutes.
Choose Meet & Greet when convenience and avoiding the shuttle matter most. Choose Mid Stay when you want to keep your keys and are happy to trade a short bus journey for a lower-cost option.
How does Meet & Greet compare with Long Stay?
Official Long Stay is a self-parking option where you keep your keys and take a shuttle of around 15 minutes. Meet & Greet removes the need to find a space or take a bus, but you hand your keys to airport staff and normally pay more for the added convenience.
Choose Meet & Greet for the shorter route to check-in. Choose Long Stay when price matters more and you are comfortable with a longer shuttle transfer.
How does Meet & Greet compare with JetParks?
JetParks is Stansted Airport’s lowest-priced official parking option and is aimed primarily at longer trips. You park the car yourself, keep your keys and take a shuttle to the terminal. Meet & Greet is almost the opposite proposition: leave the keys with airport staff and walk to check-in.
Choose JetParks when keeping the cost down is the priority. Choose Meet & Greet when avoiding the shuttle and reducing the time between parking and check-in justify the higher price.
Important things to know
Official Meet & Greet is pre-book only. The maximum vehicle height is 2.0 metres (6 ft 6 in), and motorcycles are not accepted. On arrival, follow the airport signs for Meet & Greet rather than the Express Set Down or Short Stay car parks. Leave your keys with reception so the airport team can move the vehicle to the secure storage area. The service is suitable for Blue Badge holders, with a dedicated drop-off area close to the terminal. Check the cancellation conditions on the rate you choose, as more restrictive promotional rates may have different amendment or refund rules.
Directions
Please see your confirmation email for details.
From the south:
Exit the M11 at junction 8a. At the roundabout, you'll need to take the fourth exit onto the A120 Thremhall Avenue. Take the third exit at the next roundabout. Follow this road for around a mile then take the Stansted Airport exit, branching left. You'll come to a roundabout, take the second exit, continuing onto Thremhall Avenue. You'll shortly arrive to Coopers end roundabout. Take the third exit onto Terminal Road South. The car park will be the first left after the Red Short Stay car park. Look for the 'M&G' sign.
From the north:
Exit the M11 at junction 8.At the roundabout, you'll need to take the first exit onto the A120 Thremhall Avenue. Take the third exit at the next roundabout. Follow this road for around a mile then take the Stansted Airport exit, branching left. You'll come to a roundabout, take the second exit, continuing onto Thremhall Avenue. You'll shortly arrive to Coopers end roundabout. Take the third exit onto Terminal Road South. The car park will be the first left after the Red Short Stay car park. Look for the 'M&G' sign.
Arrival procedure
Please see your confirmation email for details.
Please drive to the Meet & Greet Car Park, signposted 'M&G'. When you approach the barrier, your vehicle will activate a call to staff who will then provide parking instructions and raise the barrier. Once you've parked in the right lane, take your keys to the Meet & Greet Reception.
Return procedure
Please see your confirmation email for details.
On your return, please walk back to the Meet and Greet office to collect your keys from the staff.
Security
Your car will be stored at a secured car park, which has CCTV, fence and floodlights.
Insurance
The car park indemnifies customers for vehicle damage resulting from any proven act of negligence on the part of its staff.
Disabled facilities
This car park is ideal for disabled customers as transfers are not needed.
Additional information
Most standard cars (without trailers/not commercial vehicles) 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 of 6 hours at their discretion. If you park for longer than this, you'll be charged the car park's standard rate of £25 (subject to change).
Please call the car park if you are going to arrive more than 30 minutes late; otherwise there might be a delay returning your car.
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Stansted Official Meet and Greet reviews
2.2/5 from 149 verified reviews
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Vineet
If the point of meet and greet is so that you can exit the airport and collect your car within a few short minutes then there is no point going here. Had to queue for a solid 30 minutes to get my keys back. Kind of defeats the object. Honestly not worth the money and it'd be better to go for cheaper park and ride options. I live close enough that I may even consider a taxi in future. Stansted Meet and Greet with a total waste of money.
Verified booking 25 May 2019
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Terence Barry
This is the response we received when we collected our damaged car. We was reassured at the airport that the car would be repaired, not problems. Please read below. Unbelievable. Wish I could connect photos. Stansted airport meet and greet is going under reconstruction. Our car was so badly parked, it was protruding out far more than any other car in the so called lane.
"Dear Mr Barry,
We are sorry to hear that you have contacted us with regards to your visit to Meet & Greet at Stansted Airport. We have received an Incident Report in relation to your claim that your vehicle was damaged whilst using the Official Meet & Greet Service at Stansted Airport. Having received the documentation that is used throughout the Meet & Greet Service we are unable to accept that the damage was caused by the negligence of Stansted Airport Ltd. We can see that your vehicle was returned to Meet & Greet with no damage and our driver parked your car with no issues reported. We can conclude that the damage to your car was caused by a third party vehicle when they left Meet & Greet, it is the responsibility of the owner of that vehicle that has caused damage to leave a note and inform you. There is no indication as to where any damage to your vehicle occurred under the Terms and Conditions of the Official Meet & Greet Service. Please see below: 7.2 M&G vehicle claims cannot be considered unless they are reported and documented prior to departure from the car park. We accept no liability for loss or damage, including any damage to your vehicles paintwork (including where caused by a third-party) unless proved to be caused by our negligence. We are therefore unable to accept liability for the damage on your vehicle.
Kind regards,
Customer Service Team Car Parks."
Verified booking 19 Feb 2019
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Alexandra Willard
My Porsche Cayenne Turbo was driven 80 miles by a short driver who changed my seat settings and air conditioning- about a quarter of a tank of petrol used! The car was parked under the flight path as it was covered in jet fuel which would not have happened in the normal lot. Clearly taken for a jolly for the week! Never again. AVOID
Verified booking 5 Jan 2019
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Shamina Ahmed
The name is very misleading as there is no one to meet you, it’s very badly signposted and the parking guys at the airport were no help in giving directions to the meet and greet office. It would have been better to stay at short stay car park. All in all avoid!
Verified booking 7 Dec 2018
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Ariful latif
My car was crack when I returned it after my holiday. I made a complained but meet and greet respond made me so sad. I like to take this irresponsible parking company to court. Please any one do not park or give you car to this cow boy company. They will damage your car and say liability is yours. I had to spend hundreds of pound to repair it. Please any authority reading it, please take some action. I also know it will be just a another review. Nothing will be done. No justice for this horrible cow boy parking company. So sad sorry.
Verified booking 13 Nov 2018
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Georgia Carter
The day I come back from my holiday, I had forgotten where I parked my car. I spoke to a man called Tony at the long stay car park, he assisted us in finding my car, and putting our luggage inside, as well as making sure we left safetly. He was a very polite and helpful man.
Verified booking 3 Nov 2018
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James Murphy
This service should be renamed “car park”! There was no meeting or greeting involved. We have used meet and greet at other airports on many occasions and I can safely say this is the worst one. We booked it as our return flight was landing at 12:30am and with children travelling with us we didn’t want to mess around walking or shuttling back to the car. After walking out the terminal we found we had to walk to the office to collect our car key and was then directed to the furthest “Opal” section to retrieve our car. This is not my idea of meet and greet. Will not be using this service again at Stansted, could have book a standard car park for less and been closer!
Verified booking 28 Oct 2018
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S Elliott
When I arrived at the airport after my holiday I discovered that the car had been damaged - at first I was told that the person who had moved my car into the pound had had trouble getting the car into gear, then I discovered that the bumper and paintwork were damaged. When I reported the damage to the office, I was given a case number but I've written to the company twice to lodge a complaint and had no response for a month. I suspect that the whole operation is run by cowboys - it's impossible to get in touch with them and if there's an issue they clearly avoid any contact.
Verified booking 21 Oct 2018
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Simon Hughes
DO NOT PAY FOR THIS SERVICE - It is not Meet and greet at any stretch of the imagination. A flipping rip off just to give some people some work and pay them your money. They lost my car on return and I waited 50 neonates for them to locate it. Bunch of idiots. This service should be renamed pull up, walk off and search for car. The worst service I have ever had, and I travel 5 times each year. Use the orange parking, much much easier
Verified booking 30 Sep 2018
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Janet Salmon
Perfect parking option,staff are friendly and very helpful. Easy to find both going and returning. Excellent.
If the point of meet and greet is so that you can exit the airport and collect your car within a few short minutes then there is no point going here. Had to queue for a solid 30 minutes to get my keys back. Kind of defeats the object. Honestly not worth the money and it'd be better to go for cheaper park and ride options. I live close enough that I may even consider a taxi in future. Stansted Meet and Greet with a total waste of money.
Verified booking 25 May 2019