This service operates from the short stay car park just outside the terminal building, but your car is stored away from the airport in a secure car park.
Transfers from airport
Transfers do not apply for this service as you will be met at the Terminal.
Stansted SPS Meet & Greet
Stansted SPS Meet & Greet is a terminal parking service where you hand your car to a driver in the Red Short Stay car park and walk straight into the terminal. Call around 20 minutes before reaching Stansted to reconfirm your arrival time, then enter the Red Short Stay car park in front of the terminal. A uniformed representative meets you close to the covered walkway, checks the vehicle and takes it to a secure parking compound while you are away.
SPS avoids the need for a shuttle bus and historically offered both standard secure storage and an indoor-storage option. The APS page remains live and has a substantial body of verified customer reviews, although it is not currently showing a live bookable price.
Why choose Stansted SPS Meet & Greet?
No shuttle bus: the handover takes place immediately outside the terminal.
Short Stay handover: customers meet the driver in Stansted’s Red Short Stay car park.
Vehicle inspection: the car is checked at handover and customers are given a numbered return document.
Secure storage: published product information describes CCTV, security lighting, fencing, barriers and security patrols.
Fully insured drivers: the operator states that drivers are insured to move customer vehicles.
Large historic review base: Airport Parking Shop currently has 129 verified SPS reviews.
How does SPS Meet & Greet compare with Official Meet & Greet?
Official Meet & Greet is operated by Stansted Airport and uses the airport's dedicated Meet & Greet facility. SPS uses the Red Short Stay car park as the handover point and then moves the vehicle to separate secure storage.
Choose Official Meet & Greet when you want a current airport-operated product with a dedicated reception area. SPS should only be considered when it is actually showing availability for your dates.
How does SPS Meet & Greet compare with I Love Meet & Greet?
I Love Meet & Greet is a currently bookable independent service using terminal-area handover. SPS historically used Red Short Stay instead, with the vehicle then taken to an off-airport secure compound.
If SPS becomes available again, compare the total price, cancellation conditions, handover location and airport parking fees rather than simply comparing the headline rates.
How does SPS Meet & Greet compare with My CSL Meet & Greet?
My CSL Meet & Greet is another independent service where you leave your keys and the vehicle is moved to secure storage. My CSL is currently returning bookable prices, whereas SPS is not currently displaying live availability on Airport Parking Shop.
For a booking today, My CSL is therefore the more relevant comparison unless SPS reappears in the live results.
Important things to know
Call around 20 minutes before arrival. The published SPS instructions use the Red Short Stay car park and the covered walkway entrance to the terminal as the meeting area. If you arrive more than 30 minutes either side of your booked time, the booking may be refused. On return, call before collecting your luggage so the vehicle can be brought back to Red Short Stay. Historic SPS information also refers to Short Stay entry and exit charges, so use the fees and instructions shown on your current booking confirmation rather than relying on old figures. Most importantly, the APS page is currently live but not showing a live bookable price, so this product should not be described as presently available unless it returns to the search results.
Directions
From all directions follow signs to Stansted Airport.
Arrival procedure
Twenty minutes prior to your arrival please call the Driver to re-confirm your arrival time. Please note if you arrive more than 30 min either side of the time booked, the booking may be refused.
On arrival at Stansted, you must enter the Red Short Stay Car Park, which is situated to the front of the main terminal. A uniformed representative will meet you at the canopied walkway entrance to the terminal. They will inspect your vehicle for any damage and issue a numbered "return vehicle document". Please keep this document safe until your return.
Return procedure
On your return, once you have collected your baggage you must call Stansted Parking Solutions on the number given at the top of the "return vehicle document". A representative will then be waiting for you with your vehicle in the same Red Short Stay Car Park (by the canopied walkway).
Security
All Stansted Parking Solutions drivers are fully insured to drive your vehicle. When your car is collected a driver will take it to a fully secure compound.
Additional information
Please Note: If you arrive more than 30 minutes either side of the time stated on this voucher, the booking may be refused. This does not apply on your return i.e. if your return flight is delayed/early.
You will be required to leave your keys.
It is recommended that you take a spare set of car keys with you.
Stansted SPS Meet and Greet reviews
4.2/5 from 129 verified reviews
These are reviews of Stansted SPS Meet and Greet from customers who
booked through Airport Parking Shop and were invited to review their car park after their
parking stay had finished.
After a parking stay booked through us has finished, we email the customer an invitation to review the car park they used.
Reviews can only be submitted with a valid booking reference, so every review shown is from a verified booking.
We publish positive and negative reviews alike, and reviews are never edited. See our review policy for details.
These reviews are about individual car parks. Reviews of Airport Parking Shop as a service are collected separately, via Trustpilot.
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Bill Dunn
It is disgusting that the company do not mention that the customer must pay the short stay carpark fee £5.50 for drop off and pick up (so £11) until you've booked. Really dishonest! We also had a 20 minute wait at drop off even though we'd phoned as requested 30 mins and 5 mins before arrival. Lastly, my car was driven 26 miles in total, where was it taken? Also having interrogated the computer, whilst they drove it it averaged 22mpg, I average over 40 in London! They thrashed my car, only 26 miles, but poor service. Avoid this firm, do yourself a favour.
Verified booking 29 Oct 2018
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Jill burrage
Easy instructions and we were met within reasonable time. A little surprised to be instructed to pay the entry car park fee of £5.50(same on exit making £11 extra fee) as I felt sure when I selected this service it said it was included. 20 minute wait for car on arrival home due to all drivers being out on other calls but otherwise very friendly drivers both ends. May consider cheaper parking and shuttle bus next time as didn’t seem to save much time.
Verified booking 28 Sep 2018
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Heidi Whitfield
Very poor service, phone was not answered, then hung up several times, then spoke to a man who shouted and was rude, no paperwork given and car was returned without BMW on front with no explanation. Will be following up directly but do not recommend using this service.
Verified booking 16 Apr 2018
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J W Dickins
We had paid for the SPS Meet and Greet-Wash and Vac and were told by the driver who took our car at the start of our holiday that there was no such service. We were therefore duped into paying for a service that didnt exist. We had a long wait for the car on our return, although we appreciate there was snow and ice and that this, perhaps, was one of the contributing reasons for the delay.
Verified booking 10 Apr 2018
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Peter Coxall
Reasonable service provider. Had to wait a short time for the driver to arrive both in and out, no great issue. Drivers were polite and helpful.
Verified booking 11 Mar 2018
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Jonathan Dearman
Drop off & colection service was good however had paid a premium for car to be valeted whilst away. When collected car after holiday the valet hadn’t been done. Spoke to SPS who advised that not a service they offered & advised that mid-representation on this website. Our friends who also travelled with us also had the exact same issue. Wouldn’t use this website again. Poor.
Verified booking 20 Feb 2018
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Ian Dobson
It did not live up to what it said . My car was not washed and vac; which is the reason I went with you. I seek compensation on this or will never use your service again and furthermore tell people this is the case.
The car was delivered on time.
Verified booking 17 Feb 2018
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David W Miller
The drop off was fine, but the collection was a disaster. We rang to confirm our flight had arrived and were told our car would be with us in 20 mins. We waited and waited and had to ring again. You had sent the wrong car, and it took at least another 20 mins for our car to arrive. The staff on site were fine but the service was poor. We pay a premium for meet and greet, but it would have been quicker to use a bus to one of the car parks.
Verified booking 26 Oct 2017
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Graham Ellicott
Charged £5 on arrival for the car park ticket when as far as I could see there was no mention of this made in the supplied documentation. Had to return one day early due to industrial action and informed SPS giving 48 hours notice and was told that they would monitor my new inbound flight and meet me which they did but then charged me £20 for coming back early! No mention of this surcharge was given to me when I informed them that I needed to return early. The car appears to have been parked some way away from the airport based on the return odometer readings. Not impressed, would I use the again? Well I'll let you draw your own conclusions.......
Verified booking 18 Oct 2017
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Melanie Herod
An excellent and friendly service. 20 minute delay waiting for the car on our return but otherwise very good indeed
It is disgusting that the company do not mention that the customer must pay the short stay carpark fee £5.50 for drop off and pick up (so £11) until you've booked. Really dishonest! We also had a 20 minute wait at drop off even though we'd phoned as requested 30 mins and 5 mins before arrival. Lastly, my car was driven 26 miles in total, where was it taken? Also having interrogated the computer, whilst they drove it it averaged 22mpg, I average over 40 in London! They thrashed my car, only 26 miles, but poor service. Avoid this firm, do yourself a favour.
Verified booking 29 Oct 2018