Reply to: Heathrow Drop Off Charge

[vetran]

Liz used to put us up when flying out of Heathrow. Her gaff was stylish but a little drafty. Corgis bloody everywhere.

[Zigenare]

Not a problem anymore as we've changed the hotel to a deluxe room at the De Vere Beaumont Estate outside Windsor, less money and more style and happy wife Hopefully the restaurant is better than what some of the reviews lead one to expect Probably be the Burger and a bottle of Pinot Grigio, a tad below our normal standard but coming from Yorkshire I'm loath to pay the restaurant prices Still got rubbish airline food the next day I remember the days in the 20thC when short haul on Swissair was a full cooked meal and bottle of wine, them were the days

I prefer to stay at the "Sir Christopher Wren" when in that neck of the woods.

[tazdevil]

Not a problem anymore as we've changed the hotel to a deluxe room at the De Vere Beaumont Estate outside Windsor, less money and more style and happy wife Hopefully the restaurant is better than what some of the reviews lead one to expect Probably be the Burger and a bottle of Pinot Grigio, a tad below our normal standard but coming from Yorkshire I'm loath to pay the restaurant prices Still got rubbish airline food the next day I remember the days in the 20thC when short haul on Swissair was a full cooked meal and bottle of wine, them were the days

[ChimpMaster]

I can just see the headlines now: Wealthy Contractor tries to save £5 by putting wife on free public transport. Wife not impressed.

Almost as bad as that MP who quit today because his £118,000 salary couldn't support his mortgage payments.

[Zigenare]

Flying out of Heathrow soon and staying the night before at the Hilton Garden Inn. It looks like I can drop off the missus with luggage on Cessna Road but can't find a map anywhere which tells me if doing that gets me clocked for a drop off charge, anyone know?

AYSYCOTBAC?
https://www.heathrowvip.com/s/

[WTFH]

Surprised you didn’t just book park & fly, then let the parking company know you’re returning to a different terminal (makes no difference to them)

[ladymuck]

Staying at the T2 Hilton effectively on site. Car is being parked in T5 long term as that's where we come back to so a bit of pitta as I'll need to walk over to T2/3 business parking to get a lift to T2. Dropping her off with the bags at the Cessna Road entrance is simply a convenience so both of us aren't pulling bags around getting back from T5 parking

Or...

Get the free transfer from T5 parking to T5 and then take HEX / Lizzy Line from T5 to T2/3 with your cases? It's all step free.

[tazdevil]

The busses are no longer free. A whopping £1.75 now. You can get the tube between Hatton Cross and the terminals for free though.

Just out of interest, if you're both travelling/staying at the hotel but you're driving to drop off the Mrs with cases, what is then happening to the car? Surely whatever parking arrangements you've made will have a transfer to the terminal?

Staying at the T2 Hilton effectively on site. Car is being parked in T5 long term as that's where we come back to so a bit of pitta as I'll need to walk over to T2/3 business parking to get a lift to T2. Dropping her off with the bags at the Cessna Road entrance is simply a convenience so both of us aren't pulling bags around getting back from T5 parking

[ladymuck]

£12?

Per person, compared to the £5 drop off charge.

[ladymuck]

The busses are no longer free. A whopping £1.75 now. You can get the tube between Hatton Cross and the terminals for free though.

Just out of interest, if you're both travelling/staying at the hotel but you're driving to drop off the Mrs with cases, what is then happening to the car? Surely whatever parking arrangements you've made will have a transfer to the terminal?

[courtg9000]

the local buses used to be free. go to the nearest standard bus stop and get the standard bus, that will get you to the terminals and the central bus station FOC if the policy still operates.

[malvolio]

No, the Hotel Hoppa costs a small fortune

£12?

[ladymuck]

Flying out of Heathrow soon and staying the night before at the Hilton Garden Inn. It looks like I can drop off the missus with luggage on Cessna Road but can't find a map anywhere which tells me if doing that gets me clocked for a drop off charge, anyone know?

According to the Heathrow website, it's just the terminal forecourts that attract the charge.

I presume the HGI you're staying at is not the one in T2 that you'll be driving past.

[ladymuck]

Don't they run a freebie shuttle bus from the hotels?

No, the Hotel Hoppa costs a small fortune

[malvolio]

Don't they run a freebie shuttle bus from the hotels?