About Book FHR

Book FHR handles the parts of a trip that happen before the flight: somewhere to leave the car, somewhere to sleep the night before, and somewhere quieter to wait once you are through security.

Three services, usually booked together

Parking is available at more than twenty UK airports, hotels are drawn from a very large international inventory with an emphasis on properties beside terminals, and lounge access is sold by the person. Car hire sits alongside them. The reason to book these in one place is the combination: a hotel with parking included for the duration of the trip is frequently cheaper than the same hotel and a separate car park bought individually.

Park and ride, or meet and greet

These are different products and the price difference reflects it. Park and ride means leaving the car in a secure compound and taking a transfer bus to the terminal, which is cheaper but adds time at both ends. Meet and greet means handing the keys over at the terminal door and having the car returned there. With small children, heavy luggage or a very early departure, that convenience earns its cost; on a solo trip with hand luggage it rarely does.

Doing the sums on a night before

An early flight often makes an airport hotel cheaper than it looks, once you have counted a taxi at four in the morning or a long drive when tired. The combined hotel and parking packages are where that maths usually lands in your favour. Check how many days of parking the package includes, since a package covering eight days is no use for a fortnight away.

Cancellation and the details to check

Bookings can generally be cancelled up to twenty-four hours before departure, subject to the terms attached to the individual product, so read those rather than assuming a blanket policy. Check the compound's distance from the terminal and the frequency of the transfer, confirm the arrival window your booking allows, and note that lounge passes are usually tied to a specific date and time slot rather than being open-ended.