How to get to the airport with all the luggage to start the vacation?
Travelers often resort to taxis, remises, apps like Uber and private transfers, or they
ask a favor from an acquaintance
who has a car.
Now, however, an option that used to not be taken into account is gaining ground: go
in your own vehicle
and leave it there
until you return
from your trip.
The main attraction of the modality is that the passenger
avoids depending on other
people.
First, he drives himself from his home to the airbase.
And then, a few
days or weeks later
, as soon as the return flight is over, he will be able to meet up with his car in minutes to make the final leg home.
Both in
Aeroparque
and in
Ezeiza
, the parking lots of the terminals offer
long stays
that make the alternative possible.
And not only that: they have been
expanding the capacity
allocated to the service, given a
growing demand
.
But
how much do you have to pay
to be able to leave a vehicle for such a long time at the most important airports in the country?
As can be supposed, it
has a considerable cost
.
But the surprise is that, in some cases, the passenger could find it
similar or even less
than making both transfers hiring cars with a driver.
Cars that will be left for a long time must be parked in the exclusive sectors for that modality.
Photo: AA200.
Ezeiza Airport: long-stay parking costs and conditions
From Aeropuertos Argentina 2000, the company in charge of the concession, they told
Clarín
that the Ezeiza terminal now has
more than 1,000 garages
available for long-term parking, and that very soon that capacity will be
expanded by almost 60%
.
"Due to the
high demand
, we are carrying out a work that will be in two stages. The first, which will add
300 new
garages, will be completed by the beginning of
February
, and
another 297
in the second stage by
April
2023," they specified.
Sector E4
,
which is intended for long stays, can only be accessed with
prior reservation
and
advance payment
through the airport website.
These reservations can be made between 45 days and
12 hours before
arrival at the airport.
In this way, the passenger will have
a guaranteed place
for their vehicle.
And he will be able to use, at no extra cost, a
bus
service that constantly connects the garage with
terminals A and
C.
In Ezeiza the number of garages for long stays will be increased by 60%.
Photo: AA200.
The
current rates
in Ezeiza for long stays are:
-For
7
days:
$13,500
.
-For
14
days:
$18,500
.
-For
21
days:
$21,500
.
By comparison, if you choose to go to the airport hiring someone else's car with a driver and a spacious trunk, the couple of trips to and from Ezeiza can today add up to around
$7,500
for those who live in a Buenos Aires neighborhood like Caballito, but close to
$11,000
for those who depart from San Isidro, in the North Zone of the GBA.
This with the most popular apps and
without counting extras
for nightly rate.
Meanwhile, a well-known
high-class remises
service now charges more than $9,000 per leg to take passengers between Capital and Ezeiza (or vice versa), which means that the total cost for the traveler exceeds
$18,000
: almost what worth a stay of 14 days.
Aeroparque: long-stay parking costs and conditions
In the case of Aeroparque Jorge Newbery, last July the terminal added the
Estacionamiento Río
, an underground beach with more than
600 garages
that are
exclusively for stays
, with
rates per day
.
On the other hand, those who only stay for a short time are told to go to the
South Parking Lot
, which has 1,532 spaces and is exclusively for charging
by the hour
.
The new garage for stays at Aeroparque, built on land reclaimed from the Río de la Plata.
Photo: Luciano Thieberger.
Unlike Ezeiza, in Aeroparque
it is not possible to reserve
garages: the company clarifies that the spaces are subject to availability.
And the costs
are much higher
, which encourages you to use the service for stays of a
few days
, and not several weeks.
For
cars
, the current rate is
$3,800 per day
if the stay is from 1 to 6 days;
and
$5,700 per day
if the vehicle will be left for 7 days or more.
For their part, if it is a pick up
truck
or SUV, they charge
$6,500 per day
if the stay is from 1 to 6 days;
and
$9,750 per day
for those staying 7 days or more.
So, a passenger making a 3-day
"getaway" would cost
$11,400
to leave the car at Aeroparque
.
If the trip lasted
6 days
, he would end up paying
$22,800
.
And if he went on vacation for
10 days
, the account would escalate to
$57,000
.
Each person, depending on where they live, where their flight departs from, how long the trip lasts and what transfer options they have, must
do the math
to define if
it is really convenient
for them to go to the airport in their own car.
Or if that convenience would end up being too expensive.
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