LAX: Long-term parking options
There’s a lot of talk today on our new message boards about what makes LAX a great (and awful) airport to fly in and out of. To add to that topic, I’d thought we’d point out some LAX parking deals for you. There are lots of options, we just pinpointed a few. Check our post on the boards about heaven and hell parking experiences at LAX.
Tell us, where do you park?
LAX Lot B
111th Street and La Cienega Boulevard
24/7 shuttle service, $8 per day (Lot C is $10/day)
Wally Park
9700 Bellanca Ave,
Los Angeles, CA 90045
Phone: (310) 337-1944
Covered parking, 24/7 shuttle, Valet & self-parking, Wi-Fi in lobby, door protection pads and more. $12.95-$16.95/day, self park or $19.95/day valet.
Deal: Coupon for one day free on a 3-day stay. Or, $1.50 off per day; AAA members get 15% off regular rates and 50% off WallyClub membership.
LAX Park Place
11220 Hindry Avenue
Los Angeles, CA 90045
Phone: (310) 337-9000
Across the street from LAX’s Lot B, 24/7 shuttle, experienced valets, car wash and oil change options available. $8.95 - $18.95/day
Deal: $4.49/day Internet special.
Johnny Park
11101 S. Hindry Ave
Los Angeles, CA 90045
Phone: (800) 958-3335
“Featured on KABC channel 7 as one of the best values at the airport.” 24/7 shuttle service, Wi-Fi, Outdoor self/valet $6.95, Indoor self/valet $8.95, carwash is $14.95 extra.
Deal: Coupons on website for 10% off parking over 5 days, park 5 days for the price of 4, and indoor ($65) and outdoor ($48.65) week long parking deals.
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April 26th, 2007 at 5:01 pm
Forget the Long-Term Parking………
Arrival in L.A. is a nightmare @ LAX. I am a frequesnt flyer, but hates the Arrival Picup area at LAX.
The police officers are so rude and does not alow time for loading your baggage into auto, before they come buy and start writing tickets. The arrival areas are so compact and the lanes next to curb are always packed. I have seen officers write tickets to people for getting in their vehicle in the 2nd lane from the curb. So what are people to do??, have their drivers keep circling LAX and hopefully the 2nd or 3rd time they will get a curb-side parking to pick up their passengers.
LAX officers needs to relax and direct traffic instead of writing tickets. Passengers like myself are spending money and supporting LAX, but tired of being harrassed. LAX also needs to provide and/or improve these areas to better serve their customers.
April 26th, 2007 at 5:54 pm
What’s the idea behind such vilgilence on stopping at airrports anyway? Why do the police assume that a bomber, for example, would park the car and then set off an explosive? I guess they don’t watch the news, where every day bombs go off in Iraq with the driver inside the car. It seems to me that airports, and airlines, have used the 9-11 attacks as an excuse to crackdown on things they wanted to stop before hand. What if, heaven forbid, a passenger from coach uses the business class restroom, which might be five feet beyond the coach section. By acting like this is a “security issue” the airlines can keep the restrooms free for those who pay top price to get there at the same time as everyone else. The airlines treat the coach class customer like the enemy, so it is not surprising we get mistreated on the ground, too.
April 26th, 2007 at 11:53 pm
Drive the extra 30 minutes to Long Beach. Totally worth it! You more than save the time with the close LT parking and the quick “on-planing” & “de-planing” off the front and rear of the plane.
April 27th, 2007 at 8:16 am
We call a cab most frequently (live nearby in Southbay) or use Wally Park or similar offiste solutions when we are parking. Catching a ride van to your offsite lot is kind of like catching a cab in third world nation — step into the road, wave to be seen and hope nobody hits you.
Police activity is aimed more at compensating their appetites for action, I think. Whenever I go through LAX to pick someone up it is a crap shoot on whether you get stopped. Please someone explain how a Lexus GX470 missing a front plate (new car) is worthy of airport security. It’s not, but I see it all the time.
Been all over the world. Bored police == trouble for populace.
How to fix? Create a civilian corp of handlers that are there to “assist” travelers by helping manage the pickup/dropoff spots. They should have no enforcement abilities other than to call on centrally located and patrolling police if someone gives them too much grief.
Also keep police away from the people. Make LAX a no-ticket zone for non-security related items like loose license plates, tail lights, etc. Speeding and safety issues should be enforced…but broken tail lights???
They haven’t nailed me yet because I go through a checklist each time I get up there.
And don’t get me started on TSA…aka “Thugs Standing Around”
April 27th, 2007 at 8:22 am
LAX Lot B: Never again! We have used that particular lot for many years, but since 9/11, the shuttle buses are so crowded, that on more than several occasions, the shuttle buses (no offense but mostly crowded with airport employees) just pass us by. Not just one bus but two buses sometimes. Out of desparation, we walked (or took the airport terminal shuttle) from the south side of the airport at Terminals 5 and 6 and waited for the Lot B bus at Terminal 1 just so that we would be the first on board. Now, we use a long-term parking garage south of Imperial Highway. It has preserved our sanity at the end of our business and vacation trips.
April 27th, 2007 at 8:40 am
LAX is absolutely over-policed. Every time I have to drive to the airport I’m on edge about all the blue lights on police motorcycles writing tickets and harassing peoplel
Burbank police are in presence at Burbank Airport, but take a much more reasonable attitude towards citizens and visitors.
April 27th, 2007 at 9:50 am
To: John Kape: I also love Long Beach. But should we really tell everyone?
So…
To: Everyone who has not discovered LB: Stay away. That place sucks. Go to LAX because it is much better there…the police and TSA are so friendly. Customs is a breeze. No traffic problems at LAX…or parking issues. Jet fuel smells great!
;-)
April 27th, 2007 at 11:34 am
I’ve lived in LA for most of the last 20 years. I’ve watched LAX deteriorate in many ways. I think the police action at LAX are actually helpful. Too many people see it as their right to pull up and wait while their relatives or whomever they are picking up are still inside and not ready to load. Add to that the propensity of Americans to drive big cars for no reason and you get gridlock. The only good news about LAX’s old design is that the parkign garages are less than 100 meters from the doorways to the terminals. Unless you’re in a wheelchair or otherwise disabled, there’s no reason for the masses of cars to pull up to the terminal and wait for more than 30 seconds. If you must come to the airport with 10 relatives or in a 30 foot long limo…by all means…go to Long Beach.
April 27th, 2007 at 1:12 pm
The reason why coach is treated so baddly is not because they have to treat coach bad but because if they don’t they can’t scare rich people into buying expensive business and first class tickets. The rich don’t want to be treated like cattle.. it’s called extortion. (if you don’t we’ll do this to you)
April 27th, 2007 at 1:17 pm
I always pick up people on on the Departure level. Much easier and less hassle. You can spot your friends/relatives/colleagues quickly, no medians to box you in and only TWO traffic lights to deal with at Terminals 5 and 7.
April 27th, 2007 at 1:58 pm
Jon,
Fair enough. I don’t think our concerns are necessarily about those who block traffic, speed or otherwise cause a hazard or inconvenience to the airport community. Rather it is often the case that the police cause those inconveniences by taking action on a myriad of inappropriate issues (tail lights, license plates, etc.) that do actually cause more of the gridlock you mention.
I’m all for public safety and courtesy. Most of the folks I see at LAX just want to get out as soon as they can. I do see those who stand roadside for too long and have found a few words from a baggage handler, cab-stand worker or a police officer are enough to get them rolling.
As for those driving SUVs/limos, et al…I don’t subscribe to silly politically correct dictums about what they should drive (I’m usually in a small four door).
Gridlock at LAX mirrors that of LA as a whole. I’ve come to expect and live with it. It’s not a factor of the vehicle but the millions of people on the road. If we chopped three foot from every vehicle at LAX or on the 405, we’d still be looking at brake lights every night.
And what do we all think of the Encounters restaurant closing because it is, well…falling apart? Never been there but it’s kind of embarrassing all the same.
I guess we’re off topic now. I just fly through there so often (two-three times a month) that I wish it were a bit more citizen-friendly.
Thanks for your input.
November 13th, 2007 at 1:29 pm
LAX needs to incorporate a pick-up waiting area, similar to PDX, where drivers can sit in their cars just off-site and wait for their passengers to call them when they’re ready.
It would cut down significantly on the traffic (not to mention waste of fuel) from people just tooling along for several laps on the Arrivals-oval, looking hopefully through the crowd for their friends.
LAX could convert one of the Long-Term lots near the entrance (or a small portion of one) into such a waiting area, so drivers can pull right out into the loop as soon as their party calls.
But…. will probably never happen, because officials are too cheap and would miss the $$$ they get by over-charge people for parking there. Not to mention the tickets… :-p
February 28th, 2008 at 2:56 am
Is your car safe to park at lot c and B?
April 20th, 2008 at 8:02 pm
I parked at Johnny Park after reading peoples’ comments about Wally Park taking forever for the shuttle to come for them. I had the opposite experience. I arrived at LAX at 4:30 am and called Johnny Park to come get me. While I was waiting for them, EVERY shuttle for every other parking spot, hotel, etc. went by at least several times (INCLUDING WALLY PARK 8 TIMES!) and still no Johnny Park. I had to call them 3 times and got the same response each time - “we’ve paged the driver and he should be there in 5-10 minutes.” Turns out there is only 1 driver in the middle of the night but I still don’t understand why it took 45 minutes to come pick us up when they are 5 minutes away from the airport. I WILL NEVER USE THEM AGAIN.
July 1st, 2008 at 8:07 am
We had a terrible experience with Johnny Park. Like the previous commenter, we waited at the terminal close to 30 minutes for the van when we arrived, and called several times, usually getting voice mail. This was 5:00 p.m. and we saw every other parking company’s van go by at least five times. On our return trip, the shuttle van driver was incredibly rude to one family who was on the bus and waiting for the person stuck in the Deluxe Car Rental check-in line. The driver said he needed to leave. The mom got off the van to check on her husband and the driver started to leave WITH THE KIDS STILL ON THE VAN. We shouted for him to stop, he let the kids off, yelled at us and then sat like a sullen child for the rest of the trip, refusing to help anyone with their bags. If all you care about is the cost, it might be worth it, but build in lots of extra time to get to and from the airport. We will never park there again, nor would we rent from Deluxe again, who were equally awful.
September 29th, 2008 at 9:57 am
My experience with Johnny Park was extremely positive. We landed at LAX at around 5:00 pm on the wednesday before Thanksgiving. The johnny Park shuttle was there about 15 minutes after I summoned them. My experience may be unusual, but I would suspect that negative experiences are not the norm.
November 17th, 2008 at 9:24 pm
per the reviews from tripadvisor dot com , Johnny Park is a horrible place to park. I am afraid of some Parking lot guys, having the rule to handover the keys after parking.. I guess I have to park my BMW at my house itself and chose the Primetime shuttle instead!
April 2nd, 2009 at 9:49 am
I will NEVER park at Johnny Park again—and not just because the manager yelled at me, told me never to come back, and accused me of being a scam artist driving a beat-up 10-year-old car when I attempted to make a damage report. For the record, I’m a 42-year-old professional woman with a rollie and a briefcase, and my car is a 2002 Honda Accord with about 30,000 miles on it–hardly a beater.
When I went out to get in the car, I noticed a ding and some blue paint on the driver’s door. It was minor enough that I was unlikely to bother getting it repaired or making a claim, but I figured I should at least get it on the record. I told the cashier who had helped me, and he gave me a form to fill out—no big deal. But then two managers (I assume) and a few of the attendants came around and started, first, denying there is any damage (despite the blue paint on a silver car) and then claiming repeatedly that it’s “pre-marked.” When I finally asked what that meant, I was showed a form with a diagram of a vehicle and X marks all over it, allegedly indicating existing damage. But I never saw this form before—I didn’t sign off on it before leaving the car, so they could have marked the door on the diagram after they damaged it. It’s evidence of nothing.
I got frustrated and left, telling them I’d have my insurance company contact them (not really intending to, as the damage was minor, and I don’t care that much about my car). But, as I drove away, I noticed that the driver-side sun visor was hanging down. The clip that holds it up when not in use was broken off and definitely had not been when I dropped off the car.
When I returned to say there was internal damage, too, one of the managers got up in my face, yelling at me to leave the lot and never come back and accusing me of being a scam artist. Really? A scam artist in business casual attire, pointing out damage that would net me a couple hundred dollars at most? I truly could not believe the way I was treated— it was surreal. There was no conciliatory aspect at all—it went from automatic denial of responsibility (before even examining the car, I might add) to accusations, finger-pointing and abuse in nothing flat.
I really don’t care enough about the damage to bother pursuing this with my or Johnny Park’s insurer (although I’ll probably dispute the credit card charge), so I figured telling my story on Yelp (which has many other complaints and poor reviews about Johnny Park) and this page (where I first heard about Johnny Park) was my best alternative. I, and anyone reading this, deserve better treatment.
June 6th, 2009 at 8:34 am
I’ve been parking at 105 Parking for several years now and have never had a problem. I’m pretty anal when it comes to my vehicles, as far as dings and things. The drivers are helpful, friendly and pick you up within minutes of calling them. Rates are good too.
July 6th, 2009 at 7:38 pm
Best site for LAX airport parking: http://www.parkrideflyusa.com/lax-los-angeles-airport-parking/
You can see all of the rates in one place along with the different features they have - depending on whether I am lugging the entire family or not - this place also has travel insurance if you book through their website.
July 13th, 2009 at 9:46 pm
I agree that Johnny Park is horrible… I recommend parking at LAX Marriott. My wife reserved parking for us through the website http://www.discountairportparking.net.