Luton Airport - 1st time

[joshcowin]

What do I need to know? I got a cheap deal leaving from Luton

Only a 4 day break so I guess short stay car park?

Is it congested in the early morning 5am ish?

Any tips would be great!!

[joshcowin]

Thanks for the replies

[joshcowin]

entropy said:

Thanks to all those who recommended Luton Parkway.

I was running late very, very late and the shuttle bus just happened to be their as I ran out of the multi-storey car park! It takes 5mins or so to get to the airport - and this was at the start of evening rush hour.

Bus fare for return ticket is £3.

Parking Thursday to Monday cost me £23 - last month parking at the Long Term Car Park cost £42.

I can't recommend this service highly enough. There's going to be new monorail service so those prices won't stay for long after the monorail is completed?

Edit: Tip for those new/unfamiliar with the area. If you're worried about which junction to use it is signposted - just follow the rail symbol which is intended for Luton Parkway train station.

Edited by entropy on Tuesday 20th December 14:27

Thanks for this info! We will be arriving at 3am so should be quiet enough. Do you know if the buses still run at that time?

[joshcowin]

essayer said:

joshcowin said:

Thanks for this info! We will be arriving at 3am so should be quiet enough. Do you know if the buses still run at that time?

The buses are every ten minutes between 0500 and midnight, outside those times I think they coincide with train arrivals - check on realtimetrains (it shows the bus services) - we arrived early once on a Sunday and had to walk up

Edited by essayer on Tuesday 20th December 17:12

Looks like a park up and get a taxi then?

[joshcowin]

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Travelling to Ireland, anywhere else in the UK and I would happily drive!