Parking for Trips by Air & Sea

Over the weekend, I started looking for a place to park the car at or near the Charlotte Douglas Airport while we're away on a trip. If you want curbside valet parking, it will cost a small fortune ($17/day)and prices range down to business valet (10) close-in (7), and satellite (5)/day. But there are many other options available. I am a member of a loyalty program with Choice hotels and was surprised to learn they offer part of their parking lot to an offsite parking company. One does not need to spend the night at the hotel (which we often do for early morning flights) to be eligible for long term parking at reasonable rates. We'll be parking for 20 days for less than $2.75 a day. There are lots of companies out there that offer parking with luggage help, and terminal pickup and delivery. We have used Park 'n' Fly, Park 'n' Go in both Charleston SC and Ft. Lauderdale and Miami, and for our next trip have reserved with OneStopParking.com. I hope their service is as dependable and accommodating as the others we have used.

General Map of our Travels

I guess a good start would be to show you all where I (we) have been. I did some traveling before I met and married JD, so that is included here, too. Even though we are getting older, we still have dreams and our plans include future travels. The places we've been are marked in yellow and our "bucket list" destinations are pinned in green.

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