moviemadfan Posted February 14, 2010 Share Posted February 14, 2010 (edited) The hotel metropole charges £7 a night to park in the hotel car park, even if you are a guest staying there! Im staying at the hotel for ET3 and as it isnt very clear on the site about this charge i thought id let everyone know who will be parking there like me!!!!! Hey Twilight team is there anything you can do for us about this parking fee as its alot of money to pay as we are guests of the hotel for duration of ET3???? See ya all there friday x Edited February 14, 2010 by moviemadfan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fanggirl Posted February 14, 2010 Share Posted February 14, 2010 I'm staying at the hotel too, and knew the price as they sent it in my booking email. I thought £7 a day was pretty reasonable, you can park in cardiff for only a couple of hours for that price! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
naurarwen_fangorn Posted February 14, 2010 Share Posted February 14, 2010 The £7 is for a full 24 hours which is pretty reasonable. If you think about it most of the parking round the NEC is charged anyway so think the Hilton decided it was a good way to stop people driving into their car park and parking for free when there are events on at the NEC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moviemadfan Posted February 14, 2010 Author Share Posted February 14, 2010 Well maybe its just me then lol, but every hotel iv stayed at before iv never had to pay for hotel parking, if iv been staying there!! lm from Swindon and its free parking in hotels if your a guest and only £1.20 an hour for normal parking... i feel sorry for people in cardiff then lol x Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fanggirl Posted February 14, 2010 Share Posted February 14, 2010 Really? You've never paid for hotel parking? I generally get the train to avoid parking costs, but the last time I did drive was to Bristol. The travelodge in Bristol on anchor rd charges £7.50 for 24hrs! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
naurarwen_fangorn Posted February 14, 2010 Share Posted February 14, 2010 Admittedly I've never been to a hotel which charges for parking either. Think the one in Milton Keynes near the snowdome you have to have a ticket from the hotel displayed in your windscreen. But I really think the reason is to stop people from the NEC parking in the hotel for free as its quite a big car park, well change that its smallish but with lots of cars in it and would take alot of time to check every windscreen for a ticket. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EdwardsLamb Posted February 14, 2010 Share Posted February 14, 2010 Its all done with ticket barriers so no one would have to physically check for tickets.. I agree its probably to stop people not staying there getting free parking but they have to validate your ticket to say you have paid so you can leave so they could just do that anyway for people staying but miss out the paying bit.. I think that almost makes sense! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs Jacob Black Posted February 14, 2010 Share Posted February 14, 2010 (edited) £7 a day is way better than the £20 a day I think it was that we paid for the Hilton in London for Proms Plus we were actually staying at the Marriott and they charged £25 a day or something ridiculous so travelling back and forth I think for the weekend we paid almost £100 in parking fees! Edited February 14, 2010 by Mrs Jacob Black Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SacredSilence Posted February 14, 2010 Share Posted February 14, 2010 �7 a day is way better than the �20 a day I think it was that we paid for the Hilton in London for Proms Plus we were actually staying at the Marriott and they charged �25 a day or something ridiculous so travelling back and forth I think for the weekend we paid almost �100 in parking fees! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs Jacob Black Posted February 14, 2010 Share Posted February 14, 2010 �7 a day is way better than the �20 a day I think it was that we paid for the Hilton in London for Proms Plus we were actually staying at the Marriott and they charged �25 a day or something ridiculous so travelling back and forth I think for the weekend we paid almost �100 in parking fees! Im pretty sure those were the exact faces we all pulled when we saw how much we had to pay!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
naurarwen_fangorn Posted February 14, 2010 Share Posted February 14, 2010 Christ Karen, thats alot I think I paid £14 at Proms and will cost about £21 this time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs Jacob Black Posted February 14, 2010 Share Posted February 14, 2010 I know, its absolutely shocking what they can get away with in London! To top things off, we also got stuck in the carpark on our way in between the barrier that lifts one they give u a ticket and a metal shutter that failed to open once we got past the lifted barrier Ooh, and actually before that happened we couldnt find the turn off to actually get to the car park entrance and we accidentally got stuck in a toll area and didnt realise we couldnt just circle out of it before the actual toll area and got a £60 fine!! Im actually quite happy with paying £21 compared with what ive paid in the past, lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reneeadamson09 Posted February 14, 2010 Share Posted February 14, 2010 ive had to pay fees at hotels all over the place... wembley, birmingham, nottingham, bath etc and it seems to me that if the area is built up and compact then you defo have to pay to use the parking. Wethere thats fare or not is another thing, but seems to be pretty standard xx Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dragonsanddaffodils Posted February 14, 2010 Share Posted February 14, 2010 Yep, Cardiff is a nightmare isnt it Heulwen We went shopping one afternoon and decided to go to the cinema to finish, and it cost £12 to park the car for that time. Heulwen, just in case you didnt know, the new st davids 2 carpark has a brilliant after 5pm rate of £1 for the whole evening! Fab for Cardiff gigs! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fanggirl Posted February 14, 2010 Share Posted February 14, 2010 Yep, Cardiff is a nightmare isnt it Heulwen We went shopping one afternoon and decided to go to the cinema to finish, and it cost £12 to park the car for that time. Heulwen, just in case you didnt know, the new st davids 2 carpark has a brilliant after 5pm rate of £1 for the whole evening! Fab for Cardiff gigs! Ooh, brilliant - where's the entrance for that? I tend to park in (what used to be voucher parking, but are now the pay & display) onstreet parking if I go in after 6pm but that's really handy to know. I only noticed yesterday that the multistorey opposite Cineworld (David Street?) has been taken away too! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moviemadfan Posted February 19, 2010 Author Share Posted February 19, 2010 Morning all and my god im excited, leaving in a mo...ok got to admit it but after reading all your replies i feel a bit better about paying the 21 quid.... hope everyone has a safe journey there x Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strangie Posted February 19, 2010 Share Posted February 19, 2010 At the proms you could get a pass out at reception so you wouldn't have to pay twice. They wontlet me do that today :-( Oh... And I just bought a latte... £5.00 <splutter> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
touchthesky Posted February 19, 2010 Share Posted February 19, 2010 At the proms you could get a pass out at reception so you wouldn't have to pay twice. They wontlet me do that today :-( Oh... And I just bought a latte... £5.00 <splutter> I hope it was a good latte. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JaneDoe Posted February 22, 2010 Share Posted February 22, 2010 I managed to get awaya with not paying for parking on Friday but since I wasn't staying at the Hilton I had to pay £24 to park for the next two days! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vera Posted February 22, 2010 Share Posted February 22, 2010 I paid £12 for parking there on Saturday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
naurarwen_fangorn Posted February 22, 2010 Share Posted February 22, 2010 For some reason I only go charged £7 for parking??? I paid the £224.25 I think it was for the room and only £7 on top for parking not sure if this happened to anyone else but I was quite impressed as it cost me £14 last time for two days at Proms. So gotta admit I can't complain and th extra £14 got put towards the silly amounts of money I spent at Incognito Comics I think their called. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Queen_Sindel Posted February 22, 2010 Share Posted February 22, 2010 For some reason I only go charged £7 for parking??? I paid the £224.25 I think it was for the room and only £7 on top for parking not sure if this happened to anyone else but I was quite impressed as it cost me £14 last time for two days at Proms. So gotta admit I can't complain and th extra £14 got put towards the silly amounts of money I spent at Incognito Comics I think their called. You stayed at the hotel, then the rate is discounted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
naurarwen_fangorn Posted February 22, 2010 Share Posted February 22, 2010 For some reason I only go charged £7 for parking??? I paid the £224.25 I think it was for the room and only £7 on top for parking not sure if this happened to anyone else but I was quite impressed as it cost me £14 last time for two days at Proms. So gotta admit I can't complain and th extra £14 got put towards the silly amounts of money I spent at Incognito Comics I think their called. You stayed at the hotel, then the rate is discounted. But it said on the website it was £7 a day for parking and I only got charged £7 for the whole weekend. I got charged £14 for parking at proms and only stayed 2 nights. Thats what threw me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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