Category : Website updates

I’m pleased to announce the addition of Purple Parking to gosimply.com which adds a further 70 car parking options to our airport parking portfolio.

It’s not just about quantity though, so in keeping with our ethos, we’ve compared Purple Parking’s card fees alongside the often overlooked small print to offer a truly transparent comparison across 25 UK Airports – something which no other website does….call it pithy (like the Daily Mail did)… I call it common sense!

Purple Parking joins gosimply.com

As one of the UK’s most established airport parking providers, Purple Parking continue to build upon their reputation from their group owned car park at Heathrow, but we make sure things are kept in check with our ever honest customer reviews – which we display on gosimply – whether good or bad.

As always, the best of the best car parks receive our coveted gosimply award each month – oh, and remember – we did it first

With car park awards, to-the-point customer reviews, the biggest choice of sellers and the widest choice of car parks, I’d happily say that if you need to compare airport parking, then gosimply.com.

Don’t be sad, no more boo! The sun is out and skies are blue!

Fun icons to link to the gosimply site

That’s right, it’s time to put a big fat smile back on your face! Why is that we hear you say? Well it’s obvious isn’t it?  You’ve used gosimply and now you want to tell the world what a marvelous service we offer!.

So there you go then, if you  want to spread some of the joy, feel free to visit our link to gosimply page and use any of the gosimply faces on your website. Simply right click on the graphics to download them.  It’s as simply as that!

Airport hotel map

Looking for airport parking or an overnight hotel stay? If so, what’s important to you?

We know that price is a driving factor for a lot of people, but a business traveller has different wants than a family going on holiday. Here’s a few things that our customers look out for:

• Distance to airport
• Transfer times
• On or off-airport
• Security features (including keeping their car keys)

With this in mind, we’ve developed a location map for both airport hotels and airport parking to go hand in hand with our gosimply awards and customer ratings.

Airport parking

Each car park or hotel is shown in relation to other products and the airport itself, along with a gosimply rating displayed as a percentage. More information on the rating can be found here.

The location guide uses the google mapping interface allowing you to toggle between a satellite, road map or a hybrid view. Further information and customer reviews on a specific car park or hotel can be accessed by simply clicking the map marker.

One thing the gosimply team noticed when developing the new website was that other comparison websites only show products side by side at the final page. Why not allow products to be compared before searching?

This is where our handy “at a glance” facility comes in.

It makes sense to give you the information you need to make an informed choice without having to search for it. Providing you with the facts you need, quickly and easily, will make your booking decision much simpler.

By providing a full selection of products for side-by-side comparison at the outset it’s easy to make an informed choice. If your favoured selection in not available when you search you will already know what your next best choice is going to be.

To see our “At a Glance” facility in action try visiting our Gatwick Airport Parking page and click the “Compare car parks side by side” link for a quick comparison of all te Gatwick Airport car parks. As an alternative visit our Heathrow Airport Hotels page to see how hotels compare side by side.

As part of our ongoing effort to put the customer first you now have the option to display prices including any credit card fees that are charged by the car park providers. Here’s a screen shot of what you might see on the availability screen excluding credit card fees:

Prices shown EXCLUDING credit card fees along with recommended car park provider.

And including the car park providers credit card fees…

Prices INCLUDING credit card fees

Not only has the price changed but the recommended provider for the Qpark car park has now changed from BCP to APH who currently offer a flat rate charge of 99p for credit card transactions.

Why show credit card fees?

Well for a start, nearly 50% of you have paid for your airport parking or hotel with a credit card so it makes sense to show any “charges” imposed by the car park provider BEFORE you reach the payment page.

Some of you prefer using a credit card for its added protection, or simply to stretch your budget over a longer period – particularly important during the present “credit crunch”.

Cancellation charges

We also compare and rank our airport parking providers based on any cancellation charges. Needless to say those with no or minimal charges come out more favourable than those that impose higher fees!

How much do credit card fees actually cost?

The reason some companies charge fees for using credit cards is because they actually get charged themselves by the credit card companies. In general, any company that does not charge a fee for using a credit card, absorbs the fees somewhere else along the line.

In some instances, if a car park provider has a minimum credit card charge, this could account for a reasonable percentage of the overall booking cost especially in the case of low value bookings. As an example, a credit card fee of £1.50 imposed on a booking of £17.00 adds around 9% to the overall cost of the booking.