Long term SFO Parking
We are heading to the east coast for 2 weeks over the holidays. In the past, we have used Park n' Fly, and it has worked well, but they recently jacked up their rates, and their reviews have plummeted, so we are loath to give them another shot. Can people recommend a safe place with a regular shuttle service where we could keep our car for the 2 weeks. We would love to pay around $10/day. Thank you
Nov 21, 2017
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If you are not locked in to driving to SFO, and you live in Berkeley or Oakland, GigCar just announced that their cars can now be dropped off at SFO. They're a car-sharing service, and the cars can be parked anywhere in Berkeley or Oakland (and now, SFO). It's an app, so you can lock/unlock the car from your phone. The cost for the car should be about $15 each way. I've used GigCar myself and it's been pretty easy. I plan to use GigCar myself now anytime I need to get to SFO.
We used (and liked) SkyPark at 1000 San Mateo Ave in San Bruno. Very smooth transitions, and it was affordable (as of about a year ago). They have valet and both indoor and outdoor parking (outdoor being cheaper). I think they encourage looking online for coupons.
Have you ever done the airport/long-term parking at Millbrae BART? It's our absolute favorite SFO trick. It's only $7/day, and it's a one-stop, $3 ride to SFO. (Aside, I once used SFO on-site long-term parking when parking for work, and their shuttle bus took longer terminal-to-car than hopping on BART to Millbrae - it's super fast.) Often we'll have one person go from plane > Millbrae after landing to snag the car, and meet the other person and our bags in the arrivals area to save on a BART fare and speed-up getting home. Also, if your trip begins or ends on a weekend or holiday, you don't pay for those weekend/holiday days. (You do pay for weekend days in the middle of the trip.)
While I know some dislike BART, we've generally found the Millbrae > SFO segment to be uncrowded, clean, regular, and easier than any off the offsite services and their shuttles. Plus, if you're coming/going before or after BART runs, it's a very minimal $8-10 Uber ride to the terminal.
Check out: https://www.select-a-spot.com/bart/reservations/facilities/?type=long_t…
Check out airport/long term parking at Millbrae Bart station. Up to 30 days and only $7 a day.
I don't know if you still need the parking info, but we just parked over the Thanksgiving holiday at the Aloft hotel in Millbrae, using this website: https://www.airportparkingconnection.com/
It was easy and worked great for us. The shuttles come every 20 minutes but we lucked out and we didn't have to wait more than 5 minutes at SFO upon our return.
We prepaid and printed out the receipt that we presented upon leaving the parking lot.