stanstedmeetandgreetparking.co.uk Anmeldelser 

I should have read the previous review.
PLEASE AVOID AT ALL COSTS.
I have been misled as I thought i could cancel 48 hours prior to departure. I have had a family emergency ...Tried to be civil to reach a reasonable agreement but had to complain and then I received a threatening response from Roger Ewell operations director. This company has no compassion really wished i had checked the reviews first....They have now cancelled my booking and have taken my £90.00 Times are very hard at the moment so you can appreciate the impact of losing this money

Update: Roger Ewell is now demanding an apology ... latest email is stating that he wants an apology to hold my existing booking. This is now fraud and will claim through credit card company
Update : Roger is now making allegations that i was rude.
I don't need to comment any further - the rating for this company speaks for itself.
Happy to share all further information. please just avoid it really isnt worth it.

AVIOD AVIOD AVIOD!!!
Rip off merchants don’t even waste your money time or effort with this company your better off using the airport parking facilities after the hidden costs. They lie about their van being broken down then use your vehicle as the shuttle service to drop u off and pick you up from the airport after charging you a fee. Customer service does not exist. Get fobbed off for refunds too. And before they claim it’s not them it is what sort of humans are you lot ripping people off knowing they have no choice as the payments are non refundable. They make up silly stories about agreeing to their terms. Never going to use something like that again! Mini bus doesn’t breakdown on every other client. Agree with the other guys who have had issues how are they still trading! Not a single good review for this place anywhere on the internet yet still claim their innocence. Jokers. Just wish I seen these before hand. No wonder everyone’s giving 1star. Using third party apps to get customers like Ezybook so it’s all disguised till the last moment when payment is taken. Rip Off !

We booked this particular car park as it was cheeper than some others and it stated that transfer to the airport and back was FREE. We arrived early in the morning when it was still dark and we could not find the car park, there are no signs whatsoever to direct you. Luckily as we were about to leave the location, we bumped into a member of staff who was just coming back after dropping someone off. Without him, there is no way we would be able to locate it, which would cause extra stress and additional charges to find another parking last minute. We then were told that we had to pay transfer fee despite the fact the website said it was FREE. When we returned to UK, we phoned and we're told to wait 20 min, which is very reasonable. 50 minutes later we were still waiting, no phone calls, no updates. The weather was dreadful and we had a baby with us. In the end, they ended up bringing our vehicle to the pick up point with 24 extra miles on speedometer, explaining their can broke down. Update would be appreciated. When we contacted the company, 'the manager ' we spoke to was so rude stating it was taken to storage location, which I found very strange as we only had our vehicle parked for 3 days. Will never use them again. PS. member of the staff who greeted us was very nice, the only positive experience with the company.

We found that the company used our car for shuttle runs whilst we were away. We have tried to contact SMG but they refuse to respond.

Operationally this worked fine although i also missed the bit on the webpage that says you have to pay the £10 entrance and exit fees, so could this be a bit clearer/more obvious as it seems a few people also missed it according to previous reviews. Also, and the main reason why i have only given it 2 stars is my car was returned with a lot of bird excrement on. I did write to complain with pictures but was told "We do not have control over birds toilet habits" Which is a disappointing response. Obviously not SMG but you do have control over where you park the vehicles and mine was obviously parked somewhere underneath where there are a lot of birds.

Avoid at all costs. We got to car park, very remote and desolate especially in the dark, nobody there, nobody answering phone and no shuttle service. Unable to leave car or get to airport. Had to spend hundreds to park at shortstay instead and made our flight with minutes to spare. Took a lot of perseverance to get hold of them to ask for refund, no apologies only a load of conflicting excuses. Would never want anybody else to be in this situation, we could have missed our holiday.

Funny you say it's not you. All the emails I have received are from stanstedmeetandgreetparking

The staff are great but the management are something else, expect extra fees that you wasn't made aware of regarding storage and passengers, and check your mileage and fuel amounts before leaving your vehicle with them, they take your key off you so when arguing your rights with them on your return, they keep your key back to force you to part with your money. And if you are lucky like me to see how your vehicle is stored, it will be a very good idea to photograph your vehicle before you leave it with them, as damage is a real possibility. You will spend your holiday worrying about what you have done, use the official ones because the prices could end up the same. The company is trying to block my review, but if you check Google for SMG meet and greet or Smartpark you can see the bad reviews, these are bad news and should not be trusted..

READ AND QUESTION ALL THE SMALL PRINT. I booked SMG thinking it would be my easiest option and also cost effective. I was traveling with my 4year old twins, one of whom is physically disabled, and my mum who is an OAP. As we would be landing at 23.30 I didn’t want any extra hassle on top of two tired children. Our flight didn’t land until just gone 01.00 and I hadn’t informed the company as I totally forgot.(we were only informed on the runway) On landing a message came through saying as we were delayed we would have to get a taxi to their premises as they didn’t operate at this time. The taxi company within the airport said it would be at-least a two hour wait at a £28 cost. Luckily I headed outside where a fellow passenger advised me to use “bolt “ they arrived in 10 minutes and we were driven to the site at the cost of £28. Although it stated that SMG only take bookings 05.00-01.00 it did not say that outside of these hours this would be the outcome. On contacting the company(once home as the didn’t answer my calls) they said they don’t take bookings that land after 23.45 (15mins later than my planned arrival) and that I should’ve read the terms and conditions. Since looking back I still cannot find anywhere that states this is the repercussions of a delay, I would have liked to have been made aware of this before booking. Also the additional costs of getting in and out the car park (£20) were only made clear in my confirmation email, not the terms and conditions, that I could find( although I’m sure if you used a fine tooth comb you could)
It would have been much less stress, hassle and cost to use the official meet and greet at the airport. I will not be using this company ever again.

I booked this service through EZYbook. I chose these guys based on the price and convenience . Never used Meet and Greet before, I was a bit nervous about it ,but gave it a try.
Once we left the county I had a feeling to read the reviews. The comments I saw nearly made my heart stop beating for a minute. ( probably should have read reviews before paying ,but if I had I'd definitely not have used them ) but... I am GLAD I use their service.

Before dropping off the car I was on a phone them couple of times ,I was given detailed and clear instructions on both occasions where the drop off is going to be ,where we are going to meet.
The guy who collected the car was polite and friendly, I would even say he was funny. We told him we are going to be there at 3:00pm , he was already there waining for us.
On our return , we had a 45 min delay so I've called them as soon as I found out we are going to be late they were super cool with that . I was even told they will track our flight ,but wanted us to give them another call once we landed ,so I called again and informed them that we landed at the end we had to wait only 10 min for the driver to turn up with our car. Throughout the whole journey I was very anxious even if the car was going to turn up , or for how long we would have to wait to collect it. At the end it all turned out fine and we didn't have to wait. (only 10 min)
The only reason I am giving 4 starts not 5 is because of the extra £20 charge which we had to pay for using the short stay car park. ( £10,00 drop off , £10,00 collection)
This should have been highlighted on the booking site somewhere, so at least we are aware of the full costs, but apart of that the service was great .
I would really encourage people to leave positive reviews as well as negative . It also helps others to make their choices and have clearer understanding of the company they want to go for. I would never have used these guys based on the reviews, but they are not bad at all .
** This is our experience **

I booked this parking based on price and convenience. After booking I read the reviews and thought this is a mistake. We followed the advice of others, communicated, arrived on time, not too early, to avoid extra charges. We put two cars in over 4 days and we couldn’t fault it. The cars were collected quickly, instructions clear and SMG waiting for us. On return one car was already there. We left the airport quickly in the car we had and the other car was there within ten minutes. I think they were short staffed as the same people had to get both cars on return. All staff were polite and professional. We are usually the people to get a bad experience if there’s one to be had and maybe we were lucky but on this occasion we had a really positive experience.

Don’t use this cowboy outfit. After booking is confirmed you are then informed that you have to pay £10 exit fee on drop off and return. I arrived on time but failed to phone earlier. I was charged £20 cash for rebooking although the driver was there at the drop off point. I will never use again. I normally use Stansted meet and greet that are situated at the terminal. They provide a good service!

I am a regular traveller normally,however Covid restrictions have meant no flights for me for 2 years.In the past I have always used the on airport “Meet and Greet”,drop off your keys on arrival at the Carpark office and collect them from the same office on return.and simply drive away.For some reason this service was unavailable when it came to book parking in September.So I used this company.Only when I completed my booking did I discover that there were 2 payments of seven pounds required in addition to two weeks of parking charges,simply for leaving the meet and greet zone.Drop off went smoothly.However pick up was 50 mins and an excuse…I was asked to sign a piece of paper to say I received the car and it was in the same condition as when I left it in their care.The fact it was 11 pm,dark and the man was in a hurry and torchless…that doesn’t feel very reassuring or professional.There were 32 additional miles on the clock….explained in a previous review as the distance (in a round trip) to the parking facility.Overall a service that lacks a sense of professionalism,but does the job.I will return to the usual meet and greet when it becomes available.

Worst service ever!!! Bunch of hidden charges! They loose my key and then refuse to pay my cabby home, no apology at all, biggest scam! Don't use them!
Every complaint you have has 1 excuse, read the terms and conditions...they want you to read through a whole book, so they can be covered for all their bs!!! Utterly disgusting!!!!

OMGGGG, SO WE GOT BACK YESTERDAY, AND HAVING CALLED THIS COMPANY TO BRING OUR CAR BACK FOR THE MEET AND GREET, WE WAS TOLD NO.. WE WAS TOlD HE COULDN'T GET TO US TILL 3PM..WE ARRIVED AT 10 AM.. HE ABUSED ME OVER THE PHONE.... HE WOULDN'T PICK UP CALLS FROM THE POLICE... AT THE AIRPORT... AND THEY DRIVE UR CAR TO GOD KNOWS WHERE...WHEN WE HANDED TO CAR TO THEM, THE Tank WAS JUST UNDER HALF... GOT CAR BACK NEARLY EMPTY... AND MILES INCREASED... CAR WAS DIRTY... AND THEY DON'T EVEN DO THE CHECK ON THE CAR WHEN THEY TAKE IT.. THE AIRPORT HAS SAID THAT THEY CHANGE THE NAME OF THE COMPANY OFFEN, AND THEY NO LONG SUPPORT THEM... SO THEY NEVER KNOW WHAT TIME YOUR FLIGHT IS RETUNING..

USE THE AIRPORT CAR PARKING.. OR DO YOUR RESEARCH

Your reply is absolutely untrue... And looking at your revues.. You certainly won't be in Bussiness much longer.... From what the Stanstead airport was saying... 15 years and one driver.. Mmm.. OK...so you was awarnt aware of the flight change due to not having flight information surpirt...BECAUSE STANSTEAD HAVE REFUSED YOU.. DUE TO HOW YOU TREAT PEOPLE AND THEIR CARS.. THAT WILL BE ALL.. AND WE HAVE JUST USED ANOTHER PARKING SERVICE WITH ABSOLUTELY NO PROBLEM AT ALL..
GOOD LUCK WITH YOUR TERRIBLE SERVICE... OH AND THE GENTLEMAN WHO HANDED MY KEYS BACK.. STATED YOU MADE HIM MANGER THAT DAY. 😂😂 WHEN HE HAD THE ONLY MOBILE PHONE.. 🤣🤣🤣ALL THE BEST

Would you like me to. Post the flight details of ryanair flight FR8406.. Departure from wroclaw arrive at Stanstead 10.40..where did u get 3. 40.pm..im.happy to forward you the flight info...NO FLIGHT WAS CHANGED.. UR GETTING CONFUSED... AS WE ARE IN A PANDEMIC... WHY DIDN'T YOUR DRIVERS HAVE GLOVES AND MASK ON WHEN TAKING MY CAR.. AND DIDN'T EVEN SANITISE IT.. PRACTICE WHAT YOU PREACH..
That will ALL. Conversion OVER Regards ANOTHER UNSATIFIED CUSTOMER .

I wish people would've checked these reviews before falling into traps of these cowboys. I didn't and I've paid the price. First off the sugar coat their Stansted parking as meet and greet and your think wow what an VIP treatment. I just go by the departure and some chauffeur comes with suit and tie to take my car for an on site parking!!! with a free valet too Really? Think again. These guys don't tell you that first you have to pay the charges of 30 minutes at the cost of almost under a £10er for short stay entry and the same amount on your return making your parking already more expensive than if you paid for a straight on site orange, red, blue etc parking which you would have a peace of mind. These extra costs are in addition to what you already paid them thinking you are making a saving of a couple of quids. Think again. I'm not finished. so their driver (not with suited or tied but with track suit and trainers with an attitude 😀), comes most possibly late (you have to wait for them not the other way around possibly miss your flight too) your costs goes beyond the 30 minutes time allowance on short stay you already paid for making it nearly an addition of £16 one way then similarly when you return. Now you are not told that your shiny full of petrol cars are driven off some 30 odds miles away in a muddy open storage by some unknown reckless drivers who don't care about your clutch or petrol. Your car get dumped in a no man land for god only to monitor it. So after my underage daughter wanted to surprise daddy of her abilities to book my car parking for a week on business using my PayPal! When I was told about this not so cool surprise I checked these guys review and saw all these facts that they hide by not telling you, so i sent them an email requesting cancellation immediately on the same night amazingly they responded professionally and agreed to cancel but I see no refund. Email them again they respond very politely they their refund gateway system is overloaded by many refund backlog that it'll take a month for then to refund me. Wow. Red flag after red flag. I booked my parking with AA (member benefit gives you 15% discount and i parked on site and went off on my business with a peace of mind and no waiting for a suited driver inbound or outbound my key in my own possession open the door of my car like as heaven and drove off home without the slightest wait or glitch. My business partner didn't and this was his experience however, I personally didn't see my refund after 2 weeks and don't have much hope either. You are not dealing with normal honest business people here with moral. Stay away as this is what meet and greet at Stansted means. No no no.

So the business model here is a relatively low price for a fixed booking, but beware if you need to make any changes (and in these difficult times you might!) you will get seriously penalised for it... £60 in my case for two extra days (all covered in the small print terms though)!

You will be asked to pay in cash too and your car not released until you do so; no receipt given, no credit card facilities available strangely (which by happy coincidence negates any of the consumer protection that might be used for disputed charges).

Yes, they are self serving and the boss aggressive, but all this is stated in several places below in more detail.

Strange that they are challenging so many Trust Pilot reviews of late, I wonder if they are good ones...?

A very clear pattern from this hard to contact company, as confirmed in numerous reviews. AVOID!

The car turned up filthy and splattered in mud.

RESPONSE

On purchase, I do not recall your service being described as a, "restricted product" as it is here!

Many people might think that the 35 hours notice of change of schedule (date and time stamped email) might be reasonable, but I understand if it does not meet your terms and conditions.

It is hard to understand what might be a £40 cost for, "additional labour charges", as one drop off is being substituted for another at the same time of the day in a seven day a week operation.

Strange that you challenge so many customer reviews where you feel they have "embellished the truth". Perhaps all the 77% one star reviews on Trustpilot are guilty of this?

As has been pointed out elsewhere, there is no postal address, an accusation you do nothing to refute.

As at least one other reviewer notes a muddy car, there seems little point in me commenting on a process you haven't changed. But your delivery driver no doubt made you aware of me photographing such at return.

RESPONSE TO RESPONSE!
Yes please, I will take that postal address as clearly now HMCS is the best way to present these several arguments and disagreements in the absence of any resolution.

If it helps, I can send you the copy of the timed & dated stamped email to the booking agent (as per their written instructions), if you did not receive this soon after when sent 08.36 CET on 08/10/20 I will happily include the booking agent in the legal action?

Thank you for your prompt response to all these matters, it is much appreciated, but I do think we can better resolve in the Small Claims Court now rather than in this constant back and forth...

I booked long stay parking with them. I thought they were official meet and greet car parking. I was surprised when i got the email. They do not have specific parking location at the stansted airport. They use short parking place. And they let you pay for it. There are additional fees. I tried to contact them by using their after sale phone, they do not answer. I wrote email about the refund, they rejected and she said that they are operating for 14 years but when i checked their company history from companies house. It registered on 19 March 2018. Just stay away from this company.

Amazing trouble free parking and collection, no waiting times just park where directed and off you go into the terminal with a very short walk

Please do not trust these people. The driver turned up late, then 45 mins later I get a call saying they hadn't been able to start our car and we would probably be liable for additional parking charges. Basically he had gone over the £8 30 min charge and was getting this back by making up a story about the car not starting (it had been driven for over two hours and never not starts - plus why was I told this so long after we handed over the keys)? Upon arriving back, the first person I spoke to said we had left the lights on and the battery was flat, then when I asked to speak to someone else I was told that they couldn't start the car due to a fault which miraculously seemed to be ok when they turned up with the car. I was told I owed an additional £20 on top of the £16 I paid at the time of booking. When I questioned this I got shouted at by the man and told if I didn't pay I wouldn't get my car back. We obviously paid but since then I have emailed four times and left messages asking for a copy of the exit ticket that meant there was an additional charge, plus proof of having to jump start the car etc. Absolutely nothing so beware!

Had item stolen from my car whilst in their 'secure' compound.
I'm dealing with the Police and they tell me that this company has nothing whatsoever to do with Stansted Airport.
Roger, the man on the phone, is not interested or helpful, in fact, he's accused me of making this incident up!

Avoid at all costs

I have just seen a reply to my 2019 complaint.
The website booking was wwwstanstedmeetandgreetparking.co.uk
No one has ever tried to contact me and the Police gave up trying to contact anyone as they were meant with a Web of well constructed lies and deceit
If SMG IS A NEW COMPANY VEHICLE STORAGE IS ANYTHING TO DO WITH THAT WEBSITE, THEN AVOID AT ALL COSTS