Meet & Greet Parking

£79 per day buys you a one-minute walk into EMA T1

Meet & Greet Parking at East Midlands Airport is the premium option: you pull up by T1, hand over your keys, and you’re at check-in in about 60 seconds. It’s valet-style, airport-side, and priced accordingly at around £79.00 per day, so it suits people who really hate buses and remote car parks more than those chasing the cheapest deal.

This is a true walk-to-terminal setup, not a 10-minute “short walk” that turns into a hike. You park at the dedicated Meet & Greet area by T1, drop the car with staff, and head straight to security. A Facebook regular who’d used the standard park-and-ride at EMA said Meet & Greet was “very quick and no hassle with buses” and worth paying extra for that simplicity.

Across UK airports, FlyerTalk regulars say valet parking is strictly “buyer beware” and to stick with airport-run Meet & Greet or the big-name brokers. That’s driven by bad stories from off-brand outfits around EMA and elsewhere: Trustpilot reviews for a Midlands meet & greet operator mention poor communication and slow car returns. The on-airport product at EMA aims to avoid that whole circus.

Price is the sting. UK frequent flyers describe airport parking as already “eye-wateringly high,” and when a self-park long-stay week can already run to triple digits, adding meet & greet on top widens the gap fast. At £79.00 per day, five to seven days at EMA Meet & Greet can overtake a budget airline fare, so this is a comfort and time play, not a money-saving one.

What regulars do: they almost never pay drive-up. Instead, they pre-book Meet & Greet through comparison sites or the airport website weeks ahead to strip the rate back a bit. One last tip: screenshot your booking with the exact drop-off location and time window before you leave home, so you’re not hunting for emails at the T1 barrier.