Short Term Parking

Two‑minute walk to T1 arrivals makes this the locals’ pickup spot

Short Term Parking at Owen Roberts (GCM) sits directly next to the T1 terminal, so you’re about a 2‑minute walk from your car to the arrivals exit. This is the lot people use when they want to walk inside and meet family as they come out of Customs, instead of circling the curb in traffic.

This is a true short‑stay setup: park, walk into T1, grab your person, and head out. The entrance is right by the terminal access road, and you can be at the main arrivals doors in under 150 seconds at a normal walking pace. It’s overkill for long holidays, but for a quick pickup or drop‑off, the time savings beat any off‑airport option.

Payment is the quirk here. TripAdvisor threads as recent as 2023 still ask if the short‑term lot is cash‑only, because for years that was the norm at GCM. That means some returning visitors land, reach for a card, and then remember they needed Cayman dollars or US cash the last time they parked here.

Regulars treat this lot as a meet‑and‑greet zone: they park in Short Term, walk into T1, and wait just outside Customs so they can intercept arriving passengers as soon as they clear. One 2023 poster specifically planned to park here to meet family right at the Customs exit, skipping the curbside chaos entirely.

Tip: bring a small amount of cash in Cayman dollars or US dollars in case the short‑term machines still haven’t fully caught up with card payments by the time you arrive.