Short Term Parking

Same-day trip with a 3-minute walk? This is the lot.

Short Term Parking at MRY sits a 1–3 minute walk from the terminal, so you’re not paying Premium rates just to be at the front curb. It’s a short-stay setup, suited to day trips, quick business overnights, or picking someone up when you want to park instead of circling the loop.

Rates run up to a $30.00 maximum per 24 hours, billed as a standard short-term lot rather than hourly street pricing. For most same-day runs, you’ll land under that cap, but the ceiling matters if your meeting runs long and you roll into a second calendar day.

The standout detail here: this is the only MRY lot with a published disabled parking discount. Vehicles with a Disabled Person plate or DP placard get a reduced handicap rate that caps at $18 per 24 hours instead of the usual $30. The airport spells out that this discount lives in Short Term only.

Important fine print: that disabled discount does not apply in Long Term or in Short Term (Premium); the airport site calls out Short Term by name in the policy. If you qualify, skip the other lots and head straight to this one to lock in the $18 handicap daily maximum.

There aren’t widespread complaints about this lot online, and with such a short 3-minute walk, traffic around the terminal loop is usually a bigger time variable than the walk itself. The trade: slightly farther from the doors than Short Term (Premium), but a meaningfully lower daily cost ceiling.

Tip: If you use a DP plate or placard, park only in the signed Short Term Parking area and confirm the $18 handicap daily rate on the pay machine or posted board before you leave the car.