Long Stay Parking

$140 a week gets you on-airport at Gold Coast

Long Stay Parking at OOL sits about 0.5 miles from T1, with a signed walking route that takes roughly 10 minutes gate-to-gate if you’re moving at normal speed. It’s the on-airport option aimed at trips of several days, not quick overnights. The pitch is simple: park once, keep your keys, and walk straight to departures without waiting on shuttles or calling rideshares.

Pricing is flat and easy to do in your head: about $20.00 per day, capped at roughly $140.00 for a 7-day stay. Once you’re over four days, you’re firmly in long-stay territory and start to see value versus stacking multiple short-stay days. For two-week trips, plan the numbers carefully, because at $20.00 per day you’re quickly in the $280+ range and off-site lots can undercut that.

The big catch is availability. TripAdvisor posters report the long-stay calendar showing “no car parks available” weeks in advance of school holidays, especially for 7+ night bookings. One visitor couldn’t get a single long-stay spot for their dates and had to pivot to off-airport parking after the on-site system showed sold out. If you see a green date range for your trip, grab it.

Regulars on Gold Coast forums say they start checking third‑party car parks and nearby motel park-and-fly deals as soon as Long Stay Parking at OOL shows sold-out dates for their week. Some pair one night in an airport-area motel with up to 7 or 14 nights of parking bundled in, often beating the straight $140.00 weekly price. It’s a trade-off: a shuttle ride versus a 10-minute walk.

Tip: Lock in Long Stay Parking as soon as your flights into and out of T1 are confirmed, then re-check prices at off-site lots; if you find a better weekly rate than $140.00, you can cancel and switch before your trip.