Park at the airport or get a transfer?

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Let us say it right at the start: sometimes parking is the better deal. It depends on how long you will be away, how many of you are travelling and whether you book your parking in advance. Here is a comparison with real figures, so you can decide for yourself.

What parking costs

Airport prices depend on whether you turn up without a booking or reserve a space online — the difference is big, often as much as half the price.

What a transfer costs

Which option pays off when

Park— if you are travelling alone or as a couple, are away for a week or more and book online. No transfer can beat eight days for 790 CZK.

Get a transfer— if:

• you are travelling as a group — the price is per car, not per person, so four people pay the same as one;
• you are away for only a few days and do not want to bother with booking — three days without a booking cost 2 200 CZK, two rides 1 600 CZK;
• you are flying early in the morning or at night and do not want to get behind the wheel tired after landing — we drive night transfers with no surcharge;
• you are leaving the car for someone at home, or simply do not want it standing outside for a week.

What people forget about parking

On top of the parking ticket comes the drive there and back — fuel, wear and tear, and the time spent finding a space and getting to the terminal. With car parks further away, allow for a shuttle bus and an extra ten minutes each way, which feels very different with suitcases and children than when travelling light.

And one thing you only notice when you come back: if your flight is delayed, you pay for another day of parking. Not with a transfer — we track the flight number and the pick-up time moves by itself; 30 minutes after landing are included in the price, 60 minutes for flights from outside the Schengen area.

What about public transport?

The airport is served by trolleybus 59 from Nádraží Veleslavín, where you change from the metro, and by the Airport Express from the main railway station (Hlavní nádraží). For one person travelling light it is the cheapest option, and there is no point pretending otherwise.

With suitcases, with children or at half past four in the morning, public transport is a different game from travelling light at midday — and that is exactly where a transfer starts to make sense.

Who will drive you

Solid Transfers is the licensed passenger transport business of Petr Gočov, company ID (IČO) 01866249, running since 2016. But he has been behind the wheel for longer: he has held a driving licence since he was eighteen, has been driving for more than twenty years and has covered around 1.5 million kilometres. On top of that, he has his own car workshop, so the cars are well maintained and we never fail to turn up in the morning because of a breakdown.

We are not a dispatch service that passes your ride on to a driver you do not know — we drive our own Mercedes-Benz cars. There is more on our About us page.