Tampa Airport Parking

There are a variety of Tampa airport parking options at Tampa International Airport. This is another reason that the airport is considered to be one of the best in the nation.

Now after you have your tickets taken care of, you will find that parking at the airport is conveniently laid out with many options.  There is

• valet parking
• short term parking
• long term parking
• economy parking
• parking in the cell phone waiting lot

Valet Parking

Valet parking is the most convenient of all the Tampa airport parking options. 

You can drop off your car for valet parking on the blue curbside between the hours of 5:30 a.m. – 5:30 p.m. 

Outside of these hours you must drop off on Level 5 of the Short Term garage.

I really don’t see what the advantage of valet parking would be if you have to drop off your car at the garage, but I guess there could be instances where it may be beneficial.

The cost for valet parking is $2.00 per ½ hour with a $5 minimum.  The maximum amount that you would have to pay per 24 hours is $25.

Short Term Parking

Short term parking is another option for Tampa airport parking. 

The garage for short term parking is located above the terminal, which I love since you do not have to cross any roads and the walking distance is reduced.

Parking for the first hour is free.  

After the first hour parking is $1.00 per 20 minutes. 

The maximum amount that you would have to pay per 24 hours is $20.

Long Term Parking

The long term parking garage is located next to the terminal.

The Monorail takes you to the terminal from level 5 of the long term parking garage when you are ready to pick up your vehicle or you can walk to the terminal from level 2.

Parking for the first hour is free.  After the first hour parking is $1.00 per 20 minutes with the maximum amount of $15 per 24 hours.

Economy Parking

Economy parking is the best of all the Tampa airport parking options if you are going to be gone for more than a few days and saving money is more important than convenience.

The economy parking garage is located away from the terminal.  You will see signs for economy parking when entering the airport area.

Shuttles run 24 hours a day with pickups scheduled every 3 to 7 minutes.

The rate is $1.00 per 20 minutes with a 24 hour maximum of $9.

Cell Phone Waiting Lot 

Another choice for temporary Tampa airport parking is the cell phone waiting lot.  This is used if you are picking someone up from the airport.

You simply wait for your party’s flight to arrive.  You can tell when the flight comes in by monitoring the large flight information board that they have in the parking lot.

Then wait for their call to know when they have their luggage and off you go to pick them up at the curb.

There is free Wi-Fi in the parking lot so you can spend some time browsing the internet or checking e-mail while waiting for their flight to arrive.

There is no charge for using this parking lot.

There are parking location reminder cards at the elevators in the garages or you can get them from the shuttle driver for Economy parking to help you remember where you parked.

If you forget where your car is located you can use the phones near the elevator to get help on finding your vehicle.

Disabled parking is available on all levels of all the Tampa airport parking garages and next to the bus stops in the Economy Parking Lot.

So there you have it.  These are all of your airport parking options.  As you can see you have quite a few options.

There are signs for all of the parking lots so just follow the signs and you should have no problem finding them.

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