This trip to Arizona, my wife and I discovered something rather interesting. It is a private parking lot near Baltimore-Washington Thurgood Marshall Airport. BWI has its own parking lots, but we had heard the private parking lots were a little cheaper and had some nice amenities, like free newspapers and water. So, we headed out to Airport Fast Park.
When we got there, they told us exactly what row to park in, and the very first spot was open. A shuttle had arrived and was helping us load bags literally before we could get all the bags out of the car. We scored a free newspaper and a quicker ride to the airport than the shuttles at the long-term parking. In addition to all this, even with taxes, the daily rate will be less than the long-term parking lot and for every 8 days we stay, we get a free day of parking.
So, thanks to private competition, we will end up getting better service and paying less than if we had parked in the official airport parking lots.
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