Overnight Airport Parking

My first experience to park my car for some 2 or 3 days at the NAIA 3 overnight parking was about 3 or 4 months ago when I went to Bacolod. It was great. No need for someone to bring me to the airport any longer. So the next time around when I went to Cagayan de Oro with my family, I again decided to park at NAIA 3's overnight parking area. It almost became a disaster. We needed to check-in already but there was no place to park! It was full! According to the guards.

Finally, the guard changed his mind and allowed me to park in the one remaining slot that was vacant. Thankfully, he "found" one vacant slot after checking it again. Whew! I gave him something to make him smile and told him to please watch my car while I was away. He happily obliged!

Last Saturday, I was again falling in line at the entrance of NAIA 3's overnight parking area. The line was really long. It was a holiday and everyone's going out of Manila! The guard waved at me so I drove near him bypassing all the other cars in line. I thought I was "lucky" but I was told instead that it was full! He said "Try Marriot." I asked for directions and went there. It was too expensive! One thousand pesos per night.

Thankfully, I was 2 or 3 hours early so I looked for another place to park. Without really thinking so much about it, I was led (by the Lord so I can accomplish what he wants me to do?) to the parking space at the old Domestic Airport. And to my surprise, they now allow overnight parking! And they have the same rates as in NAIA 3, P50 per night. What a relief!

So I was able to park with peace of mind. The place was half full unlike at NAIA 3. There was plenty of parking space. I just took a taxi going to NAIA 3 and off I flew to Davao. When I came back, the car was still there -- my old car -- which hopefully no one would be interested to carnap. LOL. With peace of mind, I drove back home to Pampanga.

Now you know it. I hope I'll still have parking space the next time I go there!