Sky-Park

The former off airport Avistar and Sky Park parking lots around Newark, La Guardia and around 24 other major airports in the U.S. were recently bought out by the new «The Parking Spot» company with iconic black spots on yellow vans for transportation to and from the airport terminals. My favorite lot at Newark is #2 (the former Sky Park) because I prefer to self-​park my car. #2 charges $ 12.95 per day, but, as a membership regular, I enjoy discounted parking of $ 9.95 per day as well as frequent traveler points, which I can redeem for future personal travel at any of The Parking Spots. When I return to Newark I always call them to make sure a bus is on the way to pick me up. Sometimes I do have to wait about 10 minutes for pick-​up at the airport, which is a minor inconvenience, but, you get what you pay for.

Went to Indiana for 4 days and left my beat up honda civic in Sky/​Park.
Once you find it, leave your car in the lot, get on a shuttle, and your at the check-​in in 15 min. You dont have to show anything to anybody.
On coming back, it took 20 minutes for the guy to show up. Avistar seemed to have a lot more shuttles/​business, but its all the same company!!! We reserved a spot online and it was the same price as regular (12 bucks a night). AAA gets you 10% off, and a business card gives you 15% off. All in all very smooth parking but newark sucks and Im never going back.

Pretty good for cheap parking, got a coupon for $ 8.99/day for self parking. The shuttle comes every 10 minutes or so and goes to all the gates from there.
The major knock against it is its location — by being right after a ramp, they have to loop around for three minutes longer than the Avistar Haynes lot. But as it is often $ 2/​day cheaper, I can deal with it.
Also the parking lot is really beat up from the winter, so if your car is a delicate flower the pockmarked pavement might hurt.

The extremely good part of the service are the shuttle drivers. I speak broken Spanish and they were happy to converse with me and were very friendly.
That’s the best I can say. Now it starts going downhill.
I purchased my parking spot through Priceline. After purchasing the parking spot with my airline ticket and rent a car for Florida I noticed that they offer a lower price with a coupon on the internet.
The place was very difficult to find. They do not list their phone number on the Priceline receipt. I found their phone number on line. When I called they did not know how Garmin GPS software lists their address.
On my drive to Skypark, I missed an exit and spent 20 minutes driving in circles to find the place.
When I went into the main enterance, I had the choice of 3 gates. They were labeled in an unclear way. I thought that I was on the show where the host would say do you want doorway number 1 or curtain number 2 or driveway number 3? I picked the wrong one and then had to manuever into the lane on the left.
On the way back from my travel I went to the window to pay for my ticket. I had the lower priced coupon on top and my Skypark voucher information below. The window person charged me for all of the days on my credit card. I should have noticed, but I was still adjusting to the 50 degree weather change and I was tired.
At 3:00 am I woke up realizing my mistake. I called SkyPark and they told me to call back at 9:00 am which I did. They told me that they will not credit my credit card for about $ 85.00 since they already charged me. I asked to speak to a higher up person who said the same thing in a curt manner. They know I made a mistake and they could fix it, but they chose not to.
I contacted Priceline who says that it will take 7 to 10 days to review the issue and they can not say if I will get any money back.
I am also working with my credit card company to try to stop payment.
There are plenty of other lots to try.

You actually don’t have to call ahead for a pickup, the shuttles do run continuously. It might not be a bad idea if you get in really late, but I’ve landed after 1am and they were still running without me calling ahead.
The drivers are really nice. The cashiers are pretty curt, but still professional. I would definitely recommend having a small shovel and scraper in the car in the winter because they will plow your car in and don’t always have a shovel available to help you dig out. I did find out (the unfortunate way) that they do have a long pair of jumper cables if you need them.
Make sure to check out the airline magazine in the seat pocket during your flight. Skypark constantly runs an ad for either 1 free day of parking or 20% off your total purchase (both are before tax though) in all the major airline magazines. They do offer corporate discounts, as well as an extra program which guarantees you 20% every stay but they charge you a small yearly fee.
A few years back, SkyPark was still part of the Central Parking System but have since been bought out by FastTrack parking (which also owns Avistar). It makes the shuttle situation a little confusing on rare occasions as they will use any shuttle available and add a small hand written sign indicating which company it represents that day. One bonus of this change of owners is that now they issue points per dollar spent which can than be redeemed for free parking but you have to make a reservation online and bring the printout with you. The old system gave you a coupon per stay and 10 would get you a free visit.
I’ve been using SkyPark for about 4 years now without any problems, and I travel at least twice a month.

U should see the driver that just packed our shuttle. I should call the cops. Illegal how many are on with luggage. Not worth the price with the all hassle. Crazy, crazy.

We parked here for a trip over Christmas. When we returned, there were two cars parallel parked behind our car blocking our car. It took the understaffed lot attendants one hour to find the keys to one of the cars and move them. The cashier was obnoxious and hung up on us when we tried to call from the car to find out what was happening. We waited inside our car in 17 degree weather for over an hour.

Making reservations online was easy. You can easily get corporate rates by showing your business card. Be sure that if you prepay online that you bring your confirmation sheet showing their address. I made the mistake of not doing that and had to scrounge to prove that I had paid for that site. They don’t have internet access so it’s impossible for them to check your confirmation number. The shuttles do not run continuously around the airport picking up guests; you must call them after you get your luggage. They use 2 different types of shuttles and you must pay attention. They have their Sky/​Park shutte, which is easy to see. However, they also use Avistar shuttles, but you should check that the door or window says «SkyPark». Parking is self-​park and not covered.