SFO – Domestic Hourly Parking Garage

Clean, easy to find a parking space, and quick walk to terminal. Lots of positives, only negative is the price at $ 36/​day.

They make it really difficult to park easily near terminal 1. Also they don’t have it clearly stated where to park in order to be close to the terminal. So I unknowingly parked in the F area and took a nice long walk to terminal one. I guess moral of the story look at the map before you arrive because once you get there they do not help you. It is useful that they have reminder cards that you fill out when you get to the elevator so you don’t forget where you parked. Maybe the guy in the other review should have used it: P also the parking garage is super short, what is it 6’6″? I don’t know about you but I find that pretty claustrophobic.
As far as the prices, yes they are expensive but in a major international airport in an already expensive city what do you expect? I found it okay and it probably wouldn’t have been so expensive for me if they showed me where to park in order to quickly get to the terminal I needed to get to.
The nice thing was it was easy to exit and I didn’t have to wait in line or anything to pay.

Because of the train and location this is not a bad place to park. Just the price and condition makes it bad. As one of my pictures showed, parking is $ 2 every 20 minutes. And walking or taking the train to Terminal 1 takes about that much time.
The spots are narrow and their is no security around. The spots are narrow, I drive a Japanese car and after parking in the middle of the spot I barely have enough room to open the door enough to get out.

I’m not a seasoned frequent flyer so maybe I don’t know the ropes. On my way out of this massive parking lot level 3 area I stopped at Joe D’s booth. I had my ticket ‘the one you get from the automated machine when you first come in” I say to Joe… I say’s do I stick this ticket in here”? The only reason I asked was that his hand was sticking out of the booth… he just gave me the look you know that disgusted look… he never said 2 words to me and looked the other way… akaay I get it! If his hand hadn’t been sticking out the booth I never would have asked in the first place in the second place getting a job at an Airport and being rude to folks who are not that familiar with protocol is no reason to treat everybody like a bug! Would it hurt to be pleasant in the morning? I’m sure on occasion that ticket machine may be out of order hench the hand out the window, and it’s possible you might have asked me to hand you the ticket… yes.

If I’m going to pay exorbitant daily rates for parking in a legit spot, you better not ticket me for a missing front plate. Bad form. And, you just lost a long-​term customer.

I parked Nema S.‘s car here on the way to the airport this past thursday night. Only problem is I didn’t pay attention when I got out, because I was late already, and now I have no idea where the car is. Nema S. if you’re reading this… sorry bro, hope we can find it.

I travel a lot and always short trips. I love that I can use an airport with so many direct flights and park right at the terminal. I find it clean and safe. I do wish they offered the same handicapped placard discounts that OAK and SJC offer (long term rates in the short term garage).
I’ve never been shut out of this garage and it’s a good feeling to know that I’ll be parked within 30 seconds of exiting 101.

This review pertains solely to the hourly parking lot at San Francisco International Airport (SFO).
When you have to pick up or drop someone off at SFO, make it easy on yourself and park in the hourly parking spaces. The access to the terminal is very easy from the parking garage. You can go to the top level or park on the 2^nd level and access the terminal with a minimal effort and you will avoid the hassle of Homeland Security procedures against parking curbside while embarking or dropping off your loved ones. The newest and most welcome feature to using the hourly parking is the pay terminals. Now they have terminals that do not use people to take your money. You have the ability to insert the ticket from your car followed by your credit card. The transaction takes less than 20 seconds. Yes, you read the last sentence right, less than 20 seconds. I timed it. While the cars were lined up to exchange cash for their parking ticket I zoomed through the credit line and was on my way.
The parking rates are $ 1 per every 12 minutes with a maximum of $ 33 for every 24 hours. This is not the lot to use if you are planning on leaving your car for an extended period of time. This garage gets high marks for convenience and ease of use.