NOTE: YOU CANNOT RESERVE ONLINE WITHIN 24 HOURS OF YOUR DEPARTURE!
Though the facility and grounds aren't impressive, (in fact they look really run down and could definitely use a facelift simply to improve their curb appeal), the service itself was good overall. The outbound parking experience was great. I pulled up, and then obtained a ticket to put on the dashboard from the greeting attendant who also instructed me to follow the green Park-n-Go van ahead toward my eventual parking spot. Then, once at the spot and I parked my car, the driver was already outside ready to assist. He loaded our bags into the rear of the van and it was off to the airport. Couldn't be easier. However, I was less impressed with the driver upon our early morning return back at DTW. It was a heavy rain downpour that early morning and I was really surprised to find that the driver didn't wait for us to exit the van and meet him at the back of the van by the rear of our car for our bags. Instead, he placed already placed both bags on the soaking wet ground completely exposing them to the rainy heavy downpour where, by the time I was able to load the bags in my car they were soaked. He could have easily waited for us to exit the van and meet him at the back of the van. This is especially true given we were his only passengers for that particular trip! Why was he in such a hurry? That question is actually especially appropriate because I was equally dismayed (if not distressed) by the excessive speed by which he drove us (his only passengers on that trip) on the rain soaked roads from the airport to the Park-n-Go facility. There was absolutely no reason for him to be in such a hurry. I truly consider his speed to have been dangerous given the excessively wet road conditions. In fact, even if it were a bright dry sunny day he was driving way too fast. Fortunately, and because it was so early in the morning around sunrise, there was nearly zero additional road traffic. Lastly, and apparently, if you want to make a reservation within 24 hours of your flight, their website won't permit it and won't inform you why not. I must have attempted a half-dozen times before giving up in frustration. Instead of providing a reasonable explanation as to why you cannot reserve within 24 hours, their verbatim message said: "Sorry, there were no results found for the information you entered. Try adjusting your dates, some minimum stay requirements may be enforced. Perhaps your dates may not match certain availability (i.e., blackout dates). Please change your search criteria and try again." Nowhere on their site does it say, "We apologize but you cannot make a reservation within 24 hours of your departure time" (or something like that). So, upon our exit after being dropped off at our car, I asked about this to the attendants inside the exit booth. They clearly knew about this problem and in response to my question they asked if I tried making that reservation within 24 hours of my departure time. Once I confirmed that was the case they said, "oh yeah, that's the reason why. You can't make a reservation within 24 hours of your departure time. But our manager is going to be updating that on the website this weekend." I doubt it. And here's a weird thing after I handed the ticket I received when I got there earlier in the week to the attendant at the exit booth, the attendant asked me, "on what day did you park your car?" I honestly responded with, "last Tuesday." So here's my question: why would the attendant have asked me when I arrived? My guess is their system was not working. Regardless, definitely be sure to go ahead and visit their website and print out the $10 per day discount coupon as they wholeheartedly honored it upon exit and they charged me correctly, nonetheless. Despite the fact the entire facility looks like crap, the vans were clean enough, the drivers were courteous and efficient, and the service was fast and efficient. I will likely repeat. read more