If you are away for a week, a fortnight or longer, Stansted long stay parking is where the real savings sit. The maths is simple: the further you park from the terminal, the lower the daily rate, and the more days you are away, the more that difference compounds. At Compare parking prices, we bring the long stay Stansted car parking options into one search, so you can check live prices, ratings and transfer arrangements, then book in minutes. Deals start at £79.99 for eight days, which works out at £10 a day for a secure, monitored space with a shuttle to the main terminal included. Every operator listed holds a five-star customer rating, and flexible bookings come with free cancellation cover.
Long stay parking works on a simple trade. You give up the walk from a terminal car park, and in return you get the lowest daily rate at the airport, a guaranteed space and a shuttle bus that does the last few minutes for you. Over a two-night trip, that trade barely pays. Over a fortnight it saves a serious amount of money.
| Long Stay Option | Rating | Starting Price (8 Days) | Cost Per Day | Best For |
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| SMG Park and Ride | 5 stars | £79.99 | £10.00 | The cheapest long stay option at Stansted |
| Stansted Park & Ride | 5 stars | £80.00 | £10.00 | Same price point, five-star-rated alternative |
Prices are indicative and may vary depending on your travel dates, availability and how far in advance you book.
Long stay parking at Stansted starts from £79.99, the minimum pre-booked price at this airport, based on an 8-day stay, the standard comparison duration. Both services cover the main terminal. Parking prices for Stansted short stay and long stay are live and move with demand and season, so search your exact dates for a current quote. Booking two to four weeks ahead usually secures the lowest rate, and every booking includes free SMS confirmation.
For context, the cheapest meet and greet at Stansted is £99.99 for the same eight days. That £20 gap is what a terminal door handover costs you. On a two-week trip, the gap tends to widen, which is exactly why long stay car parking Stansted travellers book for holidays rather than for overnight business trips.
Long stay Stansted parking suits a specific kind of trip, and it is worth being honest about where it does and does not work.
Book a long stay if: you are away five days or more, you want the lowest total cost, especially for Stansted park & ride, and you are happy with a short shuttle ride, or you are travelling on a package holiday where every saved pound goes further at the other end.
Look elsewhere if: you are away one or two nights, where the daily rate difference is too small to justify the transfer, or you are on a tight connection where a terminal door handover genuinely saves you time. In those cases, compare our Stansted car parking meet and greet options instead.
The overlap sits around the three- to four-day mark. There is no rule of thumb worth trusting there, so put both through the search box with your dates and let the live prices settle it.
Leaving a car for two weeks raises a fair question: how well is it looked after? Every Stansted parking long stay operator we list runs a purpose-built secure compound with 24-hour CCTV, perimeter fencing, barrier-controlled entry and regular staff patrols, and operators are vetted before they appear on our platform. Your vehicle stays inside the secured site for the whole trip. Whether you search Stansted car parking long stay or long stay car parking Stansted, the same vetted operators come up, and the same applies if you're after Stansted long stay parking prices or long stay Stansted airport parking more generally.
The compounds sit close to the airport with quick access from the M11 and the main approach road, which keeps transfers short whether you are driving in from London, Essex, Hertfordshire or Cambridge. Because Stansted runs from a single main terminal, every long stay parking Stansted Airport deal on this page covers the whole airport, so there is no wrong booking to make and nothing to check against your airline.
We are an independent comparison platform working with multiple operators, not a car park chasing occupancy, so the comparison is genuine. Book through us, and you get a straight side-by-side view of vetted five-star operators, savings of up to 60 percent against gate rates, free cancellation cover on flexible bookings, free SMS confirmation and UK-based support on 03333 447 877 before, during and after your trip. If you would rather see every service the airport offers in one place, compare Airport parking Stansted-wide from our main hub page, then filter down to what suits your dates.
| Car Parking | Company | Customer Rating | Terminal | 8 Days Price |
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SMG Value Plus Meet & Greet |
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Main Terminal, |
£ 124.99
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SMG VIP Meet & Greet - Undercover |
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Main Terminal, |
£ 154.99
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Easy Meet and Greet Stansted |
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Main Terminal, |
£ 124.99
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SMG Park and Ride |
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Main Terminal, |
£ 57.99
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Stansted Parking Services Meet and Greet |
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Main Terminal, |
£ 64.99
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Stanstetd Park & Ride |
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Main Terminal, |
£ 52.00
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Stansted Meet & Greet |
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Main Terminal, |
£ 64.99
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SPS Meet & Greet |
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Main Terminal, |
£ 0.00
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