{"id":676055,"date":"2026-01-05T19:25:14","date_gmt":"2026-01-05T19:25:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/676055\/"},"modified":"2026-01-05T19:25:14","modified_gmt":"2026-01-05T19:25:14","slug":"airport-drop-off-charges-how-does-yours-compare","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/676055\/","title":{"rendered":"Airport drop-off charges: how does yours compare?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\"><b class=\"ssrcss-1xjjfut-BoldText e5tfeyi3\">The fee to drop passengers off at Bristol Airport has increased to \u00a38.50, making it one of the most expensive in England.<\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The charge to park for 10 minutes in the drop-off area has risen a number of times in recent years, increasing from \u00a35 to \u00a36 in 2024 and up to \u00a37 in 2025. Blue badge holders can stay for up to 40 minutes for the same price.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">A spokesperson for the airport said the increase was due to Chancellor Rachel Reeves&#8217; recent budget, which said it would see the airport&#8217;s business rates bill significantly increase.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Clive Wratten from the Business Travel Association said airports were &#8220;pulling the easiest revenue lever&#8221; by increasing their parking fees.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The fee to drop passengers off at Bristol Airport has increased to \u00a38.50, making it one of the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":676056,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8818],"tags":[381,748,393,4884,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-676055","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-bristol","8":"tag-bristol","9":"tag-britain","10":"tag-england","11":"tag-great-britain","12":"tag-uk","13":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115844135357555481","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/676055","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=676055"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/676055\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/676056"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=676055"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=676055"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=676055"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}