Parking costs at universal Studios?

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Originally Posted by Nimbus

It's no different from many other hotels, both in the US and here in the UK. I stay at hotels here in the UK sometimes due to work and some of them charge a nightly fee for parking. Some hotels don't even have their own carpark and instead you have to use a nearby NCP carpark (or similar).

It's a way for the business to make more money. It's not crazy (from a business sense) but is a bit greedy. Of course, they could include the cost into the price of the hotel room but then that would penalise those who don't have a car.

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I don’t think it’s the same business model as such, the aim is not to earn money from parking charges. The parking charge is to influence guests away from hiring a car - keeping them onsite more and increasing average spend per guest.

[Nimbus]

Originally Posted by WorldDrive

I don’t think it’s the same business model as such, the aim is not to earn money from parking charges. The parking charge is to influence guests away from hiring a car - keeping them onsite more and increasing average spend per guest.

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Yes, I think that is probably the business model for Disney.

Of course, it also earns them some additional money from those that do park their cars there - and that includes a lot of Americans who have driven there in their own cars. Whether it's their model or not, they will be making extra money from this.