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Save On Parking At RDU Airport

Employee discount on FastPark membership offers parking for $3.40 a day

FastPark & Relax runs up to 11 vans between the RDU airport terminal and their parking lot, just five minutes away. Photo courtesy of FastPark & Relax.
FastPark & Relax runs up to 11 vans between the RDU airport terminal and their parking lot, just five minutes away. Photo courtesy of FastPark & Relax.

As Margaret Riley pulled her car into a parking spot at FastPark & Relax, a bright green shuttle pulled up behind her. 

"Need any help with your bags?" the bus driver asked. 

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 "Thanks," replied Riley, as the driver lifted a small suitcase onto the shuttle. He handed her a green ticket with the location of her car and The News & Observer. Content, she settled in for a five-minute ride to the Raleigh-Durham International Airport (RDU). 

Riley, director and associate dean of the global education office for undergraduates, uses FastPark & Relax when she flies out of RDU about once a month. Recently, she learned that FastPark offers Duke employees a discount on membership. She signed up and took advantage of that savings opportunity: four days of parking for $13.60 instead of $20. 

"It was a good deal before," she said, "but the extra discount makes it fantastic." 

FastPark & Relax, located less than a mile north of the airport, participates in PERQS, the Duke discount program for faculty and staff. By enrolling in FastPark's Relax for Rewards program through the PERQS website, faculty and staff can receive a "Relax for Awards" card to park for $3.40 per day (including tax), instead of $5. 

The company runs up to 11 vans, depending on the time of day, making the average wait time from the terminal to the parking lot less than five minutes, said Peter Guggenheim, marketing director at FastPark, who contacted Duke Human Resources to be part of the discount program.

"I knew it was something we wanted to be part of, since so many Duke employees are such loyal customers of ours," he said.

Riley finds the friendly drivers, luggage assistance and parking-to-terminal service through FastPark as convenient as parking at the airport, which costs $10 per day.

"When I used to park in the main RDU ramp, I'd often drive around for 20 minutes just looking for a parking space. Then when I found one, it always seemed to be at the far end of the building from the terminal entrance I wanted," she said. "FastPark is so much easier, and it costs a whole lot less."