Baltimore Survey Finds Americans Not Cutting Travel Plans but Seeking Ways to Save...

Baltimore Survey Finds Americans Not Cutting Travel Plans but Seeking Ways to
Save Money

BALTIMORE, March 24 /PRNewswire/ -- According to a survey conducted by Fast
Park, an off-site airport parking company, 66 percent of its business and
leisure travel customers plan to take the same number of trips as they did
last year. Although they do not plan to cut travel plans, they are looking for
ways to save money on those trips.

According to the airport parking company survey, almost 50 percent of
travelers will reduce expenses over the next six months. Fifty percent plan to
look for online deals, 27 percent will plan trips closer to home, 21 percent
plan to shorten trips and 11 percent listed other ways.

Fifty-three percent of business travelers reported their employer has taken
measures to reduce travel costs in 2009. Of those, 56 percent said their
companies mandated specific cost-cutting travel policies; 54 percent said
companies cut travel across the board; 38 percent restricted the number of
employees allowed to travel; 14 percent established new partnerships with
services in exchange for discounts and 13 percent reported other measures.

"It's clear most of our customers want to (or must) continue traveling despite
current economic conditions," said Manuel Chavez, chief operations officer at
Fast Park. "We're all affected by the current economy in one way or another.
Many of our corporate partners are unable to reduce their travel and we
understand their need to reduce expenses. We're working with these groups
individually to develop bulk rate discounts whenever we can."

Fast Park offers exclusive airport parking discounts to its frequent parkers
and corporate partners. They also provide online deals and coupons to
customers at airportfastpark.com.

Fast Park Baltimore operates two facilities, a blue lot and a red lot, at the
Baltimore Washington International Airport. Both locations provide a shuttle
service that conveniently picks up patrons directly outside their car door.
Each facility also provides added amenities such as, complimentary jump starts
and flat-tire assistance, free bottled water, free newspapers, free luggage
assistance and free kids activity books. In addition, the red lot offers oil
change and car wash services. Airportfastpark.com offers a special online
coupon of $6.40 per day, excluding tax, at the Baltimore airport parking
facility.

Fast Park, headquartered in Cincinnati, is an off-site airport parking company
operating 14 facilities in 10 markets throughout the country. Business units
of Fast Park include Airport Fast Park, FastPark & Relax and Park Place.
Airport Fast Park facilities are located in Albuquerque, N.M.; Austin, Texas;
Baltimore (two facilities); Cincinnati (two facilities); Cleveland; Memphis,
Tenn.; and Miami. A Park Place facility is located in Cleveland. Fast Park &
Relax facilities are located in Houston; Raleigh, N.C., and Tucson, Ariz. The
self-serve parking service is open 24 hours per day, seven days per week, with
instant shuttle service transporting customers to their specific terminal.

SOURCE Fast Park

Amy Crowley, Powers Agency, +1-513-763-1540, acrowley@powersagency.com