Holidaymakers' fury after cars left trapped in muddy field with keys missing as police investigate Manchester Airport 'meet and greet' firms
14.04.2022 - 08:31
/ manchestereveningnews.co.uk
A number of holidaymakers who left their cars with a 'meet and greet' airport parking service have returned to find them trapped in a muddy field with their keys missing. Three travellers who flew out of Manchester Airport and booked the parking through an online comparison site, have told the Manchester Evening News that they were unable to contact the firm they booked with and have their cars returned when they landed.
All three eventually traced their cars to a boggy field in Styal, Cheshire, just two miles from the airport. However only one has been able to drive theirs away, with two currently blocked in. The master keys to all three vehicles which were handed over on departure are still missing, causing their owners big headaches.
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There are believed to be a number of other people affected. Police say they are aware of issue and they are trying to establish what has happened. The firms operating the service are not connected to Manchester Airport, a spokesperson confirmed.
All three drivers the M.E.N. spoke to said they wanted officers to do more to help with their plans being thrown into turmoil. Student Megan Kelly, 20, from Rochdale booked her parking online last week and was met by a man wearing a hi-vis jacket who collected the keys to her Vauxhall Corsa and drove it away prior to her flight to Milan.
However when she returned to Manchester the following evening the number she had been given to arrange collection repeatedly went to voicemail. "I was panicking because I thought it might be gone completely" Megan said.
After reporting it stolen she said she also rang the website she booked
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