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Okay so this is a random question... but when you drive someone to the airport, do you generally just drop them off? (Assuming the person is an adult)
I'm asking because my husband and I were visiting his family this weekend and had (what we thought) was a weird experience. His sister needed to go to the airport and his parents wanted us to go with them. So we go... but we get to the airport and rather than going up to the departures area and dropping her off, his dad parked the car in the parking lot then all four of us had to follow her in and wait while she printed her ticket from the kiosk, then walk her over to the gate so she could check her bag, then walk her to security. She is 28 (and of sound mind). The whole time my husband and I are exchanging glances like.... wtf. Why are we wasting all this time following her around when she doesn't need our help?? We thought it was super strange.
So I'm curious... if you're dropping someone off at the airport... do you drop them off at the departures area? Or do you park the car and walk them in before saying goodbye?
I've always just dropped them off at the departure area (not paid for parking) since that is what they prefer.
We used to go inside and wait at the gate, but there is no point now that you can't go passed security.
@JoJo Bananas: Exactly.
I used to go and sit with fam or friends if they were flying by themselves. Get a coffee and chit chat. However, now that you can't really spend more than 10 minutes with them. What's the point? Why pay the parking fee? I just drop them off and leave.
Honestly, it depends on who it is and how long it's going to be until I see them again. With family, I only see them maybe once a year, so I'll squeeze every last drop out of that visit. But if it's someone local, and I'll see them in a week, just a drop off is fine.
It really depends on who it is an how long they're going for. If it's just for a week that they're going or it's not someone close then drop them off at the drop off point. If it's a close family member and they're going for months then I'll be with them until they go through the security check.
When it is family we go in, unless it was discussed for some reason and the person leaving said it was ok not to. If it is just a friend we just drop them off.
It would depend on who it was. If I were to drop FI off, I'd probably tag along until security but if it was like a friend or something, they'd get left at the curb.
@JoJo Bananas: right. i mean that would make slightly more sense.... although i would still argue that if your son/DIL who you see a total of maybe 4-5 days/year are in town for 36 hours and you're taking your daughter who has been in town for 2 weeks to the airport... that is maybe not the best use of your time together..... :) But yea... not the case. As we were driving away though his dad was commenting how he doesn't like how you can't wait at the gate anymore and my husband and i just looked at each other like like... omg thank god. haha.
ok it took me a long time to type that last response... i'm really surprised by how many people say that they would go in! I mean I guess if it was DH and it was going to be like 3 months until I saw him again I would probably go in.... but that's about it. Following someone around is not quality time to me. I'd never even really heard of/thought about people doing that now that you can't go to the gate.
If I have to brave the traffic at the airport, I am dropping your rear at the door. No bloody way would I want to wait around for all the ticketing bs and then go through trying to get out if the parking area. No freaking way.
At our airport, the parking lot is really far away. You have to park and then take a shuttle over to the actual terminal, so it's a huge hassle to walk someone to security. FI will usually come in and get me to security, but he usually just doesn't want to see me go. :)
When I was in college I was in an LDR and when we would bring eachother to the airport we would go in, cuz it would be months till we would would see eachother again. Other than that, hell freaking no. And to be quite best I prefer just being dropped off, that way I can throw on my ipod and be on my way!
Since going inside is so rare for me, I voted that I just drop them off, btw
When DH and I were long distance, we would always go in with each other and wait until the last possible second to say goodbye. It was nice when I was the one leaving as in Australia, security isn't as strict and non-passengers can go to the gate for domestic flights. I usually had a domestic flight before my international flight to the US so he always accompanied me to my gate.
Going the other way, I would go in with him as of course you have to check in for international flights ages early and then we'd sit together until the last possible second for him to go through security.
Other than that though, no, I don't go in with people. Drop and run is my preferred method of airport travel! :-)
if its hubby i see him off and when he arrives but if its someone else i hire a driver/car to pickup and drop off because its $125 one way and its cheaper than paying sydney tolls and parking charges
Depends. When I dropped of DH (deployment) they gave me a pass for me to go with him all the way to the terminal until he got on the plane since it's hard to say goodbye....any other circumstance (like your situation) I'm at the express drop off!
It depends how well I know them, how much I see them, how long they are going for, and how much they have flown! Before DH and I were married, he asked if I could drop him off at the airport. It was a short flight and he wouldn't be gone long and the time was inconvienent for me. I couldn't figure out why he just wouldn't take a cab, but he really wanted me to drive him, so fine. It wasn't until we were about to leave I figured out what it was, the last time he flew he was so young he didn't remember it. He said I could just drop him off, but I went in anyway. He would have had no idea where to do, how to check in or anything. The next time someone asks, if I'm unsure how much they have travelled I will ask!
It depends on the airport and who it is. Usually I'm the one dropped off rather than dropping someone else off, though. DH likes to wait with me before security (our airport is essentially two rooms so you can wait till 30 mn out to go through security with out any hassle). My parents drop me off at departures usually, but if my Mom has to go to the bathroom she'll walk in :P
It depends... when i drop FI at the airport I go in with him and hang out..... pretty much everyone else I drop off at the departures. huh...lol.. .i used to just drop ex-fi off at departures and never ever parked and went in.
I wouldn't go in and hang out unless it was FI...otherwise, I think they can handle it.
The only time I ever parked the car was when the FI and I were long distance and I wanted to spend any extra time with him I could! But now that we live together we drop each other off at the curb.
depends who it is and what airport. In Chicago, we drop people off. Airports are crazy here. In a smaller airport we might walk in with them. However, at the smaller airport we use (in souther indiana where we are from) you can park your car at the front for free. When I traveled for work DH would always park and walk in with me to carry my lugage. he would always wait to leave and would watch my plane leave. if it was close family we would do the same in the smaller airport.
Anywhere that we would have to pay for parking and all that..no way...we would totally just drop them off. If DH was flying and I was not going I would park and walk him in regardless.
I typically just drop people off at the departures and go on my merry way. The only time I actually park is when I'm taking my mister to the airport. It gives me a few extra minute with him inside. The mister does the same for me.
Just drop them off. I think it'd be weird to follow an adult around, or be followed, through the airport like that. You gotta say good bye, see you later at some point... might as well be at the car and drop off. Airports and rushed and stressed enough without an entourage.
I usually just drop them off... unless we won't see each other for a long time. Then we park and go into the airport. That has only happened once or twice. Especially since it takes so long to get through security these days, and there's no reason to go in anymore.
When we drop people off at the airport/get dropped off at the airport, it's always drop and go. We don't think it's necessary to be escorted to check-in, baggage drop off and security unless it's someone's first time flying or something. We just say our goodbyes outside the door and part ways.
However, there was one time I was flying out of a smaller, independent terminal in our airport. The airline I was flying on had no security requirements at all, and there was a small private lounge for travellers on that airline. My friend who dropped me off came into the lounge and had some complimentary snacks with me until it was time for me to board, which was nice. And parking was free! But that was an exception.
For family, we always go in. Watch the plane take off, when possible. Costs the earth when I'm home in Toronto, but we do it anyway. :)
Just sort of family tradition, I guess. We used to go with my mum to drop my father off for business trips, super early in the morning, and we always got to go in and watch the plane take off etc. That was long before the security got so crazy though.
FI and I are long distance, and at the airport in his city, we both take the public transport and he watches me go through security. In my city, parking is free and it's a teeny airport and I stand with my face pressed up against the glass as he goes through security (haha ok not pressed up, but I watch him all the way through). Anyone else, and even if it were him but a different airport, and I'd just say "Peace!" and leave them at the curb HAHAHA. Like one morning when I was leaving his city, it was way early before the public transport opened, so I took a cab alone since there is no point in paying for him to ride with. So he kissed me at the cab, and guess what, I managed to make it onto that flight just fine.
Wow... I just continue to be shocked at how many of you park and walk in! I've just never heard of that before. I think the only time in my life I've parked to pick someone up from the airport was when an ex bf of mine was coming back from a deployment. I've never parked to drop someone off (not even that same ex when I dropped him off to head off to deployment... we did the tearful goodbye at the curb).
Maybe I'm just totally heartless but it seems like such a waste of time to me lol. Like its not quality time... and if it were me flying I'd be annoyed that someone was following me around. I actually rarely even let people take me to the airport except DH (just do park and fly) because I feel like its such a hassle for people to do it and I'd rather not put anyone out. I guess my inlaws aren't totally crazy though as it turns out! (Although to be fair the "drop and go" is killing it in the poll so maybe just more of the walk-in people feel like chatting).
It fully depends on who it is, where I am, what is going on. I prefer to park and walk them in, have a drink perhaps. I have ahd to just drop them (some people) off, but I at least get out, help them with bags, give them a hug...
I guess it depends on who it is. I know when DH leaves for his second round of school following basic, I can get a special pass to bypass security and wait with him at the gate, so I'll be doing that, but that's obviously not the norm. I guess for friends and family, I would just drop them off unless they asked me to go in.
I can't say I've dropped too many people off -- I've probably picked up more people, and I definitely go in then. It's too long of a wait and I'd rather just sit inside to wait for them.
I just drop people off at departures, I would feel weird loitering while my DH/Friend/Whatever checked in. Plus parking is expensive at Newark.
I just drive up and drop off! I didn't realize that so many people go inside to see people off, either!
I find this really funny, because my parents always park and walk in (both when dropping off, and when picking up), and so I would get mad at my husband when we were in a LDR and he just picked up/dropped off at the curb--I thought it meant he didn't love me enough or something silly. We talked about it, and we decided part of it is distance to the airport. My parents' small town is 45 minutes from the airport, so they always parked since it was more a trip. On the other hand, he lived 10 minutes away, so it was more like an errand.
@Jenn23: I didn't either! And reading the thread it seems really common. Although if you look at the poll almost 80% say they always just drop off at the curb... so I suspect that its really not THAT common over-all... its just that those who do it probably feel more inclined to comment since my original post was kinda like "omg isn't this odd?" :)
@Leprechaun: funny that you put so much stock into it... like it was a statement of his feelings for you! I guess I can *kind of* see the point you're making like okay if you're going to drive that far you should make an event of it? But to me it was more like omg you forced us to drive an HOUR to the airport with you for no good reason whatsoever and now we have to park the car and waste another 45 minutes following the sister around the airport before we can get back in the car and drive another hour back home? Basically I was annoyed that we had to go at all and spend 2 hours of our afternoon doing that but then they turned it into a 4 hour event and I thought my head was going to explode (probably also partly situational... we were only with his parents really for like 1 day and this was the only "event" we did. otherwise we just sat around staring at each other... and also over the course of three days we were in the car for a total of over 12 hrs so all of this was contributing to my annoyed-ness)
I usually just drop people off, mostly because I hate to say goodbyes and prolonging it just makes it worse for me, but whenever my mom or dad drops me off they park, come in, sometimes buy me lunch and gum if we have time, or just walk me to the gate if I'm in a rush. I'm an adult but I like that they do this, it's very nice and it makes me feel loved. I really can't picture my parents, especially my dad, just dropping me off at departures, unless I was with FI or something. Of course, the fact that you get one hour of free parking at my parent's airport probably plays into this, lol.
Drop off typically, unless it's someone that I"m trying to squeeze every last minute of visiting time with.
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