Do you own or manage a car park? If so are you doing everything you can to ensure it’s as well organised as it should be?
From sourcing the best parking posts or ensuring the area is as safe and secure as possible, you’re responsible for more than your bottomline and even perceived customer satisfaction.
Shall we take a look at a few top tips for better organising your car park? Let’s.
- Ample room to get out of parked cars – What’s the point of someone driving somewhere if they can’t even open the car door to get out?
- Clearly demarcated spaces – is that a parking space or not? Something as cheap and basic as a touchup paint job might do the trick here.
- Obvious place to pay – Ever been in a situation where all you want to do is pay for a service provided and you can’t? That’s needlessly frustrating. Don’t put your customers in that situation.
- Easy to read instructions – Make your rules, payment instructions and all written information clear and concise and written in large enough lettering for everyone who might need to read it.
- Cleaniness – Keep your car park nice and tidy. Nuff said.
- Adequate lighting – Your car park should be well lit when it’s dark outside, especially if you have people coming and going on foot at night.
- Playing it Safe – Have you everything humanly possible to make your car park is as safe and crime proof as it can be? What happens if there’s a fire or any sort of emergency? Is there access to a phone is someone needs to contact authorities? Exhaust every possibility and double check you’re complying with all laws.
Was anything left out? What’s been your experience with car parks – either as an owner/manager of one or as a paying customer?
