Whether you are a regular traveler hopping on planes every week or two, or you fly sporadically, you can make extra money by taking on a mystery shopping assignment at an airport parking lot. Unlike many other types of mystery shopping assignments, an airport parking lot assignment is fairly easy and straightforward. Here’s what you can expect:
No Talking! (Or very little talking anyway.) With most airport parking lot mystery shopping assignments, you simply have to pull your date and time stamped ticket to enter the garage without interacting with anyone. The only interaction required will be at the end of the assignment as you are leaving the parking lot.
In many cases, you will simply pay your parking fee and leave, taking not of the friendliness of the parking attendant as well as his or her efficiency at the job. For other assignments, you may be required to play out a certain scenario, such as a lost ticket, and report back on how the parking attendant handled the issue. There is some variation on the assignment requirements, so check each set of requirements carefully.
A Twenty Minute Tour. Each parking lot assignment is slightly different, but on average, the assignment will require you to cruise around the parking lot for fifteen to twenty minutes. During your tour of the parking lot, you are required to take note of the overall cleanliness and condition of the parking lot. If the parking lot is large and in poor condition, you can find yourself stopping every few minutes to jot down notes as you go. If the parking lot is well-maintained and clean, or otherwise fairly small, you may have some time to kill in your car while you wait for the time to pass.
When You Aren’t Traveling. An airport parking lot assignment is a great way to earn some extra cash while you’re traveling. You can pick up one of these assignments in your home town or at your destination if you will have access to a vehicle. Even when you aren’t traveling, you can take advantage of the relative ease of this type of assignment. Pick up an assignment when you are heading to the airport to drop off or pick up a friend or family member who is traveling. Or, if you live or work close to the airport, this type of assignment is a great way to simply enjoy an easy mystery shopping gig. Many airports have restaurants, bars, and shops inside, so spend some time eating or shopping while you wait for the twenty minute minimum to pass, knowing your parking fee will be reimbursed later with your mystery shopping pay.
Easy Does It. With very little interaction with the employees, a lack of sales techniques to comment on, no merchandise to try on, and no displays, restrooms, or fitting rooms to check, you can understand why the report will be fairly straightforward and easy to complete. In most cases, you are essentially commenting on the condition of the parking lot and the brief interaction with the parking lot attendant.
The Downside. With so many upsides to doing a parking lot mystery shopping assignment, there is only one major factor to consider before you request this type of assignment. Most airports are located on the far outskirts of town, so they can be quite a drive for most people.
If you’re looking for a different type of assignment to try or you want to pick up an easy assignment while you’re traveling, try a parking lot mystery shopping assignment.
Though I have not had an assignment just as described above, I have had assignments at an airport, shopping different locations. It was a pleasant break from the mainstream. I shall keep a look out for airport assignements.
Does anyone know of companies who schedule this type of shop? The only ones I have seen are post-security airport shops.
I’ll do it,Just send me details.
It is very discouraging to read these articles without getting a clue as how to get this kind of job. I’ve been doing this since 1970 on and off and subscribed to every company I’ve ever become aware of and I’ve never even seen a scheduled job like this.
i need extra income but i already got burned for mystery shopping for $3,982.46
How do you find out where these airport jobs are?
I think this is great I have mowed cemeteries for the last 5 years and would really be interested in doing this could you give me a website to get started.
Sounds like a good job to me, what about mileage expenses here in New Mexico? Gravesites here are very small or very large cemetaries. Small towns or abandoned gravesites are many miles apart and the 2 Interstates going thru NM have very few offshoots (i.e. State or farm roads). Most of the small towns (population usually 25 – 50)were settled in the mid- or late 1600s, Spanish only is spoken there, they are up in the Rockies near Colorado, and strangers are those people living on the other side of “their” mountain. You very probably won’t have anyone wanting those visited but that’s the situation. Milage is an important issue. Janet Long
These posts are a waste of time since we do not get the information about which company to apply to.
Come on Jacob Jans, we need more information! What companies schedule airport parting lot shops?
I did these assignments at BWI–I was actually shopping the shuttle buses, so I would have to park in one lot, have a suitcase in tow, ride the shuttle to the airport, go downstairs to get a shuttle to a different lot, back on a different shuttle and then back to the first lot I parked in. A report was done on all 4 shuttle drivers and it took about an hour to do. I was paid $19 per report($76) plus reimbursement of the parking. The reports took about 20 min total to enter online. Not a bad gig!!
Interested in a Parking Lot shop at an airport. How do I connect with that?