ParkJockey presents PlumValet!

Circled the block for 15 minutes and still parking a 10 minute walk away from your the shops? Lost your reservation at your favorite restaurant in town because it took 20 minutes to park outside the restaurant? Made your date walk six blocks in those fancy high heels because the closest garage was full?

Sounds all too familiar?

At ParkJockey, we believe that drivers should enjoy more shopping, dining, dating and all the good things in life rather than looking for parking, parking and walking to and from garages. This is why we are launching PlumValet, the mobile app that lets our plum valets pick up and return your car wherever and whenever you want in New York City, Chicago, Miami and London.

We will launch the new service in a staggered manner, starting with London next week!

What makes PlumValet special? We created it to be more than a button in a mobile app for you. We designed it to be “the hero behind the hero” like Alfred is for Batman. We engineered it to be “the tech that make you look good” like Q is for James Bond. We programmed it to be your trusted parking helper and confidant like Alice from the Brady Bunch.

How do we do it? We have partnered with long-established valet companies and the most reputable parking operators. Our valet partners bring professional ‘car takers’ and a proven insurance coverage. Our parking operator partners make sure that your car and keys are locked in safe garages. This is not the first car they handle; so you can comfortably enjoy your activities next time you drive to town.

So, pre-register NOW at PLUMVALET.COM, and your first time with PlumValet is on us!

#ParkNoMore

ParkJockey Announces Partnership with NCP

ParkJockey is now live across the United Kingdom!

ParkJockey is now fully integrated within the largest parking operator of the U.K., National Car Parks (NCP), nationwide along with a whole host of other car park operators, spreading across 23 major cities.

This expansion gives you as a ParkJockey driver more parking options, in more places, at all times. Major entertainment venues along with shopping quarters are covered in each of the cities, providing you with the ability to pre-book parking in advance to avoid wasteful circling.

Book parking for everything you do, including events such as sports matches, shows, and not to mention, when you go shopping. These places all have adjacent car parks available to book via ParkJockey’s mobile app and website. For example,

Here is a full list of cities that ParkJockey are live in; Aberdeen, Birmingham, Bolton, Brighton, Bristol, Cardiff, Cheltenham, Chester, Croydon, Derby, Dundee, Kingston, Leeds, Liverpool, Manchester, Newark, Newcastle, Newport, Nottingham, Reading, Stockport, Swansea & Truro.

ParkJockey brings you hassle-free parking for any occasion!

ParkJockey is moving at a fast pace, so keep an eye out in the next couple weeks as we are launching newest version of our mobile app, further expanding in the UK, and much more!

ParkJockey UK Team

Disruptor Profile: How ParkJockey is Bringing Parking Online

ParkJockey UK are proud to be featured in the NimbusNinety blog, prior to their semi-annual conference and inaugural Ignite awards, which will take place on the 4-5th of November, in London.

Igal Aciman, our Global Head of Sales & Marketing, has been invited to speak at the conference, to give an insight into ParkJockey in relation to ‘Customer-centric Digital Disruption in a Traditional Industry’.

The Nimbus Ninety article outlines ParkJockey’s initial steps of disrupting a traditional industry, along with the most important fact that makes any customer-centric app successful – putting the customers first, give to them what they want and cateting for them that will ensure a more seamless experience

Read the full article here, featuring an interview with Kamal Rajput (Head of Operations, UK) and Igal Aciman.

Don’t Let Parking Drive You Crazy !!!

Getting parking tickets can be very stressful business. It makes you wonder just how far people will go to avoid a parking ticket. One San Francisco woman went 12 blocks. With a traffic cop on the hood of her car!

The Huffington Post reports that Bo Mounsombath, 33, was trying to get out of a parking citation by swiping a ticket from another car and placing it on her own. Obviously, that old trick wasn’t slick enough to get by San Francisco’s finest, and while a traffic officer was writing her a ticket, Ms. Mounsombath hit the gas and took the officer for a half mile ride on the hood of her car.

Usually, parking tickets are only a petty, albeit expensive, nuisance. However, you never can tell when your morning can shift gears from facing a $50 fine to facing charges of assault with a deadly weapon. Don’t push your luck and don’t let parking tickets drive you insane. Keep your cool and book your parking space ahead of time with ParkJockey.

Proposal Week

I call this week “Proposal Week.” Non-stop emails and phone calls to companies trying to create new business, something that for a start-up is decisive. That’s my role, finding partners and affiliates to join in with the ParkJockey dream. My passion – meeting new people and brands, negotiating deals and making a difference on a daily basis to build something unique. In an ideal world working for ParkJockey is a no brainer, and in many dreams it is but no dream is like that of a start-up.

I work with some of those most intelligent people (whist it pains me they’ll read this and their heads might get even bigger that it’s true): Yale, Harvard, you name it, ex-management consultants from the likes of A. T. Kearney, McKinsey… You get the picture, genius’ working on parking. Operationally they are a different level, if you can restructure some of the companies these guys have worked for in previous years, then parking will be a breeze, surely? The answer, no. It still takes hard work.

ParkJockey is a start-up, something that every day gives us a challenge, a surprise, a result, a failure and a success. It’s a knock-out Ricky Hatton style every day or a Ryder Cup, Miracle-of-Medina-moment every week. The choice is yours in what you choose to do with your life but mine is to make a difference and to be part of something special.

Michael Muskat

Business Development Manager, London

ParkJockey expedites your trip to store to get your new iPhone 6!

iPhone 6 is coming out tomorrow!

If you are planning on heading out to pick up your iPhone 6 or iPhone 6 Plus on Friday morning, ParkJockey recommends reserving your parking in advance to expedite your trip. Feel free to use and share the ParkJockey One-Touch Parking™” solution and no-cost mobile application to find an Apple store near you and reserve a parking spot for tomorrow instead of spending your time searching for parking during the rush! ParkJockey is now live in U.S. in Chicago, Miami and New York and in the U.K. in London.

CLICK HERE TO VIEW ALL AVAILABLE APPLE STORES IN YOUR CITY AND RESERVE PARKING

Garages: The useless, the useful, the crazy!

Convenience and safety are one of the main reasons you need a garage to keep your car. However, the garage can be used for many things…

In the UK, a study in 2006 showed that the majority of car garages were used not to store their cars, but for storing household items etc. Quoted figures from the RAC Foundation, found that while 53 per cent of households had access to a garage, only 24 per cent used them and claimed many garages were “not being used for their proper purpose.” Back then, this astonished a group of MPs who wanted people to make the most of their garage. They proposed an introduction to a paid permit for space, just to ease on-street parking problems – which didn’t go down too well!

In London, it is claimed that there are over 3,000 unused car garages. Boris Johnson, Mayor of London, recently back in Feb 2014 wanted to spark a garage business revolution in London, by helping start-up companies find space to begin their adventure in central locations. Now it’s flourishing, with many start-up companies taking advantage of the affordable rent in order to become the best next thing, similarly to the likes of Apple & Disney etc.

So in the UK garages are not getting used for their ultimate purpose. In Singapore they’ve taken it to the a whole other level, literally. Try having your car as one of the centre pieces to your home – for aesthetics, rather than function.

Hamilton estates in Singapore have found a novel and technically advance way for their tenants to keep an eye on, or show off their prize procession cars, they can keep them right outside their windows. This may sound normal, but not when you window is 10 floors up!

Take a look for yourselves.

The Challenge Cup Final @ Wembley

Rugby league is not everyone’s cup of tea, but rest assured Wembley Stadium @ 3pm is going to be rocking come next Saturday. Both Yorkshire posse will be in full voice as they make the trip to the capital, with both sets of supporters eager to witness history in the making…

The (Leeds) Rhinos take on the (Castleford) Tigers, which sounds like a battle in the making by itself. However, being only a mere 35 minutes drive away from each other it makes the game little more than just a battle, but more of a toe-to-toe, eye-to-eye, shoulder-to-shoulder duel!

The Rhinos are favourites but having not won in their last 6 Challenge Cup Final appearances, The Tigers are looking to pounce and make history of their own, on their Wembley and Challenge Cup Final debut.

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Already 70,000 tickets have been sold which means the Wembley area is going to be jam-packed. If you are driving and need somewhere to park for the game, you can grab your discount and pre-book with ParkJockey and get up to 20% off, so you aren’t left circling. We also have car parks conveniently located just a stone throw away from the stadium.

Click here, choose your car park and use the code RHINOS20 or TIGERS20 at the checkout for your 20% discount to be applied.

Win 2 Cinema Guest Passes with ParkJockey!

Last time we gave you ‘Les Miserables,‘ this time we are giving away ‘2 X Cinema Guest Passes’ for a film of your choice at the Empire Cinema, Leicester Square. The winner could be you, all you have to do is book with us or enter free by sending us your name, address & telephone number to our address, from now until the end of August 2014. Good luck!

T&C’s apply.