Why JustPark Hosts Earn More in Summer (And How to Make the Most of It)

Why Is Summer the Best Time to Rent Out Your Parking Space?

From late spring onward, demand climbs across most locations. Airport spaces fill up over the school holidays, city centres pick up with tourists, and event venues fill their calendars with concerts, festivals and fixtures.

If you've got a driveway, garage or unused parking bay, the months ahead are when it's likely to earn the most — and it only takes a couple of minutes to rent out your parking space and start taking bookings. The window to get ahead of it is the stretch from spring into early summer — set up before demand peaks, and you'll catch the bookings travellers and fans make well in advance.

Why Does Parking Demand Rise in Summer?

The simple answer is that more people are on the move, and they're all looking for somewhere to park.

In a typical summer, several sources of demand stack on top of one another:

• Holidaymakers head to the airport. School holidays, bank holidays and the summer getaway season send a wave of travellers to UK airports — and they all need somewhere to leave the car.

• Tourists fill the cities. City centres pick up with visitors, shoppers and business travellers, on top of the commuter demand that's already there year-round.

• Events come thick and fast. Festival season, outdoor concerts, summer sports and packed arena calendars mean predictable demand spikes on specific dates, often booked well in advance.

Individually, any one of these would lift demand. Together, they make summer the peak earning window for a huge number of JustPark hosts — and the best time to make sure your space is listed, available, and priced to match.

How Much Can You Earn Renting Your Driveway Near an Airport in Summer?

If you live near an airport, summer is your moment.

Airport spaces are among the most reliably booked on JustPark all year, but demand peaks sharply around school holidays, bank holidays and the summer getaway season — exactly when official airport car parks are at their most expensive and travellers are most actively hunting for a private alternative nearby.

There's a second advantage too. Unlike a weekday commuter who only needs a space Monday to Friday, airport customers tend to book for days or even weeks at a time. That means longer stays, fewer gaps, and steadier income across the summer.

Based on current JustPark listings, here's what space owners near the UK's busiest airports are earning each month:

• Heathrow (TW6, TW14, TW15, UB3) — £60–£75/month

• Gatwick (RH6, RH10, RH11) — £50–£60/month

• Manchester (M23, M22, M90) — £60–£90/month

• Stansted (CM22, CM24) — £75–£90/month

The closer you are to the terminal and the easier the access, the more your space can command. Spaces with CCTV, gated access, or a short walk to a shuttle stop tend to book fastest and earn the strongest long-term reviews — which only drives more bookings over time. If you're near an airport, it's also worth adding a drop-off or pick-up service to your listing description: parking plus a transfer is a combination travellers actively seek out.

How Much Can You Earn Renting a City Centre Parking Space?

City centre spaces sit on some of the most valuable parking demand in the country — and summer adds tourists to the mix.

If you're in or near Manchester, Birmingham, Bristol, Leeds or London, your space is already attracting commuters, shoppers and business visitors. Through the summer, holiday visitors and day-trippers push that demand higher still, with monthly bookings in city locations typically bringing in £100–£250 or more per month.

Take Boudewijn, a homeowner in East London, who earns between £120 and £300 a month simply by listing the hours he doesn't need his driveway. "On a slow month, I make maybe £120, £160. Good months are over £200, sometimes up to £300."

Or Anna in Brighton, who has rented out two spaces near the Royal Pavilion — a prime tourist spot — for 11 years, turning it into over £10,000 a year in passive income, reinvested entirely into her home. "For as long as JustPark keeps going, and for as long as I'm on this earth, I'll be here."

How Much Can You Earn Renting a Driveway in a Coastal or Staycation Area?

Not everyone lives near an airport or a Premier League ground — and summer is the one season that genuinely changes the maths for everyone else.

The British staycation peaks over the warmer months, and with it comes demand in places that are quiet for much of the year: seaside towns, villages near national parks and beauty spots, and anywhere within reach of a festival site, country show or visitor attraction. Day-trippers and holidaymakers all arrive by car, and parking near the places they're heading is often in short supply.

If your space sits in a quieter area, this is the time to make sure it's listed. Suburban and out-of-town spaces typically earn a steady £60–£75 a month year-round — and a summer of visitors, weekend traffic and local events is exactly the kind of demand that can lift a quiet location well above its usual baseline.

How Much Can You Earn Renting Near a Stadium, Arena or Festival in Summer?

If you live within a mile or two of a stadium, arena or major venue, summer hands you something genuinely valuable: a calendar full of dates when demand is guaranteed to spike.

Summer is wall-to-wall with the kind of occasions that fill a venue — festival season, the big summer concert tours, the cricket calendar, Wimbledon, and the summer flat-racing season all draw large crowds to specific places on specific dates. And fans book early. Many secure their parking weeks or even months before an event, which means the demand is there long before the day itself arrives.

The numbers back it up. JustPark data shows that hosts living near sports grounds and music arenas earn on average 57% more annually than those who don't. Here's what space owners near major UK venues are earning each month from current listings:

• O2 Arena & Emirates Stadium, London — up to £180/month

• Twickenham & Principality Stadium — £105/month

• Anfield, Liverpool — £75–£105/month

• Murrayfield, Edinburgh & Brighton Amex — £75–£105/month

• Old Trafford, Manchester — £60–£75/month

For a host near a major venue — with a full slate of summer events on top of the regular season — that difference can run into hundreds of extra pounds from a single driveway. The tool that captures it is Scheduled Pricing.

How Do I Use Scheduled Pricing to Earn More on Event Days?

Flat pricing undervalues your space on exactly the days it's worth the most. Scheduled Pricing fixes that.

It lets you set a flat day rate for specific dates, regardless of how long a driver stays. You add the dates from the Event and Seasonal Pricing section of your listing, name the event, set your rate, and save. You can add as many dates as you like and plan as far ahead as you want — ideal for a summer packed with concerts, festivals and matchdays.

One thing matters more than anything else here: timing. Because fans often book weeks or months ahead, and because you can't cancel a confirmed booking to raise the price, you need to set your event rates before demand builds — not after it peaks. The same rule applies across the board: price changes only ever apply to future bookings, so anyone who's already booked pays the rate that was live when they did.

The takeaway is simple. Get your summer dates in early, while the calendar is still filling up.

Can I Rent Out My Parking Space While I'm on Holiday?

Here's a quirk of summer worth planning around. The weeks when your driveway is most valuable are often the very weeks you're not there to use it — because you're away on holiday yourself.

It's easy to leave a space sitting empty while you're abroad. But a fortnight in peak airport, tourist or event season is prime earning time, and your space can be working even when you're not home. If you'd normally worry about needing the space back, your own time away is the one stretch where that concern disappears entirely.

You stay in full control throughout. Open up the dates you'll be gone, and if plans change you can block them out again with no penalty and no need to explain. Plenty of hosts make a habit of opening their calendar for exactly the periods they're away — turning their own holiday into a quiet earner rather than a fortnight of idle tarmac.

How Do I Maximise My Parking Space Earnings in Summer?

More demand only pays off if your listing is ready for it. These five steps make sure you capture as much of the summer surge as possible.

• Set your event and seasonal pricing now. Work through the concerts, festivals, fixtures and bank holidays coming up near you, and add them in the Event and Seasonal Pricing section before drivers start booking. Many secure parking weeks or months ahead, so the earlier you set your dates, the more of that early demand you capture. This is the single biggest lever for event-driven locations.

• Open up more availability. Summer is the time to be generous with your calendar. If your space normally sits idle while you're at work, or free at weekends, those are exactly the slots travellers and visitors are searching for. You stay in full control — you can block individual days whenever you need the space back, with no penalty and no need to explain.

• Review your price for the season. If you haven't looked at your rate since the autumn, now is the time. Search your postcode as a driver would, see what comparable spaces are charging, and check how much driveways earn by location to benchmark your rate. JustPark will also surface pricing suggestions when local demand signals indicate you could be earning more — and over summer, those signals are worth acting on.

• Refresh your photos — summer's the ideal time. Your photos do the work of building trust before a driver reads a word, and long summer daylight hours make this the best time of year to reshoot. Capture the space looking bright and inviting, show the entrance and any access points clearly, and clear away bins or clutter first. Listings with clear photos consistently receive significantly more bookings.

• Keep your calendar accurate. Nothing frustrates a driver — or dents your rating — like a cancelled booking. If you've got guests staying or you need the space yourself, block those dates out. An accurate calendar keeps your acceptance rate high and signals to drivers that you're reliable.

How Do I Start Renting Out My Parking Space?

Here's the thing about peak season: the demand only helps you if your space is actually live.

Listing takes less than ten minutes, and it's completely free. You add your space details, set your availability and price (JustPark can suggest one to get you started), upload a clear photo, and go live — drivers can book straight away. If you'd like a fuller walkthrough first, our step-by-step guide to renting out your parking space covers every stage. Over 65,000 space owners across the UK already do exactly this, connecting with more than 13 million drivers on the platform.

The driveway is already there. The demand is already building. The only real question is how much of this summer you'll let it sit empty.

Find out what your space could earn this summer — get a free quote and create your listing in under ten minutes.