City Centre's Awful Parking Ticket System

well man I am sorry for you paying that much. But a lot of people who go to City center for those in and outs are now able to find parkings for less than 10 riyal. Before, the whole city used to park in that center even when they worked in other buildings. spending 7 hours in a mall should not be a very common practice.. so 60 riyals once in a blue moon should be fine i think... this is like 2 beers cost... NYC parking is 20 USD/hour sometimes..

I agree its bad.....as city centre is not a grocery store ..where u can only spent 1 to 2 hrs...it has a cinema ,...shopping.....grocery.....resturants... and offcourse gym and many other stuff.....we paid 30 QR...and i still feel its quite an amount.....we have also asked them....they said 2QR for first hour and 4 for second hour and then from 3rd hour its 10 QR......

well i guess....they should consider the fact....city centre is huge and multifunctional place....not some grocery store ......

this point who is giving all these ideas......

This is purely an adjustment phase for customers and I think it's working well. I rarely went for lunch there, now that I can park at lunchtime, I go more often.

GM Serret, this is also standard practice in most carparks around the world. You lose your ticket, you get charged for a whole days parking. Unfortunate, but occassionally happens. What would you have been 'happy'paying for your error.....for all they know, you've been there all day! Your fault, not the system.

dio220, I fairly sure I've seen toll boards in there, but how often do you spend 7 hours in a mall! Wow...However, I'm sure the money spent in that time on shopping, food and entertainment was far more that 58QR. In a Central London carpark you'd pay closer to 300QR for that amount of time!!!

I haven't met anyone personally, who doesn't believe this is a great addition to CC. It doesn't seem to deter that many shoppers from what I can see, and 2-5QR to pop in for some shopping is not enough to make me drive to Landmark or Villaggio. Still some teething problems, but what new business doesn't have these....especially in Qatar!

Dear Gregore

First I appreciate your consideration about this topic,then I want to declare that we weren't informed about Prices by any possible way and also i'm sure that you'll  agreed with this fact that during Eid Holidays in this hot summer evenings where can we spend our time with family except shopping malls??!! By the way how can you compare the parking or any else prices between Doha and NYC?!!!! there is a Huge diffrence between here and there in any thing!!

Regards

make a city underneath the city just for parking<-- great idea

I believe the parking fees are very reasonable and avoid that the parking is being misused.  Anyway, in Europe I am used to pay QAR 30 per hour easily !

last 30 aug but only paid 8QR for 3hours parking... i wonder what's their formula? they should have atleast a parking fee tariff. perhaps different rate for different type of vehicle... me i used toyota yaris, maybe you're using a prado or land cruiser lol

Actually they have posted already in advance last July about the implementation of parking fee so it's not really surprising, but at least, it should be flat rate. Parking fee discount can be avail by letting your receipt have stamped in information center.

City Center Parking Fee

1st 1 - hour   - 2 qr

      2 - hours - 5 qr

      3 - hours - 8 qr

      4 - hours - 18qr

      5 - hours - 28qr

      6 - hours - 38qr...... and so on 

Another way to make money. Next thing you know there will be toll gates tax on the road for cars and public parking will be have meter. After that salary will be taxed as well. Well these things are common in the west but certainly they are surprising to people who have lived in Gulf for many years. Its not fair to compare the living environment of one's owen country to feel better just becuause they are used to paying taxes and car parking. Inshort..City center parking fees should be revised due to high price list since there are not enough family entertaintment areas to begin with so people are left with little choices.

If you show movie ticket, you will get 3 hours free.

The parking fee is fair compared to fee charged in any part of the world, especially dubai.

now u know the value of  the Time :D

Moderator, please forward this topic to the cheap ass forums. Sorry, but for some reason this complaint really ticked me off since it does not make any sense. 

From the above, it is clear now that parking at CC is no longer a tedious time wasting job. We can happily spend under 3 hours even without doing anything at a total cost of QAR 8, which is cheap at any standards.

Cheers and a have nice day

Can I just ask, when you entered the car park what on earth did you think you had to take a ticket for????????

This city just needs to get with the times and start implementing multi-story car parks like the rest of the world. This is also crucial downtown in the business area. The reason Citicenter was always packed was downtown office workers would use it and leave next to nothing for actual mall customers.

Villagio isnt any better with their terrible layout. It is damn near impossible to exit on a Thurs / Fri evening and it gets to the point of traffic jams within the parking lot. It has to be one of the most poorly planned lots I have seen in the country.

If they ever come up with multi-story parking garages, they'd be surprised how much space they can save. Not to mention the added benefit of having naturally covered parking for the vehicles in the summer.

Who knows, maybe another 5-10 years and we will see whats been the norm for the rest of the world for decades.

still CC carking parking discussion??? lol

hey TB, didn't you checked GT, any news there also?

hw did u knw that i cant gv ideas

Hajmola, So call him!!!

Pappu, because hajmola think you are pappu :)

This is just a case of inefficiency, lack of vision passed on to others and may be to an extent satisfying ones greed. For me CC has failed in keeping their premises clean of the unwanted people and passed on the brunt to an ordinary customer. Same methodology could be used to nab the unscrupulous people working in nearby towers and who park their cars in CC parking.... keep a tab on cars regularly parked for more than 5 -6 hrs and then fine them by say QR10,000/- or even upwards... is it difficult, I don't think so in these days and times when technology can do wonders.

"Its not fair to compare the living environment of one's owen country to feel better just becuause they are used to paying taxes and car parking. "

Sorry but the comparison stands - parking was free in many cities/countries in years past because demand/usage/abuse of the privilege was low.  As it increased the the pay for use system was implemented. 

And what do taxes have to do with the discussion. This has to do with availability/ demand/and abuse of the previous "system".  In the past, you could park your car/chariot/camel/horse/donkey anywhere you wished - you can't now in Doha - where's your complaint about that?

Dont earn money easily??? Thats the most........ never mind I will just leave it to forums clan to make that judgement. 

Very well stated nomerci

i'd ask your wife what the hell she was doing in city centre for 7hrs!

why does anyone need to be in the mall for 7hours+?

The same ol Rant!!!.....It never ends! why does everyone expect everything here to be free? Dont we pay parking fees in our OWN countries???

And agree with the posters who say the customers are penalised for the acts a some irresponsible people who work in the surrounding buildings who park their car in CC!!!

The easiest thing would have been to FINE them and not take it out on the regular customers of CC but then we dont live in a fair world now do we!

And all this ranting - has it stopped people from going there??? NO! The place still has its patrons. And they HAVE advertised the rates! Who said it isnt??? Its right there before you ENTER the parking PLUS Carrfour has adverts at every cash counter that if you purchase over a certain amount you get a waiver. Why dont people READ??? You can also get a waiver if you go for a movie and produce your tickets as proof!

Agree money doesnt come easy but that does not mean you get everything for FREE......or are entitled to it!

No, the problem lies with the myriad of idiots who abuse and circumvent the system when ever that possibly can. and that does not only go for parking in CC. Just read QL....you'll see many who are trying to lie, cheat and circumvent.It seems some people are either too ignorant or selfish to follow the rules properly and therefore are the cause for suffering of those who are following the rules, as the rules get tightend everytime those morons overstep them.

eh....waste of my energy...they will never change.

As has been noted above - quite a few store car parks in UK realise that patrons object to paying a parking fee for a brief visit: their solution is to offer free parking for 90 minutes, then add a charge after that. One still has to take a ticket to prove time of entry to the car park.

 If you avail yourself of the free parking offered then you can not return within 2 hours - this stops people taking advantage of the offer provided and using the facility like a revolving door. 

You missed the bit about 'no return within 2 hours' - hey, make it 6 hours if you wish.

In Bahrain's City Centre the parking is a 4-storey creation and is free... By the way beer in Bahrain's bars 30-40% cheaper than in qatar's ones :) but I still like Doha better than Manama...