picking up at airport

I would see if any of the airport shuttle services has a lot large enough to accommodate your rig. Park there and instruct your arrivals to get on the shuttle.

You have a Toad - suggest you use that to pickup your guest.

Cloud Dancer wrote:
There's a couple of Walmarts quite close to Tampa International. Surely they would let you park there for a few hours...???

This ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^.

Or a Home Depot.

Or a Lowes.

Plan might need to be pick them up with the Jeep, not the motorhome. It is a while since I've been at Tampa International, but at Houston Hobby lately I had to wait 30 minutes while traffic was cleared enough to allow a motorhome to be backed out because it would not clear the overhead. Just because the parking buses fit doesn't mean you RV will.

Some airports also have safety/security restrictions on large vehicles, even if there are not clearance issues.

rogerswann wrote:
The cell lot a TIA is definitely big enough to park the RV although there are not any large vehicle (bus,etc)spaces. You would be parking across automobile spaces. If the lot is not busy you will be fine, but I have seen the lot busy enough where you may not find enough spaces. There is not problem with height limits.
Adjacent to the airport(southeast corner) is the International Plaza (mall) with plenty of parking, and a mile or so south down Westshore Blvd is another mall (Westshore Mall). I have seen buses park in both. The International Plaza would be easiest and closer than Westshore Mall. a good backup if the cell lot is full.

I am at TIA at least twice a month picking people up, the info. above is spot on. The bigger issue will depend on what time of the day you will be there, traffic in that entire area can be stressful during rush hours.

Thanks to all. The mall to the southeast sounds like the solution. Flight is due at 12:30. Campground checkout 1pm, moving up to Ocala that day, so leaving the motor home there is out.