Next week, ParkEngage will join hundreds of other parking professionals from throughout the country in Las Vegas for the 2021 National Parking Association Convention & Expo. After so much time apart, we’re thrilled to be a part of this exciting event, and to see our industry colleagues in person again!

Our top priority for this event is to connect with as many of you as possible to provide the information and resources you need to transform your parking facilities into completely touchless operations. In a recent article, ParkEngage CEO Rajiv Jain discussed how the industry is moving toward a touchless parking future and how organizations can prepare themselves.

ParkEngage implements a number of technologies that impact every moment of the user experience from entry to exit. Check out a little more about each of our technologies below:

• Touchless Parking: Create a seamless parking experience for customers in valet and self-park facilities.
• Inventory Management: Publish and manage your own reservable inventory for all channel partners in one platform.
• Promotions: Attract new customers with comprehensive and integrated marketing initiatives, stay ahead of your competition, and create brand loyalty.
• Permit Parking: Help your most loyal customer base feel at home with a personalized parking experience.

Stop by Booth #624 to check out each of these solutions up close, and get these product demonstrations:

• Touchless Parking for Self-Parking Facilities
• Touchless Parking for Valet Facilities
• Touchless Parking Permits and Enforcement
• Online Reservations and Touchless Parking
• Parking Inventory System for Sales Channel Management
• Parking Promocodes Management

Get answers to your questions, and discuss how your operation can quickly and easily incorporate them at a low cost. Also, be sure to ask us about our Free Trial program!

Wishing you safe travels to the show, and we look forward to seeing you at Booth 624!

When the COVID-19 pandemic hit in March of 2020, colleges and universities throughout the country sent their students home and transitioned to online learning. This impacted every facet of university operations, especially parking. Not only did university parking departments have to deal with the decision of how or whether to refund parking fees for the remainder of the year, but they also had to deal with the logistics of managing parking permits. Many faced challenges getting permits back from students, issues with them being replicated or faked, and more.

Of course, the COVID era isn’t the first-time colleges and universities have faced issues with paper parking permits. For years students have looked for ways to cheat the system, often with creative results. Institutions have tried their best to stay ahead of such issues, adding things like bar codes to the permits to make enforcement easier and limit the opportunities to replicate them. However, as technology has advanced so too has the ability to forge printed items like parking permits. This can result in significant losses for the parking department.

In today’s parking landscape, many colleges and universities are looking to transition to virtual parking permits on their campuses. Virtual parking permits are a great solution to not only reduce “cheating” but also significantly reduce costs associated with printing, mailing, and more. Check out ParkEngage Permit Parking. Faculty and staff can purchase permits online, register their vehicles, and easily manage their payments and renewals. Further, university parking staff can easily enforce parking on foot or in vehicle with our LPR enabled solution, while eliminating the need to issue hangtags, decals, or permit stickers. Check out the future of permit parking now!