ParkWhiz helps you reserve guaranteed parking at hundreds of independent parking lots and garages. Learn more.

What is ParkWhiz?

ParkWhiz is a service that helps hundreds of independant parking owners offer you reservable guaranteed parking near top destinations like airports, stadiums, and theaters.

When you reserve parking through ParkWhiz, you get the piece of mind that comes with the ParkWhiz Guarantee. Your ParkWhiz reservation will include driving directions and notes from the parking owner to make parking simple and easy. We carefully vet the parking owners that offer parking on ParkWhiz.com to insure that you won't have any surprises.

ParkWhiz is a reservation service and information provider. ParkWhiz is not a parking company, and does not own or operate any parking facilities. For questions about parking, please contact parking owners directly using the infomation posted with each parking location.

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Press Releases

ParkWhiz.com Removes the Frustration of Parking near Fenway Park
March 31, 2009

ParkWhiz.com Partners with Local Parking Facilities to Offer Advanced Online Parking Reservations

ParkWhiz.com Brings Premium Parking and Accessibility to Wrigley Field
May 8, 2008

ParkWhiz.com Partners with Local Parking Facilities to Offer Advanced Online Parking Reservations

Lyric Opera of Chicago to offer online valet parking reservations through ParkWhiz.com
September 21, 2007

Love Opera? Hate Parking? Website Focused on Parking Allows Lyric Patrons to Reserve Parking Space in Advance

Find Available Parking on Your Mobile Phone
March 23, 2007

Spark Parking and NAVTEQ Global LBS Challenge® semifinalist ParkWhiz partner to provide real-time parking availability.

Print Articles & Mentions

Web site peddles parking near Cowboys Stadium
Dallas Morning News November 27, 2009

Most Cowboys Stadium parking spaces are sold in advance, often via the Internet.

Website Revolutionizes Parking
ABC Chicago May 27, 2009

One Chicago businessman is changing the way you look for a place to park at the ball game.

NY1 For You: Beating The Parking Game
NY1 March 26, 2009

The other one we like is ParkWhiz. And ParkWhiz.com is really about parking for venues. Everything from airports to sporting events to theaters.

Lots of Opportunities
Entrepreneur.com March 28, 2008

ParkWhiz puts a new spin on an old industry.

Lining up to take their shot
Chicago Tribune March 14, 2008

Aashish Dalal is hunting for investors for ParkWhiz, an online venture that connects drivers with parking spots.

Nothing But Net: 171 Great Chicago Web Sites
Chicago Magazine January 17, 2008

ParkWhiz.com allows you to reserve and prepay (with a 10 percent commission tacked on) for parking spots at participating garages in Chicago and lists locations and prices for most nonparticipating garages.

Finding parking just got easier
Chicago Sun-Times October 8, 2007

ParkWhiz helps drivers find a place to put their car; already has inked deal with Lyric Opera

Intelligent Parking Company ParkWhiz.com Inks Lyric Opera of Chicago Deal
MidwestBusiness.com September 21, 2007

ParkWhiz.com announced on Wednesday that it has inked a deal with the Lyric Opera of Chicago to offer ticket holders the option of convenience valet parking. ParkWhiz.com will offer ticket holders the option of online, pre-reserved valet parking beginning on Sept. 29.

Chicago Innovation Award Nominees Announced
Chicago Sun Times September 17, 2007

ParkWhiz.com nominated for 2007 Innovation Award.

Developer Spotlight - ParkWhiz
NavTeq Developers Network May, 2007

Each month, the NAVTEQ Network for Developers provides the opportunity for an individual developer or company to author a whitepaper and provide insight to best practices, development challenges, success story, etc.

Web 2.0: Return of the dot-com
Chicago Sun Times April 30, 2007

New generation chases success aware of others' past mistakes

NAVTEQ Announced Winners of the Global LBS Challenge
NAVTEQ Press Release March 28, 2007

NavTeq announces ParkWhiz as LBS Challenge Navigation winner.

NAVTEQ Announces 2007 Global LBS Challenge Semifinalists
NAVTEQ Press Release March 21, 2007

NavTeq announces ParkWhiz as an LBS Challenge Semifinalist.

Need a parking spot? Look online
Columbia School of Journalism February 27, 2007

ParkWhiz.com, a Chicago-based company, is planning to launch an online, nationwide marketplace for unused private spots next month.

Blog Postings

Standard Parking: The Perfect Spot
Seeking Alpha November 1, 2007

ParkWhiz is now marketing the Lyric Opera of Chicago's valet parking spots and also compiles industry data; it is reportedly talking with Standard and others about marketing excess parking inventories.

Car Parking via the Web and Mobile
Read/Write Web February 21, 2007

This kind of Web-based car parking solution is in its infancy, but we think this solution is going to change the way people park their cars - especially when in a rush!

Anatomy of a Startup: Parkwhiz.com
BusinessPOV January 10, 2007

A video interview with Aashish Dalal, founder and CEO of ParkWhiz.

ParkWhiz: Find Parking Before You Go
Somewhat Frank January 1, 2007

ParkWhiz, a Chicago-based startup, might be able to assist with this problem, as it offers users the ability to quickly search for parking near a location.

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Press Brief

Have you ever gone to a sporting event and parked your car for $20, only to find out that the lot next door is only charging $10? Or worse, you get to the lot and it's already full and you've now missed the beginning of the game? Now, imagine if before you reached your destination you knew exactly when and where to park and how much it was going to cost. That's what ParkWhiz can do for you. ParkWhiz saves you time, money and frustration.

ParkWhiz represents a breakthrough in the way that people park. We help people park their cars quickly and efficiently by providing them with the tools to make an informed decision. Instead of driving around to find parking, you can use ParkWhiz to get the best parking to suit your needs.

For parking owners, ParkWhiz introduces revolutionary tools to turn your unused parking into cash. You can sell parking reservations, advertise monthly parking permits, and increase utilization of parking lots and garages.

ParkWhiz, founded in 2006 by Aashish Dalal and Jon Thornton, is privately held and based in Chicago.

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