Hatfield, Herts, 25 May 2022 – For millions of drivers in the UK, PayByPhone, the global leader in mobile parking payments, has made traveling to Europe even easier. Today, 470 new cities across Germany(370) and Italy (100) have been added to the company’s global parking app.
PayByPhone allows drivers to pay for parking and to extend parking sessions remotely via its app in many cities. It also provides smart alerts, helping drivers avoid costly parking fines.
“As people finally venture out on their long-awaited holidays, adding almost 500 cities in Germany and Italy to the PayByPhone app is just one more way we’re simplifying their journeys,” says Andy Gruber, PayByPhone’s CEO.“PayByPhone’s 50 million users can now use our app to pay for parking in big European tourist destinations like Berlin or Napoli, in addition to existing cities like Paris, Brussels and Amsterdam. The timing, just before the great post-COVID holiday summer of 2022, is perfect. If people decide to travel a bit further, they can also use PayByPhone to pay for parking of their rental car in cities across the US and Canada.”
With the addition of Italy and Germany, PayByPhone allows drivers to park in more than 1,200cities, across 11 countries, making it the only company that provides the convenience of digital parking services throughout two continents (Europe and North America) in one app at this scale.
Travel has finally rebounded with force across Europe after COVID-19, with people eager to get back to experiences they’ve missed out on over the past two years.
“In April 2020, we saw 86% of parking activities disappear in the UK and up to a 99% drop in European countries,” adds Gruber. “Now, two years later, our stats show that parking activity is actually exceeding pre-COVID levels. This shows us that car travel has become even more important, as many people still prefer the safety of their own car. Travel, activities and movement are finally back.”
In Italy, for example, the company is already seeing 20% of parking happening from visitors outside mainland Europe.
Anthony Cashel, UK Managing Director, PayByPhone adds, “This expansion into a further 470 cities will help people as they take to the roads on holiday this summer – either in their own cars or in rental cars. They don’t need to worry about finding the right coins; they simply use the app and get on with enjoying their time off.”
For more information, visit www.paybyphone.co.uk
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About PayByPhone
PayByPhone’s aim is simple: simplify your journey so you can focus on what matters most. As a wholly-owned subsidiary of Volkswagen Financial Services AG, we are one of the fastest growing mobile payments companies in the world, processing more than £430million in payments and over 5 million downloads per year. Available in more than 1,200 cities across the globe, PayByPhone helps millions of consumers easily and safely pay for parking without the hassles of coins, queues, or fines. Our smart, intuitive technology is at the centre of our user-first approach, delivered to make everything as simple as possible. Our multi-award-winning environmental initiatives, our Carbon Neutral status since2019 and our cashless ethos, all contribute to helping us and our clients on the green journey in this interconnected world. For more information, please visit www.paybyphone.co.uk.
