Parking and Sea

What Parking and Sea does

PARKEN & MEER (legal entity: Projekt 1218 GmbH) is a privately held German parking-services company founded in 2009 and headquartered in Rostock. It operates secure, fenced and 24/7-camera-monitored parking facilities with complimentary shuttle and luggage service at all four major German cruise ports: Kiel, Warnemünde, Hamburg and Bremerhaven. The company sells primarily to individual German cruise passengers through a direct-to-consumer online reservation platform on parken-und-meer.de, complemented by a B2B travel-agency (REISEBÜROS) referral channel using a partner login and Vorgangsnummer reference flow, and extends its model into German airport parking through the sister brand PARK 4 TRIP, which is also offered as a franchise.

The core product is the cruise-port parking reservation, with indoor and outdoor spaces priced on a per-stay basis (unit pricing, not publicly disclosed) and an optional Flex cancellation tier. Supporting capabilities include a self-serve customer portal (Meine Reservierung) accessed by reservation ID, 24/7 security staff and statutory liability insurance, and a multilingual (German, English, Polish) website. The technology stack is a standard web reservation platform integrating Google Maps for location services, Google reCaptcha for bot protection, Google Analytics, Google AdWords and remarketing, DoubleClick, PayPal and Sofort/Klarna for payments, plus social plugins for Facebook and Twitter/X — there is no proprietary AI/ML, no mobile app and no public API.

The business is independently owned by three managing directors (Oliver Schubert, Björn Kissmann and Max Seidel), with no external institutional investors, parent companies or disclosed funding rounds identified. Revenue is generated on a transactional, per-booking basis (described in source data as a one-time license model) tied to cruise duration, with the Flex option functioning as a paid add-on. The company carries a 4.6/5 Google rating across 55,522 reviews and holds a long-standing recommendation from Kreuzfahrttester, Germany's oldest cruise blog.

Name

Parking and Sea

Legal name

Projekt 1218 GmbH

Website

https://parken-und-meer.de

Company type

Private

Founded year

2009

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

PARKEN & MEER operates secure, 24/7-monitored parking facilities with shuttle and luggage service at all four major German cruise ports (Kiel, Warnemünde, Hamburg, Bremerhaven), selling direct to individual cruise passengers via an online reservation platform, with an airport-parking sister brand PARK 4 TRIP.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Cruise Port Parking Services

NAICS

Parking Lots and Garages (81293), Parking Lots and Garages (812930)

SIC

Services-Automotive Repair, Services & Parking (7500)

akta.pro primary industry

Cruise Terminal & Passenger Services (Check-in, Baggage, Meet & Greet) (THAEAFAF)

akta.pro secondary industry

Porterage, Meet-and-Greet & Shore Excursion Staging (TLAHAEAJ)

Keywords

• Cruise port parking
• Parking reservations
• Shuttle service
• Airport parking
• Vehicle storage

Headquarters

HQ city

Rostock

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Operations, Personnel, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Parking Reservation Services: Revenue is generated through advance booking of parking spaces at cruise ports. Customers pay for parking duration during their cruise trips. The service includes shuttle service to/from the cruise terminal.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

PARKEN & MEER provides secure, fenced, and 24/7 camera-monitored parking spaces at the four major German cruise ports (Kiel, Warnemünde, Hamburg, Bremerhaven) for the duration of a customer's cruise. The parking booking includes a complimentary shuttle and luggage transport service to and from the cruise terminal, with a Flex option enabling free cancellation and statutory liability insurance covering the parked vehicle.

Product overview

PARKEN & MEER operates as a specialized parking service provider for cruise passengers at major German cruise ports, offering a unified platform with multiple parking locations and complementary services. The core offering consists of secure, monitored parking at four locations (Kiel, Warnemünde, Hamburg, Bremerhaven) specifically tailored for cruise travelers. Supporting the core parking service are value-added modules including complimentary shuttle and luggage transport, flex cancellation options, and comprehensive security with 24/7 camera surveillance and professional staff. The company also operates a customer portal for online reservation management and maintains a sister brand, PARK 4 TRIP, for airport parking services. The business is a brand of Projekt 1218 GmbH, headquartered in Rostock, Germany.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• PARK 4 TRIP: Airport parking services offered by the company under a sister brand.

Products and services

• Cruise Port Parking Services Secure, fenced, 24/7 camera-monitored parking for the duration of a cruise at major German cruise ports, including complimentary shuttle and luggage transport to and from the cruise terminal and statutory liability insurance.
• Kiel Cruise Port Parking

Named customers1 record

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration12 records

Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• KreuzfahrttestercoreGTM or Marketing Partner · 11 February 2017Kreuzfahrttester, operating since 1999, is Germany's oldest cruise blog. Editor-in-chief Claus Blohm has over 3,000 nights aboard cruise ships and provides independent expert recommendations. Kreuzfahrttester evaluates cruise ancillary services including parking and has recommended PARKEN & MEER for service quality and staff engagement. The recommendation serves as a trusted endorsement for cruise passengers seeking parking services.
• PARK 4 TRIPcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPARK 4 TRIP is the sister brand of PARKEN & MEER, extending the same parking service quality to airport travelers. Customers can enjoy the same professional parking service at airports through park4trip.de. The franchise opportunity is also offered through the PARK 4 TRIP brand.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Holiday Extras: UK-based travel ancillary services provider offering airport parking, hotels, and transfers. Comparable because it bundles parking reservations with cruise and holiday travel, but operates primarily in the UK rather than Germany.
• Contipark: German parking operator managing a network of parking facilities across the country. Comparable as a domestic German parking operator, though Contipark primarily operates urban garages rather than cruise-port-specific facilities.
• Q-Park: Major European parking operator with German operations across urban and transit-adjacent facilities. Comparable as a professional parking operator in Germany serving end consumers, but Q-Park's portfolio focuses on city garages rather than cruise-specific parking.
• APCOA Parking: One of Europe's largest parking operators with significant presence across Germany, operating thousands of parking facilities. Comparable because both operate physical parking infrastructure serving German consumers, though APCOA spans all use cases (retail, office, residential) rather than specializing in cruise.

Emerging players

• BestParking: US-based parking comparison and booking platform. Comparable as a digital platform aggregating parking reservations, though it focuses primarily on urban and airport parking rather than cruise-specific facilities.
• TravelCar: Travel-focused parking and car-sharing platform with airport parking offerings across Europe. Comparable as a digital travel-parking booking platform, though its primary focus is airport parking rather than cruise ports.

Direct peers

• Parkos: Online marketplace aggregating airport and travel-related parking options across Europe. Comparable because Parkos sells cruise-port parking in some markets and operates a similar D2C reservation model targeting travelers with vehicles.
• A1 Parking: US-based cruise port parking operator serving major US embarkation ports. Comparable because it operates a similar business model — secure, monitored parking specifically designed for cruise passengers with shuttle service to terminals — though it serves US ports rather than European ones.

Regional players

• Parclick: Online platform for booking parking spaces across Spain, Italy, France, and other European markets. Comparable as a digital parking reservation marketplace targeting travelers, though it focuses on urban and airport parking rather than cruise-specific facilities.
• EasyPark: European parking app and digital payment platform with strong German presence. Comparable because both serve German parking customers through digital channels, though EasyPark focuses on urban on-street and garage parking rather than cruise-port facilities.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/parkenundmeer
• Instagraminstagram.com/parkenundmeer
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/parken-und-meer

Compliance3 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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