Parking at the Portland International Airport (recently voted the country’s TOP hub) can be a bit challenging, especially as construction on a new parking garage swallows HUNDREDS of spaces for the next several months. However, for travelers in a hurry, a new option will be unveiled Monday . . . .Gold Key VALET. That’s right, for thirty bucks a day, you can leave your keys with an attendant (it’s twenty-four bucks a day in the garage) . . . tell him when you’re returning . . . and they’ll handle the rest. They’ll even have it waiting for you at the terminal when you land. No word yet on whether the valet’s will be standing next to a sandwich board sporting red jackets and bow-ties a la the car guys in Beverly Hills 
*side note . . . . this announcement comes just a WEEK after PDX announced that Northwest Air will be offering a non-stop flight from PDX to the Netherlands . . . so, if one day you wake up with the urge to roll to Amsterdam but don’t want to deal with the hassle of a layover in New York . . . there ya go . . .
