A parking locator system comprising: one or more storage devices configured to store user information regarding a plurality of parking locator system users; a plurality of parking locators corresponding to a plurality of parking spaces, said plurality of parking locators configured to generate parking space information regarding a status of one or more parking spaces as occupied or unoccupied; a plurality of transceivers configured to communicate said parking space information from said plurality of parking locators; and one or more servers configured to: a) receive said parking information from said plurality of parking locators and to utilize user information regarding a parking locator system user stored at said one or more storage devices to generate and transmit parking information to a user device of said parking locator system user, said parking information comprising information regarding available parking spaces at a destination location of said parking locator system user, characterised in that the one or more servers are further configured to: b) receive commute information including a starting location, a destination location and times of departure from the parking locator system user; c) receive input from the parking locating system user designating other parking locator system users allowed to be informed about a location where a car of the parking locator system user is parked; and d) output to at least one of the other parking system users the location where the car is parked and the commute information of the parking locator system user. one or more storage devices configured to store user information regarding a plurality of parking locator system users; a plurality of parking locators corresponding to a plurality of parking spaces, said plurality of parking locators configured to generate parking space information regarding a status of one or more parking spaces as occupied or unoccupied; a plurality of transceivers configured to communicate said parking space information from said plurality of parking locators; and one or more servers configured to: a) receive said parking information from said plurality of parking locators and to utilize user information regarding a parking locator system user stored at said one or more storage devices to generate and transmit parking information to a user device of said parking locator system user, said parking information comprising information regarding available parking spaces at a destination location of said parking locator system user, characterised in that the one or more servers are further configured to: a) receive said parking information from said plurality of parking locators and to utilize user information regarding a parking locator system user stored at said one or more storage devices to generate and transmit parking information to a user device of said parking locator system user, said parking information comprising information regarding available parking spaces at a destination location of said parking locator system user, b) receive commute information including a starting location, a destination location and times of departure from the parking locator system user; c) receive input from the parking locating system user designating other parking locator system users allowed to be informed about a location where a car of the parking locator system user is parked; and d) output to at least one of the other parking system users the location where the car is parked and the commute information of the parking locator system user.