A method for operating a plurality of vehicles includes sending over a communication network and to a first vehicle navigation data for an autonomous navigation of the first vehicle in a parking facility, the first vehicle being assigned as a guide vehicle to a second vehicle that is to autonomously follow the first vehicle, a target signal being sent to the second vehicle via the communication network while the second vehicle is following the guide vehicle during the autonomous navigation of the guide vehicle in the parking facility, the signal indicating that the second vehicle is to terminate the following and to park at a target position.