Turkey hols

interstellaflyer

Pollycat wrote: »

I have to agree with PompeyPete that it sounds very strange that a hotel in Turkey is refusing to accept payment in its own currency.
What are the things that they are insisting on payment in euros?

We are in Belek and this hotel does seem to cater for mainly euro zone and Russian guests, there are also quite a few (Arab I think) guests although they could be eastern european Muslims, there are very few British, that's Bourne out in the Reps/information area, although we went through Airtours, they do not have a desk or information board, no British tour operator does. As for what is payable in euros, well, loss of towel cards are charged at 10 euros, no mention of any other currency, for some strange reason, although all the arcade games are in Lira (via top up card), the bowling Ally is euro, the gift shop is priced in euro, not really a problem as it's inexpensive, lots of small gifts for around a euro, this meant my daughter could use up the euros she had left over from her school trip to France, buying some small trinkets for her friends. I remember last time we went to Turkey, we went to Marmaris, there, things were marked up in £, € and Lira and walking down the street there were bars and cafes offering English breakfasts for something like £3 and when you saw what they were serving you'd pay a lot more back home. At the end of the day, I don't really care about saving a few pence, I am on holiday, it is all Inclusive, all I'v spent so far is 36 Turkish Lira (less then £10) on some essentials and 10 € in the gift shop, if I was eating out, going to bars and using taxis I may watch the pennies a little more.

Pollycat

There's a world of difference between places pricing stuff up in a range of currencies and refusing to take payment in their own currency

interstellaflyer

Pollycat wrote: »

There's a world of difference between places pricing stuff up in a range of currencies and refusing to take payment in their own currency

Granted, however the bowling ally is euro only, don't ask me why because I don't know, all the other games are in Lira, that said, personally I'm not going to let 5€ ruin my holiday. I've not tested the towel card thing because i don't intend to lose the towel cards.

Kedi_Yavrusu

Nowhere can refuse to take lira, it is their national currency and Turkish people will only have lira. They can price it as they like but they have to accept the equivalent in lira.

Kedi_Yavrusu

As for the visa do make sure you get it before you go as some airports have stopped doing visa on arrival.

zyper

Thanks for all the feedback guys!:j

zyper

Do you mean you're flying to Dalaman or going to Dalyan? Dalyan is a resort but Dalaman has little there but the airport. I was in Turkey a month ago and food is good value. It depends what sort of lunch you want but if you eat local meze that should be fine for lunch. I'd recommend looking out for where the locals eat like office workers in their lunchbreaks. Most meze dishes (in the upmarket resort I went to) were about £1.50 so it depends how greedy you want to be. DH and I tend to get 3 or 4 and share them. Or you could have pide (Turkish equivalent of pizza) which is good with some salad. Gin and tonic was about £3.[/QUOTE]

We're going to Dalman airport & staying in a resort hotel there about 1,5 hrs from airport. Some useful info there about food, we'll just make sure we take some Liras with us to cover costs

PompeyPete

zyper wrote: »

We're going to Dalman airport & staying in a resort hotel there about 1,5 hrs from airport. Some useful info there about food, we'll just make sure we take some Liras with us to cover costs

You're flying to Dalaman Airport. If you're 1.5 hours by road from your destination resort then you could be staying at any one of loads of resorts as far apart as Fethiye (Hisaranu, Olu Deniz, Calis Beach) to the east, and Marmaris (Icmeler) to the west, with loads more in between or not far beyond.

It's a beautiful part of the world, so wherever you go you shouldn't be disappointed.

uncovered

zyper wrote: »

Hi all

After some advice on a couple of things. We're going on a family hol to Dalman, Turkey in Oct. Just read that we need a visa as British natinals which can be bought at airport or via something called an e-visa via interent for about £20 each. Is that right?

Also, we will only be on half-board so any advice on how much money we might need to cover other meals (nothing ostentatious, just a normal lunch meal for 2 adults & 3 children) & other possible costs like transport, odd activities, etc.

Thanks in advance

Hi, just returned from our first family holiday to Turkey on Sunday. It was fabulous. We stayed in a small village called Uzumlu near fethiye. We had a car so ate out at chalis beach, Fethiye, hisaronou and olu Deniz, aswell as local small restaurants. For a family of four we ate well, drinks and 3 courses came in always around £40-£50.

I got the e visa, didn't need to show anything at the airport, they scanned the passports Nd I guess it linked to my e visa.

I took a couple of hundred pounds worth of Turkish lira, about £300 in sterling, as the trip companies like pounds. I then just withdrew cash from machines on my Halifax clarity card. I got an exchange rate of 4.57 on my card, it went up to 4.45 in the local shops. You get a lot for your money! Apparently you get 30%more for your pound than this time last year.

You can chec https://www.tinyakropol.com fornsome ideas of trips and prices. We used this company for airport transfer, car hire and a couple of trips.

Some areas do love advertising prices in pounds and euros, as the lira is low value I guess and they can charge more if they charge you in another currency. For instance all the fake goods are normally advertised in sterling. In olu deniz nearly all the bars advertise the food in pounds as it sounds less. But they charge in Turkish lira.

Can't work out why Turkey don't embrace their currency though. I dalaman airport the duty free is all shown in euros. When you oay they convert it to Turkish lira, probably with a poor conversion rate to go with it!

Going again next year hopefully, lovely people, lovely country. Although the beaches we visited we not to our sandy standards. Next year we aim to visit more sandy beaches. But the sea is amazing!

maman

So glad you enjoyed your holiday.


It's odd how they only price goods in euros at Dalaman but if you pay by card in TL you'll be charged the bank conversion rate on the day.


If you want a sandy beach, try Patara!