A2b & Havas bus

[kayakebab]

You will see it behind the main boards as you come out towards the car park.
No...there's a timetable going TO Dalaman but not to Calis.
They go to Fethiye based on the times Turkish airlines and pegasus flights land. You can tell them you want to get off at Gunlukbasi outside Pammukale bus stop, and pick it up from there on its way to Dalaman about 5 mins after it leaves the otogar.

[Honest Joe]

Thanks for the Holiday Hoppa tip Karennina, I haven't come across them before. I have logged on to their site and asked them to confirm that they ARE actually operating shuttle services in February.

I have already booked a transfer with Travel Republic, paid £13 by credit card, and received confirmation of the booking - then a few days later received an email from TR telling me that the shuttle company was NOT able to do a pick up on that day unless I paid a further £72 for the return trip. Needless to say I was not too pleased and, very politely, told them to change their website to show the correct price! British contract law stipulates that we had entered into a binding contract but they do not seem too concerned about that or customer relations ...

[Karennina]

I have just translated the Havas link page and it looks like there are only four buses a day two early morning and two evening time, is that correct does anyone know four a day?
None of those will be any good for my flight home would it be worth going to the Otogar and finding out what buses there are, there is another bus service as well as Havas I believe but I can not remember the name of the company thanks for any info...
I had never heard of Holiday Hoppa either Joe just stumbled across them on Facebook, I got my hopes up last week for another company called Transfers only.com booked and paid only to receive an email and a refund to say they only go to Marmaris out of season!
I have been lucky as in one of the members on CBF has kindly offered me to share their transfer who are on my outward flight so always worth asking on here if anyone wants to share, it keeps the costs down and also helps the environment, I hate seeing all the buses and big coaches toing and froing from Dalaman in the height of the season with empty seats though I am sure it is the same at any airport  

[kayakebab]

That would be right Karen, and the other company Muttas go at same time, they go in convoy...crazy, sooner or later one will go out of business I'm sure.

[Karennina]

That is the one Linda Muttas I agree how totally crazy is that going at the same time, are there any plans for them to stagger the times in the future do you know?
I would defo use them to keep costs down once we are retired, I was so scared (I am Mrs Scaredycat lol!) of doing the Antalya run in December but it was totally brilliant lovely scenic journey with snow capped mountains and brilliant sunshine, fortunately I met a lovely lady on the coach who showed me where to get the bus from Antalya otogar, only downside was we got told off by the driver at the loo stop for talking!  

[kayakebab]

You scared? Really, I wouldn't have known  
They only go to meet and take to domestic flights so there would be no point them going in between.
Would be fab if they started a service for international passengers but imagine the outcry from transfer companies!

[jim h]

I have just rang holiday hoppa.com and they confirmed they were still running a shuttle service from dalaman to calis running on 1st March so I have booked a return online and they have sent confirmation e.mail.
So let's hope they turn up

[Honest Joe]

Holiday Hoppa confirmed today that, despite what it implies on their website, they will not be running a shuttle service from Dalaman on February 19th so I'm back to square one. Anyway it's good to hear that they, and probably many of the other shuttle services, will start again on March 1st, so the return journey should be okay.

It seems strange that all of the usual shuttle services stop over the winter - I'm sure that if just one or two of them ran in the winter months they would make a fortune from the 200 or so passengers who arrive on every flight from the UK.

[Honest Joe]

Thank you very much Joe for posting the link for me really handy to have.
There is someone on facebook on one of the airport pages for Fethiye and Antalya his name is Ozgur and comes highly recommended, he has posted the dates he has shuttles I will take a look in a sec and see if he has one on the day of your friends arrival    

Hi Karrenina, did you manage to find out about Ozgur's shuttle service?  I've tried to find the Facebook entries without any luck ..

[Karennina]

Ha Linda  
Ozgur messaged me a while ago and said the place he had on the 19th has now gone sorry Joe
I think he posts on either the Fethiye expat page or there is a shared transfer page I'll double check the page names in a sec...
I was saying the exact same thing to my hubby the other night, such a shame now Thomas Cook are doing winter flights there are no shuttles operating apart from it seems this Ozgur chap not sure if he is a company owner or what...I totally agree re the 200 passengers arriving on each flight surely aren't all getting into private transfers even just a few shuttles a week would be a help...