Calis Beach and Fethiye Turkey Discussion Forum
Calis Beach Forum => Calis Beach Questions and Information => Topic started by: mercury on August 29, 2019, 00:06:16 AM
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We have good friends coming out in September them having found really cheap flights from Bristol...
We really wanted to meet up with them
..We have tried every conceivable way to book Calis but coming from Manchester. Aaargh.. how does anyone afford the flights?
Booked a week AI in Crete for half of the money..
Gutted.
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depended on your dates but manchester to dalaman direct flights ,, I looked at 16 th to 30 th September following week dates a tiny bit more TOTAL cost for two passengers seats together hold bags free snack £628 == £314 each Monday day flight out 5 30 am morning back leave DLM
loads cheaper than Gatwick / Stansted ect
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Coming out from New Astley 16th Sep £398 each ,but always been expensive from here.
Tried Manchester once but the 3hr drive on the return leg nearly killed me
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We're coming out end September for a month and usually fly from Manchester but this year found it cheaper to go from Leeds/Bradford which is unusual. Jet2 was also cheaper than T Cook for our dates. If you sign up to Jet2 membership they have varous discounts which change regularly though I have noticed that bag charges can alter according to the discount! ???
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Coming out from New Astley 16th Sep £398 each ,but always been expensive from here.
Tried Manchester once but the 3hr drive on the return leg nearly killed me
Same, I think the flight arrival times into UK could literally kill you - I've had a few floaty moment driving from Manchester to Scotland on our way back from holiday.
We've saved hundreds each year driving to Manchester rather than pay Edinburgh/Glasgow prices. Even Newcastle is worth the trek sometimes for us - it may be relatively expensive but we played it that we would fly from NCL/MAN/LPL in Scottish school holidays but England was still at school so the price hike hadn't happened.
The furthest we have driven for a cheap flight is Leeds Bradford, about 5 hours with a relatively brief stop.
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I’m the same as you Mercury have booked a week in Side with decent flight times as couldn’t find anything from Manchester to Dalaman that wasn’t an arm and a leg and wasn’t a night flight. Hopefully will get to visit Calis next year.
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Have only drive home once after a night flight.
Never again - not only a danger to myself and others in the car but also the poor innocents coming the other way, :( :( :(
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£628.??? Sorry but it's only cost us a £50 more for a weeks AI in a beach hotel in Halkidiki..
Sea I will be able to swim in and day flights.
I don't ever book night flights or flights where we have to hang around all day.
Barrie being as he is it isn't a choice for us to travel for hours in a car to save the money.
I have a friend on the case tipping me the wink when the cheap flights come out next year..Maybe this was because we left it late but we are disappointed that we couldn't come.
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It's not just the flight prices - I think we could see big hikes in hotel rates next year with the weak lira, inflation and the massive increases in fuel /electricity prices that directly affect everything - manufacturing, transportation etc.
Traditionally (at least in the last 10-15 years) flight prices were higher than relatively comparable destinations - Greek Islands, Cyprus etc - but accommodation prices were so cheap they offset that. With high flight prices and potentially high accommodation costs it will be interesting to see how tourism fares in 2020.
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Its quite heartbreaking that people who really love Turkey are outpriced by the flights. Also adding the visa price on.
As much as we miss Fethiye we really can't thoil (Yorkshire saying) the prices when we can go to other destinations for less.
It must also be a problem for people living there who either
live there but have to return in an emergency situation or trying to keep up with their visas.
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The hotel only prices for this season have been stuuuupppid prices!
Never known anything like it to be honest. Iv been looking for a few nights for a mini break for us and just can’t believe the prices!
Eg Jiva one night in Sept £225 the X3 yacht hotels in Fethiye have been well into the 100’s and the Reis Royal for just their standard room Iv seen for £90...
There have been a few cheaper hotels but for the tired old hotels in Calis which sadly just don’t do anything for us anymore...
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We looked at The Ceren it was £1100 for a weeks b and b.
Mind you it does have a lovely view for breakfast according to their page..
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Liverpool? EasyJet?
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We looked at The Ceren it was £1100 for a weeks b and b.
Mind you it does have a lovely view for breakfast according to their page..
Did that include flights mercury.
Don't know your dates but travel republic may have alternatives
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No that is the hotel H...
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I was trying to spend my BIG 60th birthday in Calis on 19th Sept but from Gatwick the flights are stupidly expensive. Not sure why as I can go to Antalya AI for little more than a TC flight only, something about DLM I guess.
Might see you in Halkidki Anne & Barry!
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Our monthly complex fees have just had a massive 66% rise, to keep up with rising costs not a huge amount in £s but in lira its a massive hike, can't imagine that hotels wont do the same next year.
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Well for next year our dates show our usual Jiva Beach at £1,120 and Mutlu £350. Much as we like Jiva we wouldn’t get value for money at that price, especially as we go out to eat/drink more nights than not.
It works out that the difference for the two of us would be 530 lira a day if we stayed at the Mutlu on B&B. And we can spend that where we want to eat etc.
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The flight times from Birmingham are shocking next year - even Jet 2 are night flights. I just can't face them - I hate travelling through the night. I will hold my nerve and see if they change. You never know....
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Totally agree Lynne.jet 2 flights all seem to fly into uk early morning and we also dont want to do that.
Trouble is rule out jet2,thomas cook is dodgy and what are we left with.
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Chariste and lynne, agree about the flight times. Hate arriving back early hours, getting too old for that now. We're coming out in October with Jet2 from Leeds/Bradford and decent flight times. Just looked for next year and they all arrive back about 2.00am! Not going to book anything yet, will see what prices are like nearer the time :-\