Calis Beach and Fethiye Turkey Discussion Forum
Turkey Related Subjects => Turkey Discussion Forum (Not Calis specifically) => Topic started by: Anne on March 20, 2013, 22:57:07 PM
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What's your preference?
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self catering in an apartment :)
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I should have added. Why?
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Self catering or occasionally AI. B&B also. Would not book half or full board, don't think I ever have in fact.
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Half board on my ski holiday, because I'm often too exhausted after a day on the slopes, to go out hunting for a nice restaurant. B&B in Calis, but would really like to rent an apartment for the freedom of choice. Just find the cost so much more than B&B in a hotel. I'm a miserable git really!
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Always used to go self catering or B & B before getting our own place.
I dont like full board because I like the variation of going out to different restaurants and have never been AI.
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definitely self catering in Calis. there are too many good restaurants which you would miss out on if you were AI. :)
people we have spoken to who are on an AI basis rarely leave the hotel/complex, and see very little of the area, not even bothering with boat trips, sight seeing etc. :(
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....but would really like to rent an apartment for the freedom of choice. Just find the cost so much more than B&B in a hotel. I'm a miserable git really!
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2014 we must get our act together and share an apartment.
For th avoidance of doubt "We" - definition = Brenda and I ;D
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ooh er. ;)
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Self catering seems to make more sense as AI puts nothing into the local economy
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LOL @ H
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It's not fair to say AI puts nothing into the local economy - they employ large numbers of local people who spend their wages locally, also they buy some of their food and drink supplies locally. It's not untrue that a proportion of AI guests never leave the place, but also many do. Better for the local economy to have people staying in Letoonia than staying in Tenerife.
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I have no preference so long as someone (i am not fussy) makes the bed, cleans the bathroom, cooks my breakfast, does the washing.Gordon are you reading?!!
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AI, when we had kids, 2/3 at a time, we used to wander around looking at various places to eat and have a drink, because we usually went to different places each year and wouldn't know where to avoid, trying to work out what was on offer and how much it would cost. The results were as expected varied. It also meant the kids always ate with us but by the time they were teenagers they sometimes wanted to eat with new friends, AI enabled that. It also meant they could access treats such as ice cream cokes and burgers without having to come to bank of mum and dad.
AI also allows you to go out and about if you wish and eat elsewhere, which we sometimes did.
We always enjoyed there being no shocks when a bar bill arrives.
Since the kids have gone we have done AI twice in the last two years but the majority of time we use our own place in Fethiye. Finally I would happily do AI again but only if reviews were good and there was waiter service as well.
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Self catering for us providing we have the facilities (proper oven, 4 hobs etc)
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I read a report in a newspaper that AI has killed off lots of resorts in Spain as the local restaurants and bars are closing and along with them the shops. The report said that as for Turkey only 10% of money from AI's goes into the Turkish local economy.
If AI's get a grip it's a nature progression that eventually there will be huge AI's and nothing in the local area to visit.. i.e Ghost Towns.
I speak as someone who has done AI and B&B and I much prefer the freedom of B&B. However,I know people with young kids want AI because of the convenience and in some cases the lower costs, but strange as it may seem, we managed to take our kids on holiday without staying at AI's and they still had a great time. ;)
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Self catering for us also, never cook but the option is there if needed. Not a fan of AI in the Fethiye area as i have compared the likes of Letoonia to what our total Holiday cost is and it works out about the same but we get all the variation of different places, trips etc for the same money!
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The AI I have heard about mostly seem to involve buffet meals (I hate fetching my own food/drinks) and less well-known brands of drinks. I also don't like the idea of feeling I need to get 'my money's worth' and stay within the Hotel. I have stayed in several pretty good hotels in Spain, Italy, UK and simply don't find the dining experience appealing. It reminds me of school - queueing for food then for drinks etc. I like to be waited on and love going to different places so self-catering for me any day - I also like to 'put the kettle on' any time I feel like it and not have to rush down to save a sun-bed every morning !
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all inclusive when we go to a hotel
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2014 we must get our act together and share an apartment.
For th avoidance of doubt "We" - definition = Brenda and I ;D
Do you and Brenda usually have separate apartments?
Our preference is B&B if going for a fortnight; self-catering if going for longer.
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After a few days on holiday, I get sweet nothings whispered in my ear, i.e. I'm REALLY missing your cooking now. So self catering is not for me thanks, the pinny stays at home. Mind you we (I) did try it in Dalyan one year, and managed home made lamb curry and rice on two electric rings!
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We have our own place in Calis, but I don't like self catering either. :( I usually make a simple breakfast of fruit, bread, cereals etc., However, that is my limit. We eat out during the day and in the evening. Self Catering does not mean the wife cooking for the extent of the holiday, because then it's not a holiday. We also have bbq's but, as everyone knows, it's men that do bbq's. ;) :D
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It was always b&b for us so we had a choice of what and where we eat. since having our own place it is still pretty much b&b the oven has never been switched on.
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B+B in Turkey or any med resort.
If I went back to the caribean I would go AI. as the cost of eating out is extortionate. Nice to do once or twice though.
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In common with many CBF members we too have are own place in Fethiye.
We are fortunate to be able to stay for long hols and therefore do half and half
eating in/dining out.However when we do our mini hols there we tend to do B&B
the only exception being in the winter when we do A.I in Antalya for a few nights
prior to flying back to U.K.
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I agree with daveG. With our own place, it's great to have breakfast out on the balcony, followed by a snack at lunchtime - for short stays (about a week or so) we'll eat out every evening, usually catching up with friends, or checking out the new places that have opened since our last visit! :)
But for longer holidays, to be honest, I get fed up with the same type of food, and make the odd meal at home. We enjoy going to the market and buying fruit and veg, going to the local butcher for meat, the bakers for bread, then making up a nice meal, and best of all eating out on our balcony on a warm evening. We can rarely do that at home! :)
We rarely ate at home (apart from breakfast) for the first three years that we had our apartment, thinking that we should always go out as we were on holiday (and our girls loved an excuse to get dressed up)! Another three years on, the apartment really feels like home and the girls are older so tend to holiday with their friends (that's another story!), it's great to spend a bit more time there! :)
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Always go self catering as we like to have breakfast on the patio or balcony and eat out in the evening in the local restaurants. Have booked our first holiday in Fethiye this year room only so we can try all the lovely local eateries and bars :)
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B/B at the Hotel Letoon
This year we will be self catering. Next door to the Letoon
No cooking apart from the odd breakfast. I will be able to choose my own portion sizes of all the nice bits in a Turkish Breakfast.
Which nice bits ?
Cheese. cucumber, loads of bread , honey, egg or maybe eggs, olives and more olives, cold meat and fruit. I think that's all. Oh yes , tea.
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Def Self Catering for us.. in a private apartment
we love the relaxation of SC as we can please ourselves what to do and when to do it.. and sometimes we really cannot be bothered to get ready in the evenings to go out :) we usually hire a lovely apartment with a great balcony for relaxing on with our evening meal and drinks :)