Quiet this year?

[mac2010]

Does Turkey control the cost of flights or is it the tour opperators? Flights could be more expensive for Turkey as it is double the distance between UK and here compared to other EU resorts. As for eating there are many places here where food costs far less than you stated.Drink is a problem but no amount of moaning about it will change the goverment tax issues..

[johntaylor49]

Oh, and 4 return flights £286 from memory - roughly the price of one return to Dalaman from our local airports.

Keith remind me, are you in Sicily? I was thinking of going there next year instead of Calis

[johntaylor49]

Portugal 2012:

Pint lager (nice enough) from 1 euro
Wine red/white/rose (actually v pleasant) from 1 euro
3 courses menu (again some rather good) from 6.90 euro

Turkey's reputation as a great destination for cheap dining & drinks has SERIOUS competition. There was a pizza/pasta restaurant near our hotel which we used following a late arrival into resort - cheep and cheerful but food excellent and some nights people queued down the street for a table.

DER! Sorry saw Portugal bit later!  Been there twice didnt like it but that just me lol

[Scunner]

We quite liked it, it hasn't got the pull of Calis/Turkey for us anyway but we enjoyed our holiday. I've mentioned before that we've only been to Turkey on holiday in the years 2002-2010 (including 5 years living there!) so we want the kids to experience other parts of the "abroad".

We found Portugal to be very friendly indeed, on par with Turkey. My post really was only to point out that Turkey is losing it's cheap destination (or let's say great value) rapidly. There's a whole lot more to Turkey than cheap fags and Efes, nobody needs to tell me that, but a lot of people need great value for money in these difficult times and Turkey appears to be missing out a little more every year.

[happy_flyer]

I booked flights on monday for us two to come out in four weeks,( and we can't wait now) , Gatwick to Dalaman, meal onboard ,extra legroom for me as i'm long and extra legroom for her and she will dangling her legs anyway lol Why can't you get different seats next to each other? errrr , 20 kgs each bags and travel insurance , came to £ 1245.
Ouch thank goddness we're staying at a villa bargain rate £350 for two weeks.

I can see why people would be put off coming but for us the draw is to strong.

My holiday break at work was booked ages ago but we were hoping to be living there by now but things on the house selling fronthave not gone as planned, so i dare say if i had booked the same flights back in November when i usually do i would have saved money on the flights.

Oh nearly forgot the flights were booked through Monarch, Thomas Cook had nothing much at all.