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Old Dec 2, 2014, 3:31 am
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Cello
 
Join Date: Jul 2013
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Originally Posted by geirfugl
You are NOT stuck with the one they issue you,if you are willing to pay the 10-15 TL it costs to take a taxi to the closer hotels, they will let you do that.
Could you please elaborate on that a bit more? So following your scenario I have to queue at the hotel desk and then ask for the available hotels / pick whatever I fancy from the ones mentioned in this thread, then tell them that I don't need a transfer and I would be given the voucher immediately/won't have to wait for the van?

I will be using the service twice - first time just for overnight stay to get on a plane the following morning (I'd like to stay close to the airport). Second time on the way back, with overnight stay and late afternoon connection (I'd like to stay as close to the historic center as possible). Are there any hotels that you'd recommend for those two options?
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