Travelling to Turkey

Sgt_Pepper · 10 Aug 2008 at 15:40

Hi just a quick question about travelling to Turkey, All i was wondering is, do you still need to pay an entry fee, at the Airport.

knip · 10 Aug 2008 at 15:41

It was 10 quid when I went about 5 years ago.
(in English money)

Jez · 10 Aug 2008 at 15:48

£10 for a 90 day visa per person. Cash english money only.

Dave · 10 Aug 2008 at 15:50

Just queue up at the visa bit and pay £10 for a 90 day one, job sorted

(feel sorry for Turkish visiting the UK - their Visa process is very long and drawn out!)

neil3k · 10 Aug 2008 at 15:59

You have to pay to enter Turkey ?

Shouldn't it be the other way.

Jez · 10 Aug 2008 at 16:02

neil3k said:
You have to pay to enter Turkey ?

Shouldn't it be the other way.

I rented a villa in Kalkan earlier in the year and the area is literally text book paradise. Beautiful isnt even the word. Expensive as hell, but it blew me away.

Dave · 10 Aug 2008 at 16:10

neil3k said:
You have to pay to enter Turkey ?

Shouldn't it be the other way.

Well they're not in the EU so they havn't got an obligation to let us Brits into their country. £10 is hardly unreasonable!

jrodga2k5 · 10 Aug 2008 at 16:21

Must be a CRISP unfolded £10 english note I believe!

My GF was there 3 weeks ago!

Sgt_Pepper · 10 Aug 2008 at 16:33

Cheers for your help guys, seems bizzare it's not just included in the price of the holiday tho.

knip · 10 Aug 2008 at 16:37

Sgt_Pepper said:
Cheers for your help guys, seems bizzare it's not just included in the price of the holiday tho.

Because its nothing to do with the holiday companies or the airline, its a charge that the immigration office has put in place, and there would be too much faffing about at the airport with who had paid who etc etc, so you just have to remember to take a tenner each with you on the plane.

Jez · 10 Aug 2008 at 16:41

Sgt_Pepper said:
Cheers for your help guys, seems bizzare it's not just included in the price of the holiday tho.

For the holiday company to arrange a visa for you would be more bizarre imo

Dracata · 10 Aug 2008 at 17:22

Jez said:
For the holiday company to arrange a visa for you would be more bizarre imo

Yeah very much so, also make sure it's a £10 note exactly, they won't accept a £20 note or two fives

paul@ · 10 Aug 2008 at 20:22

jrodga2k5 said:
Must be a CRISP unfolded £10 english note I believe!

My GF was there 3 weeks ago!

Load of rubbish, as long the note is NOT cut they will accept it.

The fee is 10 sterling pounds, it can be 2 x fivers or 1 x ten pound note. If you are a couple for example giving them a twenty pounds note is OK.

knip · 10 Aug 2008 at 20:27

Myself and my now ex boyfriend had to both hand over a tenner when we went, we were specifically told it could not be a £20 note for the two of us.
Unless theyve changed it in the last 5 years.

Miguél · 10 Aug 2008 at 20:42

We handed over a £20 and had no problems. Don't know where people get the idea that it has to be a brand new £10 note.

Jez · 10 Aug 2008 at 20:53

Miguél said:
We handed over a £20 and had no problems. Don't know where people get the idea that it has to be a brand new £10 note.

Yeah i think this is a myth, i heard it before i went too, however when we got our visa's the "cashier" had a massive pile of all sorts.