Planning a fishing morning
The Day-Before Message: Your Side Fishing Tour Pickup, Explained
Your booking reference arrives the moment you reserve. The details that matter most for the morning itself come later, in one short message the day before.
Short answer
On the day before your fishing trip, a message brings your exact pickup minute and the place at the hotel to stand. The boat leaves at 07:00, and your pickup minute is set hotel by hotel, so this message is the one to trust. Reply to confirm you have it; if nothing has come through by evening, message us at +90 536 603 75 84 on WhatsApp.
Why the time comes the day before
The shared fishing morning gathers guests from hotels all along the resort coast, Gündoğdu at one end and Kızılot at the other, plus Manavgat town inland. Each hotel gets its own time, set once the morning's bookings are in. Printing a single time on the booking page would mislead someone; a personal message the day before does not.
That is why the booking confirmation you receive when you reserve tells you the date, the number of guests and the reference, but leaves the precise pickup minute for later.
What the message contains
- Your pickup time — set for your hotel, ahead of the boat's 07:00 departure.
- Where to wait — reception, the main entrance or another named point.
- How it reaches you — a call, a text or WhatsApp, to whichever number the booking carries.
Your ticket already shows the balance for the day: the €5 sea fee per person, paid in cash on the boat.
How to reply
A short answer is enough: “Received, thank you — we will be there.” It tells us the number works and that you have seen the time. If something has changed since you booked — a different room, a different number of guests, a new phone — this is the moment to say so.
If you need to cancel, the sooner the better. Cancelling costs nothing until 48 hours before the trip; inside that window, write to us anyway so the seat can be released. The booking guide explains what happens at each stage after you reserve.
If the message does not arrive
Messages go astray now and then: a number typed with a missing digit, a phone switched off, a WhatsApp account on a different number from the one in the booking. If the evening before your trip arrives with no word from us, do not guess the time from a neighbour or a previous trip.
Send a WhatsApp to +90 536 603 75 84 giving the booking name, trip date and hotel, and the details come back to you. Check your spam folder too if you added an e-mail address, and make sure the phone you booked with is with you and switched on.
After the message: the evening and the morning
With the time in hand, the rest is preparation. Ask reception about an early coffee or a packed snack, set an alarm with a little margin, and put out a hat, sun cream and the sea-fee cash. The early start guide walks through the evening before and the hour you leave.
Staying in Side itself? The Side town pickup guide covers timing reception and an early snack against the pickup. For every other area and how collection works across the belt, see the hotel pickup page. The boat is back at 12:30; the transfer then drops you at your hotel.