Side Fishing Tour: Book Direct or Through Your Hotel Rep?
Your hotel's excursion desk will happily sell you a fishing morning, and so will we. We cannot tell you what the desk charges or includes, but we can tell you exactly how booking here works and what to ask anyone you book with.
Short answer
Booking direct here means nothing paid online: euros for the fare change hands on the trip morning, and the €5 sea fee per person goes in cash on the boat. You can change your mind at no cost until 48 hours ahead, and you are booking with Murat Atalay Travel Agency, TÜRSAB licence 11294. Whether that is better than a hotel rep's offer depends on what the rep includes, so compare like with like.
How booking here works
- Shared morning: €45 per person, every age, plus the €5 sea fee per person in cash on the boat.
- Private boat: €650 per person, every age, plus the same sea fee.
- Big game: on request, with a quote in our reply.
- No card, no deposit, no online payment.
- Free cancellation until 48 hours before the trip.
- Bookings from tomorrow onwards; a party above 12 is an enquiry.
What we will not claim about hotel reps
You will not find us saying that a rep's price is higher, or that a desk sells a lesser trip. We do not know what your hotel's rep offers, which operator they work with or what their fare includes, and it would be dishonest to pretend otherwise.
Some travellers like the convenience of a desk in the lobby and a person they can talk to face to face. That is a perfectly good reason to book there. What matters is that you know what you are paying for, whoever you pay.
Questions to ask any seller, including us
- Does the figure apply to each guest or to the whole boat, and does a child pay it too?
- Is there a sea fee or any other charge paid on the day, and is it in the quoted price?
- Is hotel pickup included, and when is the time confirmed?
- Are rods, lines and bait supplied?
- What is served on board, and what is not?
- Do I pay now or on the day, and by what means?
- Until when can I cancel without paying anything?
- Who is the licensed agency, and what is its TÜRSAB number?
Our answers to every one of these are on this site. If another seller's answers match ours at a lower price, that is a fair choice to make.
Paying on the day
Because nothing is taken online, you have nothing tied up if your plans shift. You bring euros for the fare to the trip itself, and the sea fee goes in cash to the boat. Your ticket shows the sea fee as the balance still to pay, so you can see the whole picture before you leave your room. The sea fee guide explains it in full.
The licence behind the booking
Every trip on this site is sold by Murat Atalay Travel Agency, which holds TÜRSAB licence 11294. TÜRSAB is the association of travel agencies in Turkey, and a licensed agency is a named business you can identify, not an anonymous number on a flyer. Ask anyone you book with for the same detail.
You can read more about who we are on the about page.
Booking direct, step by step
Choose your trip, pick a date from tomorrow onwards and give your names, hotel and a WhatsApp number. For the shared morning, your pickup time arrives the day before; for the private boat, we agree the time and meeting point with you on WhatsApp. Our booking guide walks through each stage, and shared, private or big game helps you choose.
Start with the shared deep sea fishing morning in Side, or go to the booking form.