macwomble Posted September 17, 2014 Share Posted September 17, 2014 (edited) Just booked through Turkish Airlines website for 4 of us for an incredible £279 return per person from Edinburgh. If you book through the normal round trip option on their website it will come up with a minimum return price of £327 which is still excellent. However if you choose multi destination (it can end up cheaper) Enter : Flight 1 Edinburgh to Istanbul Flight 2 Istanbul to Tbilisi Flight 3 Tbilisi to Edinburgh It will then ask you choose flights for each segment of your trip If you choose the correct dates and flights it is possible to get it for as low as £274. We are making a bit of a holiday of it and leaving on the Sunday and staying a few days in Istanbul before we go to Tblisi mid week coming back Saturday with another overnight in Istanbul before back to Edinburgh on Sunday. If you do the stopover in Turkey you will need to get a Turkish evisa before you go that will cost about £12 per person which will allow you more than one entry into Turkey if you want a stopover on both the way out and the way back. Happy shopping!! Edited September 17, 2014 by macwomble Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dundeelad88 Posted September 17, 2014 Share Posted September 17, 2014 Thurs - sun £327 Edin - Istanbul - Tbilisi return same way Good price. Hotels seem expensive Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wanderer Posted September 17, 2014 Share Posted September 17, 2014 How long do you have between flights? If its over night, Turkish Airlines put you up free for the night. Number of folk used this option for Macedonia last year and heard that it was some top notch hotels they got put up in. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeeRus Posted September 17, 2014 Share Posted September 17, 2014 (edited) How long do you have between flights? If its over night, Turkish Airlines put you up free for the night. Number of folk used this option for Macedonia last year and heard that it was some top notch hotels they got put up in. If there is another flight connection that is less of a connection time than the one you have booked, then you are not entitled to the overnight hotel (That's what they've told me when I was looking at this but we've decided on a stopover of nearly 24 hours so we can see a bit of Istanbul on the Tuesday night - hotel at our cost, plus is not at the airport which is where 'the free' one would be) Edited September 17, 2014 by DeeRus Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deecie Posted September 17, 2014 Share Posted September 17, 2014 Aye, I noticed Tbilisi seems to already be almost fully booked around our game. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dundeelad88 Posted September 17, 2014 Share Posted September 17, 2014 Deecie either full or quite dear. Citedines apartments seem no bad Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wanderer Posted September 17, 2014 Share Posted September 17, 2014 Try contacting hotels directly. I am in the No12 Boutique Hotel in Tbilisi.... prices not up yet on booking.com, yet were more than happy to take my booking direct and even offered me a 10% discount on their 2014 prices, as they did not know what their 2015 prices will be yet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dundeelad88 Posted September 17, 2014 Share Posted September 17, 2014 Yeh checked booking.com and none up yet. I thought possibly the hotels showing as full as was 12 month ahead Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tattiescone69 Posted September 17, 2014 Share Posted September 17, 2014 Just booked through Turkish Airlines website for 4 of us for an incredible £279 return per person from Edinburgh. If you book through the normal round trip option on their website it will come up with a minimum return price of £327 which is still excellent. However if you choose multi destination (it can end up cheaper) Enter : Flight 1 Edinburgh to Istanbul Flight 2 Istanbul to Tbilisi Flight 3 Tbilisi to Edinburgh It will then ask you choose flights for each segment of your trip If you choose the correct dates and flights it is possible to get it for as low as £274. We are making a bit of a holiday of it and leaving on the Sunday and staying a few days in Istanbul before we go to Tblisi mid week coming back Saturday with another overnight in Istanbul before back to Edinburgh on Sunday. If you do the stopover in Turkey you will need to get a Turkish evisa before you go that will cost about £12 per person which will allow you more than one entry into Turkey if you want a stopover on both the way out and the way back. Happy shopping!! We're arriving 0320 wed 2nd sept , taking the tues 1605 from Auld Reekie and 0010 connection at Istanbul Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeeRus Posted September 17, 2014 Share Posted September 17, 2014 (edited) booking.com does have the hotels on sale but only on the app (I'm using Android and its on there but pal got iPhone and not on there!) We've booked the Tuesday flight from Edinburgh and the connecting flight on the Wednesday to Tbilisi, so we've got a night/day to have a look around Back on the Sunday Edited September 17, 2014 by DeeRus Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tattiescone69 Posted September 17, 2014 Share Posted September 17, 2014 booking.com does have the hotels on sale but only on the app (I'm using Android and its on there but pal got iPhone and not on there!) We've booked the Tuesday flight from Edinburgh and the connecting flight on the Wednesday to Tbilisi, so we've got a night/day to have a look around Back on the Sunday That the 0415 one ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeeRus Posted September 17, 2014 Share Posted September 17, 2014 That the 0415 one ? Naw - the afternoon/evening one out of Edinburgh then the 21.30 on the Wednesday Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
macwomble Posted September 17, 2014 Author Share Posted September 17, 2014 Naw - the afternoon/evening one out of Edinburgh then the 21.30 on the Wednesday Mind that flights out of a different airport from the one you will fly in to from Edinburgh. Its from Sabiha Gökçen International Airport. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeeRus Posted September 17, 2014 Share Posted September 17, 2014 Mind that flights out of a different airport from the one you will fly in to from Edinburgh. Its from Sabiha Gökçen International Airport. Yip, cheers. Looking at digs that make it easy'ish to get to/from for both flights - also with this flight, into Tbilisi a bit earlier than the Ataturk late departure Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tattiescone69 Posted September 17, 2014 Share Posted September 17, 2014 Naw - the afternoon/evening one out of Edinburgh then the 21.30 on the Wednesday i meant the return on the sunday ................. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coggs Posted September 18, 2014 Share Posted September 18, 2014 Booked from Edinburgh on the Saturday to Istanbul Tuesday fly to Tbilisi until the Saturday. Saturday afternoon back to Istanbul and then Sunday back to Edinburgh. Came in at around £555 for the 2 of us, so say £280 each. Can't complain at that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeeRus Posted September 18, 2014 Share Posted September 18, 2014 i meant the return on the sunday ................. Sorry - yeah same return flight Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kumnio Posted September 18, 2014 Share Posted September 18, 2014 Just booked us up using Turkish Airlines, £327 return which is good value. Went for good flight times, nothing early morning or late at night. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottcross Posted September 18, 2014 Share Posted September 18, 2014 Try contacting hotels directly. I am in the No12 Boutique Hotel in Tbilisi.... prices not up yet on booking.com, yet were more than happy to take my booking direct and even offered me a 10% discount on their 2014 prices, as they did not know what their 2015 prices will be yet. Been offered a good deal with this hotel,but nothing mentioned about how and when i pay for it .Staying tuesday to sunday. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wanderer Posted September 18, 2014 Share Posted September 18, 2014 Been offered a good deal with this hotel,but nothing mentioned about how and when i pay for it .Staying tuesday to sunday. Hotel said to me when I booked that they work on a basis of trust and want to get a good reputation, so all bookings are booked on the basis that you will show up for it. They told me to pay upon arrival. Not really how I like to work, but happy to give them a chance. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottcross Posted September 18, 2014 Share Posted September 18, 2014 Hotel said to me when I booked that they work on a basis of trust and want to get a good reputation, so all bookings are booked on the basis that you will show up for it. They told me to pay upon arrival. Not really how I like to work, but happy to give them a chance. Settled for an apartment on Zichi st,waiting for a reply regarding payment details. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
allywilson Posted October 18, 2014 Share Posted October 18, 2014 Was wondering if anyone was staying in Istanbul Sat and Sun nights on way home? Turkey v Holland on Sun evening. 6pm KO. Wouldn't mind going to that one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mad murphy Posted October 18, 2014 Share Posted October 18, 2014 We are staying Saturday night hopefully a few Dutch fans will have arrived by then Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kumnio Posted October 18, 2014 Share Posted October 18, 2014 Two of us there on Saturday night. Never been to Istanbul, so quite looking forward to it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pool Q Posted October 18, 2014 Share Posted October 18, 2014 The wife and I were in Istanbul for three nights in the summer - we booked internal flights there in the middle of a holiday in Dalyan. I loved it as a city, if you are into history and sightseeing not many places will beat it. We stayed in the Beyoglu district which had a bit of a Bohemian feel to it, and actually reminded me a bit of Montmarte. Not sure what it would be like as a place to go out on the tear though. There are any number of good restaurants and obviously lots of bars, but in general I'd say that not many people, that I saw at least, were out drinking in the way that is the norm on a TA trip. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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