Dalaman airport prices.

[gez45]

To all you lucky people who are already there or about to go,could you please let us know if the vendors at the airport are still robbing everybody blind and what sort of prices are they charging , or are things any cheaper, I suspect not ,but you never know, thanks.

[dksbbs]

Sandybeach has just come back and in her excellent review said

Dalaman still very expensive a tin of Efes is 12Lira and the prices in KFC and Maccy Dees is about 25 Lira.

Full review is available Here


Dave

[smc4761]

Dalaman airport know they have a captive audience and feel free to charge what ridiculous prices they can. If people are daft enough to pay their ridiculous prices they will continue to charge them.

I would urge everyone going to the airport to take their own food, crisps sweets fruit etc and refuse to buy from McDonalds KFC etc

Stewart

[Chocoholic]

I agree with the above post and take your own food. Any restaurant or hotel/apartment will be more than happy to make up any amount of sandwiches you want at a very reasonable price and you can take crisps etc The only thing I buy at Dalaman is a small bottle of water. If passengers didn't pay these extortinate prices they would have to put prices down. Don't moan....BOYCOTT!

[sandybeach]

I totally agree that the prices are extortiante but even if you boycott I dont think it would work, the prices are exactly the same at the Istanbul airport when I visited in January.
Any of the restaurants will make you sandwiches to take to the airport, Champagne bar made me a delicious beef salad roll for about 7 Lira.
Sandy

[Katiehutchinson_1991]

agree with the above posts
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[Jay Trip]

We dont even buy a bottle of water as we take 5x100ml bottles with us and fill them with mineral water then put them in the plastic bag for to be checked at security!

[Katiehutchinson_1991]

its a good idea jay but you need to remember your 100ml bottles
also if you can just wait until you get on the plane if you dont have a delay its much cheaper buying on there than in the airport
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[Susi1962]

Just got back yesterday - Burger King landside (which is presumably cheaper) were charging 18 lira for 6 chicken nuggets!!!

Through security and at the gate there are little cafes - 7 lira for a can of Coke - actually don't object to this as a) at least it's chilled and b) it's still better value than £3 for a miniature can of Coke on the plane!!

[allyharvell]

just back today airport prices are mental 9,50 for a bottle of fruit shoot BUT if you head over towards gate 26 there is a little cafe tea is 6 lira and tea and cake is 7 lira found that with about 10 minutes to go before boarding so dipped out

[mammygazzo]

Just back a few hours ago. 7 lira for a can of iced lemon tea and when i went into my purse to pay and she saw english money she said i could pay in pounds and wanted 3.50 robbing so and sos

[michelletonyr]

im going to try & boycot the airport too, all airports seem to do this though dont they even the ones in the uk. think you may notice more on the way home though as your sad & on your way home.

[Kneale]

I just go to the VIP lounge and have as much food and soft drinks as I want! I get it for free but you can pay to go in and it's probably cheaper than buying a snack in a shop in the airport.

[michelletonyr]

oooh kneale what a good idea. how do i arrange that any idea (the one in turkey) thanks x

[dragon]

im going to try & boycot the airport too, all airports seem to do this though dont they even the ones in the uk. think you may notice more on the way home though as your sad & on your way home.

Dalaman prices are much higher than the UK prices. Two years ago they were charging £4 for a small bottle of fanta or coke, it's probably more now. I remember someone on the forum being charged £6 for a tube of Pringles and that was a while ago

[Katiehutchinson_1991]

word of warning also for the airport
if you do buy something try and pay in lira as if you decide to pay in euros or pounds they will hammer you for the exchange rate
as they will use a much lower or higher one depending how it benefits them
you can book the VIP lounge at dalaman on their website
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[Chris221273]

It says on their website 20 euros per person to book the VIP lounge.
100ml bottles of squash it is then

[Cummo]

Istanbul was cheap enough...as airport prices go. Dalaman is in a league of their own.
We take our own snacks in the form of Pide or ham rolls etc

The very first place i ever got "ripped off" was at Dalaman by the then so called porters. £20 for carrying 1 case no more than 20 yds.....once bitten twice shy

John

[Kneale]

oooh kneale what a good idea. how do i arrange that any idea (the one in turkey) thanks x

It's £16 each, just put 'dalaman airport lounge' into google and there are lots of websites you can book with. You get unlimited soft drinks/hot drinks/snacks and they've got the internet and you can sit on a couch rather than the floor of the departure lounge Alcohol isn't included, unlike the ones in the UK, the Escape Lounge in Manchester Airport T1 is amazing.

[Katiehutchinson_1991]

antalya airport is just as expensive as dalaman
but izmir is a little cheaper
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