I hate the prices at Turkish airports. If they want to be similar to international prices, they should do what they need to do, for example, prices at UK airports are the same or very close to the prices in the city. Türkiye is really crazy
It's outrageous. Tourists having a lovely holiday then their final memory is getting absolutely fleeced unexpectedly at the airport. We left a couple of weeks ago and paid £15 for 2 coffees. Hope they get the new scanners soon and you can take your own drinks through security.
@@johnsmith-rs2vk not for cigarretes. I visit turkey every 4/5 months because i have avilla there and i buy ciggies for my barbers and sell it on to him and £20 profit. In return i get a really nice fade
I realized these prices last year in Istanbul Airport+Sabiha. We are speaking about dollars not TL. Best thing bring your sandwich with you if u are staying for short period.
I’ve been going to Turkey for years and let’s be honest you never ever buy anything from an airport unless you like to be Ripped off ………….Fact. 🤷🏼♂️. 🇬🇧
It’s a shame as we went to Turkey last summer and went through Dalaman airport and the prices are robbery. Even restaurants in tourist spots are charging well over the top. The greediness of some business owners will cause a decline in visitors to beautiful Turkey.
In Abracadabra in Hisarönü at this very moment, they are making us some sandwiches for the Airport, we were talking about how expensive Dalaman is and got a notification about your upload,spooky
Whattttt??? That's totally insane. What's going on with this country. Even in America, we don't pay no $19 at a McDonald's for a meal or for now. Those fast food courts should shut down.
@@n4368939m That does not justify those ridiculous prices.Inflation of Turkish Lira does not effect the EUROS or Dollars.For example if a burger was $5 a year ago may have been equal to 100 TL now $5 is equal to 160 TL
The prices don't change because customers still come in and pay it. And even if the incoming customers dropped by 90% - even that remaining 10% would keep the place in profit. It's only worth as much as it sells for!
I come from İstanbul exactly on 11 of April. My eyes was popping out with the prices at the İstanbul Airport. Thank you for the lovely info shared here. Amazing. Cok Tessekur ederim.
I'm the handsome feller who just said "Hello mate" on my way back to Sunset Beach Club. You're the reason I came to Fethiye for the first time last September and why I'm back. I'm back again in September and the beginning of October too. Keep up the videos, I really enjoy them 👍🏼
I recently went to Costa Rica. Locally fine but I have NEVER.seen such heightened prices at an airport. I thought the travel rep was exaggerating when they suggested just taking bits with us from breakfast. 😍😍
I bought a 500ML water bottle from the Ankara airport for 60TL recently. And for the exact same amount I bought 20 litres of drinking water from supermarket (A101) just 5 days earlier. Airport prices are a complete monopoly. All the shops have the exact same type of prices and there's zero competition.
I wish you also shared the minimum wage in Turkey as a reference point, because 600 TL wouldn't make any sense to people who are living outside of Turkey. Minimum wage is 17.000 TL right now, less than 500 Euros. And unfortunately, almost HALF of the country live on minimum wage.
Holidayed in Turkey since late 1990s until 2022. Beautiful people and beautiful country but it has now priced itself out of my market. Post Covid it has exploited all prices and cut back on portions and quality of food. I always brought sandwiches with me from resort on return journey rather than pay Dalaman airport prices. I returned to Spanish resorts in 2023 and Tunisia is booked for 2024.
I think in the last couple of years they jacked up the prices because covid hit them particularly badly. Hopefully they've recovered now. One of the main reasons for going to Turkey is because of how low the prices have been.
Of course, holidays in Turkey cannot be compared with Tunisia. Apart from money, security, service and product quality, wide range of products and services have always put Turkey one step ahead of other holiday destinations.
Thank you so much for this video. There is soooo much ‘kazıklama’ happening right now everywhere in Turkiye. It’s beyond anything I’ve ever seen. A simple example; a cig kofte durum in a regular store was always 1 euro. Now a durum is minimum 50 lira, while the euro is 35. Now even with the worldwide cost of living crisis, an increase of 45% in euros? And this is everywhere! It was never like this, but greed has taken over society, it’s really sad. 😢
All airports are taking advantage of all travelers; poor or rich, you are paying insane prices. I just left Antalya few weeks ago, paid $21 for a burger with some tiny little steak stripes and 12 pieces of French fries and small bottle of lowest price beer. The biggest rip off ever.
I heard about this airport being very expensive. Me and my family won't be having anything to eat or drink here. But at the end of the day if people pay it, They will keep the prices as they are. If people don't pay it they will think again about lowering the prices.
We get ripped off in Turkey with them pricing everything in foreign currency. It’s worst at airports but they do the same in resorts and restaurants. Why or how is it even legal in Turkey to price in euros, sterling etc?
I remember this in antalya airport, it was same thing. I was shocked at the prices I refused to buy unless my life depended on it. It was in 2022. I went to some stall and thought i would get bottle of water for a 500ml bottle.... 4 pounds I said no thanks. Every shop at the airports have extortionate prices. Turkey a very greedy country in some areas, literally taking the piss out of tourists.
Yep - sandwiches or some nice borek in the bag. Feed the family for £10. I hope someone will pay attention to all complaints and eventually rethink of what tourists/customers experience as last taste before they fly out!
Had a casual business meeting in Shoreditch, London. Was a little cheaper than this. The main difference appears to be the property prices in Turkey, rather than the goods, excluding tech goods which are even more expensive due to taxes.
We live in North Cyprus, the Turkish side, and often travel through Ercan International Airport, there also the prices are in Euros and the airport is very expensive as compared to local prices. We pay for everything here in Turkish Lira but I don't know why everything at the airport is in Euros....
This is a big mistake from turkiye ripping people of at the airports when you can by the same meals for a lot cheaper outside the airport. It needs to change
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I am ashamed of these prices. It was always this expensive. Nearly 4 times the prices of their counterparts in the city centres.
Türk havaalanlarında dolar ve euro üzerinden fast food normal yani!?Avrupalılar aptal değil..Ama akp lilerin herşeye bir bahanesi var..Kendi ülkemde havaalınında niye dolarla ve euro ile ödüyorum..
I travel through there regularly. I always make a couple of sandwiches before I go. I drink a bottle of water before I go in the airport, then try to hold on until I'm on the plane for a drink. It's stupidity really, as to my mind, if you charge less, you sell more, and make more profit. The gift shops aren't much better price wise.
Who ever thought you'd get a cheap meal at the airport 😂. Only in Japan I found the prices to be reasonable at the airports. Last year I went to a McDonald's in Didim and paid 12 Euros for 2 burgers. I assume, it is even worse now. Love your videos btw.
I never eat fast food chains. But this is ridiculous. Unfortunately this is typical business practice in Turkiye. If someone offers a product with relatively high number of (uncoordinated!) competitors, the prices are ridiculous low. "20 Lira!...15Lira!!!...10Lira!!! But as soon the access to a product is (artifictual) limited with a low number of (coordinated) market participants, the price are ridiculous high. This burger menues might be around double or three times our prices in central/western europe. In relation to the median gross income in Turkiye this menue set would cost in europe related to our income roughly 60 Euro. That is like a very bad joke. You can also imagine that the workers there doesn't earn much more than other fast food employees. Unfortunately you can see this kind of market behaviour almost everywhere. Which is one of the main reasons for the high inflation. I'm also not happy with ridiculous low prices for some services/products. When ever something is cheap/free there is always a cheap human life and family behind. But in Turkey there seems to be no middle way. Cheap or Expensive Poor or Rich
WOW Mick they are expensive- a Big Mac in Australia is $7.90 & KFC regular meal 3 pieces chicken, chips drink etc $8.95 (you do the math) way cheaper here is Aus. It is what it is & they do have a captive audience. 🍔🐔😊🇦🇺
Best thing is not buy anything at the airport then they will relise. Anyway Turkish airports always have been very expensive but this time unbelievable!!!
In Dalaman Airport now , it’s cheaper to buy a can of JD and Coke in the duty free inside at 4.50 euro or otherwise £8 for a latte after duty free in the cafe,Also if you want the FREE Wi fi get a voucher from a kiosk BEFORE check in, no free Wi-Fi after check in , There is Wi Fi but you pay for it!
Omg thats dearer than here in ireland ...one time it was dearer yes in the airport but for tourists it was ok i know for locals its crazy but now ..they outpricing themselves ...i hope it doesnt put peoole off going to turkiye because its another added cost which has risen sky high ...best to eat good meal if possible before leaving fir airport ..thanks for another honest great video ( lots of live from ireland 🇮🇪 amça mick🤠 teyze👱♀️ trudy
We had a similar experience at an airport in Turkey! We were starving and shocked when we saw one meal was $18. We got one and split it to get us through a long flight, but man that was insane
Airports are notorious for this. It's not just restaurants, it's also the currency exchange places in airports, they charge higher fees than ones in other areas. I believe it's because just like with flights, there's an airport "improvement fee" factored into the pricing.
You are so right. We got stung on our way back from a lovely holiday in Calis Beach few years ago. BTW it was lovely to meet you both in Spice Hotel, Belek back on November.
These prices are a pure rip-off. I live in one of the most expensive countries in Europe and even these prices exceed what we have to pay by at least 10-20%.
Yes these are very high prices even for the US airports where I live. However once outside the airport Turkey is a very affordable country compared to Western Europe.
Most I ever buy is,a bottle of water. 80 lira in February. Then there is the rip off cafe in the international departures that think it owns the smoking area and won't let you use it unless you buy from them
You can get in the CIP lounge for around £20 per person if you pre book. All the food and drink (including beer and coffee) you want. And its a pretty nice lounge (better than the pay for lounges at Heathrow T5).
More expensive than dubai airport! Or any airport I've ever been too! They have done the same with Sabiha gokcen airport too in Istanbul. It's ridiculous. If I really needed too I could pay for the food. But what about poorer people and labourers travelling to see family etc. Just not fair.
That reminds me of my shock as a citizen of poor Eastern European country (Bulgaria) when I first visited a foreign airport. Back in 2017 I started working in a local branch of a Swiss company and on my third month I had to fly for the first time ever in my life to an initial training in Geneva. When I saw the prices on the airport I was simply shocked - a 0.5l bottle of water was 8 F***ING SWISS FRANKS in every store and the cheapest one I could find was 5 franks at some well hidden dispenser machine. It looks like now in 2024 the prices are even more outrageous EVERYWHERE, not only in expensive countries and this pisses me off even more. Hell, even in the crappy Sofia airport a soggy sandwich is probably 10 euros already.
I had to check my McDonald’s App. Couldn’t find just a Big Mac meal as there are meal deals at the moment, but here in Germany a big Mac meal AND 6 Nuggets is €9.99 or a two Big Mac menu for €10.99. So yes, pretty much a Mega rip off deal is what you are getting there.
Just came back from Bodrum to California. I ate at the most expensive locations in Bodrum and the prices were less than half of what you just showed. Fast food prices in Bodrum were also high and the locations were mostly empty of patrons. Why would anyone in their right mind pass up on a Adana Kebab plate, all the trimmings, a drink and proper table service for half the cost of what you pay at American fast food places. Support local businesses instead of the corporate greed. Turks are the most friendly people on the planet.
@@APOWER385 Not even close! The US prices are out of control and the quality of food is not even close to what you can get Turkiye. Now, prices at ALL airports are beyond ridiculous.
Anything priced in Euros in Turkiye is usually a complete rip off. Those Dalaman Airport "food' prices are outrageous and higher than UK prices, I believe ? IST Airport has similar rip off prices. Best to avoid eating and drinking at any of these airports in Turkiye, if at all possible. Thanks, Mick, for posting this information 👍
I was wondering if you can do a video on the new regulations taking affect May 1st in Turkiye. I am having a hard time finding an apartment for September due to the changes
Just really crazy prices making us thinking twice going to Turkiye for holidays or any other Europe countries which will be probably cheaper and all because of the deteriorated economy and control on the foreign exchange
i was in turkey in march and yes the prices at burgerking was also at the rooftop whe were hungry and like to order butt the were close at 2 pm so whe went to and other bar and order some coffee the expresso i dronk cost round 4 euro.
Ridicolously overpriced.We avoid buying anything as much as we can but sometimes we haven't got choice due to some delays.I have complained to the staff but to no avail.Thank you for raising this issue and let's hope the prices will be reduced to a more reasonable.
