When should we book flights for our Turkey yacht charter?

Leonidas Marousos
Yacht charter broker, DMA Yachting

After the charter agreement is signed, not before. It is far easier to move a flight than a yacht: the boat you want has to be free, in the right base, on your exact dates, and that is the hard part of the puzzle.

For Turkey the airport follows your base: Bodrum (BJV) for a Bodrum start, and Dalaman (DLM) for Göcek, Fethiye or Marmaris, each roughly 20 to 60 minutes from the marinas. Both have good summer connections through Istanbul and direct European charter flights.

Send us your flight times once booked and the crew plans boarding, provisioning and the first anchorage around your arrival.