How to book Turkey for the summer of 2020?
In the autumn of 2019, you can already call the favorite of the next summer season. Tour operators operating in the Turkish direction will soon open an early booking campaign for the summer of 2020 or have already opened it.
In 2018, the early booking campaign began in November.
L. Parfenova, representative of tour operator PEGAS Touristik, assesses the progress of early sales in Turkey as “successful”.
Turkey - the leader in demand of the 2020 season in sales of TUI Russia. According to the tour operator, the demand for tours to Turkey in annual terms increased by more than 200%.
TEZ Tour reports that the sales volume of Turkey for the 2020 season exceeds the figures of 2019 by 14%.
Intourist will open the 2020 reservation to Antalya and Dalaman in the near future: after the final calculations of the dates and cities of departure of the flight program.
In the 2019 season, Intourist charters started in Antalya on April 1 and will fly until the end of October (this is wider than the terms of the usual summer season).
Tour operators for a long time “instilled” the culture of early booking in the Russian market, as in the season a tour to the same hotel could cost less than for early booking shares.
Now tourists book Turkey in advance because of the guarantee of availability of seats in the desired accommodation facility: in the season they may be absent.
According to tour operators, at the start of the early booking campaign there are attractive prices for accommodation. Discounts from the basic cost of hotels reach up to 50%. Early booking comes in several stages, but it all depends on the policies of the specific hotels.
Travelers can save up to 50%, especially when buying tours for July and August, when the season is high in Turkey.
According to tour operators, in the 2020 season, Turkish hoteliers will raise prices by 5-15%, which corresponds to the annual usual price increase.
“Savings for early booking, if the tour is purchased now, promises to be from 25 to 50% of the cost of the hotel,” the company’s experts summarize.
Other market participants converge in forecasts for rising prices for accommodation in Turkey. Representatives of ANEX Tour expect an increase in prices within 15%, TUI specialists - by 5-10% in all resorts, Coral Travel - 5%.
At the peak of the season, Turkey is already perceived by our compatriots as an "expensive" destination, and more and more Russians are ready to go to the resorts of this country in May and September - October.
The fact that Turkey has become a “road” for the mass tourist, says the choice of resorts. Russians often book hotels in the resort of Alanya (democratic at prices). M. Makarkova (Coral Travel) reports that the rest of the resorts of the Antalya coast (Kemer, Side, Belek) are descending behind Alanya. The Aegean coast is not so active.
At the tour operator TUI Russia Alanya also headed the top sales of the direction. The three in demand are Kemer and Belek.
Most often book family tours for 11 nights. In Turkey (hotels 5 *) in October - 70% of tours, 4 * - 22%, hotels 3 * - 8%.
The desire to meet the budget of the trip (even with discounts on early booking) forces Russians to choose mid-price hotels in Turkey next summer.
The average cost of tours to Turkey, which tourists will be ready to pay for summer holidays in 2020 - 45-50 thousand rubles per person.
Source: atorus