Book the Side Dolphin Boat Here, with a Hotel Rep or Online?
We can only vouch for our own terms, so that is what this page sets out. Hold any other offer up against it and see which suits you.
Short answer
Book wherever the terms suit you; we can speak only for this site. Here, the price shown is the price you pay — €21 per adult, in euros, on the day, with no money taken in advance. A cancellation costs nothing until 48 hours ahead, and the pickup time for your hotel follows the day before. The seller is Murat Atalay Travel Agency, registered with TÜRSAB under licence No. 11294.
What is true when you book here
- The fare on the page is the whole fare: €21 for guests from 11, €15 a child between 2 and 10, nothing for under-2s. No booking fee and no transfer surcharge.
- No payment is taken here, and no form on this site asks for a card. Euros change hands on the trip day, not before.
- Free cancellation up to 48 hours before departure — one line on WhatsApp or an answer to the confirmation e-mail does it.
- The hotel transfer is in the fare across the Side belt; the exact pickup time for your hotel follows on the eve of the trip, by phone or on WhatsApp.
- A reference on screen the moment you book, and in writing too if you give an e-mail address.
- The seller is Murat Atalay Travel Agency, a travel agency with TÜRSAB licence No. 11294. More on who we are.
Booking through a hotel rep
Many hotels have a desk or a rep selling excursions, and it is convenient to book where you sleep. We cannot tell you what a rep charges or which terms come with the sale, because we do not know, and it would be unfair to guess. What we can do is give you the questions to put to them, listed below, and our own answers to the same questions above.
Booking on an online marketplace
Large booking platforms list many day trips from Side. Their terms are their own: read them before you pay, in particular when your card is charged, how late a free cancellation is possible, and whether the hotel transfer is part of the listing. If you are not sure which operator runs a listed trip, ask the platform; that tells you whether it is the same day at all.
The questions that settle it
- What does one adult pay, and what does each child pay, all in?
- Is anything charged before the day, and is a card needed?
- Up to when can I cancel without paying anything?
- Is the transfer from my hotel included, and when will I learn the pickup time?
- Who runs the boat, and who do I call if something changes?
If our answers suit you, reserve here; the steps are in how booking works. If another seller's answers suit you better, book with them. Either way, you will know what you agreed to.