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Transfer & Meet and Greet

Transfer & Meet and Greet

Airport pickup and hotel transfer at a fixed price, including flight tracking and luggage assistance.

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Tell us where from and where to; we will sort the rest on WhatsApp.

20% off on round-trip transfers
Fixed price — no surprise feesComfortable VIP vehiclesPrivate ride, never shared24/7 support
Airport meet and greet
IST · SAW · AYT · BJV · TZX
Fixed-price guarantee
No surprise charges
Arabic-speaking driver
Professional team
24/7 support
Our team is always reachable

Airport pickup and hotel transfer at a fixed price, including flight tracking and luggage assistance.

For airport pick-ups we track your flight: if the plane is delayed the driver waits and there is no extra charge. Your driver meets you at the arrivals gate with a name board, handles your luggage and takes you straight to your hotel. Istanbul (IST), Sabiha Gokcen (SAW), Antalya (AYT), Bodrum (BJV) and Trabzon (TZX) airports are covered.

At Istanbul Airport the meet-and-greet happens in international arrivals, directly opposite the exit doors, where your driver waits with a name board. At Sabiha Gökçen the arrivals hall is smaller and there is a single meeting point, so there is no room for confusion. Passport queues can run long at peak hours; the driver waits for you to come out, not for the plane to land, and we do not charge for that time. If your luggage is delayed or missing, one line on WhatsApp is enough.

What is included

  • 01Flight tracking — waiting on delays is free
  • 02Name-board meet and greet at arrivals
  • 03Five airports: IST · SAW · AYT · BJV · TZX
  • 04Fixed price, confirmed at booking
  • 05Discount on round-trip bookings
  • 06Extra stops can be added

What to know before you book

Who it suits
First-time visitors to Türkiye, flights landing at night, and families with small children. Anyone who would rather not queue for a taxi or haggle over the fare.
How it works
At booking we take your flight number, landing time and hotel address. We track the flight until arrival day and send the driver according to the new time. The price is per vehicle, fixed at booking, with nothing added on arrival.
Worth knowing
We cannot track a flight without its number, so we always ask for it at booking. If your hotel changes later, a WhatsApp message is enough and there is no extra charge.

Why Rufai Tourism?

Arabic-Speaking Team

Reach us in your own language, anytime.

Fixed, Transparent Pricing

No hidden fees, no surprises.

Family-Friendly Programs

Privacy and comfort come first.

24/7 Support

With you before, during and after your trip.

Starting from
€60
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The vehicles we use for transfers

Every transfer and tour runs with our own fleet, all of them the same model of Mercedes Vito. The car that meets you at the airport is the one you see here.

Mercedes Vito

6 passengers6 large suitcases

The vehicle families ask for most: six passengers with luggage in comfort, tinted windows and separate rear air conditioning.

Specs and comfort

  • Up to 6 people with luggage
  • Tinted windows, family privacy
  • Separate air conditioning in the rear
  • Free water on board, internet on request
  • Child seat at no extra charge
  • The same chauffeur throughout your trip
Starting from
€60

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Every vehicle in our fleet is the same model: a black Mercedes Vito. For larger families more than one can go out at the same time, and we do not hire the second vehicle in from outside.

These photographs are of our own fleet, not stock images.

Our Transfer Services

Airport to hotel, city to city — all handled by one team

Airport Meet and Greet

Airport Meet and Greet

Name-board welcome at the arrivals gate, luggage help and a direct ride to your hotel.

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Departure Transfer

Departure Transfer

Timed around your return flight; we collect you from the hotel and drop you at the terminal.

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Intercity Transfer

Intercity Transfer

To Bursa, Sapanca, Yalova and beyond, with the same vehicle and driver.

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Car at Your Disposal

Car at Your Disposal

By the hour or the full day: the vehicle and driver are reserved for you.

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Why book your transfer with us

Met inside the terminal

Your driver waits at the arrivals gate, not outside.

Flight tracking

Delays shift the pick-up time automatically, with no waiting fee.

Fixed price

The agreed amount does not change and includes parking and tolls.

Free child seat

Baby and child seats are fitted on request at no extra cost.

Arabic-speaking driver

You can talk in your own language for the whole journey.

Never shared

The vehicle is yours alone; no other passengers are added.

Book in three steps

No long forms — it all happens in the chat

  1. 01

    Message us on WhatsApp

    Send your flight time, passenger count and destination address.

  2. 02

    Confirm the price

    We send the fixed price and the vehicle type in writing.

  3. 03

    Your driver is waiting

    You get the driver's name and plate number before the trip.

What happens after the plane lands

The most misunderstood part of an airport pickup is assuming the landing time and the time you walk out are the same. The gap between them is missing from most plans.

The real sequence: the plane lands, docks at the gate, passport control can reach twenty minutes at busy hours, and another fifteen to twenty minutes pass before the luggage reaches the belt. So you are at the exit about forty minutes after landing; an hour at a busy time.

That wait is our problem, not yours. Because we track the flight by its number, the driver is there before you and waiting is not charged. If your luggage goes missing and you are delayed, the driver waits too.

The meeting point is the arrivals gate and the driver waits with a board carrying your name. So it does not matter if you have no internet — if your line is not active yet or you cannot reach the wifi, the pickup still works.

Which airport, which district, how long

Istanbul has two airports, and which one you land at changes the distance to your hotel entirely.

Istanbul Airport (IST) is in the north-west of the city. To Taksim and Şişli it is about 40 kilometres: 45 minutes with clear roads, an hour and a half in the late afternoon. Sultanahmet is 45 kilometres and similar. Beşiktaş and Ortaköy are 42 kilometres.

Sabiha Gökçen (SAW) is on the Asian side, near Pendik. Asian-side districts such as Kadıköy and Ataşehir are reached in half an hour with no bridge crossing at all. But if your hotel is in Sultanahmet, Taksim or Beşiktaş you must cross a bridge, and the drive can stretch to an hour and a half or two.

In the other cities: Antalya Airport (AYT) lies east of the city — Belek 30–45 minutes, Side about an hour, Kemer 50 minutes to 1.5 hours, Alanya 1.5–2.5 hours. Bodrum–Milas (BJV) is about 36 kilometres and 40 minutes from the centre. Trabzon Airport (TZX) is inside the city, fifteen minutes from the middle.

Because we take the full hotel name at booking, we can give the real time rather than an estimate; two hotels inside the same area name can be twenty minutes apart.

Night arrivals and early-morning flights

A large share of flights from the Gulf land after midnight, and that is when public transport is at its weakest.

Nothing changes for a night arrival: the driver is at the arrivals gate as usual, with the name board as usual. We charge nothing for the hour and we have no line item called a night tariff.

On early-morning flights the real question is not traffic but what time you leave the hotel. If you need to be at the airport three hours before departure and the drive is forty-five minutes, we work out the departure time with you. Morning traffic in Istanbul thickens after half past six; leaving an hour early usually beats waiting an hour.

When you give us your flight number we track the return the same way. If the departure time changes we move the booking to the new time at no extra charge.

Luggage, child seats and larger families

A Mercedes Vito carries six passengers, but seats and luggage fitting at the same time is a separate sum. With six people seated, the space behind takes two large suitcases and some hand luggage.

If you are six with six large cases, a second vehicle is needed, and it comes from our own fleet. Saying so at booking beats finding out at the airport — which is why we ask how many suitcases there are.

Child and infant seats cost nothing extra but are not kept in the vehicle; you need to give the child's age at booking so one is fitted for that day. A pushchair goes in the boot and counts in the space calculation.

If you are travelling with a wheelchair, or an older relative who finds walking difficult, write that too: we set the meeting point and where the car pulls up around it.

Where we operate

Prices are per vehicle, not per person. The final amount is confirmed on WhatsApp by date and party size.

Tap where you are going and WhatsApp opens with that place written in.

Questions about this service

Transfer & Meet and Greet

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Write to us and we will come back the same day. Arabic, Turkish and English.

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Send us your dates and party size, and we will come back the same day with a fixed price and a draft programme.

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TÜRSAB — Association of Turkish Travel Agencies

Travel agency licensed by the Turkish Ministry of Culture and Tourism

Licence No: 12539

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Every transfer is licensed, insured and registered.