Although our company and experience in general Turkish tourism
dates back to 15 years, we have been organizing tours and
travel related services in Turkey since 2001 exclusively
for gay and lesbian guests from all over the world. We are more
focused on independent and customized tours and
travel services for individuals and for groups rather than typical
scheduled gay tours, because of the limited potential of gay
visitors and also because the people need a personal touch in a
country like Turkey full of mysteries for new comers.
Below are just a few samples of some recent services we
have provided before and the testimonials of some of our former
clients. You can trust that all of these testimonials are real and
mostly our clients delivered them without being requested
especially. We are hoping many new ones will added to our pages in
time. For us personal satisfaction is the best advertisement.
DATE : October 23-30-2007 SERVICE : Customized
Istanbul Package including tours, hotels dinners CLIENT : Scott B, USA Testimonial: Derya: I got back to Chicago safe and sound
last evening. All went well. I had an excellent, excellent time in
Istanbul. Thank you very much for all of your help. (And Sedat and
I had several very nice evenings together before I left ). Best
regards from Chicago. Scott Baranski
DATE : September 02-2007 SERVICE : Customized
Istanbul and Turkey Travel Package for 4 pax CLIENT : Mr. Lois and his friends, USA Testimonial: Derya & Company:
I arrived home in New York on Sunday afternoon, 09/16, leaving
Louis, Robert and John still touring in Turkey
(those lucky people).
I just wanted to drop this note to say a very heartfelt "Thank
You" to you and your staff for the excellent accommodations and
tour plan you put together for us. There were many variables in
our itinerary and everything was executed flawlessly.
My first visit to Turkey was fantastic and memorable and I will
certainly recommend your agency to any friends of mine who might
be considering travel to Turkey. I wish you every success in your
business.
Thanks again.
Steve
DATE : July 06-2007 SERVICE : Private Guided Gay
Bar and Club Tour CLIENT : Mr. Jeffrey Trent-1 pax USA Testimonial: Just wanted to let you know how much I
enjoyed my City Tour on July 6th. It was the best part of my visit
to Istanbul. My guide was prompt, professional and lots of fun. He
made me very comfortable and introduced me to many friends. As it
was late when we finished, I forgot to get my guide's e-mail in
order to correspond and thank him. If appropriate, can you forward
me that info?
Once again, I appreciate you and your staff and the excellent
service you provide. I will definitely be coming back and working
with you and your staff again in the near future.
Thanks,
Jeffrey P. Trent
Attorney at Law
DATE : June
03-2007 SERVICE : Istanbul and Ephesus
Daily Tours for 1 pax CLIENT : Mr.
Todd Austin-2 pax USA Testimonial:
Hello there,
I wanted to write and thank you for arranging our great Istanbul
and Izmir trips. They were the highlight of our holiday. We so
enjoyed touring Istanbul we our nice lesbian friend. When I hear
of friends heading to Turkey I will certainly give them your
email. Thanks again and it was a pleasure meeting you!
Todd Austin
DATE : April 29-2007 SERVICE : Private Guided gay
Bar and City Tours for 1 pax CLIENT : Mr. Christophe Durand, France, who is a well
known artistic director, event organizer, and studio make-up
artist
http://www.christophedurand.com Picture: Ms. Derya, our guide Kenan, Mr. Durand, Kenan's
boy-friend and our another guest. Testimonial: Hello the nice family,
I just want to tell you that I spent a magic night with your very
good guide. he is good in English, cool nice to talk with and I
hop I will do it again. please let him know it. he is so
professional
he even came to pick me up late at night to be sure every thing
was ok. Please say hello to his friend to, and give to Kenan, my
contact, so I can guide him once in Paris. it was one of the best
night in Istanbul. I hope to do it again sooooon! so we keep in
touch, and if I come back to Istanbul I ll let you know.
I left on Monday to Rio for more sun and heat at the beach.... I
will com in turkey in July for a cruise with some friend. magic
country
Tesekkur ederim (thank you)
Gorusuruz (see you again)
DATE : April 25-24 2007 SERVICE : Customized Turkey
and Athens Tour Package CLIENT : Mr. Ian Campbell and his friend Max, Australia Testimonial: Dear Derya & Mr. Korkmaz.
We would like you to know that we were pleased with the itinerary
and that we saw the parts of Turkey we hoped to.
We were pleased with the quality of hotels during our tour. The
Hotel Helen, Atinc, Pearle Mare were satisfactory and their menu
and service was adequate to our needs. The Gordion in Ankara is a
good hotel we would happily recommend.
Our travels to the various itinerary locations was satisfactory,
we were well looked after by the various bus companies we
encountered and our journeys ended satisfactorily. The bus station
pickups were very very good and were pleasing to meet. Many had
waited patiently for late buses. They should be thanked.
We both are very happy with our travels in Turkey. Your
organization of our itinerary proved most successful.
Thank You for your help.
Our only crisis, the departure time on our itinerary for first
tour day.
We heard no more from Gurkan?
The Hotel Amaryllis in Athens – it’s a dump. However it does have
reasonable location. The room standard is very low, (not even a
small fridge in the room). The breakfasts were limited in size and
range. Athens is a filthy dirty city. If it was not for the
antiquities, you would not go there.
I hope everything works out with the elections for President.
Ian Campbell & Max
DATE : December 27-Jan 01
2007 SERVICE : Hotel reservation and Private Gay Tours CLIENT : Mr. Derrick Leon, Singapore citizen working in
U.A.Emirates Testimonial: Hi Derya & Mustafa,
Dear Derya (& sis) & Mustafa,
Thank u so very much for the arrangement of the tour guide Emir. I
had a wonderful time in Istanbul and will always keep the fond
memories of my short stay there.
Derya, it was nice to have lunch with u and your sis (sorry I
can't remember her name) and the nice chat over the wonderful
lunch.
Emir & I spent the New Year Eve together till 7 a.m. the next day.
The dinner & show at TT'S were good & met lots of nice people
around. Thereafter we went to one of the clubs & danced throughout
the night. It was so packed inside that we could hardly find place
to stand.
After the club we walked along the streets & met the people who
had just finished their party & we exchanged New Year greetings.
I really enjoyed my time there in Istanbul. THANKS. And I will be
looking forward to my next visit - hopefully to spend a bit more
time in Turkey.
Please covey my thanks to Emir ... and tell him I really enjoyed
his company. (heehheeee.... actually I kinda fancied him)
Happy New Year.
Regards,
Derrick
DATE : August 13-19 2006 SERVICE : Customized private charter cruise from Bodrum for
19 guests CLIENT : Mr. Stavros, New York- USA: Testimonial: Hi Derya & Mustafa,
Firstly, THANK YOU so much for your patience in helping me
coordinate this trip. All of our friends had a wonderful time. The
crew on the boat went above and beyond to make it a fun time. When
we do it again in a few years, we hope to get the same crew: Taner,
Unal and Murat. They were amazing.
Thank you for confirming those last-minute items for our final day
on the boat. The boat owner had a different timeline then what was
agreed upon.
........
With all of that said, we all had an amazing time: the boat was
impressive, clean and well-maintained; the crew (again) were just
fabulous -and worked very hard the entire time. The food was
fantastic - and the cook was very helpful in changing some menu
items when we requested. We changed captains after 3 days (the
owner of the boat took over) so we really didn't get to know
either of them well.
Even our wine and cake arrived on time!
We thank you again for arranging the private tour of Istanbul -
Gokhan was excellent. You should use him more often!
If anyone you are dealing with asks for a recommendation, please
feel free to contact me.
We look forward to working with you again!
Warm Regards,
Stavros
DATE : July 20-25 2006 SERVICE : Customized Turkey Tour covering Istanbul Bodrum and Cappadocia CLIENT :
Mr. Max Snow and Frank J.Ellison. Log Angeles - USA:
We had very important (as much as naive) guests from Hollywood in
July 2006. Frank and Max are important figures in American film
industry and they have been in charge as financial controller,
production accountant and producers in very famous films such as
Swordfish, Lake Placid, Father of the Bride, Mississippi Burning
etc. Frank was about to start a film with Angelina Jolly soon
after. They surprised us with their modesty and treated us as
friends.
Testimonial: Hello Derya- Just a quick note to say hello
and thank you again for everything. We hope that you are well. We
arrived home safely 12 days ago and started back in to our
routine. We hope that you will be able to make it to Los Angeles
one day soon. Please send our best wishes to everyone. I am
attaching the picture of me, you and Max.Hugs,
......... Frank and Max
DATE : July 22-August 01 2006 SERVICE : Customized Turkey Tour covering Istanbul and
Antalya for 2 guests. CLIENT : Mr. Peter Mauceri, USA: Testimonial: Dear Mustafa—just wanted to send you a note of
thanks for your excellent work in setting up our trip to Turkey.
Both hotels were terrific….the one in Antalya a real mind blower!!
(I didn’t know daily dinner was included as well so that was a
very pleasant surprise)….Your personal tour was also very helpful
and a nice way to orient ourselves to the city….though we really
didn’t have much time to go back to most of those places!! We’re
already thinking about our next trip….hopefully sometime toward
the end of the year…this time in addition to Istanbul we’d do five
nights in Bodrum…what hotels do you recommend there??
Again thanks…you and Derya were terrific. We are telling all our
friends to talk to you before they plan a trip to Turkey
Peter
DATE : July 22-July 26
2006 SERVICE : Customized Turkey Tour covering Istanbul,
Cappadocia, Pamukkale, Bodrum, Fethiye, Kas, Antalya for 6 guests
CLIENT : Geoff Kerins, Lancefield-Australia and friends Testimonial : Hi there Derya
Helen, Brian and I are back home while the others go onwards with
the rest of the tour. I’d like to thank you for everything you
arranged for us all. It all went absolutely according to plan and
we’re all very grateful for your extreme efficiency.
So hoping to be in touch with you again next time – Helen and I
are definitely coming back soon. We loved it.
Many thanks again
Penelope
DATE
: July 19-20
2006 SERVICE : Birthday Party: Bosphporus cruise on boat and
tea party at Binbirdirek Cistern for 150 guests
CLIENT : Henk Eijsbouts &
Dono Hardjowisastro, a 16 years gay couple from Netherlands chose
our company for Henk's 60th birthday celebration, when they had to
be in Istanbul according the their scheduled rally of classic cars
starting from Amsterdam, ending in Beijing. We organized every
detail for them and their gay and family friends over 150 people.
Henk (who is a dentist & implantologist) and Dono came to
Istanbul driving a Citroen DS from 1975.
DATE
:June 05-07 2006 SERVICE : Customized Istanbul Package for Mr Marcos, who is
a travel agent himself. CLIENT : Mr. Marcos Da Silva-BFirst Travel Australia Testimonial : Dear Derya.
I would like to take this opportunity to thank you for arranging
my short break in the beautiful Istanbul.
Everything was perfect and my stay was a memorable one.
I don't have Ozzy's email address (the tour guide who did my
private day tour in Istanbul). Could you please forward the
attached picture to him for me, thank you.
Kind regards,
Marcos
DATE : May 06-07 2006 SERVICE : Customized Private Guided Istanbul Tour for 34
guests CLIENT : 34 Guests calling themselves "Mature Friends" leaded by Mr. Jerry Jordheim,
Seattle-USA, who came to Istanbul with Perla Cruise-ship of
Louis Cruise Lines Testimonial: Back in Seattle last night with no problems.
Mustafa, you appeared and disappeared so never did talk with you.
Now Derya, you were right there beginning and end. Good to have
met you and will keep my eye out for your magic lipstick princess.
Enjoyed working with you all. Jerry
DATE : August 05 2005 SERVICE : Customized Private Guided Istanbul Tour for 32
guests CLIENT : 32 Guests visiting Istanbul with a gay cruise of
Celebrity Millenium leaded Mark Lehman from West Hollywood - CA-
USA Testimonial: ....we thank you again for a marvelous
introduction to your fantastic city. We all enjoyed it thoroughly.
Mark