The most sought-after destination among Israeli tourists in the summer of 2022 was Antalya, Turkey. A short flight of about an hour and a quarter to the destination opens up a new world of all-inclusive at a very high level, one that you hardly see anywhere in the world.
Going to the major international hotel booking sites and a Google search show expensive results for vacations, the cost of which can reach tens of thousands of shekels, despite the fact that in practice there is a way to get the same vacation at a tens of percent reduced price.
After 15 years: An Israeli airline flight took off for Istanbul // Photo: Moshe Ben Simhon
The hotel pricing system in Antalya is a bit different from what we usually know, especially during the sought-after summer months. Large and well-known hotels in the destination sign exclusivity agreements with Israeli tourism providers such as airlines, flying carpet and vacation lines, which in turn sell the same hotels at low prices, sometimes even at a difference of tens of percent from the prices marketed on international websites and even from the prices on the hotel's website, according to a sample examination we conducted.
Among the hotels marketed exclusively by Israeli suppliers are Rixos Premium Black and Land of Legends Aviation Links; Titanic, Topkapi and Flying Carpet Kremlin; Aydinbey Queens Palace and Castival Hotel Side of Holiday Lines, and TUI chain of Wife Tours. There are many other examples of many other hotels that use this method.
The water park at the IC Green Palace Hotel, marketed exclusively by Holiday Lines, Photo: Courtesy of Holiday Lines
As we know, many tourists choose to split flights and hotels, but in our examination we found that in all the cases in the hotel we mentioned in the previous paragraph, the gaps were significantly cheaper when booking a structured package than splitting and booking flights and hotels separately.
However, it's always a good idea to check this just in case, as there may be situations where the results you get can also be reversed, so comparing prices between several sites is highly recommended in any process of booking a vacation.
Land of Legends in Antalya // Photo: Shimon Yaish
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