Kayseri Pınarbaşı Çukurova Airport Transfer

The day of your Kayseri Pınarbaşı to Çukurova Airport transfer is the day you lock up the summer house. For families who spend the summer in a cool village house on the Uzunyayla plateau, going home means closing a house, not just a suitcase. The drive runs from the plateau to Kayseri, then over the Taurus Mountains to the Mediterranean plain near Tarsus, and it is a long one. This page covers the order for shutting the house, the end-of-summer rush and planning an early pickup.

Closing the House: Start the Day Before

Shutting a plateau house takes longer than people think. Quilts go into the chest, the fridge is emptied, the garden is tidied and keys are left with the neighbours. Leaving all of that for the morning of the flight means a scramble at pickup time. Get most of it done the day before, so only a few small jobs remain:

• Have your morning tea before you turn off the water and power.
• Check windows, shutters and the doors of any barn or store.
• Agree a time with the neighbour who is taking the keys a day ahead.
• Line the cases and boxes up by the door the night before so nobody hunts for them in the dark.

Count Back From the Flight

The sum starts with the flight. From the departure time, subtract the check-in and bag-drop window the airline recommends. Allow for security. Then add the drive from Pınarbaşı to Kayseri and on over the pass to the plain. It is a long road. The result is your pickup time, which you set and enter in the form.

For a morning flight that usually means a pickup before sunrise. Even in summer, mornings on the plateau are cool. Put a cardigan over the children's pyjamas and they will sleep more easily in the car. By the time you reach the plain it will be warm, so keep the thick layers within reach.

End of Summer: Everyone Leaves the Same Week

As the school term approaches, more and more families head down from the plateau. Flights fill up, roads get busier and transfer requests bunch up on the same days. If you know your return date, book the transfer the day you buy the ticket. If you did not add the return with the "Add return" option when booking the outward trip, you can add it now as a separate booking. The last Sunday of summer is the same Sunday for everyone.

Plateau Luggage

Luggage coming back from the plateau is nothing like what you brought. Dried foods, homemade noodles, tins of cheese, sometimes a quilt or a kilim. Some of it may not be allowed on the plane, or may be better sent by cargo, so check the airline's baggage rules first. Give the number of items you are flying with in the booking.

When choosing a vehicle, count boxes as well as people. A couple with a few cases fits a Business Sedan or Comfort Class car. A family with children and boxes fits a VIP Vito or Ultra VIP Vito. Two families travelling together suit the eight-seat Mercedes Vito, and a large group of relatives the fifteen-seat Mercedes Sprinter. Prices are per vehicle, not per person, and child seats can be added as an extra.

Completing the Booking

Choose Kayseri Pınarbaşı as the pickup and Çukurova Airport as the destination. In the notes, give the village name, directions to the house, a phone number that will be on at pickup, the flight number and the departure time. If the flight changes, send a change request from the My Reservation page. For more about Uzunyayla and the district, see our Pınarbaşı transfer page.

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