Extra Car Rental Fees in Turkey

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The daily rental fee and Collision Damage Waiver (CDW) are the costs we look most closely at, but other fees and taxes can increase the cost of car rental substantially. Keep these in mind:

Additional Insurance
Besides CDW there's PAI, LFC and Theft. More....

Additional Driver
You may have to pay a fee of around TL6 for an additional driver to be listed on the insurance documents.

Child Safety Seat
The larger rental companies should have these available at an additional fee (perhaps as much as TL15 per day. Reserve yours in advance just to be sure.

Delivery/Return Fee
If you do not pick up your car from a company office (or within the immediate area, such as at a hotel in the town or city), you may have to pay a delivery fee of around US$0.30 per kilometer (US$0.49 per mile) for the distance from the company office to the point of pick-up. This can add up to a substantial charge.

If you drive from Cappadocia to Ephesus, a distance of about 800 km (497 miles) (here's an itinerary), the "transfer fee" to return the car to its point of origen in Cappadocia might be as much as US$250.

Consider the cost of fuel when deciding whether to rent- here, return-there. It may be cheaper to pay the transfer/return fee rather than to drive the car back yourself when you consider the cost of fuel, and rental and insurance charges for the time it takes you to drive the car back. Or, if there are three or more travelers sharing the rental car, it may be chaper to drive than to take alternative means of transport.