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Getting Ford Focused.

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Getting Ford Focused.

DAY ONE of the Beaches & Ruins Road Trip, IZMIR.

Our flight to Izmir was short and sweet, but it took awhile to straighten out our car reservation at Budget when we arrived. We thought the cost from Expedia was $380, but with all the extras it came to…$805!?  Try as we might, there was no getting around it. Car rental is expensive here in Turkey, and gas it ridiculous too. Figures that I would pick this country to do TWO long road trips in!

After we finally got it settled, we loaded our luggage into our Ford Focus, and set off south, towards Selçuk.

portia says:
ouch on the gas! thanks for the headsup.
Posted on: Jul 28, 2008
cmgervais says:
Eleven days for this segment. We also had a car for 10 days in Cappadocia, and the expense was incredible (over $100/day there!).

Be prepared for $10/gallon gas, too! OUCH.
Posted on: Jul 27, 2008
portia says:
wow, how many days for the rental? we booked a car for 91/day for our little 3 day car trip from Istanbul end of August...
Posted on: Jul 27, 2008
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