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Wednesday, November 12, 2008 7:55 AM - USA
Hi Pinar and Murat,
We are now back in our home in the US. We really enjoyed our trip
to
Turkey and certainly your help made it possible. The dinner in
Urgup
was definitely a highlight of the trip.
Thanks for all your help and I hope we stay in touch.
best regards
-Vinay
Sent: Tuesday, November 11, 2008 3:03 PM - Cambodia
The priest told us at our wedding ritual that we’ve
been sent to each other by God. If that is the case (which we have
no doubt it is), then so were Murat and Pinar god-sent to us. Being
an Asian-European couple, it was our dream to marry in the city of
Istanbul. We took the brave decision to go ahead with the idea, but
the prospect of organizing it from Cambodia where we live, seemed
rather daunting. Until we found them, who turned out to be most
reliable, responsible and at the same time friendliest wedding
coordinators in Turkey. Every couple wants to have the special and
best possible for their wedding and Murat and Pinar’s
“project-wise”, personalized work admirably patiently accommodated
our endlessly changing demands for the best. Every time we email a
question on minute details or a request based on spontaneous ideas
(which was almost every day during the three months of preparation),
they would reply with assuring “No problem”, “It can be done”, and
“That’s why you’re working with us.” They are indeed well acquainted
with all the necessary procedures, and searched for well-suited
venues throughout Istanbul. Not being based there was not a problem
for this mobile, flexible couple at all. Thanks to all the good
organization and information provided by them, we were well equipped
with good knowledge and proper expectations by the time we arrived
one week prior to our big day. Of course we made last minute changes
– which were again well absorbed by our dear Murat and Pinar, always
with such energy and smiles. By the end of all that, we have not
only accomplished our dream wedding, but also have earned very
special friends in Turkey.
Thank you Murat and Pinar once again!
Kumi & Etienne
Friday, September 19, 2008 5:39 PM
Dear Pinar,
I, too, would like to add my voice and compliments to what Mary has
already written. The trip exceeded our expections. The guides were
excellent. Your country is beautiful. I hope to be back!
Best wishes,
Wanda
P.S. And thank you for the sapling!
Thursday, September 18, 2008 1:36 PM
Hello Pinar from London Heathrow. Wanda and I had a wonderful
trip - the
selection of sites to see and of guides to see them with was
excellent. We
loved the Sultanahen Hotel and in fact snuck back there last night
for one
more glass of wine on their beautiful top floor terrace. Our brief
sojourn
at the Kismet Hotel on the coast was very refreshing. I will
certainly
recommend you to my colleagues who plan to travel in Turkey. Many
thanks.
Mary
Sent: Wednesday, July 23, 2008 10:17 AM - USA
Murat,
We had a wonderful time on the tour today! We had to start late
because we did not anticipate how tired we would be after the
balloon ride.
Ozkan is very knowledgeable and a great tour guide. He really taught
us a lot about the region. We will certainly send recommend your
service to any friends or family that come to Turkey.
Thanks again! All the best,
Greg
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Sent: Tuesday, June 24, 2008 2:00 AM - USA
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Marlene and I want to thank you both
for making our trip to Turkey so enjoyable. As first time
travelers to Turkey your expertise, attention to detail,
understanding
of our needs, as well as providing us with insight and tips on how
to get the most our of our time in Turkey make it possible for us
to have a truly special vacation.
Even after reading about Istanbul, Cappadocia, and Ephesus and
talking to friends whohave traveled to these destinations we
would not been able to
sort through all of the logistics required to travel to three very
different places and have everything work so smoothly. From travel
in the interior, to lodging, where exactly
to visit, and even a selection or restaurants you were so very
helpful.
Istanbul, one of the largest cites in the world, with its cultural
diversity, geographical location on two continents, and even
striking differences within
sections of the city can be somewhat daunting even to people who
are used to travel foreign travel. We would not have begun to
learn to love Istanbul
without the services of the guide you provided.
And then there is Cappadocia ! No traveler to Turkey should miss
this strange and beautiful part of the world with all of its
history dating from the beginning of time.
Even the most well traveled sophisticated visitors to unusual
parts of the world will be amazed and delighted with Cappadocia.
We took home with us a
far greater knowledge of the importance of this areas contribution
to early civilization and its impact on this region of the world.
The guide you provided
for us was easily the principle reason we were able to understand
and enjoy our favorite journey in Turkey. Without your help with
where to stay, and where to dine
and even such essentials as proper clothing, and understanding of
the demands of the terrain we would have not been properly
prepared without your guidance.
Ephesus was all we had hope it would be. A guide here was so
important. To be in the hands of someone whose knowledge of this
amazing cities history and
its importance in the early centuries AD was invaluable. As we
strolled down the streets of Ephesus our guild constantly gave us
a running commentary on
the importance of this city as the once great sea port of the
ancient world, the great figures in Greek and Roman history who
lived here and, of course,
to its connection to Christianity. There are routine guides and
then there are guides of the highest caliber and you gave us the
best !
We have already have had dinner with several friends who expressed
an interest in travel to Turkey and we told them of the
outstanding professional and
personal services you provide. You both are very special people
who have a unique understanding of what will be of utmost benefit
to your clients.
Marlene and I wish you all the best with all you future endeavors
and should you ever visit in our area of the world we would love
to have a chance to
demonstrate our appreciation.
Sincerely,
Karl and Marlene
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Sent: Tuesday, May 27, 2008 4:46 PM - UK
Subject: Thank you.
Hi Murat and Pinar,
Having settled back into my routine in the UK, I just wanted to
send you an email to let you know how much I appreciated all of
your efforts, into arranging the wedding for Paul and I.
I didn't know what to expect before I arrived, but I must tell
you that everything that was planned on the day met, if not
exceeded my expectations. I will therefore definitely recommend
your company to anyone that will listen!
I had a fantastic time, and so did Paul. You two are truly a
very nice couple to know, and I hope to see you again in Turkey
very soon.
Please let me know when you have set up your new website, so
that I can have a look. I will also forward it to my contacts
for you, for I highly recommend you.
Thanks for making the wedding/and whole holiday (for it was you
that suggested Kalkan in the first place) a very enjoyable
experience!
Kind regards,
Laura.
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Sent: Sunday, May 25, 2008 4:25 PM - INDIA
Dear Murat,
Just a little note to thank you for all your help !
We absolutely loved Istanbul which I'm sure comes as no surprise
to you ....But what surprised us is how much we loved Cappadoccia
... and I'm really grateful to Pinar and you for making it an
unforgettable holiday.
From restaurant reccomendations, to The Balloon tour ,toThe
whirling dervish show to The Turkish night ....it was all amazing
!
And last but not least Mehmet and Mustapha were the best guide and
driver we could ask for....(we've done enough tours around europe
to know).
Mehmet spent so much more time with us than we expected that it
was a pleasant surprise. He is patient and knowledgable and an
amazing human being ....Do give him our regards. And Mustapha too
(He always had a smile on his face).
Before we arrived in Cappadoccia we wondered if maybe we were
making a mistake, maybe Bodrum or Izmir were better bets...But now
I am certain that we made the right choice and I will reccomend
Cappadoccia very highly to anyone visiting Turkey...It truly is a
natural wonder !
Thank you both
once again ...It was really good to meet you in person to put
faces to the names..... and I'm sure our experience would not have
been half as good without you to organise it.
We hope to plan another trip with you soon ....or who knows maybe
we will see you both in India sometime in the near future!. Do let
us know if you plan a trip !.
Thank you once again !.
Our very best wishes to you and Pinar ,
Regards,
Rachna and Monish
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Sent: Thursday, May 08, 2008 8:23 AM -
INDIA
Subject: RE: Tours and Transfers
dear mr murat...thank u for all u did
for us during our visit to turkey......i am refering to two of our
friends mr dk jain and naveen agarwal who are coming for a
confrence and want to see a bit of turkey too..please guide them
and help them ..thanking you..best regards....rupa sood
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Sent: Monday, April 21,
2008 10:37 AM - INDIA
hi mr murat,
all has been fabulous - I
cant thank u enough - we have loved every
minute of our stay
than k you so much for the books - how appropriate - I kept wanting to
talk to you that day and told Uskan but we kept forgetting .THANK YOU
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Sent: Wednesday, April
16, 2008 9:19 PM - CA,USA
Subject: Thank you!
Hi Murat
Just sending warmest regards and our thanks from all six of us here in the
USA. We had SUCH a wonderful, wonderful time
in Turkey, and your assistance definitely helped make the trip
fantastic and eased our way at several critical junctures. (As the
official Group Planner, I have NO idea what I would've done without
your timely assistance and network of
contacts!) Plus, we all really enjoyed meeting you and having some
time to chat and get to know one another. Again, you provided a
perfect entree to our Turkey experience.
I'd be delighted to serve as a reference for you for other travelers
who're considering booking arrangements through you -- or just need
to know what a terrific guy you reall are!
All my best,
Dana H.
Berkeley, CA
USA
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Monday, March 24, 2008 6:58 PM -
USA
Subject: THANK YOU! THANK YOU! THANK YOU!
Murat and Pinar,
Once again, I just want to
express my heartfelt thanks to you for your extraordinary efforts
associated with my 15th holiday trip to Turkey. Each and every
time that I have contacted Proper Travel/Travel Atelier, I have
received consummate service--and with that level of excellence,
peace of mind.
When I first e-mailed you for
your travel expertise two years ago, you amazed me with your
attention to detail. As you will remember, my friend and I
required accommodations for a complex 17-day, 4,368 mile road trip
from Istanbul to Ankara, up along the Black Sea, over to the East
and down to the Southeast, across Central Anatolia, and back up to
Istanbul. From luxurious five-star hotels in the cities to a
charming log cabin in the Kackar Mountains to an exotic caravan
palace built in 1275 near the Syrian border, Proper Travel located
and secured the most wonderful accommodations, even in the most
remote areas. No small feat!
So, for the travel arrangements
related to my last five vacations to Turkey, I have called on you
and your staff for the coordination and booking of airline
tickets, car rentals, and/or hotels because I am confident you
always will respond professionally. And on top of all that, you
both have displayed the inherent kindness and hospitality of the
Turkish people.
For all these reasons and so many
more, I will continue to recommend the superlative services of
Proper Travel/Travel Atelier to other travelers. Thank you!
Thank you! Thank you!
Best wishes,
Judy
Houston, Texas
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Sunday, February 24, 2008 8:36 AM
- Australia
Subject:* Saying "Hello"
Dear Pinar and Murat,
Time has moved on very fast and we returned from our trip at the
end of January straight back to work. Both Pete and I are feeling
as though we have never been away but then we get all those
fantasic flashbacks of our trip. Nothing could top our visit to Turkey. We have been
singing your praises since our return and
handing out your bookmarks. My boss is nearly
convinced and so are a couple of the teachers at Pete's
school. I also gave some to our travel agent here in
Bundaberg and they seemed very interested to
have some contact in Turkey.
Thank you for all your help while we were in Turkey. I know that
Pete would not have driven while there without your advise.
He now is so please that he did. The
accommodation you arranged was just what we
needed and we had no disapointments at all.
We were able to see everything you
suggested and it has made us think that we would like to come back and see more.
Pete has some has some great photographs to keep our memories
alive and see have them on our screensavers everyday. We know that
we could not have done this without you. Thank you.
I hope this finds you both well
Keep in touch
Jill and Pete
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Sent: Friday, January 11, 2008 2:05 AM -
Canada
Murat & Pinar,
Thank you for the holiday wishes. Greg and I hope you both had a
wonderful Christmas and New Year. We just got back from the Bahamas
for Christmas. We had such a lovely time in the warm weather. The
children have been jealous of all our stories about Turkey. So much
so, that we are thinking of doing a gullet trip with another family
possibly in 2009. I will keep you posted on our plans so you can
again assist us in our bookings. We have passed your name onto
anyone interested in going to Turkey. We very much appreciated all
your hospitality.
Cheers,
Nicole and Greg
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Monday, December 24, 2007 10:54 AM - Canada
Subject:
FW: Hello from Vancouver
Hi Murat and Pinar,
Just wanted to
touch base with you over the holidays and hope that all is well in
beautiful Cappadocial
I am enclosing a
photo that I have meant to get off to you sooner and I will probably
send you a couple of more in later days.
We all talk constantly of Turkey and how much we miss
it.
I would do
anything to get back there again.
Take care,
Kathy
Friday, 7 December
2007 5:13 PM - Australia
Subject: Thanks
from Tony & Anne
Dear Murat
Greetings from Australia!
Belated thanks for looking after Anne and I so well during our visit
to your
part of the world. Sorry for the delay in writing but Anne and I
have been
flat out catching up with the kid's activities plus all of the
accumulated
paper warfare which was waiting for us when we got home from the
businesses
we operate.
We had an absolutely fantastic time in Turkey and we very much
enjoyed your
great hospitality and for arranging everything for us and
particularly at
such great rates.
I hope we have an opportunity to reciprocate sometime when you next
visit
Australia!
I have attached a few photos of our trip I thought you would like to
have.
The balloon flight is one Anne and I will never forget. You don't
see that
close low level ballooning in too many parts of the world especially
with
such spectacular scenery.
Thanks once again Murat and our regards to you and your beautiful
wife.
Cheers
Tony
Skal International
Wednesday, October 24, 2007 6:36 PM
- Australia
I trust your association blooms like a
Turkish rose.
With best wishes,
robin
Sent: Wednesday, October 10, 2007 1:01 PM
- Canada
Just wanted to
drop you a quick note from Vancouver. We are all here in the
dreadful rain and all sorry to be home!! –
Again, thank
you for all your arrangements. They were absolutely perfect and
we all had so much fun!! The tour in Instanbul was especially fun
and there were definitely a few good stories to tell when we got
home. Also the Sultanhan hotel was a perfect location, and we
had a great time getting to know Ali in the bar!!
So glad to have
met you and Pinar.
Cappadocia and that whole experience was
really the highlight of our vacation.
Take care,
Kathy
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August 26 ,2007 - USA
Hello Pinar,
Thank you again for making our trip to Goreme truly unforgettable!
From meeting us for drinks and breakfast to arranging our guide and
balloon ride, we will never forget our first (of many!) Trips to
Turkey.
We will pass along your contact info with our memories of our trip
to all our friends.
Thank you again!
Warmly, Colleen and Graves
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Wednesday, September 05, 2007 9:27 AM
- Murat,
- Please excuse the
delay in getting back to you. My sister left on
Friday and son on Saturday so have been busy, busy
doing domestic duties since my return.
- We had a great
time, really wonderful! Everything about it was
superb, from the hotel, the tour, the lunch on the
way out, the transport. A shame it was so short,
but rest assured, I will be back and certainly be in
touch before we get there. I will also, if you have
no objections, pass your details on to people here
in the office.
- Thanks for all
your help and see you again. Make sure you look us
up if you are in Istanbul, I'll buy you some raki
and lufer.
- Andy Rezene bey
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October 25,
2006 - Venezuella
Hello Pinar & Murat,
No need to say that in
Göreme and with you, I had a wonderful time and will
remember every moment for a long time (I would
prefer to say forever but sounds very "long"),
specially the apple tea...Your hospitality and
kindness were more than unusual and, beside the
magnificence of Capadoccia, this make those days
very special in all my vacations in Turkey. I feel
among friends.....
Please, keep in touch.
Marianela
PD: Pinar, I still remember that your name has an "i"
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Tuesday, September,12, 2006 16:22
PM - USA
Subject: you'll be published
Pinar and Murat: greetings from Linda and Bernie. we have just
been informed that our trip to turkey will be published in the
state-wide newspaper, Des Moines register.
your web site is so great and lots of teasers!!! we must come back
very soon and bring lots of other us guests.
Linda & Bernie (USA)
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