Hey everyone,
My Ultimate Euo trip is in August (12th - Sep 25th)and I've checked up on the whole visa sitation and the only one I'm going to need to get is one for Turkey.
Here's my dilema:
In the brochure contiki recommends you get any visa's before you go even if you can buy them at the border, but my travel agent said that I can just buy it when I get there (her version apparently comes from the contiki person she talked to).
Anyways, thats it
Any advice would be much appreciated

Hey!

I'm going on the July 15th trip and I have to get a visa for turkey and Egypt too. My travel agent says it doesn't take long (at least from where I live) to send out the application and receive your visa as they will probably courier it. She suggested I get them before I leave. I think I'd rather have it all sorted out before the tour starts becuase you don't want any kind of delays during it. I think it said on the website that it could slow down your group if you have to wait at your destination. Why leave things to chance? Anyhoo, thats my reason but I'm also travelling solo and I've never done this before so paranoia could be talking for me.

Good luck,

Tash

Thanks Tash!
Think I might do it now, just for my own piece of mind! Where did you get the application from?

Kelly

hey tash i'm gonna be traveling with you on the 15th of july
IM SO EXCITED !!!
anyway if u wanna chat my email is white_whisper@hotmail.com
thanks kathleen

I found the form! For anyone else that is looking for it and your from Australia, you can find it here:

http://www.turkishembassy.org.au/Pages/Consular/VISA%20...N%20FOR%20TURKEY.doc

I guess I just fill it out and send it off, but I'm going to write an email to them just to make sure.

Here's the contact details for the Embassy in Canberra if anyone's interested:

http://www.turkishembassy.org.au/

then just click on the 'contacts' button

hey fanx for dat.. im goin on the UE tour as well... id rather get everything done here first so to make sure that i dont worry wen i get there.. id like to worry bout where i pass out wen drunk den worry bout a piece of paper.. but fanx for dat... for nz people. for this tour do we only need one visa for turkey and dats it....

get bak if you know or add me mizz_taynah@hotmail.com

Hi,
I just contacted the Turkish embassy in NZ and they told me if you are on a NZ passport you don't need a visa for Turkey, so if your doing the Mykonos option of the UE tour we don't any visas at all

Kel

yeah i am doing the tour next year in july the only visa so far that i need is the switzerland one.just waiting for replies on the other ones.

Hi girlies and boylies,

Yep you're right Kelly 23 NZer's don't need a visa for Turkey only Egypt if you are doing that option.

xox

Hi,
Just looked on contikipedia and it says that aussies can get the required visa for Turkey at the border, i figure if it's ok with contiki it's ok with me.

yep my travel agent as well as contikipedia reckon to just get them at the borders so that is what i am going to do

Hey there, I just got back from a UE... Turkey.. hmm 15 euros to buy it at the border for Aussies. Kiwi's are free! 50 euros for Canadians.

I got mine when we arrived at the boarder, no worries it was super easy! I wouldn't worry about it.

50 euros for Canadians?! Damn, why do we Canadians get the shaft? Hah, oh well. How was your trip Chris?