Tour guide was fantastic – not only did I have a great time but learnt a lot about Turkish history that I did not know. Bus driver was great.
A Tour I will never forget!! Thanks!!
Raquel Pert (Anzac Day Tours 2008)
The staff/guides and the tour was excellent and we had a great time and catered for our children.
Jeramie Faint (Anzac Day Tours 2008)
We had a great crew and met many new friends. Thank you for all your hard work. I will always recommend Sammys Travel to my friends.
P/S Bulent is a great bloke and made my experience great. 100%
Lloyd Redstone (Anzac Day Tours 2008)
Thank you so much for a wonderful week. We have experienced so many aspects of Turkey and learned so much about your beautiful country. A special thanks to our guide. He has been caring, fun, knowledgeable and friendly. He has made our trip all the better.
Thanks and God Bless!
Carleen Phillips (Anzac Day Tours 2008)
Thank you very much for making our stay in Turkey so amazing.
Your commentary has been superb & your personal care much appreciated. We will take home many wonderful memories of our time here. GOD BLESS!
P.S. You are welcome anytime in NZ!
Kerryn-Ruth Botting (Anzac Day Tours 2008)
Cultural food differences made it difficult sometimes but friendliness of people we met made up for it. I would recommend Sammy’s Travel to our friends at home. Bulent made the tour one to remember.
Keep up the good work.
Carol Warrington (Anzac Day Tours 2008)
The tour was excellent! Our tour guide – Yigit – was exceptional, he answered all our questions about Gallipoli, the ANZAC’s and Turkish culture in general. And he threw in a few great stories!
Had a fantastic time, especially visiting Gallipoli Peninsula on the 23rd, a very well organised tour! I would definitely recommend Sammy’s Travel to others!
Deborah Style (Anzac Day Tours 2008)
Fun time, interesting and would definitely recommend friends / colleagues and family to do also. Staff / guide were all good and interacted with everyone fantastic.
Rowan Huchinson (Anzac Day Tours 2008)
Feel that I took a lot from my very short trip. Very interesting, very enjoyable.
Mehmet was a lot of fun!
Patrick Glynn (Anzac Day Tours 2008)
The
tour itself was excellent. I would definitely recommend it to
others.
Katharine Pierce (Anzac Day Tours 2008)
Levent + His Assistant (Phil) were excellent. Great Job!!
Thanks.
Leon Cox (Anzac Day Tours 2008)
Thank you for a great time!! Levent is a great guide…
Hollie Morrison (Anzac Day Tours 2008)
Thanks for a great trip! Levent was very helpful & knowledgeable.
Linda Scott (Anzac Day Tours 2008)
Levent was an excellent guide. He had great knowledge and was very friendly.
(Anzac Day Tours 2008)
Levent was a fantastic tour guide - very friendly, knowledgeable and his English is 100% I have wanted to go ANZAC Day at Gallipoli since I was very young so it was an amazing experience and Sammy’s TOURS were a really good tour company to go with The gala dinner entertainment was soo good!
Thanks for making such an amazing experience.
Rachel Cuthbert (Anzac Day Tours 2008)
It was an excellent tour, good value for Money, Levent was an great tour guide with very good knowledge of the ANZAC history.
Sarah Spiry (Anzac Day Tours 2008)
Levent has an excellent tour guide who knew a lot about what he was teaching us, to ensure we got the most out of our tour.
Cathryn Bradley (Anzac Day Tours 2008)
Dear Mehmet,
Just wanted to let you know that we had a great tour with Sammys Travel and particularly want to commend our tour guide who was Genghis. He was excellent, knowledgeable, funny and made our tour even more enjoyable. We would definitely recommend Sammys Travel for Anzac tours. Also we really enjoyed the lazy day at the Thermal hotel.
Just wanted to let you know that we did enjoy the tour and hope you will pass on to Genghis particularly how good we found him as a guide.
Kind regards
Annalyse O’dea (Anzac Day Tours 2008)
Hi Mehmet,
I would like to say a huge ‘thank you’ to all at Sammy’s for a wonderful time in Turkey last week. The tour was great – Hasan and Ali were are great team, very helpful, lots of fun and always willing to help. Please pass on my thanks to them. All other Sammy’s staff that I met were also very helpful and friendly.
I really enjoyed my time in Turkey and am looking forward to visiting again.
Michelle Gerwitz (Sammy’s 10) (Anzac Day Tours 2008)
To whom it
The staff have been so helpful in helping me plan my trip to Turkey – especially Mehmet. Our guide (Levent) is extremely knowledgeable and was a great guide. Great Trip!
Karen Debski (Anzac Day Tours 2008)
may concern,
Would just like to say a big thank you to Sammys Travel for the fantastic time we had in Turkey on the 6 Day tour with the tour guide Levent. We were all very impressed with all services throughout the tour and would like to especially thank our guide Levent for his fantastic knowledge and all his help.
Thanks Again.
Heath Phillips, Danniel Gifford, Tick Phillips, Renee Phillips
(Anzac Day Tours 2008)
I
enjoyed our trip very much, very helpful guide and comfortable bus
and accommodation. I feel the Gallipoli experience was enhanced by
Sammys Tour and I will have no hesitation in recommending your group
to anyone who is considering similar travels.
Thank you so much for an excellent, informative trip.
Jarrad Simpson (Anzac Day Tours 2008)
Had a great time. Thank you!
Maneesha Howard (Anzac Day Tours 2008)
Easy tour, good communication via emails. Very friendly guide.
Thanks Mehmet
Jolanda Hazebroek (Anzac Day Tours 2008)
I attended a tour of Gallipoli in 2006 with Travel Talk and this tour was 100 times better because this time tour guide was very competent. Denis was very informative and always knew what he was doing.
Thank you for a great tour. I will recommend.
Melissa Chapman (Anzac Day Tours 2008)
The Gallipoli Tour was fantastic and Dennis our guide is one of the best guides I have experienced. The Guide’s knowledge and information was fantastic and he was able to answer any questions. I would thoroughly recommend this tour and our guide to anyone.
Thanks for a great trip!
Dennyson Taylor (Anzac Day Tours 2008)
Tour to Battle Fields & Dawn Service excellent. Denis our guide was tremendous his willingness to help us was great. Sammys Travel Staff were very helpful.
Garry Chadwick (Anzac Day Tours 2008)
Had a fantastic time + experience in Turkey. We have different cultures to Turkey which is fine; it’s all part of the experience.
Thank you very much!
Jodie Yarwood (Anzac Day Tours 2008)
All in all, was fantastic tour! Really enjoyed it & have no regrets!
Thanks XX
(Anzac Day Tours 2008)
Had a fantastic experience!!
Sheena Snowden (Anzac Day Tours 2008)
Fantastic and memorable experience!! Hasan was an excellent guide and made the trip very memorable – Thank you!
Lee Harris (Anzac Day Tours 2008)
The tour & guide provided an excellent insight to Turkey & ANZAC Day. It was very well organised & we were always well informed of the upcoming days programme.
Well done to the staff of Sammy’s Travel will be sure recommend to friends & family.
(Anzac Day Tours 2008)
Overall a very good tour, excellent guide with lots of knowledge. It was also a very organised tour.
I would recommend this tour we had an excellent tour guide and driver.
James Kerr (Anzac Day Tours 2008)
Chengis was an excellent tour guide who answered all our questions and taught us a lot about Turkey. I hope he does another 10 Anzac Tours. The tour was excellent value for Money.
Thank you very much.
Angela Best (Anzac Day Tours 2008)
Tour guide was fantastic – Enthusiastic, knowledgeable and fun. I thoroughly enjoyed this tour for more than anticipating. I’ll be recommending Sammy’s Tours to everyone.
P.S. Cengis was superb!
Ian Smith (Anzac Day Tours 2008)
I loved the tour, had a great time. Cengiz is fantastic & I will recommend to my friends!!
Thanks guys!!
Kylie Conolly (Anzac Day Tours 2008)
I had the most wonderful time and will recommend Sammy’s Travel and Cengiz!
Mehmet, I can’t speak highly enough of your service and efficiency.
Superb thanks!
Trish Dowd (Anzac Day Tours 2008)
Hi Mehmet,
Just a quick note to thank you for a great anzac tour. Dennis the tour guide did a fantastic job under pressure organizing us and we thank him for that. we had a good time.
thank you and your team....
Sue & Peter Massey Phillips (Anzac Day Tours 2008)
Hi
Mehmet,
I'm sorry it has taken me so long to contact you. I just wanted to
once again thank you for all your help in trying to track down my
lost luggage
in airport
during the Anzac Day tour that I attended. You and your staff did
an excellent job and I appreciated all your efforts. I thoroughly
enjoyed the tour and will be recommending Sammy's Travel to all my
friends who may wish to spend Anzac Day in Gallipoli.
Thanks and Regards,
Julia McAlpine
(Anzac Day Tours 2008)
Dee and Daryl Pratt
(Anzac 2007)
Congratulations Mehmet and Hasan
We were very lucky to have been part of Sammy's 8 tour to Gallipoli this year and we would like to thank all concerned in making our tour a very happy memory we will enjoy for the rest of our lives.
Our special thanks to our wonderful guide Hasan. What a lovely young man, he is a credit to his country. He shared so much knowledge with us we can't thank him enough for making our tour very, very special.
Please look after him for us, he is an asset to your company.
We have never been on a tour where everyone mixed so well and we have all been in contact, via email, since our return to our homes on Saturday.
Congratulations Samyeli Travel, we will recommend you to our friends and family.
Kind regards
Haylee (Sammy’s 8)
( Anzac
2007 )
Hi to all at Sammy’s Travel
I would just like to say that this was the best holiday I have ever had and that our tour group (Sammy’s 8) and tour guide was the best group I have ever been on.
I would like to thank everyone involved for making this an unforgettable holiday and I would always recommend Sammy’s Travel to anyone wanting to do the ANZAC tour.
Thanks for some of the best memories, I will always treasure.
Andrew.
(Anzac
2007)
Hi
Mehmet,
I would appreciate it if you would pass this on to all the relevant people.
Clare and I would like to say a very big thank you to everyone at Sammy's for such an excellent trip. We would like to make special mention to you and Hasan who were helpful beyond anything we could ask for and we are so grateful.
I have done several tours in my travels, and this was by far the best. The support provided before the tour and the excellent help starting at the airport and ongoing until we were back in London was exceptional.
Your organisation skills are an asset to the company, and Hasan's tour management was brilliant.
I will be highly recommending you to anyone else I know interested in Turkey and I wish you all the best with all future tours.
Once again, thank you so much and please pass on my thanks to Sammy and the rest of the team.
Kind regards,
Cassie Muttdon &
Ben Timms
(Anzac 2007)
Hi Mehmet,
I just wanted to let you know that our Tour Guide was Levent and he
was the most amazing tour guide that we could have asked for!
Everyone on Bus 5 enjoyed themselves immensely and it was mostly
thanks to Levent.
We found him to be very knowledgeable, humorous and very kind and
provided us with interesting facts about Turkey that made our trip
worthwhile. Because of Levent we will definitely be recommending
Samyeli Travel to our friends for next years ANZAC Day trip.
If you could please pass on our thanks to him, we would be very
grateful.
Kind Regards,
Katie,
Hi,
Thought I would give you feedback on the 6 day Gallipoli tour 2006
(bus 9) I found out about the tour through advertising in Gumtree
and through search engines
I was really pleased with the tour. Things I was particularly
impressed with were: our tour guide Ahmet - he was amazing! the
timing of the Turkish Baths upon returning from Gallipoli - they
were great also I really liked the thermal resort we stayed at
before we went to Gallipoli - the drive was worth it and the food
was great I also really enjoyed seeing the local art in the village
museum.
The dinner at the fish markets was also good Things that could be
improved on: The bus rides are quite long, and it might be nice to
have a guitar on board for a sing along to help pass the time Was
not too impressed with the showers or water at the Istanbul hotel -
Birbey?. The water stopped and came out brown a few times. That was
a little gross and scary. And the lights on the stairwell weren't
working properly
There was some confusion with our transfer, even though we emailed
our flight times and receipt of these were confirmed by the company.
These had not been recorded on the transfer log, but our transfer
was fine in the end. (Just a small thing)
Otherwise very pleased with the tour, the weather and all the people
I met. Will definitely recommend this experience to friends. Thank
you.
Ka kite,
Katie
Michelle Hall,
Hi Mehmet,
I wanted to take the time to write and say what a fantastic holiday
I had in Turkey.
I can't tell you enough how wonderful our guide and driver were.
Sedat Kirkan has such an amazing knowledge of Turkey and it's
history - there was no a question he was unable to answer. He always
made a conscious effort to ensure that we had the best time we
possibly could all throughout our holiday. Our driver Tufan Igel put
in some extremely long hours and his driving was outstanding. He was
always very professional and courteous. I truly hope that I am lucky
enough to have guides and drivers of their calibre when I next
travel.
Thank you very much again. All the best for the future.
Kylie Hall,
I thought that the tour package was of a high standard I found that
the tour guide was very approachable and knowledgeable of the tour
of ANZAC itself.
I found the Turkish explanation interesting for ANZAC as we only
learn of the all sides in our Schools. It was nice to get a true
feel for both sides of the ANZAC Story.
I would recommend this tour to others and will consider Samyeli
Travel as first option for tours next time I'm in Turkey.
Thank you for all your hard work!!!
Lee Coghill,
Very informative & friendly guide, deriver and derivers assistant.
Thanks for helping to make my ANZAC Day experience unforgettable
one.
Kerrie Macaulay,
Hi Mehmet,
I am happy to say I had a wonderful time in Turkey and I was very
pleased with our tour. I will be recommending the tour to friends
and family.
Thanks for everything.
Paul Cazzuline,
Hello Mehmet,
I am just responding to give you feedback on the tour. Overall I was
very happy with it. It was well organised and run. The quality of
the hotels we stayed at were very good and the level of customer
service was of a high standard.
Thanks
Debra & James Fing,
Hi Mehmet,
The recent Anzac Tour we did was absolutely fantastic. It was the
first organised tour we have ever done and we loved it.
One complaint - we didn't have enough time at the Anzac Cove Museum.
There were a lot of diary entries and letters we would have loved to
have read, but didn't have time. Barely had time to take some pics.
Our only complaint.
The rest was wonderful. Our guide Chengis (not spelt right, but
pronounced Jengis) was so caring, informative .... just sensational.
Loved it and will definitely recommend you to others.
Jo-Anne Rasmussen,
Hi Mehmet,
I had the most amazing time in Turkey and the ceremony was beyond
all my expectations. The tour was excellently organised and
everything was extremely enjoyable. Thank you for making my
Gallipoli experience something I will remember forever.
Cheers
Kingsley Hutcherson,
G'day Mehmet,
I was on the 4 day tour with Adam Pope. We enjoyed the trip very
much, learnt a lot more than what we thought we knew. Our guide was
great.
Travelling to Anzac Cove the day before the ceremony was a great
move &
staying at the Resort as well, I will definitely be recommending
Sammys to
my Aussie mates who wish to travel to Anzac Cove in the future.
Many Thanks
Lauren Shea,
Just wanted to give you a huge thank-you for the anzac tour, we had
a great time and will never forget your lovely country. I hope you
enjoyed it too!
Shirley and Helen Ballinger,
Dear Mehmet, Necdet and Cenk,
Thank you all for such a great tour. Turkey was a wonderful
experience. Thank you all once again.
Pat,
Dear Mehmet,
Thank you so much for making my trip to such a wonderful experience.
I am very impressed with your excellent standards of organisation
and value for money. Pat
Erika,
Dear Mehmet,
Thank you so much for everything you did for us. You made our trip
so pleasant and easy. You took care of all our transportation and
all our other arrangements that would have been difficult for us. We
just got home yesterday and we were commenting to everyone what a
wonderful time we had and how much you helped us. We will highly
recommend you to anyone who is planning a trip to Turkey. Again
Thank You for everything. Erika
Wendy and Robert,
An amazing experience, one I will remember always. An excellent tour
I would recommend to others. The tour was well organised and
accommodated the needs of the group.
Stuart and Wazza,
Hi from Australia,
Gday Sammy,
thanks for such a wonderful trip thru Turkey and to Anzac day.
Cengis did a great job and all on the tour had a great time. Was
told that you will be putting some photo's on your website which we
can see and a login area for Samyeli Travellers to view some more.
Look forward to hearing from you and finding out what we need to do
to see them.
All the best for next Anzac day,
Stuart and Wazza

