Bank transfer for deposit

[JayneyG]

We have recently booked our hotel in Kalkan, and agreed to pay the deposit to the hotel by bank transfer.  We transferred £300 plus the bank charged us £20 admin fee.  However, the hotel have said they have only received £265.  Even given the exchange rate this can't be right can it?  Has anyone else had this experience?

Linkback: https://www.enjoykalkan.com/forum/index.php?topic=5012.0

[MartynE]

The bank fee you were quoted was probably from your UK bank - but the Turkish bank will take a fee as well.

Try using one of the specialist money brokers like Moneycorp - that way you pay a flat fee and don't pay any bank charges, plus you get a better exchange rate anyway.

[Reygirl]

It's possible that the bank transferred 300 euros and not 300 pounds.

[Cosetta]

I just received a sterling deposit into my sterling account in Isbank.  No fee was taken by Isbank to receive this money.

[butterfly]

YapiKredi seems to have changed their policy on an intermediate Turkish bank charging for administering a transfer.  Last week, I transferred sterling from my UK Halifax Bank by internet to my sterling account here and was charged only £9 by Halifax and YapiKredi charged nothing.  A great improvement on previous years, when combined charges could amount to as much as £60.