Golf Trips: Bags, Early Tee Times and the Right Vehicle

The sum with bags in it

Every class has a seat count and a luggage count, and they are the same number: the VIP van six and six. Four players with a case and a bag each come to eight items — two too many. In that case the luggage decides the class; the full calculation is in when luggage decides your vehicle.

Two players fit without trouble: two cases, two bags, four items. The limit sits not at a group size but at six pieces — and that is reached with three players once each also brings a holdall.

Declaring bags properly

Golf bags are extra luggage: €10 an item, added in step two of the booking, up to five. Put the number in the notes field as well so it is clear what they are — a bag is long and rigid and cannot be tucked into a gap the way a case can. The wider rules are in declaring oversized luggage.

Belek, and the run out to it

Most golf trips on the Turkish Riviera go to Belek, and that is one of the shorter routes from Antalya Airport. For the arrival that means the drive is rarely the problem; the loading is more likely to be. If the party is larger than four, check the item count twice before booking.

Early departures

Golf trips regularly collide with the flight home: play a early round on departure day and there is little slack afterwards. So set the pickup time by working backwards from the departure rather than forwards from the tee time — the calculation is in when should you leave your hotel for the airport.

If the luggage is coming from the course rather than the hotel, or you want to call at the clubhouse on the way, that is a stop: €15 each, up to three, booked in advance.

Count again for the return

People who arrive with four items rarely leave with four — clubs bought locally, an extra case, gifts. Give the new count when the pickup time is confirmed; a short message is enough, even on the day.

Common questions