Commuting between England and Bodrum? Low-priced flights made it all possible and more Brits bought a home away from household and under the sun. But life for expatriates with property in Bodrum is linked to fluctuations in ticket prices, peak season fares and airline policies

Buying a family away from house brings its own problems. British family owners in Turkey complain about not-so-Cheap air fares between Turkey and the U.K. Klaus Jurgens from Didim speaks for all in his column in Bodrum Property:

"The next point I am unhappy about is that as far as airline coaches are concerned there seems to be a misconstruing about the actual size of the UK: How many Turkey bound planes take off from Belfast, Glasgow or Newcastle? If so how many of them continue to fly during the winter not acknowledging the fact that we have a large eternal community over here?

"Flying home to Britain? Changing between England and Didim? Well, when we discovered No Going Back on our TV sets, and after Easy Jet and Ryanair had made it all possible, more and more of us bought a household away from place and under the sun.

"So how do we get here: When my wife came to visit me in London quite regularly some years ago flying Affordable was no option as she flew in from stanbul, not Dalaman. Who took her there? Either BA or THY of course! Quality comes at a price as we paid around 280 pounds per return ticket."

"Then there was the option of going to the Netherlands and boarding a Corendon plane, which was time consuming and nearly as expensive once the total tally was presented. Charter airlines as such did not really service that important route.