Tom is soooo full of shit, his Turkey Travel Planner is sooooo subjective for only 1 reason and that is to pocket 1000's of $ from the places he recommends. He used to be an author for the lonely planet but who is to say he is right? what I find very interesting is I know for a fact he lives a free life while in Turkey. Using scare tactics on his website he takes advantage of the traveler. Now for a guy who claims to know Turkey and offers so much information "For the record, I use Turkish travel agencies for virtually every trip I take to Turkey. I may make a few reservations myself, but I leave most of the arrangements to the agents. It's easy, cost-effective, efficient, and if something goes wrong I can call them and tell them to fix it. It's the best use of my time". The devil is in the detail... he will "tell them to fix it" http://www.turkeytravelplanner.com/tourop/need_agency.html on the other hand he scares you by discriminating the others... http://www.turkeytravelplanner.com/tourop/about_tours.html . This blood sucker lives on commissions and advert money via pay per click thru google. Look at the larger picture, he is using his old credentials to take advantage of you... it is such a commercial site hardly anyone notices... I will give you at least 100 examples to prove my point. More to come...