Partner driversKemer to Alanya
Drive the Antalya coast with Side Taxi
Transfer work for professional drivers and vehicle owners: airport runs, days out and group transfers from Kemer to Alanya. Every job is offered with its details and its fare before you accept it.
Five details are enough to start: name, town, licence class, SRC and vehicle.
- 1151fixed-price routes
- 3airports
- 10resort areas
- 5vehicle classes
Who you would be driving for
Side Taxi is a transfer operator based in Side, in Antalya’s Manavgat district. Most bookings are the airport run: a passenger lands, usually at Antalya, a driver meets them in the arrivals hall with their name on a printed sign, and the vehicle takes them to their hotel at a price fixed for the whole vehicle when they booked. The rest is the return to the airport, short local rides around Side and Manavgat, days out with a car and driver, long runs between resorts, and groups that need a minibus.
All of that is promised to passengers before they have met anyone, so the driver is the person who keeps the promise or breaks it. This page sets out what the work involves, the standard passengers expect, what Turkish rules require of you and your vehicle, and how jobs and terms are agreed. There is no app to install and no account to open: you apply with one WhatsApp message, and everything after that is a conversation.
The main kinds of job on this coast
Each described the way the passenger has already been told it will happen: that is the promise you keep.
Airport arrivals
You work from the live landing time and wait in the public arrivals hall, a few metres back from the customs exit, holding a printed sign with the name exactly as booked. The vehicle stands in the car park, because stopping at the kerb is controlled, so you walk the party and their cases to it. From Antalya Airport, Side is 65 km, about an hour.
Back to the airport
The pickup time is worked backwards from the flight, which makes your arrival at the hotel the one fixed point of the job. Be at the entrance the guests actually use, which is not always the one on the hotel’s website, check the bags against the booking before loading, and set everyone down at departures with time in hand.
Days out with a car and driver
The passengers keep the vehicle and you for a block of hours: Aspendos, the Manavgat waterfall, Köprülü Canyon, Antalya’s old town, or the very long day to Pamukkale. You park, wait, and are exactly where you said you would be. You are the driver, not the guide: tourist guiding is a licensed profession in Turkey, so you see them to the entrance and collect them again.
Long runs between resorts
One-way journeys at one price per route and per vehicle. Side to Alanya is 65 km and Side to Kemer 110; the long runs go west to Kaş, Fethiye and Marmaris or inland to Pamukkale. Some passengers land at one airport and stay near another, which makes Antalya Airport to Dalaman Airport a 230 km job, with comfort stops part of the work.
Groups and minibuses
Twelve or sixteen seats, one bag per seat: empty seats do not turn into luggage space. A golf bag takes the room of two suitcases, so golfers bound for Belek often need a minibus. Parties above sixteen travel as two vehicles that meet the same flight and leave together. Side’s old quarter is largely closed to traffic in season, so groups are set down at the nearest permitted point and walk the last stretch.
What every passenger can expect
Most of this is promised on this site before anyone books; the rest is how those promises are kept. Driving with us means keeping all six.
On time, in the right hall
At the hotel entrance before the agreed time. At the airport, in the arrivals hall of the terminal the flight actually lands at, with the sign at chest height and the name spelled as the booking has it.
The flight, not the clock
Flights are tracked, so a delay moves the meeting instead of cancelling it, and no passenger is asked to phone from the aircraft. A diversion or a rebooking reaches you from us as a new flight number and time.
Cases and child seats
Help with the luggage from the hall to the vehicle comes with every ride; a pushchair goes in last so it comes out first. When a child seat is booked, the right one for the child’s age and weight is fitted before anyone gets in.
The agreed price, nothing added
Passengers pay one price for the whole vehicle, fixed when they booked: no meter, no night tariff, no luggage charge, nothing asked for at the door. You never quote, round up or renegotiate a fare at the kerb.
A clean, cool, smoke-free vehicle
Air conditioning running before the passengers get in, a clean interior and an empty boot ready for their cases. No smoking in the vehicle at any time, between jobs included: the next passenger can smell the last cigarette.
Calm driving, clear messages
Within the speed limits on the coast road, phone in its cradle, no overtaking that saves a minute and frightens a family. Coordination runs on WhatsApp, and changes go through us rather than being settled at the kerb.
What you need to drive with us
The main documents Turkish road-transport rules require for this work, from you and for the vehicle, plus what our passengers expect.
You, the driver
- Licence class B for cars and vans of up to nine seats, driver included; D1 or D for minibuses
- SRC2 professional competence certificate for domestic passenger transport (an SRC1 covers it too)
- A health and psychotechnic fitness report for professional driving, renewed every five years
- A current criminal record certificate (adli sicil belgesi), which you can download from e‑Devlet
- Enough English to greet passengers, confirm the hotel and explain where the vehicle is
- A smartphone with WhatsApp and mobile data
Your vehicle
- Commercial registration, with passenger carriage (yolcu nakli) as its use
- Listed on a passenger-transport authorisation, usually D2 for minibuses and A1 for cars, with its vehicle card (taşıt kartı) on board
- Compulsory traffic insurance (zorunlu trafik sigortası) in force
- Compulsory seat personal-accident insurance for passengers (zorunlu koltuk ferdi kaza sigortası) in force
- A valid periodic inspection: commercial vehicles are inspected every year
- Working air conditioning, a belt on every seat and a clean, non-smoking interior
- Boot space for one suitcase per passenger seat
Transport rules are amended from time to time, most recently in 2026, and we go by the current text. If a document is missing or close to expiry, say so when you apply.
Five classes, each with a promise attached
Passengers book a class rather than a model, and each class is published with its seats and luggage space: one bag per seat, from four in economy to sixteen in the large minibus. What the fleet page promises for a class is what a vehicle in it has to deliver. Tell us what you drive and we will tell you which class it fits, if any.
Economy Van
Volkswagen Caravelle, Mercedes Vito or similar
Up to 4 passengers, 4 suitcases
Standard Van
Mercedes Vito, Ford Transit Custom, Chevrolet Suburban or similar
Up to 7 passengers, 7 suitcases
First Class Van
Mercedes V-Class, Cadillac Escalade or similar
Up to 6 passengers, 6 suitcases
Minibus (or two vans)
Mercedes Sprinter or similar
Up to 12 passengers, 12 suitcases
Minibus (or two vans)
Mercedes Sprinter or similar
Up to 16 passengers, 16 suitcases
From Kemer to Alanya, and three airports
Most days are built around Antalya Airport and the D400 coast road either side of it: Belek is 35 km from the airport, Kemer 61, Side 65, Manavgat 72 and Alanya 125. Gazipaşa-Alanya Airport serves the eastern end, Dalaman Airport the Muğla coast from Fethiye to Marmaris, and long one-way runs from Antalya reach Kaş, Kalkan and Pamukkale.
- Kemer61 km
- Antalya City13 km
- AYTAntalya Airport
- Belek35 km
- Side65 km
- Manavgat72 km
- Alanya125 km
- GZPGazipaşa Airport
From first message to first job
- 1
Message us on WhatsApp
Send your name, your town, your licence class, whether you hold an SRC certificate, and your vehicle’s model, year and seats, or say that you drive without one. The apply button fills in the template.
- 2
Documents and the vehicle
We go through your licence, SRC, fitness report and criminal record certificate, then the vehicle’s registration, authorisation, insurance and inspection, and we look at the vehicle itself: seats, boot, air conditioning and upkeep.
- 3
A first conversation
The areas and roads you know, the months, days and hours you can work, your languages, and the settlement terms between us, all agreed individually before your first job.
- 4
First jobs
Each job reaches you with its details and its fare, and you accept the ones you can do properly. If something about a job is unclear, ask us on WhatsApp before the pickup rather than the passenger after it.
You see the fare before you say yes
Every job is offered with its details and its fare before you accept it: pickup point and time, flight number for an arrival, passengers and bags, child seats and destination. You decide whether it suits you, and a job is yours only once you have accepted it.
Settlement terms, meaning how and when jobs are settled between us, are agreed individually with each driver before the first job. We do not publish earnings figures: a number without your vehicle, your season and your routes behind it would tell you very little. You hear the actual terms in the first conversation, before any work.
Start with one message
Send the five details on WhatsApp and the conversation starts there, or call us if you would rather talk first.
Questions drivers ask
Which documents do I need?
Everything in the requirements above: the right licence class, SRC2, a fitness report and a criminal record certificate for you; commercial registration, authorisation and vehicle card, both compulsory insurances and a valid inspection for the vehicle.
Do I need my own vehicle?
No. Vehicle owners and professional drivers without a vehicle can both apply. A vehicle you bring has to meet the requirements on this page. Without one, whether there is driving work for you depends on the season and the vehicles available, and we say so plainly in the first conversation.
Which vehicles can work with you?
Vehicles that fit one of the five published classes: economy for four passengers, standard for seven, first class for six, and minibuses for twelve or sixteen. A class is defined by seats, luggage room and comfort rather than by badge, and passengers book against one suitcase per passenger seat.
Can I work part-time, or only in the season?
Both can work if they are agreed up front: tell us which months, days and hours you can work. Summer brings the most flights, but people land and leave all year, and airport work starts early and finishes late. Each job is still yours to accept or decline.
Which languages do I need?
Passengers book through a site published in ten languages or on WhatsApp, and we handle every booking, so you never negotiate with a passenger. At the kerb you need enough English to greet people, confirm the hotel and say where the vehicle is. Tell us any other language you speak: passengers sometimes ask for a driver who speaks theirs.
Which areas will I drive in?
The coast from Kemer to Alanya, with Antalya Airport just east of Antalya city: Kemer, Antalya and Lara, Belek, Side and Manavgat, and the Alanya coast. Gazipaşa-Alanya Airport covers the eastern end and Dalaman Airport the Muğla coast. Tell us where you live and which roads you know well.
How are jobs offered, and how is pay agreed?
Each job comes with its details and its fare before you accept it. Settlement terms between us are agreed individually before your first job, because they depend on the vehicle, the season and the work.
Does my vehicle need a D2 authorisation?
It must be on a passenger-transport authorisation, with the vehicle card (taşıt kartı) on board. For a minibus on transfer work that is typically a D2, for commercial non-scheduled domestic passenger transport, held by you or by another holder who adds your minibus under a contract made at a notary or through e‑Devlet. A car or van of up to nine seats can only go on a passenger-transport authorisation held by its registered owner, usually an A1. Compulsory traffic insurance and the seat personal-accident insurance must be in force on every trip.
What happens when a flight is delayed?
You work from the live landing time, so a delay moves the meeting rather than cancelling it, and the passenger pays nothing extra. If a long delay runs into your next job, tell us early so that job can be re-planned. How long waits are handled between us is part of the terms agreed before your first job.