34 Replies | Jump to bottom Add a Reply. 1  Report Abuse I can only speak about pet sitters. 2  Report Abuse In my area they charged about $25 a day for our little cat. 3  Report Abuse In Philadelphia, we pay our house sitter $40 per night.  Report Abuse I pay $25. per day to have a employee/friend stay overnight and watch my dog and 2 cats, check mail, take messages and handle all else that may arise - he had to get the furnace people in to get the house heated one year in mid winter. We also pay him 50.
(I always tell travelers that the most dangerous portion of any trip is the car ride to the airport!) Even if trouble starts brewing around Taksim, Istanbul is a huge city and dangerous demonstrations can be easily avoided, as they were earlier this summer.
The trip from the airport to Sultanahmet takes about 45min. To get from Ataturk to the Asian side of Istanbul, the quickest way is to take a taxi to Bakikoy IDO Iskele (ferry pier), which takes about 10m and costs 20TL, and then take an IDO high-speed catamaran to Kadikoy (20m) or Bostanci (40m) for 7TL.he cheapest way to arrive from Sabiha Goekcen gÃ¶kÃ§en to The european side Of istanbul is by (Bus e10 Or e11, lines From Sabiha goekcen GÃ¶kÃ§en) + to (kadikoey KadikÃ¶y ferry from kadikoey kadikÃ¶y, to many ferry stations Including some). in the sultanahmet area