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Sabiha Gökçen Airport (SAW) · Private transfer · Pendik, Asian side

Sabiha Gökçen Airport Transfer — Private Chauffeur for SAW Pickup and Drop-Off

Book a private Sabiha Gökçen Airport transfer with Cab Istanbul when the job is a pre-arranged vehicle, a chauffeur, and a door-to-door ride to or from SAW. The car is for your party. It is not a seat on an airport coach, and it is not a taxi you hail after you have already cleared the terminal.

SAW sits on Istanbul’s Asian side, in Pendik. Hotels in Kadıköy, Ataşehir, Maltepe or the airport district are a shorter drive than Taksim, Sultanahmet, Galataport or Levent, because those addresses cross the Bosphorus. The fare is the figure the booking form returns for your pickup, drop-off, date, vehicle, passengers, luggage and stops. There is no single SAW price for every destination.

Arrival greeting with a name board, plus hotel and address drop-off anywhere the form accepts in Istanbul
Airport pickups use real-time flight tracking, as stated in the current transportation agreement
Complimentary airport waiting is 45 minutes after actual landing on international flights and 30 minutes on domestic flights — not a flat 60-minute promise
Mercedes categories published on Our Cars: S-Class, E-Class, Vito, VIP Vito, Premium Van and Sprinter — chosen with luggage, not headcount alone
Up to three intermediate stops can be added in the form before you search
Licensed operator: TÜRSAB 11980 and Ministry of Transport D2, trading as Cab Istanbul (HRH Lucky Turizm Limited Şirketi)

TÜRSAB No. 11980 D2 authorised Flight tracking on airport pickups Per-route fare

Woman in an orange top seated in the beige cabin of a black Mercedes van, with the Sabiha Gökçen terminal and Arrivals and Departures signs behind the open door — A private Mercedes van at Sabiha Gökçen, with both the Arrivals and Departures signs on the terminal front. Your confirmation — not this photograph — states where to meet.

What this page is for

A pre-booked private SAW transfer, and nothing that belongs to another service

Use this page for a Sabiha Gökçen airport transfer: we collect you at SAW, or we collect you at a hotel or address and take you to SAW. The chauffeur drives. The chauffeur is not a licensed tourist guide and is not a security officer.

If you want a full day of sightseeing with standby time at monuments, that is a private Istanbul tour. If you want the vehicle and driver by the hour or the day, with no airport as the point of the booking, use Car with Driver or Driver Services. A premium meet-and-greet product with its own positioning lives on VIP Transfer. A limousine hire is Limousine. Istanbul Airport (IST), on the European side in Arnavutköy, has its own page and its own meeting procedure — do not reuse SAW instructions there, and do not reuse IST’s Exit Gate 14 here.

One party, one vehicle, pickup and drop-off you enter before travel
The second tab on the booking card, “Rent A Car With Driver”, is hourly or daily chauffeur hire — a different product
Sightseeing commentary, museum tickets and a licensed guide are not included in an airport transfer
Close protection, bodyguard service and airside escort through passport control are not part of this booking

A plain-language briefing on the airport itself — terminals, which side of the city it sits on, and how people usually leave it — is in the guide Sabiha Gökçen Airport. This service page is the booking explanation for the private car.

Three travellers with a suitcase walking toward the open door of a black van in front of the Sabiha Gökçen International Airport terminal — The transfer is the vehicle and the chauffeur. Friends sharing one van still book one private car, not three separate taxi seats.

Asian side and European side

Where SAW actually is, and how long the drive typically takes

Sabiha Gökçen (IATA: SAW) is an international airport on the Asian shore. A transfer that stays on that shore — Kadıköy, Moda, Bostancı, Ataşehir, Maltepe, Kartal, Pendik, or an airport hotel — does not cross the Bosphorus. A transfer to Taksim, Beyoğlu, Şişli, Beşiktaş, Sultanahmet, Galataport, Nişantaşı or Levent does. Traffic at the bridges and the Eurasia Tunnel moves those European-side journeys more than it moves a Kadıköy ride.

The ranges below are typical private-car planning bands drawn from how these routes are usually described. They are not a timetable, not a promise from the chauffeur, and not a reason to book a tight flight connection. Morning and evening peaks, rain, a match day or a bridge restriction can push a European-side ride well past the upper figure. Night roads are often quicker. Your driver chooses the crossing that is moving when you actually leave.

Route	Typical planning time	What changes the day
SAW ↔ Kadıköy / Moda	Often about 30–55 minutes	Asian side. No Bosphorus crossing. See Kadıköy if that is the neighbourhood you are staying in.
SAW ↔ Ataşehir, Maltepe, Pendik, airport hotels	Often about 15–45 minutes	Short hops. The exact street matters more than the district name.
SAW ↔ Üsküdar	Often about 35–65 minutes	Still Asian side, but a longer coastal or motorway run.
SAW ↔ Taksim / Beyoğlu	Often about 50–90 minutes	Bridge or tunnel. Peaks regularly run longer than 90 minutes.
SAW ↔ Sultanahmet / Fatih	Often about 55–90 minutes	Historic peninsula streets add time after the crossing.
SAW ↔ Beşiktaş, Ortaköy, Bebek	Often about 50–90 minutes	European shore hotels. Hotel forecourts can add a few minutes of access.
SAW ↔ Nişantaşı, Şişli, Levent, Maslak	Often about 50–90 minutes	Business districts. Weekday peaks are the usual delay.
SAW ↔ Galataport / Karaköy	Often about 50–90 minutes	Cruise terminal is its own address. Put the terminal or the ship’s meeting point in the form, not only “Karaköy”.
SAW ↔ Istanbul Airport (IST)	Often about 70–120 minutes	Inter-airport drive. It does not make you land on time for a separate ticket. Details below.

Times are approximate and traffic-dependent. Cab Istanbul does not guarantee a journey duration. Published driving-distance guides usually place Kadıköy nearer than Taksim or Sultanahmet, and place IST on a much longer motorway run — use those only as orientation, then price the address you will actually use.

Yellow taxis queued on the departures forecourt under the Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport sign, with the Departures entrance behind them — The taxi rank on the terminal front is a different product from a car you reserved before landing. This frame shows the departures curb, not a numbered meeting pillar.

Chauffeur in a dark suit holding a CAB İSTANBUL name board beside a kerbside information column marked 9, with signs for car park, public transport, taxi and the ISG airport shuttle — The column marked 9 in this photograph is not your meeting instruction. Cab Istanbul does not publish a SAW pillar, column or door number on this page.

Meeting the chauffeur

Where you meet at SAW — and the numbers this page will not invent

After baggage reclaim and customs you come out into the public arrivals area. International and domestic arrivals are signed separately on the terminal. Follow the flow that matches your ticket, then follow the meeting note in your Cab Istanbul confirmation. That note, plus the chauffeur’s phone, is how you find each other.

This page does not assign a pillar, column or gate. A marketing photograph on this page shows a kerbside information column with a large 9, and other frames show door markers on the terminal glass. Those numbers are what the camera caught. They are not an official “meet at column 9” or “meet at door 14” rule. Istanbul Airport (IST) uses Exit Gate 14 for its own arrivals greeting; that gate is on the other airport. Using it at SAW will put you in the wrong place. The IST procedure is explained on Istanbul Airport Transfer.

Name board with your name, held by the greeter assigned to the booking
Your confirmation and WhatsApp are the meeting instructions — not a number printed on this page
If you cannot see the board, call the number on the confirmation before you walk to the taxi rank
Luggage help from the meeting point to the vehicle is part of the transfer, within the luggage allowance of the vehicle you booked

Cab Istanbul is a TÜRSAB member (Acente No. 11980). On 12 January 2026 TÜRSAB published the rules for its Meeting Point at Sabiha Gökçen, the reception area member agencies use so guests are met in a controlled way. In that process the agency greeter enters with a TÜRSAB identity card and a reservation QR, guests are registered after the main entrance and directed on, and the greeter takes the guest to the vehicle. TÜRSAB also limits how long a vehicle may stand in that Meeting Point parking area (not more than 15 minutes). That parking limit is an airport rule for the bay. It is not Cab Istanbul’s complimentary passenger-waiting allowance, which is set out in the transportation agreement and explained in the next section.

The public booking form on this page does not show a TÜRSAB QR field. If your confirmation includes a code, a lounge note or a phone instruction, use that message. Do not assume a column number from a photograph.

From search to the hotel door

How a SAW airport transfer is arranged

The card at the top of this page is the live booking widget. The steps below follow that widget and the transportation agreement, not a generic airport script.

1

Search the route you will actually drive

On the tab labelled “ISTANBUL AIRPORT TRANSFER”, type Sabiha Gökçen or your hotel into Pickup Point and the other end into Drop Point. Add any real stop before you press SEARCH. The form accepts bookings at least one hour ahead and only for pickups in Istanbul.

2

Choose the vehicle after you see luggage, not only seats

SEARCH opens the transfer results for that route. Person count is one input. Suitcases, a folded stroller or a golf bag can move you from a sedan to a Vito or a Sprinter even when the headcount would “fit” an S-Class.

3

Send the flight number if it is not on the form

The visible widget has no flight-number box. Airport pickups are still flight-tracked under the agreement. Put the flight number in the confirmation path you are given, or send it on WhatsApp to +90 542 579 5656, and keep that phone reachable.

4

Land, clear the terminal, then meet

You still queue for passport control and bags. The greeter is not airside, and the car is not waiting in the baggage hall. Come through to the public side and use the confirmation. International arrivals and domestic arrivals are different signs.

5

Ride the route you priced

The confirmed fee covers the time, distance and route specified at booking. A new stop, a longer wait or a change of address is a different job and is priced as the agreement describes — not invented at the kerb as a surprise meter.

Flight tracking and waiting

What happens when the SAW flight is early, late or domestic

The booking card on this page says “Meet & greet · flight tracking”. The transportation agreement is more precise than a slogan. Clause 7.1 states that for airport pick-ups the complimentary waiting period is 45 minutes from actual landing on international flights and 30 minutes on domestic flights, using real-time flight tracking.

Airport pickup at SAW

Tracking is tied to the flight, so a delay in the air is not treated as you being late for a clock time you missed
The free window starts from actual landing, not from scheduled landing, and not from when you exit customs
International: 45 minutes. Domestic: 30 minutes. A domestic SAW hop does not inherit the international window
Clause 7.5: no additional waiting charge for a delay caused by the flight itself, provided you are reachable on the contact details on the booking
Beyond the complimentary allowance, waiting is charged at the applicable hourly rate, prorated (clause 7.3)

Clause 7.4 is a no-show rule, not a free hour. If you cannot be located or contacted within 60 minutes of the driver’s arrival after the complimentary period, the booking can be treated as a no-show. Do not read that sentence as “60 minutes of free waiting”. The free airport waiting is the 45- or 30-minute period in clause 7.1.

Hotel, home and stop waiting

For pickups that are not at the airport, clause 7.2 includes 15 minutes from the confirmed pickup time
Each stop you add in the form shows “First 15 min waiting free” and asks you to mention waiting over 10 minutes
A departure from a hotel is a clock-time pickup. The driver is not tracking a landing, because you are already in the city
If passport control or a lost-bag desk will blow the free window, message dispatch while you still have signal inside the terminal

The older wording on this page said “up to 60 minutes after wheels-down” for every SAW arrival. That figure is withdrawn. The agreement in force is 45 minutes international and 30 minutes domestic, plus the separate no-show rule. Read the full text on Transportation Agreement before you travel. The version reviewed for this page is the English 2026 text.

Vehicles published on Our Cars

S-Class, E-Class, Vito, VIP Vito and Sprinter — seats are not the whole choice

The current Our Cars catalogue is the fleet list. It does not publish a model named Mercedes V-Class. Older SAW copy grouped “V-Class / Vito” as one thing. Treat them as separate words: book the Vito, VIP Vito or Premium Van card you see in the search results. Do not ask for a V-Class and assume it is the same car.

Published name	Card badge	What the description adds
Mercedes S Class (described as S 400)	4 Person / 3 Luggage	Up to 3 passengers and 3 suitcases. The badge and the description do not match. Pack for 3 cases, not for a fourth large suitcase.
Mercedes E Class	4 Person / 3 Luggage	Up to 3 passengers and 3 suitcases. The card states this category may not hold commercial passenger-transport licensing in some regions and is for private and executive requests. Agreement section 04 allows replacement with an equivalent or higher vehicle if a passenger-car inspection requires it.
Mercedes Standart Vito	7 Person / 7 Luggage	Family and airport work. Still declare awkward bags. Seven passengers with seven large cases is the card’s ceiling, not a comfortable default.
Mercedes VIP Vito	6 Person / 5 Luggage	Description says up to 6 passengers and 6 suitcases, and that the vehicle has 8 seats in total. Three different numbers. The seat count does not pick the car.
Mercedes Premium Van	6 Person	No luggage figure on the card. Partition and a more private cabin. Tell dispatch what you are carrying before you rely on it for a SAW arrival.
Mercedes Sprinter 10 seats	10 Person / 10 Luggage	Standard and VIP options are both described. One suitcase per person is the planning idea, not a heap of extra bags in the aisle.
Mercedes Sprinter 13 seats	13 Person / 13 Luggage	Description includes one suitcase per passenger. A group with two cases each needs a different plan.
Mercedes Sprinter 16 seats	15 Person / 15 Luggage	The name says 16 seats; the passenger badge says 15. Do not book 16 travellers onto this card.

Volkswagen Caravelle, Renault Trafic and larger coaches also appear on Our Cars. They are available when the result list shows them. This page does not turn a SAW sedan or van booking into a coach charter. Group vehicles in general are covered on van and minibus hire.

Chauffeur greeting a couple beside a black Mercedes sedan under the Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen sign, with a black Mercedes van parked behind — Sedan or van is a luggage decision. The S-Class and E-Class cards both describe three suitcases, even though the person badge says four.

Sedans

S-Class and E-Class

Right for one to three people who are travelling light. A couple with three large cases and a cabin bag each is already at the description’s limit. Read the E-Class licensing note on Our Cars before you treat that sedan as the default commercial airport car.

Three travellers with suitcases beside a black Mercedes Vito with a CAB istanbul plate, in front of the International Arrivals sign at Sabiha Gökçen — International Arrivals is signed on its own. A Vito is the usual family vehicle when suitcases will not fit the sedan description.

Vans

Vito and VIP Vito

Standard Vito is the practical family card. VIP Vito is the quieter cabin. Neither card is a V-Class, and the VIP Vito’s “8 seats” line does not mean eight people plus six large suitcases.

Minibus

Sprinter

Use a Sprinter when the party and the bags exceed a van. Tell us if you need the VIP interior. A Sprinter on this page is still the transfer vehicle. Limousine hire is a separate service.

Open the current fleet list

Fields that are actually on the form

How to fill the booking card for a SAW transfer

The widget is the box with id service-booking. Its active tab reads ISTANBUL AIRPORT TRANSFER. That label is shared with the IST product. It does not mean you are booking the wrong airport. You set SAW by what you type in the location fields. The second tab reads Rent A Car With Driver and is hourly or daily hire, not this transfer.

Transfer tab — what you can enter

PICKUP POINT — placeholder “airport, hotel name, area”. For an arrival, start with Sabiha Gökçen. For a departure, start with the hotel or the street address.
Add stop — up to three stops, labelled STOP point, Second stop and Third stop. Each has a stop duration. The form text says “First 15 min waiting free” and “Kindly mention if your waiting time is over 10 minutes.”
DROP POINT — hotel, airport or area. Select a suggestion from the list. Free-typed text that is not selected is rejected with “Please select a location from the list.”
DATE / TIME — for an arrival, use the scheduled landing time so tracking has a flight to follow. For a hotel pickup, use the time you want the car at the door.
NUMBER OF PERSONS — a dropdown from 1 to 20. This does not select the vehicle by itself.
Return — “Return to same location” or “Return to different location”. A different return opens Return destination.
RETURN DATE / TIME — the field placeholder says “Return transfer 20% discounted”. The note under it says “Set your return time accurately – We advise a 4-hour pre-flight pickup.” That 4-hour line is the form’s advice, not a guarantee you will make the flight.
SEARCH — submits to the transfer results page. Minimum notice shown on the form: “We accept bookings at least 1 hour in advance.” Pickups outside Istanbul are refused: “Sorry, our service is currently available only for pickups in Istanbul.”

What the form does not contain

No flight-number field on the widget inspected for this page
No child-seat selector, no luggage-count selector, and no language selector
No pillar, terminal door or “meeting point number” field
No switch that says “SAW only” — the airport is the place name you enter

Child restraints are not promised by a checkbox, because there is no checkbox. If you need an infant seat, a child seat or a booster, write the ages and weights to WhatsApp +90 542 579 5656 or info@cabistanbul.com before the pickup and wait for a reply. The transportation agreement does not list child seats as a standard inclusion. It does require seat belts, and it requires prior written consent for pets.

The hourly tab, if you open it, shows Daily or Hourly, Pickup Location, Duration, Date / Time and Passengers. Duration options are filled by the page script, so this page does not invent the hour list. For a day with the car, leave this transfer and continue on Car with Driver in Istanbul.

Go to the booking card See airport transfer routes

Price — indicative until the form confirms it

What the SAW fare depends on

Any price language on this page is indicative. The exact current price depends on destination, date, vehicle, passengers, luggage and stops. Enter those in the booking form. Clause 5.1 of the transportation agreement says the fee is the one displayed on the platform at the time of reservation confirmation. Clause 5.2 includes VAT at the statutory rate. Clause 5.3 limits that fee to the time, distance and route you specified.

Why two SAW trips are priced apart

An Ataşehir address and a Sultanahmet address are different distances and often different toll crossings
A sedan and a Sprinter are different vehicles. More passengers do not split one vehicle into a cheaper per-person fare
Extra suitcases that force a larger vehicle change the vehicle, and therefore the fare
Each stop you declare is part of the route the form prices. A stop you invent in the car is clause 5.5: extra stops, extended waiting and itinerary changes are additional
The date and time you enter are part of the search. Do not assume a night ride matches a midday ride without looking at the result

Asian-side hotels are usually a shorter drive. That is a statement about distance and time. It does not set the fare, and two hotels on the same shore are not interchangeable. There is no single SAW fare that covers every district.

Included, extra, and cancelled

The confirmed booking is a private vehicle and chauffeur for that route, with fuel, as the agreement’s scope describes for chauffeur services
Excess time, extra distance or a route deviation is charged at the supplementary rates on the platform (clause 5.4)
Cancel in writing to info@cabistanbul.com or by the platform function, quoting the reservation reference
More than 24 hours before service: full refund, subject to bank and gateway fees outside Cab Istanbul’s control
Between 12 and 24 hours: 50% cancellation fee, the rest refunded on the same basis
Under 12 hours, or a no-show: no refund
Refunds are described as 5–10 business days back to the original payment method

Any prices or rate structures referenced on this page are indicative only. For the exact current price for your transfer, enter your actual pickup point, destination, travel date, intermediate stops, passenger count, luggage and vehicle requirements in the online booking form at the top of this page.

See the fare for my route

Private car, taxi, coach, metro

How a pre-booked SAW transfer compares with the other ways out

SAW has more than one way into the city. A private transfer is the right one when you want the vehicle agreed before you land, a name board, and an address rather than a shared stop. It is a poor fit if you have a backpack, a Kadıköy hotel and no objection to the metro. The airport shuttle and airport transportation guides cover public and shared options in more detail. This table only separates the decisions.

	Pre-booked private transfer	Metered taxi	Airport shuttle coach	Metro from the terminal
When you know the fare	Before travel, for the route and vehicle you confirmed	When the meter stops, plus tolls the rules add for a bridge or tunnel	A ticket to a fixed stop, bought for that departure	A transit fare to the station you exit
Who else is in the vehicle	Your party	Your party	Other passengers	Other passengers
Where it stops	The address you entered, plus stops you declared	The address you tell the driver	The coach’s published stops, not your hotel door	Stations. Kadıköy is the usual rail direction people use from SAW
If the flight is late	Flight tracking and the 45- or 30-minute window in the agreement	No one is waiting from your landing time	You catch a later coach if one is running	You catch the next train if the line is open
Name board	Yes, as a meet-and-greet airport pickup	No. You join the rank	No	No
Large group or many cases	Vito or Sprinter if the card’s luggage line allows it	Often one sedan and a second taxi	A bag limit is normal on coaches	Awkward with several large cases

Shuttle coaches on the SAW side are widely searched under the Havabus name and run to fixed points such as Taksim or Kadıköy rather than to a hotel lobby. Havaist is the IST coach brand; do not wait for a Havaist bus at SAW. Fares and last departures change, so this page does not print a ticket price. App-based rides, on hours when an app is serving the airport, are still a car you request after you land, not a vehicle held against your flight.

SAW and IST are different airports

A SAW to IST transfer is a long drive, not a flight connection

Landing at Sabiha Gökçen and departing from Istanbul Airport means a cross-city drive from the Asian side to Arnavutköy. People commonly allow on the order of 70 to 120 minutes in ordinary traffic, and longer when the motorway is heavy. That range is planning guidance. It is not a guarantee.

Put both airports into the form as pickup and drop-off. Add a hotel only if you will really stop; an undeclared stop is a different price
Build a buffer you can afford to lose. A separate ticket with a short gap is your risk
Clause 11.1 of the transportation agreement: Cab Istanbul is not liable for indirect or consequential losses, including missed flights and missed connections
Three hours between SAW landing and an IST departure is a cautious personal plan for a separate ticket, not a promise that immigration, bags and traffic will cooperate
The reverse direction, IST to SAW, is the same road in the other direction and is written up in IST to SAW
Meeting points differ. SAW instructions are on this page. IST arrivals use the procedure published on the Istanbul Airport transfer page. Do not mix the two airports

Oversized bags, a family that should stay in one vehicle, or a group that cannot manage two taxi ranks are the usual reasons to book the inter-airport car. If the party needs a Sprinter, say so in the vehicle step. The photograph beside this section shows a group with a Sprinter at a hotel entrance. It is not a picture of the IST terminal, and it should not be read as one.

Six travellers with colourful suitcases standing in front of a black Mercedes Sprinter and a chauffeur at a hotel entrance — A six-person group with a Sprinter needs the minibus card, whether the ride is SAW to a hotel or SAW to IST. This frame is a hotel forecourt, not the IST building.

Hotels, homes and departures

Hotel pickup, address drop-off, and the ride back to SAW

The same transfer runs in both directions. An arrival ends at the hotel door or the apartment. A departure starts there and ends at SAW in time for you to check in. The form’s own return note advises setting the pickup about four hours before the flight. Treat that as a prompt to think about terminal time plus the drive, especially if you are starting on the European side in the evening peak. It does not guarantee the airline will still be boarding.

Chauffeur holding the door of a black van outside the ISG Airport Hotel at Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen while a guest approaches — Airport-area hotels, including the ISG Airport Hotel at SAW, are short pickups. Enter the hotel name as it appears in the suggestion list.

At the airport

Airport hotels

A Pendik or terminal hotel is still a booked pickup with 15 minutes of complimentary waiting from the confirmed time, not the international flight window. Early departures are available when the one-hour minimum notice is met and a vehicle is free.

Guest walking toward a black Mercedes Vito with plate 34 CAB 036 outside the Wyndham Grand Istanbul Levent entrance — A European-side hotel such as Wyndham Grand Istanbul Levent is a full Bosphorus crossing from SAW. The hotel page Wyndham Grand transfers is about that address, not about every hotel in the city.

European side

City hotels

Levent, Taksim, Sultanahmet and Beşiktaş are normal drop-offs. Use the hotel’s public name in the form. Private residences need a street the suggestion list recognises. Lobby access rules belong to the hotel, not to the chauffeur.

Traveller with a suitcase walking away from a black Mercedes van on the Sabiha Gökçen Airport forecourt — Departure drop-off ends on the terminal front. Allow check-in and security time on top of the drive. The form’s four-hour prompt is advice, not a boarding guarantee.

Departure

Back to SAW

For a return, tick return on the original search or make a second booking from the hotel to SAW. The placeholder “Return transfer 20% discounted” is the text on the return date field. Confirm the figure the results page shows; do not assume every date inherits a discount the placeholder mentions.

Families, groups and clinic roads

Children, large parties, and transport-only medical arrivals

A family SAW transfer fails when everyone fits the seat count and the bags do not. Put the real suitcase count next to the vehicle table above before you accept a sedan. A group transfer fails when six people are split across two cars that have never been introduced. Book the van or the Sprinter that keeps the party together, and declare the stop if one person is dropped on the way.

Chauffeur loading two red suitcases and a black case into the back of a black van while two travellers wait — Three large cases already fill a sedan description. Loading them is normal van work on the way to a city address.

Two men wearing head bandages beside a black van with the rear hatch open at a hotel entrance at dusk, with a woman and several suitcases — Clinic and treatment arrivals are transport only. The chauffeur does not provide medical care, and this booking is not a clinic appointment.

Families

Ask for a child restraint in writing before the day. It is not a field on the form and it is not automatic
A folded stroller counts as luggage. Say so, because it changes the vehicle more often than a third passenger does
One vehicle for the whole family is the point of a Vito. Two taxis after a night flight is the outcome the booking is meant to avoid
Night European-side rides can run long. Do not plan a child’s first meal around the shortest time in the table

Groups and treatment travel

Match the Sprinter card to people and one-case-per-person unless you have agreed more
A night arrival with a Sprinter is still a private minibus, not a public shuttle, even if someone searches the word shuttle
Passengers coming from a clinic or a hair-transplant appointment can book the same SAW car. Care stays with the clinic. Transport stays with us. The dedicated treatment-transport page is hair transplant transfers
We do not give medical advice, carry medical responsibility, or provide a nurse

A group of travellers with suitcases beside a black Mercedes Sprinter at night under the Sabiha Gökçen International Arrivals and Welcome signs — Night group pickup at the international arrivals front. The vehicle is a private Sprinter, not a shared airport bus.

Keep the right page for the right job

Chauffeur, guide, VIP, limousine and IST — linked, not copied

This service is the SAW airport car. The pages below own the neighbouring jobs. Use them instead of stretching this page.

Other airport

Istanbul Airport (IST)

European-side airport with its own terminal and its own arrivals procedure. Book it on its own page when the ticket says IST.

Istanbul Airport transfer

By the hour

Chauffeur hire

A driver for meetings or a full day is not an airport transfer. Start with Driver Services or Car with Driver, or the hourly tab only if you mean that product.

Driver services

Separate products

VIP and limousine

VIP handling and limousine hire have their own pages. A Sprinter on a SAW arrival is still the transfer you searched, not a limousine booking, unless you opened that service.

VIP transfer

The film above is Cab Istanbul’s own upload, already embedded on the current SAW page. Its public title is a limousine film. Limousine bookings belong on the limousine page. Reusing the film does not turn this transfer into a limousine.

Who you are booking

11980 TÜRSAB Acente number

D2 Transport authorisation

SAW & IST Separate meeting procedures

Per route Fare shown for the trip you enter

The contracting company is HRH Lucky Turizm Limited Şirketi, trading as Cab Istanbul, TÜRSAB Acente No. 11980, D2 Yetki Belgesi, address 15 Temmuz Mah. Bahar Cad. No:91/D, B Block, Shop 51, Bağcılar / Istanbul. Email info@cabistanbul.com. Phone and WhatsApp +90 542 579 5656. Passenger-liability insurance is the cover Turkish law requires; the agreement says details are available on request. The agreement also says the company is not liable for missed flights or missed connections.

SAW transfer questions

Frequently asked questions

How much does a private transfer from Sabiha Gökçen cost?

The exact price depends on the destination, the date, the vehicle, the number of passengers, the luggage and any stops. Use the booking form. The agreement charges the fee displayed when the reservation is confirmed, including VAT, for the route you specified. This page does not print a single fare for “SAW to Istanbul”, because that trip does not exist as one destination.

Is an Asian-side hotel a shorter drive than Taksim or Sultanahmet?

Asian-side addresses are usually a shorter drive because they do not cross the Bosphorus. A shorter drive does not set the fare by itself, and two Asian-side hotels are not the same fare. Search both addresses if you are comparing them.

How long is SAW to Taksim?

Often about 50 to 90 minutes by private car, sometimes longer in the morning or evening peak. The ride crosses the Bosphorus. That range is typical planning, not a guaranteed duration.

How long is SAW to Sultanahmet?

Often about 55 to 90 minutes, with the same crossing and then historic-peninsula streets. Peaks run longer. Do not book a walking tour that starts at the short end of that range.

How long is SAW to Kadıköy?

Often about 30 to 55 minutes, staying on the Asian side. It is the usual shorter hotel run from this airport. It is still traffic-dependent.

Where does the driver meet me at SAW?

In the public arrivals area after bags and customs, with a name board, following the note in your confirmation. International and domestic arrivals are signed separately. This page does not give you a pillar, column or door number. A photograph here shows a column marked 9; that marking is not an instruction.

Is SAW the same meeting point as Istanbul Airport Exit Gate 14?

No. Exit Gate 14 belongs to Istanbul Airport (IST). Using it at Sabiha Gökçen will not find your driver. Open the IST transfer page only when your ticket says IST.

Do you track the flight?

Yes for airport pickups. The agreement says airport pickups use real-time flight tracking. The booking widget itself has no flight-number box, so send the flight number on the confirmation path or by WhatsApp and keep the booking phone reachable. A delay caused by the flight is not an extra waiting charge when you can be reached.

How long will the driver wait after landing?

45 minutes from actual landing on an international flight, and 30 minutes on a domestic flight. Hotel and city pickups include 15 minutes from the confirmed clock time. Waiting past those allowances is charged at the hourly rate, prorated. The old “60 minutes free” line is not the current rule.

What does the 60-minute line in the agreement mean?

Clause 7.4 is a no-show rule. If you cannot be located or contacted within 60 minutes of the driver’s arrival after the complimentary period, the booking can be treated as a no-show. It is not an extra free hour on top of the 45 or 30 minutes.

Which vehicle should I book?

Start from luggage, then people. S-Class and E-Class cards describe up to 3 passengers and 3 suitcases even though the badge says 4 persons. Standard Vito is 7 and 7. VIP Vito’s badge, description and “8 seats” line disagree with each other — read all three. Sprinter cards are 10, 13 or 15 passengers, and the 16-seat name is not 16 passengers. There is no V-Class card on the current Our Cars list.

Does the number of people set the price by itself?

No. The form asks for a person count from 1 to 20, then the results show vehicles. A larger party or more bags can require a larger vehicle, and that vehicle has its own fare. You do not get a per-seat discount inside a private car.

Can I add a stop between SAW and the hotel?

Yes, up to three, using Add stop before you search. The first 15 minutes at a declared stop are marked free on the form. A stop you add during the ride was not in the confirmed route and is chargeable.

Can you do SAW to Istanbul Airport?

Yes, as a private road transfer. Plan on something like 70 to 120 minutes and longer in heavy traffic. Leave a buffer you control. The agreement excludes liability for missed flights and missed connections. We do not guarantee that you will make a separately ticketed onward flight.

How early should the hotel pickup be for a SAW departure?

The return-time note on the form advises a 4-hour pre-flight pickup. European-side hotels in peak traffic need more road time than an airport hotel in Pendik. That advice is not a guarantee of check-in or boarding. You still choose a clock time you can defend.

Is a child seat on the booking form?

No. There is no child-seat field. Email or WhatsApp the age and weight and wait for confirmation. Do not assume a seat will be in the car because the person count includes a child.

Can I book the same day?

The form accepts a booking at least one hour before pickup, subject to a vehicle being available. Inside that hour, or if the class you want is gone, write to dispatch. Availability is not guaranteed by this page.

What if I need to cancel?

Cancel in writing with the reservation reference. More than 24 hours before service, the agreement describes a full refund subject to bank and gateway fees. Between 12 and 24 hours, a 50% fee applies. Under 12 hours, or a no-show, there is no refund.

Is the chauffeur a guide or a security officer?

No. The chauffeur drives the transfer. A licensed guide is a different booking, on a private tour. Security and airside escort are not this service. VIP meet-and-greet products and limousine hire are separate pages.

Will every chauffeur speak English?

The form has no language field, so this page does not claim that every driver is an English speaker. If you need a particular language, write it to dispatch when you send the flight number and keep the reply.

What is the difference between SAW and IST?

SAW is on the Asian side in Pendik. IST is on the European side in Arnavutköy and is the larger intercontinental hub. They are far enough apart that a connection between them is a planned drive with a buffer. Check the ticket before you book the car. The wrong airport is the most expensive mistake on this route.

When is a private transfer the wrong tool from SAW?

When you are one person with a small bag and you are happy to end at a metro station or a coach stop. Those options exist for that job. The private car is the pre-agreed vehicle to an address, with flight tracking on airport pickups. Compare the form’s fare with the arrival you actually want. This page does not rank itself as a bargain against public transport.

Do you provide medical care on a clinic transfer?

No. We drive. Medication, treatment and clinical decisions stay with you and the clinic. Say if someone needs a calmer van and extra luggage space so the vehicle choice is honest.

Can the pickup be outside Istanbul?

The widget refuses pickups outside Istanbul with the message that service is currently available only for pickups in Istanbul. A drop at SAW from an Istanbul hotel is fine. An intercity start needs a different arrangement confirmed by dispatch, not a forced search.

Are pets allowed?

Only with prior written consent from Cab Istanbul, obtained at booking. The agreement does not allow pets by default.

What if I leave something in the car?

The agreement says items left in a vehicle are held for 30 days. Write to info@cabistanbul.com. Unclaimed items may be disposed of after that. The company does not accept liability for property lost or damaged in transit.

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