Antalya Airport sits close to the city, but 'close' covers a wide range of actual drive times depending on where you're staying. Lara is a short hop of roughly twenty minutes. Belek and Konyaaltı are a bit further. Kemer, Side, and especially Alanya can mean well over an hour on the road, more in peak summer traffic. Knowing this in advance helps set realistic expectations for arrival, particularly with young children or after a long flight.
The first thing worth checking with any transfer arrangement is flight tracking. Flights land early, late, or get delayed, and a transfer service that tracks your actual flight number rather than a fixed pickup time avoids the stress of arriving to find no one there — or paying extra for a driver who waited two hours for a delayed flight nobody told them about.
Vehicle type matters more than people expect. A transfer for two people with carry-on luggage is a different booking than a family of five with car seats and full suitcases, or a group of eight needing a minibus. Confirming the vehicle size and whether child seats are available (and for what ages) avoids an awkward conversation at the arrivals hall.
A 'VIP' transfer typically means a private, direct vehicle — no shared shuttle, no stopping at other hotels along the way — usually in a higher trim vehicle, sometimes with a meet-and-greet at arrivals where the driver waits inside with a name sign rather than in the general pickup area outside. For a long drive to somewhere like Alanya or Kaş after an overnight flight, this difference is felt directly: it's the gap between a straight run to your hotel and an hour of extra stops before you get there.
Round-trip transfers are worth arranging together, if possible, rather than booking the return separately closer to your departure date. It's one less thing to coordinate mid-trip, and a driver who already knows your accommodation and flight details makes the departure leg simpler, especially for an early-morning flight out.
Finally, if your trip includes touring beyond the airport-to-hotel run — a full day exploring Kaş and Kalkan, for instance, or a transfer that continues on to a private tour — it's usually more efficient to arrange the transfer and the tour together with the same service, rather than as two separate, disconnected bookings.