Is Choose Balkans worth it? The data verdict
Choose Balkans holds 4.92★ across 668 verified traveller reviews — a rating that size is hard to fake and hard to fluke. Its trips run about £198/day — pricier than the market median. The strengths and complaints below show who it suits and who should look elsewhere.
Where Choose Balkans scores
What travellers consistently praise
- Exceptional, knowledgeable guides
- Well-planned, well-paced itineraries
- Small-group/private feel
- Stunning Albanian Alps scenery
- Responsive, caring communication (especially Brikena)
The consistent complaints
- Occasional hotels below promised star rating
- Electric vehicle charging delays and awkward backtracking
- Hiking difficulty/driving hours sometimes undersold
Both lists distilled from the same verified review base — we publish the bad with the good.
In travellers' own words
“This was a incredible tour . Choose Balkans is a very good company that I will recomend . Everything was just perfect , they choose very charming hotel . B”
“We loved and enjoyed our tour from Athens to Belgrade with Choose Balkans and Alfred (Alfie) as our tour guide and driver. We have been to 130 countries to date”
“Our private trip with Magen guide and driver was wonderful. Magen is very knowledgeable and spoke English well and explained the history in detail. Answered all our questions whether it was silly or stupid. The only issue we had w”
“Didn’t like the tour at all. Hotels were below a stage. They gave an electric car and driver cum guide didn’t know where to charge the car and wasted lot of our time. He was not proper guide also.”
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