Travel Talk Tours Arvostelua 

Bogdan 200%, he is a walking library, extremely knowledgeable. Great personality, makes you feel like family, like you are home! I had to say a quick goodbye because I couldn't stop crying having to go apart to another guide. I travel every 2 months, used Gate 1, Exxotica, many others, nobody has a guide like Bogdan. I hope you are paying him good money because he makes your company look really good. His name will be all over my media, he is the BEST!!

What an awesome tour of Central Europe, made more special by our tour guide who went above and beyond his call of duty and made sure that we are superbly taken care of every step of the way. He dotted on us, and his name is Marios he looks like a Greek God on our beck and call and some whining too. Thank you to George for keeping us safe with his magnificent driving skills.

Firstly, communication between passengers with Travel Talk is quite poor.
They do not explain to you, that when you are purchashing a 20 day package tour e.g. like 'Wonders of Central Europe & the Balkans,' that your tour will have 2 legs 'Central Europe' and what feels like a totally new tour 'the balkans' with people jumping on and off your tour. That makes the tour feel disjointed and sadly just when you have bonded with your first group, and need to move on, the second group you are joining, have already been travelling together so then you are the outsider. The dynamics of each group is different because they mish mash different tours together. Not sure who the organiser is, but they need to do a course in logical organisation.
They are the main negative aspects of the tour. Also the fact that you are not given any info re domestic flight until the nite before is very disconcerting!
Probably could think of a few more negative apects but enough for now!
You get a guide in almost every city which means tipping....a lot of tipping. Luckily, the guides ranged from good to excellent/exceptional! You be the judge!
So be aware, esp if you come from a culture which is not used to tipping!
On the positive side, Mario our first Tour leader and George the driver were excellent in their respective roles and went out of their way for the passengers! Always helpful, professional and friendly.
An e.g of some of the things Mario had to do, which should have been unnecessary when the passenger is a middle aged adult, one of the passengers got himself lost for about an hour and Mario had to go looking everywhere for him, which was very difficult considering the passenger had a phone with no data. They are a formidable team! Well done, Mario & George!

Great Tour leader Aykut, who certainly knows his stuff and wonderful driving by Oral. Thank you for an amazing experience discovering Turkey

Fabulous tour, loved Romania and our guide Crina was superb, very knowledgeable and engaging. Would recommend this trip

Fantastic tour! So well organised. Lovely hotels and locations, great variety of places to see and things to do. Crina our guide was so knowledgeable and great company. Would highly recommend!

What a magical experience. Once you get past the organisation it works a treat. Organising things prior to the trip, they were pretty dreadful. I changed my arrival flight time on the day and the team couldn’t be better. It really depends on the person you get in the office.

Abderrahman was a brilliant guide, friendly, personable and knowledgeable. A winning mix. I was travelling alone, however, the group was wonderful. So much life changing memories and fun! I loved my time with the tour. Morocco didn’t disappoint me and Talk Travel was a great choice to explore with.

Great driver as well. Very safe and calm!

Love
Hamish from NZ.

Very professional team and organized detailed for every part of the trip , especially tour guide Abderrahman delivered excellent service , let us feel Morocco as a home , much appreciated, also special thanks to driver Omar , made our trip very safe , miss them all , warm regards from Canada . Elshat Hasimu Ailixiati

I've taken Balkan tours with Travel Talk Tours. The tours were excellent. We had the best tour director Crina. She always made sure that we are well taken cared of. She always recommended restaurants and joined us for dinner which gave us access to great locations and since she speaks the language, she explains to us what they are, etc. Her sense of humor and how she loves to share the history of the countries visited (especially Romania, her country). I had an open mind, didn't know what to expect on that trip. But I had a great time, I appreciated more the history, culture, and people of the Balkans. And because of that, I will surely be back! Kudos to Travel Talk and to Crina for a job well done! It was a great holiday.

Booking with Travel Talk is very easy. Their website is user-friendly.

I’ve just completed my first 7-day tour in Greece with Travel Talk, and it was an unforgettable experience.
Sofia has been the best tour guide anyone could ask for. She is passionate, knowledgeable, fun, and truly amazing at what she does.
Throughout the trip, Sofia made everyone feel welcomed, appreciated, and special. She consistently went above and beyond for every person on the tour. She even made my birthday extra special, which meant so much to me. If you ever have the chance to have Sofia as your tour guide, consider yourself very lucky!
She made sure there were plenty of optional activities available while also giving everyone enough time to relax and enjoy the experience at their own pace. Her recommendations for the best Greek food were fantastic as well.
Greece has touched my heart deeply, and I will cherish these wonderful memories forever.
I would 1000% recommend Travel Talk Tours, and I can’t wait to book another tour with them in the future! 💙💓😍

Came through this website before I chose Travel Talks and had good ratings. Booked tour for July 26 but had to bring date forward to March 26. Date showed available on website so altered the reservation through their modify button- got confirmation email - all go - sent them emails asking about pre accom and end dates, got replies , no mention it wasn't running. So 50 days out, we booked air fares from NZ and other non refundable trips... then we got an email 2 days ago to say tour now not running... sorry... we had non refundable booked airfares and now absolutely gutted and so disappointed in this company.. now got 17 days with "what the hell do we do" in the Balkans... our dream holiday shattered. Warning it may show available on website and you get a confirmation but it might not be running 😉

Great company and excellent staff. Just came back from 10 days Morocco tour. Our guide Abdul is a gem of a person. This was my first trip with TTT and won't be the last. Already planning to book Turkey and Balkan routes next year

We had so much fun during our trip to the Balkans. We met funny and happy people and our guide Simon plus Ike our bus driver were the best. We discovered history trough scenic views and cities which was more we could have hopped for. Believe us, the water in the lake is not that cold! The French canadians Sylvain and Kareen

I have done travel talk tours before and really enjoyed them. Unfortunately when I booked my sri lanka tour with them it was not advertised that they would be contracting out the tour to a sri lankan company who were terrible. The tour guide 'Anjelo' was useless. He did not follow the itinerary provided which meant we did not get the third jeep safari promised. He was poor at communicating and lied/misled us on several occasions. The main instance involved the hike and jeep safari. We were told we had to pay 36 dollars for both the hike and the jeep safari. ANJELO confirmed the day before that the hike and safari were in the same naational park. Ultimately i did not really want to do the hike as I had a pulled ahamstring and the weather was very wet aand cold which made the hike dangerous for someone injured. However as anjelo told us both were in same place I got up at 4.15am as instructed and drove in a van to the hiking location only to be told tray there was no jeep safari it had all been a lie. When we confronted anjelo about this he got defensive and angry didn't apologise for lying to us and would not give us a refund even though we did not want to hike in the rain. In the end a few of us chose to go back to the hotel but I want recompense for this. I emailed travel talk directly on the day about this and received no response hence why I am leaving this review. Other negatives and things to think about was... there is a LOT of bus travel for such a short tour and the bus was TINY with no shelves for bags and hardly any leg room. Anjelo did not do the group meal on day 1 and basically tried to end each day ASAP to get away from the group leaving us all too just eat in the hotel even when food there was bleak. Did not go to bazaar and arts crafts centre as promised. No 3rd safari. Every single temple or safari was much more than advertised online. Never given info tje day before to allow us to prepare accordingly ie get out cash, snacks etc as hotels often in middle of nowhere. Colombo hotel was horrendous as had super loud music playing until 2am on both nights we were there and reception just didn't care. Had this tour booked for nearly a year and so disappointed. Elephant safari was really good and the cave temple was interesting also but just too much bus time. Itenary needs looking at and refining if tour is going to continue

We are a couple in our early 60’s who have just completed the 12 day Turkey by Gulet tour and had a fantastic experience. Our guide Aykut was not just incredibly knowledgeable but delivered the information in a fun and easy to understand way. We have done tours with other companies but would go so far as to say he was the best tour guide we have had. The sights and travel experiences were made all the better because of his wit and character backed up by our great bus drivers Ahmet and Osman. Our tour exceeded our expectations; Turkey is vast and beautiful with varied sights and scenery. Loved this trip and sharing it with a wonderful group of travellers who are now friends. We will definitely be doing more tours with Travel Talk.

Our tour guide Aykut made our Turkey experience absolutely fantastic! He is so knowledgeable and passionate about his country that he helped us fall in love with the cities and countryside, the cuisine and people. We had careful, safe and helpful drivers Halil and Cemil, both of them friendly and experts at navigating our bus. The tour itself introduced us to a country we hardly knew anything about. The route was really ideal: a mix of big city, towns, countryside. Istanbul has so much to see and do and eat! Then on to historical places like Troy and Ephesus, natural wonders like Pamukkale and Cappadocia, incredible paragliding and hot air balloon ride! Aykut added so much context and history - he is an excellent story teller! Really kept us engaged during the bus rides from one stop to another. An all-round superb trip!

Balkans 9 Day Tour, started 8th May, 2025
This tour is incredible value for money, so many incredible places visited. Bojan (our guide) was funny, friendly and helpful. I was very lucky with the group on the tour, many great like minded people.
Personal highlights, Bosnia (all of it!) and Kotor in Montenegro. It's an area I had not visited before but will definitely be back.
Can only thank Bojan, the group and Travel Talk for such a great experience.
It's a fast paced tour, get your outfit for tomorrow ready and be almost packed to go the night before to take the stress out of early starts.
Additional experiences were well worth it, Balkan Meal wasn't great as I don't eat meat but still fun watching the dancing and chatting to everyone.
I'd happily do it all again.
If you want to visit Kosovo you can on the last night from Skopje but need to organise it yourself. Happy to pass on details of this if interested.

Does not respond at all. We took Balkans tour with 4-star hotels. Hotels we stayed in, most of these were not even worthy of 2-stars. None of the hotels (except one) had room temperature control (open a window was hotel's and tour manager's response), showers had mold and mildewed caulking. Manager had a thick accent, hard time understanding his english, so missed most of the history or other info on the countries. Good itinerary, good local guides in city tours ( though only for one hour). Almost everything is extra cost.

During my trip to Turkey, I had an incredible experience with Mustafa. All my expectations for the trip were exceeded. The breathtakingly beautiful Turkish landscape and the incredibly welcoming and kind people made my trip truly unforgettable.

Mustafa provided the perfect balance of guidance and free time to explore, making the tour fantastic. The air balloon ride was an unforgettable experience, and the Turkish bath was a perfect way to relax during the tour. The thermal bath was equally relaxing. The impressive ruins at Ephesus offered a glimpse into the rich history of the region. The experience in Istanbul was amazing, with its extensive history and precious sites.

Overall, I highly recommend this trip to anyone who has Turkey on their bucket list.

Japan. Overall the tour and guide was good. Extremely disappointed that a change in the itinerary was not highlighted in any form of communication prior to the start of the tour. We had wanted to see Himenji and had chosen Travel Talk as this was included at the time of booking. On our return, we made a complaint to Travel Talk and they did not deal with this satisfactorily, lack of follow up by the company and no effort to compensate for this misrepresentation. For this reason, we would not book with this company again and would not recommend them