Frequently asked questions

Greek Concierge is a private concierge house dedicated to Greece. It gives clients direct access to a carefully selected network of trusted advisors, specialists and service providers across the country.

We listen to what each client needs, choose the person or firm we consider best suited to the brief, and introduce the client to them directly. We recommend on judgement, experience and suitability alone. Discretion and confidentiality are part of every relationship.

The network covers a wide range of private client needs. These include yacht charter and maritime services, private estates, aviation, and weddings and milestone celebrations, with trusted contacts across the Cyclades, the Ionian Islands and mainland Greece.

It also includes specialist professional services: legal and tax advice, property, residency and relocation, company formation, security and close protection, household staffing, private dining and wine, medical and wellness services, and art and collection advice.

Greek Concierge gives you the name. You then deal with the advisor directly, and any advice comes from them, under their own terms and professional responsibility.

Greek Concierge works with a private network of established specialist firms across Greece. We select each advisor for their professional standing, their relevant experience and our direct knowledge of their work. Where a service requires it, a firm must hold the appropriate licences and meet the professional and regulatory requirements that apply.

The network includes specialists in maritime services and yacht charter, private residences, aviation, weddings and milestone celebrations, gastronomy, wellness, security and private guiding.

For each enquiry, Greek Concierge considers the brief and introduces you directly to the advisor we believe suits it best. From then on, you deal with that firm directly, under its own terms and professional responsibility.

We keep relationships with more than one advisor in each field. This lets us choose according to what each client needs, instead of sending every enquiry to the same firm.

Together, the advisors in the network have decades of experience in Greece, including work for family offices, public figures and members of royal households. References may be available in confidence where appropriate.

No. A personal introduction is welcome but not required. Greek Concierge is not a club, and there is nothing to join. The house is engaged for a specific brief, whether for a single visit, a private occasion or an extended stay in Greece.

An enquiry may come through someone you know or straight to Greek Concierge. Both are considered on the same basis.

Every enquiry is reviewed personally. To begin, send a short written note with your requirements, your preferred dates and anything else we should consider.

For a first engagement, Greek Concierge works with briefs based on a minimum client budget of US$15,000.

Greek Concierge builds its network by invitation, through established relationships and personal recommendation. We work with a small number of advisors and specialist firms whose work we know directly, or who were introduced by trusted professionals already in the network.

We select for professional standing, relevant experience, quality of work and judgement. Discretion counts as much as expertise, including how a firm treats clients and handles confidential or time-sensitive matters.

The network covers maritime and aviation services, property, legal and tax matters, household services and other areas that matter to private clients in Greece.

We judge suitability on direct knowledge of a firm’s work, its professional reputation and our confidence that it can handle the particular brief. A firm’s size, profile or visibility does not decide it. When we find the right advisor, we introduce the client directly. The client then works with that firm under its own terms and professional responsibility.

Greek Concierge works with private individuals, families and family offices for whom Greece is the focus of a particular stay, occasion or ongoing relationship. A brief may recur through the year or be a single engagement, such as a wedding, an anniversary or an extended stay.

We also work with corporate and institutional clients on briefs such as executive travel, board offsites, retreats and private hosting.

The approach is the same in every case. We consider the brief, identify the advisor or specialist we believe suits it best, and introduce the client directly to an established Greek firm whose work we know. The client then deals with that firm directly, under its own terms. We are not a booking platform and offer no packaged programmes.

Every engagement receives the same discretion, whether the client is an individual, a family office or an institution.

Yes. Greek Concierge considers briefs from privately held businesses, family offices and investment firms, as well as from private clients. A brief may be for a leadership retreat, a board offsite, a conference, investor hosting, client entertainment or executive travel.

Each brief follows the same process. We consider it, identify the advisor in our network we believe suits it best and make a direct introduction. The client then engages that firm directly, under its own terms and professional responsibility.

Each corporate brief is handled on its own requirements, with no packaged programmes. The appointed advisor takes into account factors such as purpose, attendees, location, confidentiality, procurement procedures and documentation. This applies whether the brief is for a leadership retreat in the Cyclades, investor hosting on the Athenian Riviera or a board offsite in the Peloponnese.

Yes. Greek Concierge can work directly with a principal (the person the work is for), through a family office or chief of staff, or alongside an existing private team. The client chooses the structure.

At the start, responsibilities and lines of communication are set out clearly. This includes who is authorised to give instructions, receive documents, and approve or settle accounts.

Where a family office is involved, the appointed advisor is expected to work within its procedures. These include procurement requirements, vendor onboarding, payment terms and documentation.

Where a client already has private staff in Greece, the advisor works alongside that team. The advisor adds local expertise and support where needed and does not duplicate the team’s role.

Yes. Greek Concierge considers briefs for conferences, investor gatherings, roadshows (a series of meetings with investors), client entertainment and incentive programmes. We identify the events advisor in our network we believe best suits the brief and make a direct introduction. The client then engages that firm directly, under its own terms and professional responsibility.

The appointed advisor is responsible for delivering the brief in practice, including permissions, production, staging, access and attendance. Depending on the brief, the setting may be a private residence, a restored estate, a heritage property or another place not usually open through ordinary booking channels. Confidentiality, technical needs, breakout space and guest management are planned to suit the nature and scale of the event.

Client entertainment and incentive programmes follow the same approach. The purpose, the number of guests and the privacy needed decide the format. Where the brief needs travel, aviation, security or other specialist services, the appointed advisor coordinates them as part of the brief. The advisor also works within any arrangements the client already has in place.

With the advisor, directly. The house hears the brief, names the advisor it judges right for it and introduces you. From then on, the engagement is between your company and that advisor, on the advisor’s own terms. The scope, timing and conditions are set out in writing before work begins. The house and the advisor both sign a non-disclosure agreement (NDA) as standard.

The advisor who holds the engagement follows your procurement rules, such as vendor onboarding, payment terms and documentation. The advisor contracts with your company and invoices it directly.

Authorisations are agreed at the start. That makes it clear who instructs the advisor, who receives the file and who settles the account.

For July and August in the Cyclades, begin 6 to 9 months ahead, because the better yachts and estates are committed early. For May, June, September and October, 3 months is usually enough. Last-minute briefs are taken when feasible, but the choice narrows quickly.

For a private wedding or a large gathering on a specific island, allow 12 months. That much notice often decides whether you secure the estate you want.

A typical route through the Cyclades covers three to five islands over seven to ten days, by yacht, by helicopter or both. Routes in the Ionian and the Sporades run to similar lengths. Where a brief spans more than one field, the house first looks for one advisor who can carry all of it. It makes a second, separate introduction only where part of the brief falls outside what any one advisor can properly cover.

Each island is chosen for what it brings to your visit.

For a first visit to Greece, advisors often suggest two islands and the mainland: one famous island and one quiet one, with a few days in Athens or the Peloponnese at the start or the end.

Selectively, and with permission. A chosen set of private and protected venues across Greece opens to private dinners, under arrangements that respect their conservation rules. These are not bookings. The advisor negotiates each one, often months in advance, and not every brief receives a yes.

Examples include the gardens of historic estates, working monasteries, the courtyards of restored mansions and, in exceptional circumstances, a very small set of archaeological sites.

The advisor introduced to you holds the relationship with the site and puts the case for the evening to whoever decides. That may be the family that owns the estate, the abbot or the regional ephorate of antiquities, the state office in charge of ancient sites. The answer comes back on their terms, and the advisor works within them.

For weddings and significant celebrations, your advisor opens the conversation nine to 12 months ahead.

Yes. A wedding can range from an intimate ceremony for 12 guests to a gathering of 300 or more, on the islands, in the Peloponnese or on the mainland. The house names the wedding advisor in its network it judges right for the venue and the family, and introduces you directly. That advisor runs the day on their own terms. Where the day also needs an estate or a charter, they carry that too wherever they can.

The advisor’s work covers the venue, the ceremony, civil and religious paperwork, photography and film, and accommodation for guests.

A civil wedding between non-residents needs six to eight weeks of paperwork. A symbolic ceremony, one without legal effect, can be held more quickly.

For a larger wedding, 12 months’ notice is the difference between a comfortable plan and a tight one.

Yes. Motor and sailing yachts from 20 metres to over 80 metres are available in the Aegean and Ionian seas and the Saronic Gulf. The house names the yacht advisor in its network it judges right for the brief and introduces you directly. You contract the charter with that advisor, on their own terms. Yachts registered in Greece may begin and end charters in Greece. Yachts registered elsewhere face EU restrictions, which your advisor resolves during planning.

Crews, chefs and tenders (the small boats that carry guests ashore) are matched to your preferences before boarding. Where the brief also covers the shore side, such as tables, transfers or a house, that advisor carries it wherever they can. A second introduction follows only where they cannot.

Day charters, sunset charters and overnights at anchor work the same way. They typically leave from Mykonos, Santorini, Paros, Naxos, Athens and the larger Ionian ports. For routes through Türkiye or beyond Greek waters, say where you would like to go and the house will tell you what is possible.

The yacht, the captain and crew, fuel for an agreed cruising plan, on-board equipment (tenders, water sports and dive gear) and standard insurance. Provisions, wines, port fees and crew gratuities are billed separately under the standard Greek charter contract, through the Advance Provisioning Allowance (APA).

Under the standard Greek charter contract, the APA is settled after you leave the yacht, and any unspent balance is returned.

Spa treatments, helicopter transfers, dining ashore and private excursions sit outside the charter contract.

Seven nights is the standard week, though charters run from three nights to voyages of two or three weeks. A week suits one island group well: the Cyclades, the Sporades, the Saronic, the Ionian or the Dodecanese. A route across two groups benefits from ten nights or more.

For a first charter, your advisor often proposes five to seven nights combining the Saronic and the Cyclades.

The ceiling is 12 guests sleeping aboard, and it holds on a 30-metre yacht as firmly as on an 80-metre one. Carrying more than 12 passengers requires certification as a passenger ship, which few charter yachts hold.

Four to six guest cabins are usual, so the number is often lower. Children count towards the 12, and crew berths sit outside it. For a day aboard with no night at anchor, more is possible where the yacht is certified for it.

A party of more than 12 has two usual shapes: two yachts cruising in company, or a house ashore with a yacht for the days on the water. Your advisor sets both against what the party wants from the week.

A day aboard is a separate case. Where the yacht is certified for day carriage, a larger group can come out for the day and return ashore for the night, which is how a wedding party or a birthday afloat is usually handled.

Give the number of guests, and their ages, early in the conversation. It narrows the yachts worth considering more sharply than length does, and in July and August the yachts that take 12 in comfort are committed first.

The house names the yacht advisor in its network it judges right for the brief and introduces you directly; the charter is contracted with that advisor, on their own terms.

Yes. The estates in the house’s network rarely appear on rental platforms. They are private houses owned by Greek and international families, reached through relationships built over years. The house’s estates specialists work only off-market, with houses that are never openly listed. They know the houses, the owners and the staff. The house names the specialist it judges right for the brief and introduces you directly, and you agree the stay with that specialist.

The villa partners the house works with deal only off-market, with royal households, public figures and families whose names never reach a listing. The houses they hold never reach a platform either. Owners open these houses to the network because requests are filtered carefully and the house stands behind the clients it sends.

Yes. A chef, housekeeper, butler, security, drivers, childcare and fitness staff are available in any combination. They come from the people the house’s estates advisors work with each season. Your advisor builds the household around your party. For any role with direct contact with the family, your advisor shares references in advance.

For longer stays, staff live in or near the estate for the whole stay. For shorter stays, a chef and a housekeeper who visit daily are often enough.

The difference is in the arrangement, not the house or the view. A rental is a listed product taken for fixed dates, with a standard inventory and an agency between guest and owner. An estate is a family’s own house, opened on the owner’s conditions. The owner weighs who is in the party as much as the dates, and answers yes or no.

The house names the estates specialist it judges right for the brief and introduces you directly.

The owner’s conditions come with the house. They cover which rooms stay closed, whether the boat, the cars and the household are included, what may be photographed, and how long a stay must last in high season. These conditions are the terms of the stay, not a starting point for negotiation.

Where a household comes with the estate, the staff are the owner’s own people. They know the house, its water, its generator and its village. That sets them apart from staff sent out for the week.

Ask earlier than you would for a rental. Expect a considered answer, not a booking calendar. You agree the stay with the specialist the house introduces you to, on the specialist’s own terms. The owner’s yes is given to a particular party for particular dates.

The house names the specialist it judges right for the purchase and puts you in touch directly. That may be an estate agent, a buyer’s representative (an agent who acts for the buyer) or another specialist who knows that market and that kind of house. They act for you under their own engagement, answer to you and bring in whatever else the purchase needs. The house has no part in the transaction, which keeps their counsel independent of it.

Where a purchase involves a listed building (one protected by law for its history or architecture), a protected coastal zone or an island under archaeological protection, the house names someone who works regularly in that area.

Your advisor does. That is the firm the house introduced you to, reachable at any hour by phone or message. It is the one to call at 2am in August. Other specialists come and go behind your advisor, but you deal with one advisor throughout. The engagement is between you and the advisor, on the advisor’s own terms.

One message is enough. Your advisor holds the arrangement on the ground and answers to you for it.

The house stays reachable and answers for its judgement in naming the advisor. If an advisor falls short, tell the house. The house will raise it with the advisor and offer you another introduction.

Your advisor changes the route. Aegean ferries and small flights are cancelled with little notice. The advisor holding your engagement re-books that part of the journey and moves what follows, usually within 30 minutes of the cancellation. On a yacht charter, the captain decides the route on safety grounds, and your advisor adjusts the plans ashore to the new route.

The aim is one message that contains the new plan. The house chose that advisor for this kind of situation.

Yes. The house introduces you directly to the aviation company in its network it judges right for the brief, and you contract the flight with that company on its own terms. Light jets cover Athens, Thessaloniki and the larger islands. Midsize and heavy aircraft cover international flights and group travel. The company also handles customs, ground transfers and crew accommodation.

Routes include Athens to Mykonos, Athens to Santorini, and flights into Greece from London, Paris, Geneva and the Gulf. Frequent travellers can also use fractional arrangements (owning a share of an aircraft) and empty-leg flights (seats on an aircraft that would otherwise fly without passengers) through the same company.

A helicopter flight from Athens to Mykonos takes about 35 minutes, and from Mykonos to Santorini about 25. The house introduces you directly to the aviation company in its network it judges right for the route, and you then deal with that company yourself. Twin-engine aircraft and Greek-licensed crews are the standard on these routes.

Most larger estates and resorts have private helipads. Landing anywhere else needs a permit.

Yes. The house introduces you directly to the security company in its network it judges right for the brief, and you deal with that company yourself. The firm is licensed under Greek law, is staffed by former military and police officers and scales its team to the brief: a single companion driver for a low-profile visit, or a full detail, meaning a complete bodyguard team, for a public-figure family. Greek law restricts armed protection, and it is not always available.

The arrangements are set in writing before arrival. They cover how the team communicates, the vehicles, and conduct at restaurants, beaches and ports. The company works directly with any security staff the family already employs.