Frequently Asked Questions

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

Our role is to understand each client's requirements, identify the individual or firm we consider best suited to the brief, and facilitate a direct introduction. Recommendations are made solely on the basis of judgement, experience and suitability; they are never purchased. Discretion and confidentiality are fundamental to every relationship.

The Greek Concierge network spans a broad range of private client requirements, including yacht charter and maritime services, private estates, aviation, weddings and milestone celebrations, with trusted contacts across the Cyclades, the Ionian Islands and mainland Greece.

The network also encompasses specialist professional services, including legal and tax advisory, property, residency and relocation, company formation, security and close protection, household staffing, private dining and wine, medical and wellness services, and art and collection advisory.

Greek Concierge exists to provide something increasingly valuable: considered access to the right people in Greece, selected with care and introduced with discretion.

Greek Concierge works with a private network of established specialist firms across Greece. Each advisor is selected on the basis of professional standing, relevant experience and direct knowledge of their work. Where required by the nature of the service, firms must hold the appropriate licences and operate in accordance with applicable professional and regulatory requirements.

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 nature of the brief and introduces the client directly to the advisor we believe is best suited to it. From that point, the client engages with the appointed firm directly, under that firm’s own terms and professional responsibility.

We maintain relationships with more than one advisor in each field. This allows us to select according to the particular requirements of the client, rather than directing every enquiry to a single provider.

Collectively, advisors within the network bring decades of experience in Greece, including work undertaken for family offices, public figures and members of royal households. References may be made available on a confidential basis where appropriate.

No. A personal introduction is welcomed, but it is not required, and there is no membership to join. Greek Concierge is engaged for a specific brief, whether for a single visit, a private occasion or an extended stay in Greece.

The practice was established through private referral, and many enquiries continue to come through existing relationships. Clients who approach Greek Concierge directly are considered on the same basis.

Every enquiry is reviewed personally. To begin, a short written note outlining your requirements, preferred dates and any relevant considerations is sufficient.

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

Greek Concierge builds its network through established relationships and personal recommendation rather than open applications. We work with a limited number of advisors and specialist firms whose work we know directly, or who have been introduced by trusted professionals already within the network.

Selection is based on professional standing, relevant experience, quality of work and judgement. Discretion is considered as carefully as expertise, including how a firm conducts itself with 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 relevant to private clients in Greece.

A firm’s size, profile or visibility does not determine suitability. Our assessment rests on direct knowledge of its work, professional reputation and confidence in its ability to handle the particular brief. Where we identify an appropriate advisor, we facilitate a direct introduction, and the client then engages that firm directly 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. Some clients return several times a year; others approach us for a single engagement, such as a wedding, anniversary or extended stay.

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

The approach is the same in each case. We consider the brief, identify the advisor or specialist we believe is best suited to it, and make a direct introduction to an established Greek firm whose work we know. We do not operate as a booking platform or offer packaged programmes.

Every engagement is handled with the same degree of discretion, whether for an individual client, a family office or an institutional party.

Yes. Greek Concierge considers briefs from privately held businesses, family offices and investment firms as well as private clients. These may include leadership retreats, board offsites, conferences, investor hosting, client entertainment and executive travel.

The process is the same in each case: we consider the brief, identify the advisor within our network we believe is best suited to it, and facilitate a direct introduction. The client then engages that firm directly, under its own terms and professional responsibility.

Corporate briefs are handled according to their particular requirements rather than through packaged programmes. The appointed advisor considers factors such as purpose, attendees, location, confidentiality, procurement procedures and documentation, whether 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, through a family office or chief of staff, or alongside an existing private team, according to the client's preferred structure.

At the outset, responsibilities and lines of communication are clearly established, including who is authorised to provide instructions, receive documentation and approve or settle accounts.

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

For clients with private staff already in Greece, the advisor works alongside the existing team, providing additional local expertise and support where required rather than duplicating their role.

Yes. Greek Concierge considers briefs for conferences, investor gatherings, roadshows, client entertainment and incentive programmes. We identify the events advisor within our network we believe is best suited to the requirement and facilitate a direct introduction. The client then engages that firm directly, under its own terms and professional responsibility.

The appointed advisor is responsible for the practical delivery of the brief, including permissions, production, staging, access and attendance arrangements. Depending on the requirement, this may involve private residences, restored estates, heritage properties or other settings not ordinarily available through conventional booking channels. Confidentiality, technical requirements, breakout space and guest management are considered according to the nature and scale of the event.

Client entertainment and incentive programmes are approached in the same way, with the format determined by the purpose, number of guests and level of privacy required. Where travel, aviation, security or other specialist services are required, the appointed advisor coordinates those elements as part of the brief and works within any existing 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 that point the engagement stands between your company and that advisor, on their own terms — scope, timing and conditions set out in writing before work begins. NDAs are signed as a matter of course, by the house and by the advisor.

Your procurement protocols — vendor onboarding, payment terms, documentation — are met by the advisor holding the engagement, who contracts with the company and invoices it directly.

Authorisations are set at the outset so there is no ambiguity about who instructs the advisor, who receives the file, and who settles the account.

For July and August in the Cyclades, six to nine months; the better yachts and estates are committed early. For May, June, September, and October, three months is usually enough. Last-minute briefs are taken when feasible, but the choice narrows quickly.

For private weddings or large gatherings on a specific island, allow twelve months — at that horizon, the choice of estate is often the difference between a yes and a near-miss.

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

Each island is chosen for what it offers you, never for what fills a week.

For a first visit to Greece, advisors often suggest two islands and the mainland — one famous, one quiet, with a few days in Athens or the Peloponnese to bookend.

Selectively, and with permission. A considered 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 — under 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 the family that owns the estate, to the abbot, or to the regional ephorate of antiquities. 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 twelve months ahead.

Yes — from intimate ceremonies of twelve to gatherings of three hundred or more, across the islands, the Peloponnese, and 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 asks for an estate or a charter, they carry that too wherever they can.

The remit covers the venue, the ceremony, civil and religious paperwork, photography and film, and accommodation for guests. Civil weddings between non-residents require six to eight weeks of paperwork; symbolic ceremonies can be held more quickly.

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

Yes — motor and sailing yachts from twenty metres to over eighty, across the Aegean, the Ionian, and the Saronic. 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. Greek-flagged yachts may begin and end charters in Greece; non-Greek flags carry EU constraints, which your advisor resolves in the planning.

Crews, chefs, and tenders are matched to your preferences before boarding. Where the brief also asks for the shore side — tables, transfers, a house — that advisor carries it wherever they can, and a second introduction follows only where they cannot.

Day charters, sunset charters, and overnights at anchor run on the same footing, typically 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, dive gear), and standard insurance. Provisions, wines, port fees, and crew gratuities are billed separately under the standard Greek charter contract (APA) — typically thirty to thirty-five percent of the charter price.

Under the standard Greek charter contract the APA is reconciled after disembarkation, and any unspent balance returned.

Spa, helicopter transfers, on-shore dining, and bespoke 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 cluster well — the Cyclades, the Sporades, the Saronic, the Ionian, or the Dodecanese; routes across two clusters benefit from ten nights or more.

For a first charter, your advisor often proposes a five- to seven-night Saronic-and-Cycladic combination.

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 — private houses, owned by Greek and international families, reachable through relationships built over years. Off-market is the whole of what the house's estates specialists do: 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 the residency is agreed with that specialist.

The villa partners the house works with deal off-market only — royal households, public figures, families whose names reach no listing — and the houses they hold reach no platform either. Owners open them to the network because requests are filtered carefully and the house stands behind the clients it sends.

Yes — chef, housekeeper, butler, security, drivers, childcare and fitness, in any combination, drawn from the people the house's estates advisors work with each season. Your advisor sets the household around the party and shares references in advance for any role involving direct family contact.

For longer stays, staff live in or near the estate for the duration; for shorter stays, a chef and housekeeper visiting daily is often enough.

The difference is the arrangement rather than 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 the party as much as the calendar, 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 travel with the house: which rooms stay closed, whether the boat, the cars and the household come with it, what may be photographed, and how long a stay must run in high season. Those conditions are the terms of the stay rather than an opening position.

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, which is a different thing from staff sent out for the week.

Ask earlier than you would for a rental, and expect a considered answer rather than a calendar. The residency is agreed with the specialist the house introduces you to, on their own terms, and the owner’s yes is given to a particular party for particular dates.

The house names the specialist it judges right for the purchase — an estate agent, a buyer's representative, whoever knows that market and that kind of house — and puts you in touch directly. From there they act for you under their own engagement, answerable to you, and they bring in whatever else the purchase calls for. The house holds no part in the transaction, which is what keeps that counsel independent of it.

Where a purchase touches a listed building, a coastal protected zone or an island under archaeological protection, the house names someone who works in that territory regularly.

Your advisor does — the firm the house introduced you to, reachable at any hour, by phone or message. That is who to call at two in the morning in August. Other specialists come and go behind them; you deal with one advisor throughout, and the engagement is yours and theirs, on their 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 it answers for the judgement it exercised in naming them. If an advisor falls short, tell the house — it will say so to them, and offer you another introduction.

Your advisor re-routes. Aegean ferries and small flights are cancelled with little notice; the advisor holding your engagement re-books the leg and repositions what follows, usually within thirty minutes of the cancellation. For a yacht charter, the captain decides routing on safety grounds, and your advisor realigns the shore side around the new route.

The aim is one message, with the new plan inside it. The house chose that advisor for exactly this.

Yes. The house names the aviation company in its network it judges right for the brief and introduces you directly; the flight is contracted with that company, on their own terms. Light jets between Athens, Thessaloniki and the larger islands; midsize and heavy aircraft for international legs and group travel. Customs, ground transfers and crew accommodation are settled by them.

The most common requests are Athens to Mykonos, Athens to Santorini, and inbound legs from London, Paris, Geneva and the Gulf. Fractional and empty-leg arrangements are open to frequent travellers through the same company.

Athens to Mykonos runs about thirty-five minutes; Mykonos to Santorini, roughly twenty-five. The house names the aviation company in its network it judges right for the routing and introduces you directly. Twin-engine aircraft and Greek-licensed crews are the standard on these routes.

Most larger estates and resorts have private helipads. Landings elsewhere require a permit.

Yes. The house names the security company in its network it judges right for the brief and introduces you directly — a firm licensed under Greek law, staffed by former military and police officers, and scaled to the brief: a single companion driver for a low-profile visit, a full detail for a public-figure family. Armed protection is restricted by statute and not always available.

The detail is set in writing before arrival — communication protocols, vehicles, conduct at restaurants, beaches, and ports — and that company works directly with any security staff the family already employs.