Minister Tours Reviews 41

They charged us for a boat tour 200 tl more each. Transfer should come to our hotel but we walked to the boat without saying anything.

I deeply regret not checking the reviews before booking — they say everything about this awful company. Minister Tours is a complete scam.

We booked a trip to Ephesus from Kuşadası and were told to wait outside our hotel at 7:00 AM. We waited for two hours, but no one showed up. During that time, we tried to contact every possible number — no one answered the phone or replied to our messages.

After two hours, when we finally decided to make other plans so we wouldn’t waste the entire day, we received a WhatsApp message saying the driver could come in 30 minutes. We agreed to wait, as it was our last day of holiday and we really wanted to see Ephesus.

When the transport finally arrived, the guide was extremely rude , he was insisting that we had received a message about the delay, which was not true. Raising his voice at us and saying things like “if you don’t like it, you can get off.” Despite being told earlier that we could pay by card, this turned out to be false — they only accepted cash, and we hadn’t been informed properly. And because of that, the guide dropped us off outside the city, far from our hotel, refused to take us back to our jotel, and kept shouting at us the whole time. It was unbelievably disrespectful, and at moments we genuinely felt intimidated and unsafe.
No one deserves to be treated this way. This company completely ruined our day and our last impression of Turkey. Avoid Minister Tours at all costs.

Firstly and before all, I would rather give 0 star to this very low and poor paragliding company/club, than 1 star.

Do not trust what you could read on their website because what they wrote and the reality is 2 totally different things.

We were supposed to fly 30 minutes, then they said 20 minutes and at the end I flew only 15 minutes and my girlfriend only 11 minutes, some other people did not have that " chance ", they could only fly a few minutes...
They also talked about security check and some speech before the fly, well it has never happened which is super scary and dangerous, for example when we took off, I thought we were gonna fall and get hurt.

What's more, they also wrote and talked about photos and one video, there was no single photo and the video was only recorded a few minutes during the entire fly, when actually it must had lasted the duration of the fly, so from the beginning to the end.

Of course and as expected from such individuals, when we (I organized a little revolution, in order for others to follow me also because it was very unfair for everyone) confronted them to these facts and truths, they denied and found excuses (one of them was even ready to fight... and it is not a joke, believe me).

We wanted a discount because half of what they had promised was missing, however they said "don't give me money, I don't want, I don't make discounts, so leave and don't pay me", obviously it was a pathetic strategy to trick us and get us in trouble with the police.

During the argument and once again as expected from those people, they tried to sow discord between us and to add words that did not make any sense to us and etc. They dared to say "we welcomed you to our country and are hospitable to you guys !", well yes of course, that's why almost everyone tries to scam tourists (sometimes even their people (Turkish)).

Finally, we kinda found a compromise, we only gave 50€ x 2, so 100€ instead of 65€ x 2 = 130€.
They really deserved half price even less, since they did not keep their words but I couldn't act so for personal reasons.

When you travel to a country like this one, you gotta be ready to face : scams & scammers, fakes & fakers, thefts & thieves, indeed I am not generalizing but come on, it represents a pretty big number, therefore sooner or later you will make your own opinion and I am sure you might find some good people as we also found but be always careful and never forget that you can negociate litterally everything (almost).

Paid deposit for deep sea fishing in Kemer, photos show all the proper gear and fishing boats for catching mahi mahi, tuna etc. we have done the same thing in many countries when we can it’s always been a blast! we was told we would be sent to kemer port for the fishing trip and when we arrived we was on a small beach and had to jump into a wooden boat from the water, some old fishing rods that had been pulled out of a cupboard somewhere and not a real fishing boat. We got absolutely scammed for £500. Went back to MinisterTours and they ignored all further messages

Very bad experience. We booked a tour back in August, departing from Izmir in October and we got a confirmation via email. I became suspicious of this dodgy company after sending emails asking about our pick up time a few days before the tour and didn't get any reply. I again contacted via phone when in Turkey one day before the tour. Answer was that they don't do this tour from Izmir. When pointing out that I have the booking confirmation, there was no reaction. No apology, nothing. Trip is still being advertised on their website as I'm writing this review. Unbelievable! Be careful, don't fall for their tricks.

Avoid this company at all cost. Be forewarned!!! I click on a site searching for Lara Hamam and it led to this tour company. Naively, I booked for a slot and was told it costs €20 per pax with pick up service. This place was highly recommended by a local with the price range that was mentioned. Little did we know, we were brought to a far off place in a residential facility and my daughter
and I refused to go in the spa. Leaving my husband to check the place out. We were surrounded by 3-4 men
who insisted this was the place I booked. We feared for our safety and stayed closed to the poolside with the
residences in full view. We walked out and they were still
trying to get us to see the facility. God will only know
what would happen if we had stepped in as suggested
to take a look. By the way, my husband said, not a
single soul was in the spa and the reception counter was not manned. A lady will call on WhatsApp to confirm appointments, it sounded all so real and yet,
it is DEFINITELY A SCAM!!

Avoid this company at ALL cost!!

They sell you an excursion offering completely inaccurate information, the excursion is run by thugs, who seem only interested in making as much money as possible and causing accidents which could lead to them making further claims out of the customer. The two company’s blame each other and despite not allowing my son to use his quad, they still charge him the full price for doing so.

Used WhatsApp to book a 3 trips.
Had to cancel 2 of them due to misinformation and the trip we did go on which was to Ephesus they said that all tours were inclusive but when we got there our guide said we had pay an entry fee for each place we visited.

Very nice guide and lots of fun. River was not that wild as I, though so, and you can easily go with children. They provide dry bag for your items like mobile or cigarettes. You get chance to swim if you fancy and water is very clean. Very nice launch too.

Treated scandalous, payed too much money for a Vip yacht to see pretty bays, waterfalls and beautifull vieuws. We spend 5 hours along the highway in an old boat

we had a best experience during our holiday in Turkey, the minister tours company organized us best daily tours in several cities of Turkey we started from Alanya with an amazing jeep safari and pirate ship, after we moved to Marmaris and we had an amazing Dalyan tour, then we moved to Fethiye and we enjoyed the paragliding that was my first time, and at the end, we finished our holiday in Kusadasi with Ephesus tour, thanks to minister tours