Avoid Tripme
This company clearly subcontracts the boats - avoid Argo in particular. Maybe others are better. But generally here is why we regret taking this trip:
-The most egregious thing was we felt uncomfortable with staff behaviour (hitting on a couple of female guests rather than doing their job) and attitude to safety at times. When we flagged safety to the company at the end they got nasty and tried to gas light us into saying it was our fault and that, as no one else had complained and no accident had occurred, it couldn't be an issue.
-Otherwise...the speedboats are cramped and too full of people. It was very uncomfortable.
-Every stop has multiple other speed boats stopping at the same time so really busy and fumes from the boats can be strong. Ruins the natural beauty.
-Although not advertised as such, ours seemed to be the party boat. This may be what you're looking for, but we didn't enjoy the deafening music blaring out for the majority of the nine hour trip. People were dancing, but there wasn't enough room, so prepare for elbows and girating groins in your face.
-There is no cover on the boat or at the coves you stop at, so watch out when it's hot.
-There was a skipper and second guy from the company - no idea what the second guy was for, as he gave no information about anything. Seemed to just be a hype man for the boat.
-Many people, including staff, were smoking (including right next to the engines). One person got burned by flying ash.
-The food was unappealing. There was no fruit as advertised. On that - no snorkeling equipment either.
-This may be an obvious one but there are zero facilities throughout the day. At the last beach there is a crappy restaurant with a toilet for paying guests (you must get a key) but it's a hole in the ground.
-For some unknown reason they give you two hours at the last cove which is underwhelming. There were no sun loungers, as advertised, when we got there. It was boring and uncomfortable.
-We were an hour late getting back as the skipper and guide just didn't care about how long we were out for and kept randomly stopping. By this point we were fed up, bored and really needed the bathroom!
Avoid. There seem to be limited other options for boat trips in Vlore which is a shame.
July 5, 2025
Unprompted review