Can i just stick a word in for Jinyu tyres? I've had them on my Prelude for the last x years and they've been excellent.
I also put them on the MG ZT we had before the Accord, and they went up and down Alps and backwards and forwards on Highland roads, autobahns and autostradas reasonably quietly and nice and firmly.
They count as a budget brand, too - I get mine from tyretraders, who send them to a local fitting station for a tenner apiece cheaper than that fitting station can get them for themselves.
No need to get an alignment unless you have unusual wear on front/rear axle - e.g. worn on the inside or outside (usually both sides of the car) - or the car is pulling to one side. Or indeed if your steering wheel isn't centred - which means the last alignment guy didn't centre the steering wheel before aligning the wheels.
You should get them balanced when they get fitted as part of the deal.
If you want to save a few quid on "recycling costs" (usually £2 a tyre or so), take your old tyres yourself and put them in the local Council skip (most are licensed by SEPA or the EA to accept them). Remember to tell the fitter before they make up the bill, though!
P.S. If the car is wandering about, it could be alignment - but if tyres are evenly worn then more likely to be a suspension component - bushes, drop links, broken spring, leaky shocker, dodgy balljoint, worn top mounts and so on.
