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[quote=Mike;205436] (The insurer's girlfriend turned up while I was there. She's a LOT more gorgeous than him. Made me think that perhaps he does rather well financially out of his job...!)
perhaps he's well insured!
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Rode through Croatia with no problem, thinking I was fine with my green card.. but then happened to check the details on the Knopf website and Croatia is *not* listed. Ooops.;-)
Green card Insurance for Europe
Nor is Montenegro. So I bought insurance at the Montenegro border two days ago. Originally quoted 15 euros, then 10 euros "for two weeks". But the certificate itself states five days only. As I'm only going to be here for four days it's not a problem. (The insurer's girlfriend turned up while I was there. She's a LOT more gorgeous than him. Made me think that perhaps he does rather well financially out of his job...!)
If anyone is close by, come to Sutomore on the Montenegran coast.. it's the last big bike rally of the summer here this weekend.. up to 1000 bikes from 'former Yugoslavia'.. and one Englishman! Come and join the fun. ;-)
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Mike,
Mine definitely has Croatia (HR) on it. It doesn't have Montenegro (MNE) on it, but it does have Serbia (SRB) on it. I think it is safe to assume that, Montenegro being such a newly independent country, the green card should cover you under "SRB", which was of course until recently "Serbia and Montenegro". The Montenegrin border guards checked my green card and didn't have a problem.
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Mine definitely has Croatia (HR) on it. It doesn't have Montenegro (MNE) on it, but it does have Serbia (SRB) on it.
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Good point, Nigelrojo. I, *cough*, didn't think of checking my green card itself.. just went straight to the internet. I'm such a geek..
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The Montenegrin border guards checked my green card and didn't have a problem.
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Interesting. When I passed through he hardly bothered to raise up from his chair to wave me through.. but then it was siesta o'clock.
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Rode through Croatia with no problem, thinking I was fine with my green card.. but then happened to check the details on the Knopf website and Croatia is *not* listed. Ooops.;-)
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The Green Card insurance Knopf sells if the same insurance I get through the ADAC. The insurers is ARISA Assurances S.A.
Sure enough HR (Croatia) is crossed out on the policy.
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The Green Card insurance Knopf sells if the same insurance I get through the ADAC. The insurers is ARISA Assurances S.A.
Sure enough HR (Croatia) is crossed out on the policy.
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Oops! ;-)
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Croatia insurance
 We have been visiting Croatia since 2005 as we have bought an appartment in Novigrad Istria.
I am insured with Footman james and my partner is with Carol Nash both of these companys cover you for 30 days in Croatia and Slovenia but not Bosnia ,Serbia,ect however you can purchase insurance at the borders to cover you (osigorange) thats the word for insurance.
As of this year you now need a Vignette to use the motorways in Slovenia, you can buy them at petrol stations , minmum of six months 17.50 euro in Austria you can buy ten days but for Switzerland you must pay full year.
Some of the motorways in Croatia are tolls, they are very good and well maintained . Hope this helps.
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I crossed into Croatia 4 weeks ago from Hungary and had to buy a green card at the border - 15 euros for 30 days.
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Hi,
just returned from a trip....similar experiences;
Slovenia - just buy a vignette at petrol station (cheap)
Croatia - covered by Carol Nash Green Card
Montenegro - €10 at the border for 2 weeks
Serbia - €95 for a month  (only wanted 1 day) @**# !!!!!
Macedonia - €50 !!! (again passed right through in a few hours !!)
Greece - covered
Turkey - €5 euros (bargain....friend paid in advance via CN €27 ;o)
Have fun........
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What does a green card look like? What's to stop you just forging one to get through rip-off countries like Serbia without shelling out? I'm not convinced 'real' insurance in those countries is worth the paper it's written on anyway.
Two years ago I payed something like 50-60euros in Serbia and again in Bosnia. Bulgaria was only 10euros though. If you're travelling on the cheap it certainly takes a big bite out your budget. Croatia didn't even check my passport let alone bike docs, but I figured you do need insurance there, and that my UK policy didn't cover me - I figure risks like that are all part of travelling.
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Can somebody explain what the Green Card system is? I would assume all the insurance companies, bound to the GC system would cover the same countries. I'm from Slovenia and my policy covers the whole of Europe (not only EU), including Tunisia, Morocco, Turkey, Israel and even Iran! If anybody bothers with reading, this is where my Slovenian insurance is valid through the GC:
A B CY CZ D DK E EST F FIN GB GR H I IRL IS L LT LV M N NL P PL S SK SLO CH AL AND BG BIH BY HR IL IR MA MD MK RO SCG (Srbija - Crna Gora, which is how they used to be called when they were still together) TN TR UA.
SRB is new code for Serbia and MNE for Montenegro. Theoretically my GC shouldn't be valid in MNE since they separated from SCG.
I really can't figure out why the GC coverage differs from country to country.
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It depends - if it's from your insurance some still do a green certificate with all the details on it, but mine won't even give you one anymore.
When you buy them on the fly it was always just a blue piece of paper (i.e. the blue bit from a triplicate copy). It probably hasn't changed since you were there! I'm sure you could do it, not sure I would take the risk when dealing with border cops!
My friend actually managed to get one in several countries without even having his rego doc. He forgot it in london, so conned his way into first greencard then just kept using the one from previous country to get the new one. Not recommended though!
But yeah, we must have spent 200 euro's each on the damned things.
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What does a green card look like? What's to stop you just forging one to get through rip-off countries like Serbia without shelling out? I'm not convinced 'real' insurance in those countries is worth the paper it's written on anyway.
Two years ago I payed something like 50-60euros in Serbia and again in Bosnia. Bulgaria was only 10euros though. If you're travelling on the cheap it certainly takes a big bite out your budget. Croatia didn't even check my passport let alone bike docs, but I figured you do need insurance there, and that my UK policy didn't cover me - I figure risks like that are all part of travelling.
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I have a mate in insurance (car not bike) and he told me it's just up to the insurance company. They are not required to issue a green card, but many do. They are required to cover you to the minimum standard in the EU if you live within the EU.
So I am just going to say you are bl*ody lucky your company covers so many!!!!
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Can somebody explain what the Green Card system is? I would assume all the insurance companies, bound to the GC system would cover the same countries. I'm from Slovenia and my policy covers the whole of Europe (not only EU), including Tunisia, Morocco, Turkey, Israel and even Iran! If anybody bothers with reading, this is where my Slovenian insurance is valid through the GC:
A B CY CZ D DK E EST F FIN GB GR H I IRL IS L LT LV M N NL P PL S SK SLO CH AL AND BG BIH BY HR IL IR MA MD MK RO SCG (Srbija - Crna Gora, which is how they used to be called when they were still together) TN TR UA.
SRB is new code for Serbia and MNE for Montenegro. Theoretically my GC shouldn't be valid in MNE since they separated from SCG.
I really can't figure out why the GC coverage differs from country to country.
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In France, the common and usual insurance certificate is green and we call it "carte verte d'assurance".
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Can somebody explain what the Green Card system is?
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Did you try to find the information for yourself? I just opened another browser window, put the words "green card insurance" into the search box and hit search. The first hit is this:
What is the Green Card System ?
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