BALKANS INSURANCE (Green card) - border insurance prices and experiences

[slashtommy]

We were in the Balkans in August/September 2012 on Irish registered bikes, insured with Liberty (formerly Quinn). Green card cost €50 and covered Croatia, Albania and Macedonia.

We crossed into Bosnia at Brod in the north. Initially we had problems buying insurance because it was a Sunday and the office was closed. Eventually we got someone to sell us insurance at €36 for 7 days.

Crossed into Montenegro coming from Dubrovnik, insurance cost €10.

We entered Kosovo from Rožaje in Montenegro. Kosovo is not part of the green card system, insurance was €15.

Interestingly leaving Macedonia we were asked for our insurance/green card at the exit border, when we were heading into Bulgaria. All other exit borders only wanted to see passports and registration documents.

[Habibi Rocks]

Hello , is there option to buy insurance for Bulgaria at the Bulgarian border (entering from Romania) and what documents for the bike are requested ???????

[slashtommy]

Bulgaria is covered as standard with any EU motor insurance policy.

They may request your vehicle registration. Although this was not needed when I traveled between Bulgaria and Romania this summer… a passport was enough.

[jetjackson]

Cheers for the updates.

As per below Bulgaria covered by any Euro policy.

[beebeer54]

Croatia will become the 28th EU member country on 1 July 2013. Handy site is http://europa.eu/about-eu/countries/index_en.htm

[slashtommy]

Originally Posted by slashtommy

We were in the Balkans in August/September 2012 on Irish registered bikes, insured with Liberty (formerly Quinn). Green card cost €50 and covered Croatia, Albania and Macedonia.

I should add that we were able to obtain a green card for "The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia". I had previously requested and been denied a green card for just "Macedonia".

Country names can be confusing as well as politically sensitive.