Croatia Travel Blog

Whew. It’s after the holidays and our thoughts turn to. . .SUMMER VACATION!!yeah. Ah, the warm, sunny Dalmatian coast. Not now of course but definitely later. Croatia is looking forward to an incredible holiday season with lots of new air routes opening up especially from London and Germany.

Lots of people of course want to know about booking accommodation in Croatia. Backpackers like the idea of showing up and finding a place on site. I can understand that. I prefer to travel spontaneously too and usually do unless it’s the height of the season or I’m on business.

One controversial point in Croatia is the practice of ladies (and some men) showing up at the bus or ferry terminal and hawking their room or apartment. People who are trying to make a full-time living renting rooms or apartments legitimately hate this because those ladies are not paying residence taxes. They’re fond of telling horror stories about backpackers unceremoniously shoved out in the early morning to make way for others or rooms that are way out of the way. Some just don’t like the way it looks (and Croatians are very appearance-conscious) to have crowds of aggressive old ladies descending like locusts on people landint in town. A lot of backpackers have good experiences of course. After all, it’s not for them to worry about the tax situation of Croatian municipalities!

Still, there’s a lot of pressure on local authorities to crack down on the rogue operators and they have begun to do so, starting on Korcula Island. This of course makes other people very unhappy, especially those who supplement their meager pensions by moving in with the kids for the summer and renting out their house.

So it’s unclear how this will play out this summer. Will backpackers be confronted by suddenly quiet bus and ferry terminals? Or will the ladies in black win and be out in full force? Stay tuned.

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