On a recent trip to Georgia, my route took me through Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Montenegro, Albania, Macedonia, Bulgaria and Turkey. I was insured through Carole Nash, with Ageas Insurance Ltd., and they provided me with a Green Card for these countries, and many more (see image), for a cost of about £60, if I remember correctly.
The Green Card was sent through the post a couple of weeks prior to me leaving the UK but, when I came to assemble all my documents, I couldn’t find it. A panic phone call to Carole Nash and it was emailed to me immediately, and printed out on my trusty mono laser printer… sorted.
You probably know what I’m going to say next… The (mono) Green Card did its job admirably, even getting me into B&H from Croatia to go and have a look at Mostar. Having done the tourist stuff in Mostar, I re-entered Croatia near to Dubrovnik, to spend the night on the coast. Next morning, my plan was to go back through B&H, and then into Montenegro to visit some National Park, or other. I never got past the border checkpoint into B&H because my “Green Card” was not green. This was despite entering B&H the day before, albeit at a different checkpoint, and exiting B&H through this very same checkpoint the evening before!
Luckily, I had to fly back to the UK for a couple of weeks before I resumed my adventure, so I re-printed my Green Card, in green, and continued my 23 country trip without further incident, except for Georgia, which wasn’t on my Green Card… insurance was only about €10 for a couple of weeks.
The point of my post is.. Make sure your Green Card is green.
Oh.. I found my original Green Card that Carole Nash had sent me.. I'd pinned it to the map of Europe on the wall of my study.. so I didn’t lose it!
The Green Card was sent through the post a couple of weeks prior to me leaving the UK but, when I came to assemble all my documents, I couldn’t find it. A panic phone call to Carole Nash and it was emailed to me immediately, and printed out on my trusty mono laser printer… sorted.
You probably know what I’m going to say next… The (mono) Green Card did its job admirably, even getting me into B&H from Croatia to go and have a look at Mostar. Having done the tourist stuff in Mostar, I re-entered Croatia near to Dubrovnik, to spend the night on the coast. Next morning, my plan was to go back through B&H, and then into Montenegro to visit some National Park, or other. I never got past the border checkpoint into B&H because my “Green Card” was not green. This was despite entering B&H the day before, albeit at a different checkpoint, and exiting B&H through this very same checkpoint the evening before!
Luckily, I had to fly back to the UK for a couple of weeks before I resumed my adventure, so I re-printed my Green Card, in green, and continued my 23 country trip without further incident, except for Georgia, which wasn’t on my Green Card… insurance was only about €10 for a couple of weeks.
The point of my post is.. Make sure your Green Card is green.
Oh.. I found my original Green Card that Carole Nash had sent me.. I'd pinned it to the map of Europe on the wall of my study.. so I didn’t lose it!