Great post . Just the sort of info I need for my 2019 trip from the UK. My current insurance covers the EU countries and also Serbia too.

Is anyone able to update any major changes to the advice and observations made by the OP please?

Thanks in advance

Al

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Al

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Hi Al:

To the best of my knowledge, not much has changed since I made the original post.

There might have been some minor changes in pricing (consistent with inflation), but I don't believe there have been any significant changes in procedures.

Michael

I recently crossed into Bosnia from the north of the country , insurance clerk was in some containers behind a fence to the left if the guard post .... the company were agean insurance and it cost ten euro for seventeen days .They took a photocopy of my v5 and passport...... very helpful and totally painless.

i will be flying into Belgrade this month, then pick up my bike with US plate and ride her out to Bosnia or Hungary. need to get a Green Card but that's only available at the border crossing.

much appreciated any comments and advice.

There are several different issues that you need to look at.

First is the matter of getting insurance coverage that will cover you in Serbia, the country that Belgrade is in. Most "Green Card" policies that provide coverage in the Western and Central European countries (e.g. Germany, France, Spain, etc.) don't include coverage for either Serbia or for SOME of the countries that have borders with Serbia.

So you will need to get insurance coverage (it's not really a "Green Card", it's a local policy specific to Serbia) for Serbia. You mentioned that it is possible to buy such a policy at a border point - that is true, but I am pretty sure you would be able to obtain a policy at the head office of the insurance company in Belgrade. You will have to do some digging and research on your own to find out what the name of this company is, and where they are located. It's also possible that you might be able to get a Serbian policy from the Serbian automobile association, whoever that is... they might sell them as brokers for the insurance company. Presumably you have purchased Serbian insurance in the past (since your bike is in Serbia) - look at your old insurance document to see who to contact.

Next comes the question of what country you are going to enter when you leave Serbia. If you go north into Croatia or Hungary, or east into Romania or Bulgaria, those countries participate in the trans-European "Green Card" scheme, so you can get a single "Green Card" policy that will cover you in all of those countries as well as in the rest of Western & Central Europe. You could PROBABLY buy it at the border but it would be better (less stressful) if you bought it ahead of time. There are lots of organizations that sell this coverage, read the other posts in the Trip Paperwork section of the HUBB to learn more about where to get such a policy.

If, however, you plan to go south or west into Macedonia, Bosnia & Hertz, Albania, or Montenegro, those countries don't participate in the Green Card scheme, you will need to buy your insurance coverage for each specific country at any major border crossing during business hours when you enter each country. See the first post in this thread for more information. That first post is 8 years old, so the prices may have changed, but the general idea remains the same.

Michael