Last year I was frantically searching for insurance for my Irish registered bike (I use Motofeirme, can't recommend Martin highly enough) for a trip that had been planned for several months. In the early stages I was going to get Green Card insurance from Motocamp in Bulgaria, unfortunately they stopped providing that service a few months before my departure. As I said, I was scrambling to get some coverage and Martin mentioned he had come across a contact and put me in touch with Dubravko at Lobagola B&B. So my 3 week bike tour of Ireland had been saved.
This year I contacted Dubravko in early January to discuss Border Insurance for a six week tour of Europe and was assured there would be no problems. Dooby has since been my contact at Lobagola, he is courteous and prompt and polite. I have had no issues dealing with either Dubravko or Dooby, both are professional and a pleasure to to business with. Both transactions have gone smoothly, papers get to where they are supposed to go when you expect them to arrive...no surprises.
Two years ago touring the Alps by motorcycle seemed to be an impossibly expensive dream for this Canadian...its happening this summer with a little help from few strangers on the other side of the world!
A sincere THANK YOU to Dooby, Dubravko and Martin (& Phil)

PS: if time permits we will swing down to Zagreb for a refreshment and to say hi.

Regards,
Rick

Hi Rick,

thanks for your contribution, and it's a great pleasure to provide a platform for your travels in Europe

As for the refreshment, please do so, huge terrace with great view on the city will be waiting for you

Enjoy the weekend,

Cheers
Dooby/Dubravko

Another recommendation for Lobagola and Dooby in Zagreb if you are looking for green card insurance

I have found Dooby to be very professional and helpful and just had the pleasure of meeting him when I picked up my second 90 day policy documents in Zagreb

Dooby also took time out to give me information on planing for the Balkans and was really helpful sourcing tyres at short notice and ringing around to find a shop that sold oil and a filter for my bike

I very much appreciate his help and highly recommend his services

One more recommendation for Dooby and Lobagola. I was in a hurry to start my tour earlier this year and they went out of their way to help me. Super friendly, understanding and flexible. Can't wait to make it to Zagreb to meet them in person.

I will be using their services again soon.

Hi J,

Good to hear you enjoyed our service and I believe you will make even more miles next year!
Cold always in fridge, smiles and riding info of course in abundance as always

Cheers!
Dooby

Another big thumbs up for Lobagola, Dooby and Igor. They've provided me with insurance for the past two years. Great service and great people, they make it easy, fast and reasonable. I recommend them to all my touring friends.

To hop on the train here, I also got insurance through Lobagola. As a Canadian coming to Europe, it was easy as can be. They forwarded the insurance papers to my first stop in the UK, and they were waiting when I arrived.

Cheers.

just saw this, but we didnt stop getting green cards for people, but our Bulgarian insurance company stopped issuing green cards for EU registered bikes.

We found a new company in BG now, and once again can get green cards for EU registered bikes, and non EU registered bikes as well

same rates as always
60 euros 1 month
100 euros 2 months
140 euros 3 months
and can be renewed if you stay longer than 3 months

email us at motocampbg@yahoo.com

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Just FYI, I received this from ADAC in Frankfurt. They do sell Green Card Ins here's the email from them, this was sent March 29, 2017:

yes – we sell the liability insurance for vehicles coming in from outside Europe.

The price is €105,- per 29 days (for your trip €210,-).

For the insurance we need the Type of Title, your passport and address in the States. You can pay the fee cash or by credit card.

Our office is not so far from the airport. We are open for public Monday to Friday from 09:00 am to 05:30pm.

Don’t hesitate to contact us if you have any questions

Kind regards

Andrea Brackmann
Stellv. Leiterin Geschäftsstelle
ADAC Geschäftsstelle & Reisebüro Frankfurt - Lyoner Straße 22 - 60528 Frankfurt am Main
Telefon (069) 66 07 88 01 - Fax (069) 66 07 88 49
Andrea.Brackmann@hth.adac.de
www.adac.de/hessen-thueringen

ADAC (the German auto association) used to be the 'go-to' place for overseas riders to get European insurance, but about 6 years ago they jacked their prices up by about 500% overnight, and now, they are the most expensive place on the planet to get insurance.

I have fond memories of buying moto insurance from ADAC for €22 a month prior to 2010, but nowadays, forget about ADAC.

Michael

Well that ADAC quote is very reasonable.

I wonder whether it is possible to buy roadside assistance as well? I sent an e-mail to the contact to find out.

Well I'm starting to have a mild case of the panics. I ordered my Green Card insurance from Dooby a month in advance and selected the Economy Express shipping. One month should get here, right? Well I have 4 business days left before I leave and the card hasn't shown up. If it doesn't come by Tuesday I'm mildly or well and truly screwed.

I may have to take a taxi from the Frankfurt airport to the ADAC place and see if I can get it on the spot.
I'm regretting not just arranging it through Stefan.

Hi Bob,

thanks for sharing the info with the community, appreciate it.

You have chosen express economy service without tracking, which usually takes 14 days to get back to USA or Canada.
We do not have control on the service of US post or Canada post for that matter.

Upon receiving your docs and forms, we have created your policy and have sent you the scan of the original on 9th of May (Tuesday). Original was sent on Wednesday 10th of May, using express economy service (non tracked air mail), and the shipping to US usually takes around 14 days.

As always we try to provide excellent service, and we have already suggested that if the hard copy doesn't arrive in time (we can't be held responsible for US post services) we will send another hard copy to Frankfurt and we will pay TNT global tracked shipping by ourselves.

We have already done it for other customers previously where US post didn't deliver the package in time.

Another thing is that we do not compare ourselves with Stefans business, though will always say only high prises for his job and service, where we're sending each other mutual guests back and forth using both B&B's as their base and to acquire much needed info and knowledge.

Like I've stated previously we will send another copy to FRAnkfurt in case the first one doesn't arrive to your address so you will be able to get the bike from customs without problems.

Lost package for sure doesn't have anything to do with us, but with local postal services.

Cheers
Dooby

Dooby:

Yes thanks for the reply. I'm not placing blame on anyone but myself. I'm sure both you and Stefan are very reliable, postal service- maybe not. I'm certainly hoping that one day I will be visiting your BnB in Croatia! Your service is slightly less expensive but has a higher coverage level, which is why I made my decision.

I'm just in a quandary as what to do as the bike will be at AC cargo in Frankfurt. I'm staying at Stefan's the first night (and why I mentioned I should probably have gone through him) which is an hour away , and I was planning on riding there- I'm not sure where in Frankfurt close to the airport I could have the doc delivered for pickup when I arrive. If I could figure that out I would gladly pay the courier fee.

I've been told the customs people won't accept the pdf version of the policy. The only alternative I can think of is taking a taxi to the ADAC office and hope they will issue a policy. I've still got Monday and Tuesday to wait, but if it isn't here by now..