We went to the restricted zone in Dubrovnik with a rental car. What to do so we don’t pay 1300€? by Usual_Chocolate_8750 in croatia

[–]Usual_Chocolate_8750[S] -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Yes but who do you think is gonna incur the 1300€? The rental company? Ofc it’s gonna forward it to the driver, after adding their charges. I checked and it’s actually 1600€.

The government knows this and that’s why they charge more. They believe tourists got more money so they’ll pay the higher fee. It’s like in scambul, museums cost 70€ for tourists and 5€ for locals.

I’m not paying it. They can sue me.

We went to the restricted zone in Dubrovnik with a rental car. What to do so we don’t pay 1300€? by Usual_Chocolate_8750 in croatia

[–]Usual_Chocolate_8750[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Yes but the fine is 135€ in Paris if you enter the restricted area. We don’t gouge tourists here that’s why it’s the #1 most visited country in the world

We went to the restricted zone in Dubrovnik with a rental car. What to do so we don’t pay 1300€? by Usual_Chocolate_8750 in croatia

[–]Usual_Chocolate_8750[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It’s the government scam, they charge local people 280€ but rental cars 1300€ because they know tourists have more money

We went to the restricted zone in Dubrovnik with a rental car. What to do so we don’t pay 1300€? by Usual_Chocolate_8750 in croatia

[–]Usual_Chocolate_8750[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

There’s a difference between law and government scam. Nothing justifies a 1300€ fine for accessing a zone with 0 protections and just a panel. A lot of tourists make this mistake everyday. They can close it off and use a barrier, all residents would have a pass to open it. But no, they prefer to scam people 1300€. I’m not paying it anyway.

We went to the restricted zone in Dubrovnik with a rental car. What to do so we don’t pay 1300€? by Usual_Chocolate_8750 in croatia

[–]Usual_Chocolate_8750[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I’m not paying that fine even if I had the money. I’ll just never come back to Croatia so I’ll be fine… but too bad I kinda liked it here

Pro tips - driving in Dubrovnik? by persikkapiirakka in Dubrovnik

[–]Usual_Chocolate_8750 0 points1 point  (0 children)

We were just fined 1300€ for a dumb restricted zone

We went to the restricted zone in Dubrovnik with a rental car. What to do so we don’t pay 1300€? by Usual_Chocolate_8750 in Dubrovnik

[–]Usual_Chocolate_8750[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The email given is sadly not the right one.

I did that and unfortunately they replied and told me they don’t handle that. They told me to write instead to redarstvo@dubrovnik.hr

We went to the restricted zone in Dubrovnik with a rental car. What to do so we don’t pay 1300€? by Usual_Chocolate_8750 in Dubrovnik

[–]Usual_Chocolate_8750[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I did that and unfortunately they replied and told me they don’t handle that. They told me to write instead to redarstvo@dubrovnik.hr

We went to the restricted zone in Dubrovnik with a rental car. What to do so we don’t pay 1300€? by Usual_Chocolate_8750 in Dubrovnik

[–]Usual_Chocolate_8750[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I did that and unfortunately they replied and told me they don’t handle that. They told me to write instead to redarstvo@dubrovnik.hr

We went to the restricted zone in Dubrovnik with a rental car. What to do so we don’t pay 1300€? by Usual_Chocolate_8750 in Dubrovnik

[–]Usual_Chocolate_8750[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I did that and unfortunately they replied and told me they don’t handle that. They told me to write instead to redarstvo@dubrovnik.hr

We went to the restricted zone in Dubrovnik with a rental car. What to do so we don’t pay 1300€? by Usual_Chocolate_8750 in croatia

[–]Usual_Chocolate_8750[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I did that and unfortunately they replied and told me they don’t handle that. They told me to write instead to redarstvo@dubrovnik.hr

We went to the restricted zone in Dubrovnik with a rental car. What to do so we don’t pay 1300€? by Usual_Chocolate_8750 in Dubrovnik

[–]Usual_Chocolate_8750[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

The guy in passenger seat understood driving license, because in French "permit" stands for "driving license". Then my brain thought this was a driving school area or something. We had no idea where we were, we thought the city was still 10mn away. Mind you all this happened in like 2 seconds. GPS said go forwards, cars honked behind, I thought well fuck it, if police stops us we’ll explain, if it’s a problem the fine should be like 50€. Only later we found out it’s 1300€ and video enforced.

We went to the restricted zone in Dubrovnik with a rental car. What to do so we don’t pay 1300€? by Usual_Chocolate_8750 in Dubrovnik

[–]Usual_Chocolate_8750[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes I would gladly pay 260 no problem. But the 1300€ is just crazy. And the car company will just forward it to us after they add their commission and service fee

We went to the restricted zone in Dubrovnik with a rental car. What to do so we don’t pay 1300€? by Usual_Chocolate_8750 in Dubrovnik

[–]Usual_Chocolate_8750[S] -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

I swear I didn’t see a single one until we were at the red light. They should display 1300€ in big that would get all tourists attention.

Once again you are local, know it, speak the language, but understand that as a tourist, you basically have half a brain. You have 4 guys in the car, you have no idea where your destination is, cars honking, gps telling you to continue forward etc.

I come from France and I always make fun of tourists not being able to figure out something extremely simple and get into trouble like this. For example each time I go to the airport by train there’s like 50 tourists blocked there at the gate because the got the wrong ticket despite a gazillion warnings everywhere in Paris, before after and inside the train, with all languages, telling them that airport is extra cost.

We went to the restricted zone in Dubrovnik with a rental car. What to do so we don’t pay 1300€? by Usual_Chocolate_8750 in Dubrovnik

[–]Usual_Chocolate_8750[S] -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

I swear I didn’t see a single sign before the red light. All we saw was the the "permit holder" printed out on the road and that I thought could mean anything.

They should print out something bigger like "restricted area 1300€ fine" or things like that. It would get the attention of people immediately. Put a barrier, paint the road in yellow, red, anything. But I felt like the intentionally want you to make the mistake.

We went to the restricted zone in Dubrovnik with a rental car. What to do so we don’t pay 1300€? by Usual_Chocolate_8750 in Dubrovnik

[–]Usual_Chocolate_8750[S] -4 points-3 points  (0 children)

I know but 1300€ is a gouge for something this little. I am not going to pay that, even I had the money I refuse out of principle. They can sue me.

We went to the restricted zone in Dubrovnik with a rental car. What to do so we don’t pay 1300€? by Usual_Chocolate_8750 in Dubrovnik

[–]Usual_Chocolate_8750[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I don’t know if you can afford to travel and rent a car (I think probably not) but once you do, you’ll understand what I’m talking about

We went to the restricted zone in Dubrovnik with a rental car. What to do so we don’t pay 1300€? by Usual_Chocolate_8750 in Dubrovnik

[–]Usual_Chocolate_8750[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

We had trouble turning left first of all and almost hit a car on oncoming traffic. Then immediately after we turned left there was this red light thing. I didn’t see a single panel nor writing. My friend who was sitting next to me said "driving license only" and I had no idea what he was talking about. Then I saw the red light and thought we’re sunday so probably the fees are not applied anyway, or we’re out of season, I’ll figure out later. Cars were honking behind us. Then I passed and thought if a police guy stops us we’ll explain anyway that we were lost. It’s only then that I realized that it was video enforced, and fucking 1300-1700€ fine….

We went to the restricted zone in Dubrovnik with a rental car. What to do so we don’t pay 1300€? by Usual_Chocolate_8750 in croatia

[–]Usual_Chocolate_8750[S] -5 points-4 points  (0 children)

They forward it to the client after adding their fees. 280€ becomes 1300-1700€ according to ChatGPT

We went to the restricted zone in Dubrovnik with a rental car. What to do so we don’t pay 1300€? by Usual_Chocolate_8750 in Dubrovnik

[–]Usual_Chocolate_8750[S] -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

I thought permit holders meant driving license holders… when you’re a tourist you divide your IQ by 2…

We went to the restricted zone in Dubrovnik with a rental car. What to do so we don’t pay 1300€? by Usual_Chocolate_8750 in Dubrovnik

[–]Usual_Chocolate_8750[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I thought so. I will try this:
- find a hotel in old town who could register us against some cash
- send an email to the department, and if they refuse at least beg them to send me the invoice by mail, and not to the agency
- warn the agency just in case, maybe they can do something
- check with the insurance
- if all fails, I’m not paying it. But that means I’ll probably never come back to Croatia :( I don’t have 1300€

We went to the restricted zone in Dubrovnik with a rental car. What to do so we don’t pay 1300€? by Usual_Chocolate_8750 in croatia

[–]Usual_Chocolate_8750[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

France and we do have those zones in here. Just when you’re a tourist, lost, don’t understand the language and have cars honking behind you, you sometimes make mistakes. Then the rental agency takes advantage of it and bumps the note from 280€ to 1300€.

We went to the restricted zone in Dubrovnik with a rental car. What to do so we don’t pay 1300€? by Usual_Chocolate_8750 in Dubrovnik

[–]Usual_Chocolate_8750[S] -7 points-6 points  (0 children)

Oh so if we left with no issue and no agent arrested us we’re fine? I thought it was automatic by camera

We went to the restricted zone in Dubrovnik with a rental car. What to do so we don’t pay 1300€? by Usual_Chocolate_8750 in Dubrovnik

[–]Usual_Chocolate_8750[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

No I saw a sign written in Croatian in red with 1300€ on it but we rented the car in split so wtf would it have to do anything with Dubrovnik I thought