r/montenegro • u/AutoModerator • Jan 01 '25

Tourism Tourist Thread 2025

Feel free to ask anything about visiting Montenegro and get advice and tips from others in the community.

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Some useful links:

National Tourism Organisation of Montenegro

Montenegro – Wikivoyage

Montenegro – Wikitravel

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u/Responsible_Beach974 Jul 10 '25

Got scammed by accommodation in Dobrota - Amigo Apartments

Hey, i just spent a couple of days in Montenegro and Bosnia and have to say that these countries were one of the most beautiful i've ever been to. The mountains, rivers and sea were magnificent and i enjoyed talking with the local people. However, i was left with a bitter taste, realising that the accommodation host in Dobrota, a guy called Jasmin, scammed us. The place is called Amigo Apartment.

We booked via booking and got charged, but the money was not immediately taken and was reserved to be pulled at any time. We arrived at the accommodation after a loooong drive and were exhausted, so we wanted to be left in private to rest. This guy Jasmin, says we need to pay him cash and when i say we already did, he showed me his booking.com app that said it needs to be paid in cash and after we checked our app got confused and just gave him the money. Turns out we were charged via the card, and because we gave him cash and got no receipt booking, it says there is no proof of getting double billed and won't refund us.

Is there anything i can do or report him to some office in Montenegro? I understand i can't prove anything, so maybe reporting will not help at all. At this point i let go of the money but want to get some justice and make this guy's life a little miserable.

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u/TigrastiSmooth Jul 10 '25

Try also asking in r/Bookingcom. You could call the local tourism inspection and explain your situation, try googling for numbers or ask at a tourist info point if you're still in Montenegro. Did he report your stay or told you to pay the tourist tax? You can check that at the local info point also, they'll tell you if your stay was registered at that host, if not call inspection he could get fined. Other than that, you could leave bad reviews everywhere you can, but you already know that.

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u/Responsible_Beach974 Jul 10 '25

He did not report our stay or paid tourist tax i belive because he never asked four our passports or anything. Booking said nothing can be done. Any number of the local tourism inspection that i could contact as i am not in Montenegro tn.

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u/TigrastiSmooth Jul 10 '25

Booking is so shit, I would complain in their subeddit anyway, costs you nothing. Hmm you probably should have called someone while you were in Montenegro. You have pictures, booking receipt, some proof you stayed there? Here: https://www.gov.me/clanak/odsjek-za-turisticku-inspekciju

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u/Jakob-queryfast Jul 11 '25

Hey! Actually on my way there as we speak… we just wrote booking about this.

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u/jakekubb Jul 11 '25

We are just heading there now to that apartment. Did you manage to solve it? Wrote in your dm!