Privatni smještaj u Hrvatskoj (Istra, Dalmacija, Zagreb i okolica, Slavonija i Baranja, Gorski kotar i Lika)

Private rooms (privatne sobe) are available everywhere in Croatia where there are tourists. They're offered by locals eager to rent out unoccupied space in their homes – many Croats on the coast have enlarged or modernized their houses to provide extra rooms. Standards vary widely, but rooms are usually grouped into three categories by the tourist association in each area. Category I rooms are simple affairs furnished with a couple of beds, a wardrobe and not much else, and you'll be using your host's bathroom. Category II rooms have en-suite bathrooms, and category III rooms will probably come with TV and plusher furnishings, as well as en-suite facilities. In July and August prices start at around 150/200/250Kn (Less than Kn250) for a category I/category II/category III double in a smallish resort, rising to about 250/330/400Kn ( Kn250–450) in relatively expensive places like Dubrovnik and Korčula. Prices in the shoulder season (April– June & Sept– Oct) can be ten to twenty percent cheaper. Many families don't let out rooms over the winter, although local travel agencies will probably come up with something, providing you contact them a week or so in advance. Prices are subject to a thirty- to fifty-percent surcharge if you stay for fewer than three nights. Single travellers usually pay about seventy percent of the price of a double except in July and August, when the full double price might have to be paid to secure a room.
Bookings are administered by local travel agencies; where there's no established travel agency, the local tourist office will handle the job. Agencies are usually open daily from 8am to 8pm or later in July and August; they may take a long afternoon break on Sundays. In May, June and September opening hours will include longish afternoon breaks Monday to Friday, and hours will be shorter (often mornings only) at weekends. When paying for a private room, you'll be charged a fee of about 10Kn to cover the cost of registering you with the police, and a residence tax (boravišna pristojba) of 7–10Kn each per night, which is the local tourist association's main source of funding.
If you can't find a tourist agency or tourist office, it's usually very easy to turn up a private room by asking around or looking for "sobe" or "Zimmer frei" signs posted up outside local houses. You may also be offered rooms by landladies waiting outside train, bus and ferry stations, especially in Split and Dubrovnik – be sure to establish the location of the room and agree a price before setting off. Rooms obtained in this way sometimes work out significantly cheaper than the agency-approved ones, but equally leave you prone to rip-offs. There's little chance that your hosts will be passing on registration fees or tourist tax to the relevant authorities (they'll charge you for them, then pocket the cash themselves), and they may exploit your naivety by inflating these additional costs, or inventing new ones of their own. However you find a room, it's acceptable to have a look at it before committing yourself.

Rented out in the same way as private rooms, apartments (apartmani) usually consist of a self-contained unit or floor of a house with its own kitchen and bathroom, maybe a small lounge and possibly a terrace for sitting outside. Two-person apartments often provide much more convenience, comfort and value for money than a double room in a hotel, and even single travellers – who will have to pay the price of a double – may find apartments favourably priced compared to bland hotel rooms. For those travelling as a family or in a group, apartments offer excellent value, providing that sleeping quarters are not too cramped – check how many beds are crammed into a single bedroom before accepting.

(Source: The Rough Guide to Croatia by Johnatan Bousfield)

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