Please read on for our Corona policies and how we are continuing to offer flexible booking and socially distanced holidays in some amazing and undiscovered destinations. The safety of our guests is our highest priority!

Are your holidays still running? Yes! Montenegro’s borders and tourism industry are open. As a well-established, family business with a decade’s experience in delivering sustainable, low impact holidays in Montenegro, we are in the fortunate position of owning our activity base, “Villa Miela”, outright and have a lean core team with no need to furlough staff. You can keep up to date with what we’re up to at the moment by following us on Facebook or Instagram, as well as our semi-regular blog posts.

Can I travel to Montenegro? All visitors may enter Montenegro without further requirement.

Ryanair, Jet2, easyJet, Wizzair and many other airlines are offering regular flights into Podgorica and Tivat airports for 2022. For requirements on your return, please check your own government websites.

What are the rules about returning from Montenegro? 

  • EU states – vaccinated adults and their dependent children will be permitted to re-enter their country of residence – some may require additional tests and locator forms. Un-vaccinated adults will need to present a negative PCR test no older than 72 hours and isolation measures may be required depending on the country in question.
  • UK – all restrictions have – at the time of writing – been removed.

Are your holidays safe? Yes! As specialists in small-group outdoors travel in remote locations, it could be said that we’ve been practicing socially distanced holidays for years! Whether you go for our multi-activity trips, our all-hiking or our all-kayaking weeks, you are guaranteed to be heading exclusively to low-risk areas where there are little to no people. We and our guides follow all Covid-19 health and safety guidelines set by our industry body, the Adventure Trade & Travel Association (ATTA), which you can read here.

What measures are you taking to prevent the spread of coronavirus? All our equipment is carefully disinfected and wiped down between trips, as are our transfer cars. When travelling by car we wear protective masks as proscribed by law, but these are not required when out and about in the National Parks. All accommodation options are thoroughly cleaned and disinfected according to national Covid-19 guidelines. Hand washing solutions are provided as standard on every trip. As much as possible, different family groups do not share facilities – when this is unavoidable, we have careful timetabling in place to ensure that everyone has clean, safe access to whatever they require.

What if there is more than one party of guests sharing your activity base “Villa Miela”?
Villa Miela is a small accommodation usually shared by around 8 guests divided into two or three parties, making distancing easy. Before arrival, guests’ private bedrooms, bathrooms and keys are given a thorough ‘Covid-19’ clean including full disinfection and high temperature washing of bedding/towels. Our staff will not enter your room after this unless you ask us to provide additional cleaning. Further peace of mind can be provided by the enhanced cleaning regime we are operating for all shared guest spaces such as the living room, terrace furniture, sun-loungers and yoga deck, with regular disinfection throughout the day. Our shared guest kitchen is available on a ‘reserve and clean’ basis for self-catering, as is the outdoor BBQ (to which we have added a travel gas stove so that two parties of guests can self-cater for dinner at the same time), while our extensive outdoor space means separate parties of guests can dine outside and distance at the same time, e.g. with one set based on the terrace and the others on the deck. Our swimming pool is maintained to the highest standards of hygiene with constant cleaning of the water and, again, is being made available by reservation.

Can I get travel insurance for Montenegro? Yes – standard travel insurance will cover you. It is also important to note that Montenegro has committed to pay for all coronavirus-related healthcare and, if needed, quarantine requirements for visiting foreigners (see here) – only the cost of repatriation is to be born by the visitor.

What if, because of Covid-19 or changing travel policies, I’m unable to travel having booked with you? Given the uncertainty surrounding coronavirus, we want to reassure you that by booking with us you have the maximum peace of mind, so we are currently offering the following flexible booking payment options, which supercede our standard Terms & Conditions.

FLEXIBLE BOOKING:
We will offer complete flexible booking for existing and new reservations. You will be able to postpone or reschedule your booking to any date starting Sunday within a 24 month period of your original booking, without extra charge. Please only note that the end cost of your holiday may change if you move from low-high season or vice-versa. For all new bookings we will ask for a 30% deposit on booking with the balance due no later than 6 weeks prior to your arrival. If you reschedule your trip thereafter, your balance would be due 8 weeks prior to your arrival date.

IF YOU CANCEL:
If travel restrictions from your destination or country of origin force you to cancel your booking we will refund you 100% of any payment(s) as long as it is no later than 3 weeks prior to your departure date. This does not apply if you are unvaccinated and vaccination becomes a requirement for any part of your journey. If you cancel sooner than 3 weeks prior to your departure date we would ask you you to reschedule your holiday as part of our flexible booking initiative, but if that were to prove impossible, your balance payment would be refunded.

If you cancel for any other reasons our standard terms and conditions would apply.

IF YOUR HOLIDAY CANNOT TAKE PLACE:
As a British registered travel company, if we are forced to cancel your trip, we are bound by UK law and regulations, which states currently that a refund of your deposit should be made within 2 weeks in the event that your holiday cannot take place. However, as an aid to travel companies, all of whom are struggling with this unprecedented situation, the European Commission, ABTA and ATOL are advising all customers to accept credit notes instead of deposit returns, to use on a new booking in the following 24 months (see our flexible terms, above), with refunds for such credit notes applicable any time in the next 12 months.

USEFUL LINKS:
New EC Travel Directives
UK Foreign Office – Travel Advice for Montenegro
Institute of Public Health of Montenegro – Advice for International Travellers 

https://www.covid19-testing.org/travel-testing

Phone: +44 (0)20 3287 0015

Email: enquiries@undiscoveredmontenegro.com

WhatsApp: +382 (0)69 402364

Undiscovered Montenegro Ltd is a UK registered company.