So Croatia is your new holiday destination this year!!! Great choice!!

After you decided what your preferred location is, you have to make decision which apartment or villa in Croatia you want to book. Sometimes this can be very tough decision, especially if you are traveling on a long term vacation so the place you are staying would be your second home for 2, 3 weeks. You can find yourself checking 200 apartments in your dreamy location because you do not know which preferences to look for in an apartment so you do not get lost in the bunch of offers presented to you.

Follow these steps and you will easily make the right decision on which apartment or villa in Croatia you need to book!

1. PHOTOGRAPHS IN HIGH RESOLUTION

Most of the adverts will use the best photo (sea view, balcony view) which is most appealing and that catches your eye. Scroll down through the photos section and check how apartment visually “speaks” to you. Did it made you more interested in? By visualizing things you can promptly decide if something will suit you or not. The apartment or villa should be advertised with photo of each room (if you like some apartment, but you do not see picture of bathroom for example, you can always ask for more photos). The photos should be in high resolution (do not book apartment with 3-4 low resolution photo, this is risky) and you should see minimum 20 photos. Beside the photo of each room in the apartment or villa, there should be photo of the house, building, and exterior.

2. DETAILED DESCRIPTION

Pay attention on the description! The most important facts about the apartment or villa should be stated. Therefore, look for the size of the apartment or villa (interior square meters + exterior square meters), number of bedrooms, kitchen equipment, living room and dining room amenities. Depending on your preferences, if you want a nice, big terrace to enjoy morning coffee, afternoon relax or evening sunset, you can exclude the apartments without terrace or balcony immediately. Also, if you are to cook each day and you are coming to holiday with your family, children, you should pay attention on the kitchen equipment. Most of the apartments or villas in Croatia have basic kitchen utensils such as cutlery, refrigerator, stove, but if you are looking for more equipped kitchen this would not be enough for you.

3. MAP

Each apartment should be located on the Google Map and you should check carefully location. Keep in mind that Google was creating map for Croatia in 2010, so some things have changed, but the main features (as distance to the beach), remained the same.

Also, sometimes you will not be able to find the exact street address, if it is some side street even in the bigger Croatian towns (unfortunately, not every street is on Google map).

When locating apartment or villa in Croatia, use the advantage of Google where you can position yourself in front of the apartment or villa and search around. You should always, “walk the street” to the nearest beach, shop, restaurant and compare it with the description on the advert. If you are noticing big difference between the facts advertised and what you see on the map, you should not spend your time on those unprofessional presentations.

4. PRICES AND AVAILABILITY

On each advert, prices of the apartment or villa should be stated. Check if the price is stated as price per night, per apartment or price per night, per person! Usually, you will see daily and weekly price. Pay attention on the minimal stay per season, arrival/departure days and if any discount for long term vacation is offered. Be aware that most of the apartments charge extra 10, 20, 30% if the stay is less than 4 nights.  The calendar of the availability should be updated daily and most of the advertising sites show you when the calendar was updated. However, the availability can change in few minutes, especially if you are a last-minute traveller, so you have to get the confirmation from the apartment owner, agency. The best is to start your search as early as possible; apartments are booked the whole year round; from January the booking seriously progresses. Book on time your perfect apartment or villa in Croatia.

5. REVIEWS

Checking apartment’s reviews, other people experiences and impressions, must be part of your perfect holiday apartment hunting! The apartment that you are considering should have at least 2 good reviews! Sometimes you may find some negative comments from other guests, but think about how everybody has different opinion and expectation.

Also check if the owner answered on the negative review (this is very easy to do, shows good will and politeness) with the explanation and/or apology-this also speaks much of the owner and what you can expect.

These 5 things should be on everybody’s mind when searching perfect holiday apartment or villa in Croatia. Therefore, organize yourself before your travel, list your wishes and expectations, your budget, it will help you not to waist too much time on numerous apartments.

Use these advices and enjoy the hunting of your perfect apartment or villa in Croatia!

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WIN SEVEN NIGHTS on beautiful island of Čiovo…

This is what you should do:

• Like our Facebook page Agencija Croatica (and invite your friends and family to like us to!)  https://www.facebook.com/OnlineCroatia
• Post photos from your holidays in Croatia to our Facebook profile
• Wait to see how many likes your photo will get

Simple as that!

The photo with largest number of Likes wins 7 day accommodation for two persons at our cozy studio Oasis in the heart of Dalmatian coast. No additional expenses for accommodation are to be charged. Prize covers only accommodation expenses.  Winner can book his prize in period between January 1^st and June 30^th 2015, or in period between September 1^st and December 31^st 2015.

We reserve the right to remove all photographs with inappropriate content.

Here is little bit more about studio Oasis and Trogir coast:

Studio Oasis is situated in Okrug Gornji on Ciovo Island, only 3 km away from ancient Unesco protected town Trogir in middle Dalmatian coast.

Ciovo is one small beautiful island connected by drawbridge with Trogir on mainland all the time with excellent traffic connections by car, bus or boat.

Split, second largest town in Croatia is situated just 28 km far from Ciovo. Split you can also reach by car, or by boat.

Studio Oasis is situated on quiet and very lovely place away from traffic hustle, settled on the ground floor. Amazing 100 m2 large garden lays in front of the studio. Garden is covered with green grass, flowers and lavender, filled with typical Mediterranean herbs and plants scent was awarded as the prettiest garden in the area.

In a shade of grapevine, apples, oranges and lemon trees, deck chairs and hammock will wait for you to enjoy and relax. And also there is a barbecue in one part of the garden for use.

As there is no traffic this spacious area is very suitable for the children to play. So if you have small baby we can provide baby bed so all of you can enjoy in our beautiful summer Oasis.

Studio is fully equipped and it consists of:

Double bed, bathroom with shower (and there is also outside shower with hot water you can use when you are back from the beach). Large new outdoor covered kitchen equipped with everything you might need for cooking.

To enjoy your tasty summer meals of Mediterranean cuisine, on your private 10m2 large terrace you will find table, chairs and the deck chairs confronted to the Adriatic Sea.

All premises are covered with air condition and internet access free of charge (wi fi ADSL – fast internet). At your disposal is also large parking area in shade and washing machine for use free of charge.

To spend there your perfect holiday next year free of charge, you just need to enjoy the one booked with us this summer and share your memories with us… :).

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