Comments on: Travel Insurance Revisited – Proof it Can Be a Life Saver

By: Bondarev Viatcheslav

Bondarev Viatcheslav — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 08:48:09 +0000

It is petty but what we are among the people who was cheated by this bustard Lovre Uroda.
We have booked him 15-05-2009 as skipper and also asked to find another one for our second boat (thanks to the God we did not rent the boat trough him). Also I asked him to find for us the villa and he “find”… We paid him deposit to his personal account and he disappeared next day.
We trust him because he was our skipper in July-2008 and he was really friendly and nice guy.
But….. He answered to my calls a couple of times during Jun-2009 and telling me stupid stories. No his staff was involved in desiccation.
It was personally his action and now I am absolutely sure –Lovre Uroda is professional cheater. And I will do all legal action in Croatia such as police report and court action. Because we have all documents. Also I have photo-pictures of this guy from last year. I hope Croatian authorities are interested in stopping such a bustards.

By: backpacking on a budget

backpacking on a budget — Tue, 19 May 2009 15:05:24 +0000

Thanks very much for your interesting post. Will be back in the future.

By: backpacking europe

backpacking europe — Tue, 19 May 2009 14:48:52 +0000

Thanks very much for your interesting post. Will be back in the future.

By: Irish Leprechaun

Irish Leprechaun — Fri, 08 May 2009 07:01:24 +0000

Thanks for the post. Great site also.

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By: Pablo D.Coelho

Pablo D.Coelho — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 16:58:18 +0000

Yes its true, I was one of the guys who was supposed to spend with my wife Ginnette a beautiful holidays at Croatian Islands invited by Luis Cavanagh & his wife Crispin at a gullet called “DINO” rented by Mr Uroda from Navicula, with whom I spoke several times during those days at Split awaiting that phantom Gullet who never existed.

Let’s say it sweet & short, this fucking bastard screwed up our holidays and never returned the monies to Luis.

Pity to remain with such unpleasant memory of such a beautiful place.

Hope court at Croatia act to get guys like this at jail.

Mr Uroda, if your real intention is to recover yr good reputation and start to clean yr name send the monies back to all the guys you screwed up and stop talking shit.

By: Luis Cavanagh

Luis Cavanagh — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 14:58:28 +0000

In May 2008, we also rent to Navicula a beautifull boat and paid in dvance. The day we arrived to Croatia , we went to the pier, and our boat was not there and never appeared. Unfortunately we didn’t have any insurance , and we lost our money. Until today Lovre Uroda and his Company didn’t send our money back. That confirms that Uroda and his company Navicula are swindlers and obviously with his action the image of Croatia is damaged.

By: Lovre Uroda

Lovre Uroda — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 13:14:36 +0000

Good day everyone. My name is Lovre Uroda and I am owner of this company Navicula which has been brought very low due to a lot of negative reputation recently. As this is a public blog I will tell the world my story. Our company exists since 1997. We have been dealing a lot of work since 2007 when I left to do my MBE and left my office to very “reliable staff” my lawyer and my “reliable worker”. I have been informed every now and then about inflows and booking etc. Within one year I came back to Croatia and found my whole business in terrible mess, my accounts blocked etc.. Not that only mr. Guilford has been scammed there were 2 more cases as well. So I engaged a lawyer and started all over it again after 11 years of good practice and good reputation. Therefore I kindly ask everyone who visited this blog to try to understand this situation. I also understand mr. Guilford for his actions ( this blog ) as I would have done the same. At the end, USD 12,000 will be returned as soon as I claim money back from my ex employees who are on the court at the moment. Please do not loose hope in Croatia. With best regards

By: TJ Mahony

TJ Mahony — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 14:40:59 +0000

Ted:

As of today, (nearly a year later), Navicula still hasn’t refunded any of our money (~$12,000). The insurance company only covered about 66% of our loses, so I would recommend finding another company to work with. I will check with my brother Chris, but I’m almost positive Navicula is no longer taking his calls. Should they ever response I will let you know, but as of right now I recommend that all travelers avoid this operation.

By: Ted

Ted — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 16:26:00 +0000

TJ… I’m actually speaking with Navicula right now about a charter. Would you mind emailing me, so I can ask you some questions. I’m suddenly nervous about our May trip with them.

Thanks,
Ted