11 Day South Croatia Coast and Islands Honeymoon

JayWay Travel took all of the stress away from this trip. It all worked like a fine tuned machine.

We have not regretted for a moment, we entered the Jay Way world.  Within minutes they had sent us an itinerary for our proposed trip and later gave us several selections for accommodations at various levels of comfort.  We saved ourselves hours of self inflicted searching, pondering, reserving and unnecessary risk. We were comforted greatly at the transition points, i.e., being met as we arrived at each location, having a city tour to orient us to each city, and then transport to either the train station or by shuttle to our next destination. We recommend Jay Way Travel without any reservation. The time, energy, and effort they saved us was worth every dollar of their fee, which by any accounts was very reasonable.

Everything was excellent. You have set the bar so high I’m not sure anyone can compete! Personalized service that far surpassed our expectations. This was not a one size fits all vacation but one that was curated for us.

Excellent in every way.

JayWay Travel is very professional .  They take the stress out of traveling.  The people that we worked with were fabulous.  Thanks to Lea for always going the "extra mile".  JayWay Travel made our experience be the best !

"JayWay Travel was very easy to work with and provided all the necessary information in a timely manner. They provided numerous choices for tours, restaurants, shopping, etc. and their website was very easy to use. We were very happy with our experience using JayWay Travel."

"Trip was tailor made to suit our budget. Fast and efficient service regardless if it was by phone call or email. Thank you JayWay Travel for a seamless hassle free opportunity to meet and enjoy the people, history, beaches, food, wine and all the beauty of Croatia! JayWay, You Rock!"

"JayWay is the only way to travel to Central and Eastern Europe. Especially if trying to cover multiple cities and/or countries in one trip. All of our arrangements made by JayWay were seamless and we'll use them again when there is a next trip to plan."

"JayWay did it all! Impeccable! Couldn't be any better. It was more than we expected."

"We found all JayWay staff to be professional and efficient in planning the details for a 10 day trip to Southern Dalmatia. They helped us create an amazing itinerary with all our transport and accommodation planned in advance, allowing us to enjoy our time in Croatia immensely"

"We didn’t have to worry about anything. It was so relaxing having it all planned and everyone ready to just take care of us. Exactly what VACATION is meant to be! JayWay Travel gave us the vacation of a life time. Thank you for all your recommendations and helpful tips. We had no idea what to expect and every aspect was above our expectations!"

"JayWay made traveling to Croatia a breeze while still allowing us the freedom to plan our own honeymoon. JayWay took care of the nitty gritty but we were still able to travel the way we wanted to."

"They were excellent! Every penny was worth it! Amazing experience - Best trip ever so far."

Excellent. If you want to design a tour for your personal interests it is the only way to ,go. Don't bypass the Baltic States! JayWay will make sure you have the best experience. If you want to see the best of Croatia or any of the former Yugoslavia, don't hesitate to contact JayWay. It's personalised to your interests and you will not get better service on the ground.

We have never used an agency before, and I was skeptical about how much value they might add – but it became clear right away during the planning process that we might the right decision to work with JayWay Travel. JayWay's deliberate planning process, good counsel and high level of flexibility made our first foray to Eastern Europe our best family vacation to-date.  From start to finish, expectations were exceeded at every turn, and both the quality of communication and highly efficient use of technology is first-class.

"JayWay staff provided us with everything we needed and more. We loved being able to be in contact with them and we appreciated hearing from each throughout our trip, making sure all was well. Knowing we had these contacts was reassuring. Your activities were amazing! All JayWay staff worked wonderfully well with my wheelchair needs to ensure that I saw all that I could and taking Molly to do some things I couldn't. Your selection of choices was excellent, and we truly loved everything we did. JayWay provided an amazing experience, covering all aspects with expertise, to make an outstanding trip and taking care of us so well the whole way through. Thank you!"

"The staff person who helped us plan the itinerary, was enormously helpful, knowledgeable about how to plan the trip; how long to stay in certain places, etc. He was also very patient when we made changes to our itinerary and/or our accommodations. We literally couldn't have planned the trip without him. An enormously helpful, informative, travel service that is essential for anyone traveling to countries they are not familiar with."

"If you're visiting Croatia, and you should, JayWay will put together a great trip for you and then will be there for you every step of the way.  Carmine was great, put together the perfect itinerary for us. We felt we were in good hands with Lidija. Very responsive."

"Very prompt answers to all of our questions. Recommendations were on point. Carmine was very helpful in narrowing down our trip so that we could get as much in as possible in 11 days while not stretching ourselves. Our contact was extremely helpful and checked in on us throughout the trip making sure we were happy with hotels etc. All transfers went smoothly and perfectly on time.  All of our tour guides were great. Very informative. Perfect. Couldn't have been happier."

"Very useful website and excellent staff made for a seamless and excellent trip! Planning was easy using your website and support from your staff was excellent!"

"The service from start to finish was impeccable.  We were able to enjoy a stress and worry-free trip with the help of JayWay Travel and their expert planning.  Pavla was a great point of contact. Very helpful and responsive, as well as extremely pleasant. The accommodations were top notch. The rooms were as described in our itinerary. The transfers were great.  Everyone was punctual.  The service was wonderful - everyone was super helpful and informative."

"JayWay allowed us to have our self-guided vacation with just the right amount of support. We could use the resources at our disposal as much or as little as we wanted. JayWay is a finely tuned machine."

"Jayway made us feel looked after in a way that allowed the logistics of our trip to be in the background so that the enjoyment and adventure could be the primary focus. Pavla was just wonderful! We felt so at ease knowing she was available if needed. This was maybe the most helpful aspect of using Jayway, knowing that someone was coordinating all of the transport in our behalf made this trip doable."

"For Croatia travel, I highly recommend JayWay Travel now that I've used them TWICE and had flawless travel plans with an interesting itinerary prepared by Jayway. Josipa who met us at our first hotel and gave us a short "briefing" AND a Jayway cell phone to use with everyone's numbers pre-programmed in the phone, was genius."

"Jayway Travel is an excellent option for those who are looking for guidance with a difficult-to-plan vacation but aren't interested in group or guided tours. Having on-the-ground experts available and reachable via a provided cell phone is an extremely valuable offering that is difficult to find with other tour companies."

"We have recommended JayWay to several friends.  It was one of the best trips we have experienced and between us, Alan and I have seen a lot of the world.  In 2017 traveled 30,000 miles."

"Jayway was with us from start to finish. We chose them because we were unfamiliar with Central Europe, and before long their online resources and our private portal allowed us to plan and dream with excitement. Each step of the way, we felt cared for, both in the preparation process and when we arrived at our first destination. Each driver, guide, and on-site coordinator seemed thrilled to be working for Jayway and provided top-notch service on each leg of the journey. The private cell-phone, the frequent check-ins, the personal service: all made our trip easy and memorable. In many cases we became friends with our guides, who treated us as worthy travelers rather than mere tourists. I look forward to partnering with Jayway on our next trip and will recommend them to any friends who contemplate a trip to Eastern and Central Europe. Bravo, Jayway!"

"JayWay took care of everything and took the traveling booking burden off us. Everything they booked was awesome including day trips and accommodations and they were very knowledgeable and informative."

"I hate group tours. Jayway was entirely different.  Their advice was invaluable in selecting the right accommodations, the right tours, and the right schedule. All in, Jayway is the perfect trip planner. You get the vacation YOU want – not a pre-packaged tour that only hits the highlights  - but all the difficult details are taken care of.  I tell everyone – “Don’t go on a cruise to see Croatia. Use Jayway”. "

"JayWay was a fabulous way to travel—essentially assisted independent travel, with great staff, itineraries, hotels, transportation, transfers, restaurant suggestions, and optional tours. Having someone to consult with a few weeks before the trip and a local cell phone and someone helpful to call if we needed anything made it perfect."

"I've been organizing travel for my friends and family for years and I've never come across a company that put so much effort into details. We always felt like we had a lifeline in places that were all very foreign to us. I have the highest regard for Jayway. They treat their family right and the result is top notch quality. Everyone went above and beyond any expectations!"

"JayWay listens, gives you good feedback and options, then executes on your decisions. They were great with customer service during our trip and took care of anything that came up to our complete satisfaction. All 3 guides were excellent. The cooking class was our absolute favorite - Juliana and Marto were the best hosts and we had a great time eating good food, drinking good wine and enjoying their company."

"You may not have heard of JayWay before, and they tend to be pretty low-key about their skills and abilities, but they do a first-rate job. We got exactly what we asked for, without any hype or unnecessary frills. And the price was very fair. We can't say enough nice things about the guides and drivers and staff in Croatia. Jo and Antonia are wonderful, and we must give special praise to Miriam, our guide in Istria. Her knowledge and enthusiasm for Pula (who knew it could be so interesting?) Motovun, and the rest of the region was just terrific. We ate all those truffles just for her!"

"JayWay provides an enormously helpful array of resources and services that eliminated all of the stress of traveling. From the first contact to the final ride to the airport every encounter with staff was welcoming, professional and extremely helpful - a great service. Ana, Bettina, Lidija, and Josipa were amazing.  Responsive to all our needs, caring, helpful, committed, and connected with lodging hosts and drivers.  We were continually amazed at the cooperation and coordination of the JayWay Team."

"The guides were all excellent. The SUV trip on Hvar with Ivan was exceptional. We very much enjoyed travelling and conversing also with Matthew. During the transfer from Dubrovnik to Korcula, we had some extra time, so he took us for a wine tasting at a winery, which proved to be a memorable experience. The accommodations, transfers and tours arranged by JayWay all contributed to making this a most enjoyable and relaxing trip."

"I really enjoyed my experience with JayWay. Very helpful and accommodating company to work with. I always felt safe which is important traveling alone! Kayaking was a highlight and people I met on group tours."

"Carmine was very responsive and attentive to our requests. He made changes to our itinerary as requested and Lidija was incredibly helpful every step of the way. She gave us a cell phone to contact her during our week's touring. She provided us with electrical adaptors to use over there. She checked in with us during the week. The local tour guides provided were extremely knowledgable. From the first contact to arrange an itinerary through to the last stop on our week-long tour of Croatia, JayWay provided professional advice, excellent accommodations, quality tours and knowledgable tour guides. I would recommend JayWay to anyone traveling to Croatia without hesitation!"

"JayWay provided the organization and took away logistical concerns and allowed me to have a stress-free trip, without the rigidity of a completely pre-planned one-size-fits all tour."

"The trip planning went very smoothly. None of the travelers were familiar with Croatia and we appreciated Carmine's input on the itinerary, hotels and potential tours. We did not choose to arrange many tours in advance, however the wine tasting arranged by JayWay was superb and we enjoyed the walking tours of Split and Dubrovnik. The JayWay staff that met us in Split and Dubrovnik were friendly and extremely helpful in orienting us and providing helpful recommendations. Ana was our contact in Europe prior to the trip. She answered all our questions in a courteous and timely manner and provided excellent restaurant recommendations for each of our destinations."

''Your people were patient, easy to work with, wanted to give us a great experience, and very graciously made adjustments on the tour as we moved through our trip.Carmine, Ana and Lidija were superb to work with and what other travel agency makes an adjustment and gives you a refund.. Only JayWay. We thoroughly enjoyed our Croatia trip and have recommended you to friends.''

"Our experience with JayWay Travel was so special, so memorable and exciting that two days into our eleven day trip we started making plans for our next vacation with JayWay! I hope that I never forget a single moment of our 11 day trip through Croatia; each one was so special, each activity so memorable...I can't possibly imagine a better honeymoon. If I had to choose a favorite experience, it would be our second day in Dubrovnik, we kayaked around the city walls and the island of Lokrum in the morning and then took our cooking class that night. As for my husband, I believe his favorite memory would be our Game of Thrones walking tour that included so much more history than we were expecting. "

"Interest and response of staff to questions and requests was outstanding.  Very friendly and helpful.  Their communications with drivers, etc. enabled seamless transportation and transfers. City tours of 1.5 - 2 hours were the right length with good informative content.  Recommendation for travel-day stops were very good. JayWay applies their knowledge of the country to help guide an outstanding trip.  Services and transfers arranged by their attentive staff are executed easily and on-time, making the travel experience easy and pleasant."

"We have just returned from our Croatia trip and I wanted to thank you, personally, for arranging a first class vacation for us. Everything went off without a hitch and the tours, drivers and hotels were outstanding. I am so glad that I took your advice and did Ljubliana as it was one of our favorite stops. I hope to go back some day and do more of the country, so will be in touch when that happens. Thanks again, Sherry"

"It was an excellent trip overall and having the accommodations booked, transfers arranged and the use of the phones and a person to contact at any time, was great. It took away the worry of travelling in a strange country where English was not the first language."

I was very impressed with the service provided, starting with the agents with whom I liaised regarding our trip and tours, as well as all the people who provided services in-country. Everything was perfectly organized and went like clockwork - tours departed and returned on time, transfers were always punctual, accommodation was great - everything was perfectly organized.

"JayWay made our first trip to Central Europe and the Adriatic a wonderful experience. From accommodations to transportation to restaurant recommendations, to personal guides, their arrangements and suggestions were outstanding. We'll certainly use JayWay again and will enthusiastically recommend them to our friends and family. On our last night in Dubrovnik, my husband, who's very particular and wasn't convinced that he even wanted to take this trip ('Croatia???') said: 'This was the perfect vacation. Best we've ever had.' Thank you JayWay!"

"We had such a great customer service experience with JayWay. Nothing about our honeymoon could have gone any more amazing than it was in reality! We had the time of our lives and are already planning out next trip plans and hope to be able to go by 2018!"

Caitlin also posted a number of photos from her honeymoon on Instagram, we've featured a few of them here.

"We tell everyone that it was one of our best trips ever and that Jayway made it so. No Stress. It was a perfect experience. Much more like a vacation than a trip because you took care of all the logistics. You have a great business model. I wish there were more companies like yours that cover other parts of Europe."

"We had a great holiday in Slovenia and Croatia thanks to JayWay Travel. Right from the planning stage then working out the local arrangements, to on the ground support. Once there, Antonia was like a personal tour manager, always monitoring our progress and ever ready to help with anything we needed assistance with."

"Our entire trip was personalized and exceeded our expectations in every way. The accommodations that JayWay has chosen afford comfort and a true taste of Croatia. Everyone from the owner Jay, To the ground manager Marija in Croatia and the drivers did everything in their power to be of help and assistance with great professionalism and kindness."

"Everything was seamless and planned so well. The guides and drivers, local contact plus the New York contacts were all very knowledgeable as well as kind to the children. Everyone was very quick to respond when I had questions. Also, all of our drivers and connections were on time and excellent."

"I already raved to so many friends, because quite simply it was the BEST, to venture into a part of the world quite foreign to each of us was made a wondrous adventure, we were in capable hands with everyone we encountered."

"The trip went so smoothly it was the most perfect honeymoon. Everyone we met and/or assisted in planning our trip was very helpful. JayWay gave us excellent customer service, fantastic accommodation, and a great vacation at a great price."

"It is so comforting knowing someone is a phone call away to help. Every place we visited left an impression on our hearts and we appreciate all your help with our trip of a life time! When traveling to the unknown - JayWay makes one feel all is right with the world!"

"We will continue to recommend JayWay to our friends! This was our second time using JayWay to plan our Eastern European trips, and we could not have been more happy or satisfied!!! Thank you JayWay!"

"We loved our accommodations. Each place had something special whether it was the location or the actual ambiance of the place itself. The owners love working with Jay and spoke highly of him personally. Met some other nice JayWay travelers and enjoyed their company as well. I have traveled extensively and this trip was one of the easiest and least stressful that I have experienced. We had the best time. Thank you."

"JayWay took a lot of hassle out of the trip and gave excellent guidance & suggestions in finalising the individual cities on our trip. This was clearly based on considerable experience with each of the countries. We particularly loved the transfer service at each location. It was most welcome when arriving somewhere tired and not knowing where to go! The local contacts also provided outstanding help and guidance on the road and the mobile phone was a great idea."

"We had wonderful experiences with every single lodging, which is very unusual. The services you arranged all went very smoothly. Everyone we met was very welcoming. Croatia is a beautiful, interesting, historic country. We thoroughly enjoyed the trip and all the discoveries along the way."

"JayWay made our honeymoon planning so carefree: once we got to Croatia we knew everything was already taken care of! We enjoyed all of the extra excursions and insider knowledge suggested to us as well as all of the hotels and apartments we stayed at. To think of planning a trip of this magnitude while also planning my wedding was overwhelming. I am so very thankful for JayWay and the team that helped make our honeymoon so memorable."

"JayWay made our trip to Croatia and Slovenia effortless. I appreciated the time they took to work out an itinerary that fit within my budget without compromising the overall experience. The "little things" like delivery of ferry tickets that could not be purchased in advance and provision of a local cell phone ensured that there wasn't a single problem while we were on the road."

"Our honeymoon was great and JayWay was there to assist us and make the trip stress free. Even when we were late showing up for the kayak excursion (thought it was an hour later), JayWay's local representative called and reminded us of the time, as well as arranged for the kayak operator to wait for us."

"We had an amazing trip seeing the incredibly beautiful country of Croatia. Being met by prearranged cars, being handed our ferry, and bus tickets, and having access to your local representative made the trip very easy for us. It allowed us to just have fun, and enjoy the culture and our experience in Croatia. A 10 out of 10 for sure!!!"

"JayWay is the most professional travel company we have ever dealt with. They provided a unique travel experience we could not have achieved on our own. Their in depth knowledge and connections locally gave us access to places and activities we will remember forever."