No, there were no Covid checks of any kind at customs in Albania, just needed to show my passport, quick and easy. However I was asked for my vaccination card when I checked in for the flight in Italy.
Don't be afraid when Albanians talk to you. They are just curious and friendly. Most of them just want to be helpful to tourists or just looking to practice their English and a new story to tell their friends.
the square is constructed of tiles that were made from every town and region of the country. Also, in the warmer months, there is water that is pipped in underneath and flows in random areas. The colors of the tiles really pop.
I really love your videos! Your stories are really interesting. So many people concentrate on B roll, drones, and cinematography. Your stuff is so much more entertaining with your stories. Keep up the great videos!
Also my favorite road of all was allong the coast from Vlore south to Sarande just incredible. Not to mention about 10 deg warmer there. Also spend a day and get in the Dajiti cable car go up the mountain for the views amd some abandonded buildings. Albania was great!!
Great to see you in Albania my friend. I am currently vlogging in Albania, do you feel it has changed a lot since your first visit? I love the country 🇦🇱.
Hard to say because my two visits were so different. The first time was in summer and I only went to smaller towns and beaches. I didn't return to any of the same places on this trip.
@@GabrielTravelerVideos I noticed a lot of building work happening all over Albania. Pleased you are back, I enjoyed your previous videos there in Berat and the hitchhiking episode 👍🏻.
I lived in Albania for 3 years. It is a fantastic country. Friendliest people in the world. Also very cheap for Europe. Take the bus to Durres and check out the Roman Amphitheater. Also try the Burek which costs around 40 cents.
Lot of people who travel usually plan to get a rental car. So maybe its not a bad idea to do a video where you explain all the nuances that come with it (based on your experience) like charges for tolls, parking, insurance, drop off points, customer service etc that people should be aware of. It should be an informative one to many people.
I got a speeding ticket in Russia on a vacation trip, somewhere between Moscow & Saint Petersburg, the rental company received it and just charged my credit card, they also emailed me the photo. Italy in my experience things seems to go slower. I wonder when will be able to visit Russia again with all that's happening!
Hey brotherman, loved my three months in Albania. Gotta visit the theater in Durres can go underground in it is a trip. Also Appolonia, Butrint, and a few other sites off the beaten path. Also all the cool castles everywhere. Loved that place. You would LOVE Phoenice on top of a hill, not a soul around when I made my vid there. Like stepping back in time. So much to see there. Take care.
I'll need to go back to Albania again. This was a quick trip on my way to a neighboring country that I hadn't been to yet. Always love to see ancient ruins. I visited Butrint the last time but not Durres.
Be careful driving in Albania. The speed limits are unreasonably low and there are lots of cops looking to fine you. I followed what local drivers did. And when I was the only car on the road I took it slow. When I was handing the rental car back I was asked if I got any tickets and he seemed surprised that I hadn't. Also the same thing happened to me in Tirana. A guy came up to me and started asking where I am from and what I do. Even asked how much I make, lol.
Yeah Albanians ask about anything how many kids you have, what school, your salary, all sorts. It's in the culture how they are raised especially if over 40 years old and from out of Tirana originally not that they want to do something bad. You get people like that as well like in every city.
back in 1990 when I was in England I got a parking ticket in Cambridge things were simpler back then, I was staying in a small village so I went to the small market which was also the post office, the elderly gent helped me he got me a Post Money order and the stamp all done in a few minutes. back then the police left a envelope along with the ticket.
IF you had a EU bank this wouldn't have been such a big issue. US banks are really archaic and also not connected with the EU bank system. In EU, if you do a SWFT-transfer by lunch it should arrive in the afternoon or in the morning
David Viner...he made a sacrilege when he passed by the side of the almighty Skanderbeg (the most important European figure of the 15th century)..and continued to speak about parking violation stories ..
Monopoli, Italy parking ticket is a very gripping story to anyone who has traveled abroad and rented a car. I have done neither and still could not turn it off. Ty Gabriel. 🇦🇱
I was hooked to hear the end of your parking ticket story. You are such a good story teller. Your travel and stories make your channel a magnet. You have the strength of Goliath to carry the heavy backpack and climbing up to the castle. Good wishes for further travel and looking forward to more captivating videos..
Hey Gabriel, great story. I love to hear stories about the difficult things that happen to them as they travel to different countries. It makes it much easier for me to see things to look out for when I travel. I had one thought that I would do in your situation, I would send a photo of the confirmation from the company showing that you did send the money. Just a thought and you may have already thought of it yourself. Albania has never been on my bucket list so I will pay attention to this series of videos to see if I want to go there in the future. It was strange when that guy stopped you and I think I had the same feelings that you had, what does this guy want from me? It felt just a little strange. I was glade when you walked on. Hope this is a good trip for you I will enjoy seeing this part of your traveling.
@Gabriel Traveler Italy is notorious for issuing parking tickets especially to the tourists. I received two parking tickets almost a year after I left Italy for €80 each plus rental company charged me €50x2 as admin charge (just to pass on my address to traffic authorities). I changed my credit card after reversing the rental company charges via my bank and told both to bigger off. Apparently they still chasing me without luck. Looking at the confusing and expensive motorways of Italy they should be paying people to drive on them 😅
A blesssed good day again sir Gabe Wowww what a nice Beautiful 😍 and So very Clean Places and Sorroundings of Tirana, Alabania, ok so impressive the Streets, and Buildings, and historical monuments, thank you so much your your sharings a Crazy story about pay parking ticket, and thanks for your wonderful walk around tour there in Albania Stay safe take care Godbless u sir Gabe, from your solid fan supporter viewer from the Philippines 🇵🇭 sir Vhin 😍👍👏👏👏🎉🙂🙏🙏🙏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏
Gabriel to pay that ticket easier you had an additional 3 options: 1. Find a branch that has banking services in Italy, ie HSBC. 2. Assuming you have 2+ credit cards, report the card you used to rent the vehicle stolen. They will not be able to charge your credit card once it is stolen. In the meantime they will send you a new credit card in the mail. 3. Since you received the ticket in Monopoly, you could have mailed them 30 Monopoly money… lol! Happy travels! Stay away from Lazarra region for your safety.
Interesting to note how many Banks were in your video as you walked, I wonder.. Tirana looks far more cleaned up than what I heard it was like years ago. Great to see
The Italian parking ticket could become a shaggy dog story that will hang around forever. I can see you some years out from now still updating us on your payment progress. 🙂
The video had some notable sections: I liked the dog strolling down the sidewalk on its way to work, the 2 guys on a fat boy MC on the sidewalk, and the visual effects with the mirrored sculpture (walking backwards) in the beginning after the room showcase. Nice work.
Third, You are fun to watch. I love that you're not just a tourist looking for comfort. Love how you show the great stuff off the unbeaten path, BRAVO.. Connecticut in the house Hahahah.. fourth??🤣🤣
Your parking tix situation sounds like a ‘real pain’. I got a parking tix few month ago in France and I didn’t know where to pay it and so I just rtn my rental. About one week later, I was charged about $49 on my rental CC, and that is it and case closed! I was so relief, and that should be the way to handle citation for car rental. Tourists don’t know where in the world to pay for it. Glad that is all done and done for you. If one thing I learn from this vid is to not get a rental when I visit Italy.
Welcome back to Albania. Watched you the first time you went to my home country. Enjoyed the Dhermi video the most. Love it when you jump in water for a swim. One correction though, Tirana's population as of December 2021 is actually 912,190. Not your fault, the city is growing with about 30K every year.
OMG - what a painful story...then that guy? UGH. Seems like you should have been able to hand the guy at the rental car joint the money for the ticket with the ticket and been done with it.
That would have been a great solution. But he clearly didn't want to deal with the ridiculousness either. If they were the ones who ultimately paid it then I would have been charged an extra 90 euros.
I feel your pain. I had a similar experience trying to order a magazine to Canada from Europe. They would not accept a credit card, and I was not able to send the $30 as a wire transfer with the IBAN info they provided, needed to get a lot of additional information - the address of the business, phone, bank name, address, account etc, etc. When I finally gathered all the info and entered everything into the online form, I wasn't able to complete the transaction because apparently the minimum amount that can be sent is $100. What a joke, I was so mad!
Hi Eva. I think the problem with wire transfer comes from the american side of the atlantic ocean. In europa the IBAN/SWIFT-System was invented to transfer money easly between bank accounts & countrys. For money transfer you online need the IBAN-number and the amount of money. All other informations are optional. Normaly there are 3 optinal fields in a transfer form: The receiver - for you personal information so you can easly find this transaction in your transaction list. The BIC/SWIFT-number of the bank but this information is also in the IBAN-number The comment field - This is for informations like customer number or this gabriel case the number of license platt or your order number for the magazin. In europe credit cards are not very popular. Mostly the people use debit cards because it is cheaper then credit cards. But an online shop without any additional paying methods is very suspicious. Maybe it was scam or an old "abandoned online shop"....
Italy is terrible when it comes to paying for their road fines. I had a bad experience with a speeding fine and it took me a while to get sorted. I got caught with a speeding camera in Sicily and obviously couldn’t pay it while I was there. Just a nightmare.
I went thru a similar experience with a camera driven speeding ticket in Italy several years ago....ended up paying big fine for being late....Used to own a hat like yours...bought at a local fare...dog ate a hole in it. Loved that hat....wish I could find another.
Playa del Carmen parking is in coins. I remember it took me around 15 to 25 mins to figure it out. The cops love to ticket you or you pay them off-according to locals.
Hi Gabe, the parking ticket story is hilarious! I can relate, because I have also traveled to alot of countries..I have a crazy train story from Eueope..but this reminds me alot of how things work in Mexico.I go there alot..Take it easy..
9 days for a wire transfer in the US? in the same time instant payments are made all over Europe , which takes about 10 seconds. till now it was an unbelievable full 1 day to transfer money.
I wondered about this payment issue. Can I open a bank account in Italy so I can transfer money from my American bank? What if I have a Santandard Bank account in America but its a Spain company bank?
How did you move around the balkans countries? Did you drive? I’m having a hard time finding any buses or trains that cross borders. I’ve only found a flight from Bologna to Podgorica.
A friend was stopped at Immigration at JFK when they said there was a warrant for his arrest due to unpaid auto tickets from a trip 2 years before. He didn't even know about them. Once he paid and made a statement they let him in. It does seem that rental cars are a nightmare for any tickets especially when you are trying to pay/know know about them. Area of scams I guess. Paying by credit/debit card would be the obvious option as any traveller most likely has one.
I don't usually check actual speeds, I just go on a combination of how quick it is to surf the internet and how quickly a video uploads. I do show the actual speed in an upcoming video of Italy. But that's in one of my videos that I won't be editing until sometime later. At my hotel in Tirana then a video would upload in an hour or two, which isn't super fast but is still pretty good compared to the genuinely slow places where it might take days to upload. It's quite common while traveling to have crazy slow speeds in which it can take a day or two or more to get a video uploaded. So when it happens in a few hours you're stoked.
Speaking of which.. (after watching your video from Corsica) you just passed (at 5.34 + 6.26) two of the 173371 constructed concrete war bunkers made in Albania from 1960-1980'ties. Devil is in the details
Albania is amazing! Crazy story -- hopefully you can save the screen shots of the interaction with the police officer in whatsapp & save the screen shots of the payment that you sent with your bank. If they charge your credit card - dispute the charge and show them the screenshots. Should be all good!
I got a fine in Greece once for €100 and also had my licence confiscated, apparently i was driving down the wrong way on a one way street but of course there was absolutely no indication it was a one way street, lots of hassle trying to get my licence back as like you i was leaving the island Samos that night, since then i have never rented a car while travelling again, on top of the hassle of something going wrong with the car you end trying to dodge an obstacle course with all the potential fines, parking, speeding etc etc, i find it just causes me so much stress that every time i drop it back it feels like a weight off my shoulders, your story was very interesting and sounds exactly like the situation i had although my problem was trying to get my drivers licence back
Gabe wow ..personally I would have cancelled my credit card therefore rental company cannot charge the ticket....you tried so much to pay too much bureaucracy.......I have many credit cards when I travel
Italians really made your life hard. If you transfered 29,40 EUR to renting company or any of employees and they payed the ticket in your name in Italy....... Really rude behaviour. They could really help you out but obviously they are not that kind of people.
It’s funny you mention getting a parking ticket in playa del Carmen, I was there for a week about ten years ago now and rented a scooter at my resort and took it during the day thru the town and I got nervous and eventually returned it a day early because I drove past three or four separate instances in the same day around the town of police having stopped tourist rental cars and one scooter. Everyone knows there are some of the shadiest police in Mexico anywhere in the world and I figured they were on the hunt to make some money that day and were just pulling over any tourist they saw driving. I felt lucky as if I drove by after the police traps were already sprung and did not want to push my luck! Lol I high tailed it back to my resort entrance which had the usual military checkpoint for security and thankfully made it back because as I was coming out of a round about to the street my hotel was on a police vehicle stared me down hard that was parked in the middle. I gave a friendly nod and a smile and could tell they were hesitating but knew I was driving towards the resorts which were less than a kilometer away. Needles to say my heart was pounding until I made it thru the resort checkpoint. I love Mexico but it’s not a place reccomend renting personal transport and instead take Ubers and buses/taxis when not inside resort areas.
I love Albania and it's people. There is so much to see, so why the hurry? You cannot miss Gjirokaster, Sarande, Dhermi, the Valbona Valley and so much more. I spent 2 weeks there and it was not nearly enough time.
I wouldn't worry about the ticket, if there is a charge made on your card, you have the proof you wired the money and a WhatsApp trail to show you did everything required, and that change should be refunded
I didn't hear the whole story but if you didn't I would suggest calling the rental company. I personally am a little bit stubborn and would fight those tickets as they are predatory and lack basic due process.
In my next video I show much more of Tirana and talk about the city and history, etc. You can watch it here: th-cam.com/video/sZaono7c7Ak/w-d-xo.html
Amazing video! May can I ask something, when you arrived at the airport in Tirana, they checked for to corona test or something like that? thanks
No, there were no Covid checks of any kind at customs in Albania, just needed to show my passport, quick and easy. However I was asked for my vaccination card when I checked in for the flight in Italy.
@@GabrielTravelerVideos awesome!! Thank you! I’ll be in Albania 🇦🇱 in 40 days!! I love your videos!!
Don't be afraid when Albanians talk to you. They are just curious and friendly. Most of them just want to be helpful to tourists or just looking to practice their English and a new story to tell their friends.
Good to know
Something was off about that one guy that approached him, he seemed under the influence of Something Gabe handled it good though
@@mikefreeman9251 it seemed that way because his english was not good and he could not understand what Gabriel was saying.
Yes he was a character lol but you could tell he was fishing for new English words too 👍🏼
@@mikefreeman9251 I'm Albanian and agree with you
the square is constructed of tiles that were made from every town and region of the country. Also, in the warmer months, there is water that is pipped in underneath and flows in random areas. The colors of the tiles really pop.
Great info the tiles r lovely 😊
Not just from the country but from regions were Albanians live too. Kosovo, N. Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia.
I really love your videos! Your stories are really interesting. So many people concentrate on B roll, drones, and cinematography. Your stuff is so much more entertaining with your stories. Keep up the great videos!
Cool, glad to hear it.
I'm so happy to see you in Albania! 🇦🇱.
This is the first video of Albania that actually makes me want to get to know this country. Great content!
:)
Also my favorite road of all was allong the coast from Vlore south to Sarande just incredible. Not to mention about 10 deg warmer there. Also spend a day and get in the Dajiti cable car go up the mountain for the views amd some abandonded buildings. Albania was great!!
As a regular bald & bankrupt viewer I could not believe you just walked past all the small bunkers on the sidewalk. Lol.
Missed them 'cause I was busy talking. But I go inside one in the next video.
@@GabrielTravelerVideos Glad you did not forget them, thank you!
Great to see you in Albania my friend. I am currently vlogging in Albania, do you feel it has changed a lot since your first visit? I love the country 🇦🇱.
Hard to say because my two visits were so different. The first time was in summer and I only went to smaller towns and beaches. I didn't return to any of the same places on this trip.
@@GabrielTravelerVideos I noticed a lot of building work happening all over Albania. Pleased you are back, I enjoyed your previous videos there in Berat and the hitchhiking episode 👍🏻.
Wow Gabriel 😳 pretty crazy! Beautiful Albania! Thank you Gabriel! 😊❤
I lived in Albania for 3 years. It is a fantastic country. Friendliest people in the world. Also very cheap for Europe. Take the bus to Durres and check out the Roman Amphitheater. Also try the Burek which costs around 40 cents.
Albania has some of the nicest people I've ever encountered. Everyone under 40 knows perfect English too
It is surprising to discover these trafic lights..easy to see from far. Had never seen those kind anywhere else.
Lot of people who travel usually plan to get a rental car. So maybe its not a bad idea to do a video where you explain all the nuances that come with it (based on your experience) like charges for tolls, parking, insurance, drop off points, customer service etc that people should be aware of. It should be an informative one to many people.
I got a speeding ticket in Russia on a vacation trip, somewhere between Moscow & Saint Petersburg, the rental company received it and just charged my credit card, they also emailed me the photo. Italy in my experience things seems to go slower.
I wonder when will be able to visit Russia again with all that's happening!
Hey brotherman, loved my three months in Albania. Gotta visit the theater in Durres can go underground in it is a trip. Also Appolonia, Butrint, and a few
other sites off the beaten path. Also all the cool castles everywhere. Loved that place. You would LOVE Phoenice on top of a hill, not a soul around when I made my vid there. Like stepping back in time. So much to see there. Take care.
I'll need to go back to Albania again. This was a quick trip on my way to a neighboring country that I hadn't been to yet. Always love to see ancient ruins. I visited Butrint the last time but not Durres.
A pleasure to watch as always. Bravo.
Hey man it's great to see your really starting to dress better! prosperity has it's perks
Great to see you in Albania now ...great story
Looks like a fun city!
I didn't know that Tirana is so modern city with tall buildings. And clean. I was in Albania in 2015 in Sarande and was quite untidy.
Be careful driving in Albania. The speed limits are unreasonably low and there are lots of cops looking to fine you. I followed what local drivers did. And when I was the only car on the road I took it slow. When I was handing the rental car back I was asked if I got any tickets and he seemed surprised that I hadn't. Also the same thing happened to me in Tirana. A guy came up to me and started asking where I am from and what I do. Even asked how much I make, lol.
Driving in Albania seemed generally sketchy, so I decided to take buses. More fun anyway to go the budget way for a change.
Yeah Albanians ask about anything how many kids you have, what school, your salary, all sorts. It's in the culture how they are raised especially if over 40 years old and from out of Tirana originally not that they want to do something bad. You get people like that as well like in every city.
back in 1990 when I was in England I got a parking ticket in Cambridge things were simpler back then, I was staying in a small village so I went to the small market which was also the post office, the elderly gent helped me he got me a Post Money order and the stamp all done in a few minutes. back then the police left a envelope along with the ticket.
Nowadays it’s all these cowboy car park companies that give you tickets
Great to see you on the move and in yet another country. Thanks.
In Tirana, the tripod like iron structure around almost every tree intrigued me! also look at the surface covering tree trunk!
Amazing to see you in Tirana Gabriel Tirana looks amazing
Great story on parking ticket. Next time remember the slogan of Johnnie Walker Scotch Whisky"KEEP WALKING" it's less trouble.
IF you had a EU bank this wouldn't have been such a big issue. US banks are really archaic and also not connected with the EU bank system. In EU, if you do a SWFT-transfer by lunch it should arrive in the afternoon or in the morning
Your parking violation story is more interesting than a tour of downtown Tirana!!
David Viner...he made a sacrilege when he passed by the side of the almighty Skanderbeg (the most important European figure of the 15th century)..and continued to speak about parking violation stories ..
My favorite traveler...you always get to see things you don't see anywhere else...
Monopoli, Italy parking ticket is a very gripping story to anyone who has traveled abroad and rented a car. I have done neither and still could not turn it off. Ty Gabriel. 🇦🇱
I was hooked to hear the end of your parking ticket story. You are such a good story teller. Your travel and stories make your channel a magnet. You have the strength of Goliath to carry the heavy backpack and climbing up to the castle. Good wishes for further travel and looking forward to more captivating videos..
Hey Gabriel, great story. I love to hear stories about the difficult things that happen to them as they travel to different countries. It makes it much easier for me to see things to look out for when I travel.
I had one thought that I would do in your situation, I would send a photo of the confirmation from the company showing that you did send the money. Just a thought and you may have already thought of it yourself.
Albania has never been on my bucket list so I will pay attention to this series of videos to see if I want to go there in the future. It was strange when that guy stopped you and I think I had the same feelings that you had, what does this guy want from me? It felt just a little strange. I was glade when you walked on.
Hope this is a good trip for you I will enjoy seeing this part of your traveling.
Love all the Ukrainian flags along the main boulevard
Support the Ukraine 🇺🇦
Lovely video and channel,have a lovely week and stay safe debs xxnew fan ......
@Gabriel Traveler Italy is notorious for issuing parking tickets especially to the tourists. I received two parking tickets almost a year after I left Italy for €80 each plus rental company charged me €50x2 as admin charge (just to pass on my address to traffic authorities). I changed my credit card after reversing the rental company charges via my bank and told both to bigger off. Apparently they still chasing me without luck. Looking at the confusing and expensive motorways of Italy they should be paying people to drive on them 😅
A blesssed good day again sir Gabe Wowww what a nice Beautiful 😍 and So very Clean Places and Sorroundings of Tirana, Alabania, ok so impressive the Streets, and Buildings, and historical monuments, thank you so much your your sharings a Crazy story about pay parking ticket, and thanks for your wonderful walk around tour there in Albania Stay safe take care Godbless u sir Gabe, from your solid fan supporter viewer from the Philippines 🇵🇭 sir Vhin 😍👍👏👏👏🎉🙂🙏🙏🙏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏
Gabriel to pay that ticket easier you had an additional 3 options:
1. Find a branch that has banking services in Italy, ie HSBC.
2. Assuming you have 2+ credit cards, report the card you used to rent the vehicle stolen. They will not be able to charge your credit card once it is stolen. In the meantime they will send you a new credit card in the mail.
3. Since you received the ticket in Monopoly, you could have mailed them 30 Monopoly money… lol!
Happy travels! Stay away from Lazarra region for your safety.
Hi from Italy, post office was, in fact, 100% the way to go.
Interesting to note how many Banks were in your video as you walked, I wonder.. Tirana looks far more cleaned up than what I heard it was like years ago. Great to see
Gabriel you have the patients of a saint, I wouldn't be able for that, great video 🇮🇪
The Italian parking ticket could become a shaggy dog story that will hang around forever. I can see you some years out from now still updating us on your payment progress. 🙂
I know man, that's the problem. There might be a Part 2 & 3. On the upside, maybe I'll make my money back on the videos.
The video had some notable sections: I liked the dog strolling down the sidewalk on its way to work, the 2 guys on a fat boy MC on the sidewalk, and the visual effects with the mirrored sculpture (walking backwards) in the beginning after the room showcase. Nice work.
Don't talk to crazy street people drinking red bull
Beautiful footage
You really have patience, i wouldn't be able to do half of what you did lol , happy all worked out at the end 😊
Great story....hope it all works out. Keep us updated:)
Third, You are fun to watch. I love that you're not just a tourist looking for comfort. Love how you show the great stuff off the unbeaten path, BRAVO.. Connecticut in the house
Hahahah.. fourth??🤣🤣
I would love to do what you're doing traveling the world seeing new countries a dream job.
🍀Hi.. Gabriel. Albania amazing country.. Thanks 💚
I am Greek but i was born in Albania . Nice video...keep walking.....
I see, cool to know.
Vurkari from Himara?
Your parking tix situation sounds like a ‘real pain’. I got a parking tix few month ago in France and I didn’t know where to pay it and so I just rtn my rental. About one week later, I was charged about $49 on my rental CC, and that is it and case closed! I was so relief, and that should be the way to handle citation for car rental. Tourists don’t know where in the world to pay for it. Glad that is all done and done for you. If one thing I learn from this vid is to not get a rental when I visit Italy.
Thanks like always good information ,
In the uk if you get a parking ticket from local authorities you pay but if it’s a private car park company it’s generally the thing not to pay.
"Where are you from? United States. England?" 🤣
I’m sorry for this ticket hope you are enjoy the next trips
Always watching ur #2 subscriber.FOS BLESS..
Welcome back to Albania. Watched you the first time you went to my home country. Enjoyed the Dhermi video the most. Love it when you jump in water for a swim.
One correction though, Tirana's population as of December 2021 is actually 912,190. Not your fault, the city is growing with about 30K every year.
Thanks, good to know. I guess Wikipedia needs to be updated.
I can't believe I'm actually in the same place you are at the same time! Monday is Summer Day holiday you should get out and get video of festivals.
You're moving around place to place quickly, maybe time for you to have a rest. But keep up your great work afterwards
You're too nice Sir lol I've been all over Europe and had parking tickets most just get ripped up 🥰
OMG - what a painful story...then that guy? UGH. Seems like you should have been able to hand the guy at the rental car joint the money for the ticket with the ticket and been done with it.
That would have been a great solution. But he clearly didn't want to deal with the ridiculousness either. If they were the ones who ultimately paid it then I would have been charged an extra 90 euros.
I feel your pain. I had a similar experience trying to order a magazine to Canada from Europe. They would not accept a credit card, and I was not able to send the $30 as a wire transfer with the IBAN info they provided, needed to get a lot of additional information - the address of the business, phone, bank name, address, account etc, etc. When I finally gathered all the info and entered everything into the online form, I wasn't able to complete the transaction because apparently the minimum amount that can be sent is $100. What a joke, I was so mad!
Hi Eva. I think the problem with wire transfer comes from the american side of the atlantic ocean. In europa the IBAN/SWIFT-System was invented to transfer money easly between bank accounts & countrys. For money transfer you online need the IBAN-number and the amount of money. All other informations are optional. Normaly there are 3 optinal fields in a transfer form:
The receiver - for you personal information so you can easly find this transaction in your transaction list.
The BIC/SWIFT-number of the bank but this information is also in the IBAN-number
The comment field - This is for informations like customer number or this gabriel case the number of license platt or your order number for the magazin.
In europe credit cards are not very popular. Mostly the people use debit cards because it is cheaper then credit cards.
But an online shop without any additional paying methods is very suspicious. Maybe it was scam or an old "abandoned online shop"....
Italy is terrible when it comes to paying for their road fines. I had a bad experience with a speeding fine and it took me a while to get sorted. I got caught with a speeding camera in Sicily and obviously couldn’t pay it while I was there. Just a nightmare.
I went thru a similar experience with a camera driven speeding ticket in Italy several years ago....ended up paying big fine for being late....Used to own a hat like yours...bought at a local fare...dog ate a hole in it. Loved that hat....wish I could find another.
I got the hat in Tbilisi, Georgia if you want to find another one. Love it, fits perfect, nice and warm.
Playa del Carmen parking is in coins. I remember it took me around 15 to 25 mins to figure it out. The cops love to ticket you or you pay them off-according to locals.
Omg it’s a bad experience good to know thanks Gabriel,
Hi Gabe, the parking ticket story is hilarious! I can relate, because I have also traveled to alot of countries..I have a crazy train story from Eueope..but this reminds me alot of how things work in Mexico.I go there alot..Take it easy..
9 days for a wire transfer in the US? in the same time instant payments are made all over Europe , which takes about 10 seconds. till now it was an unbelievable full 1 day to transfer money.
Gabriel's international misadventure.
If you get a ticket in Albania. A post office would help you pay that, western union, or other financial agencies.
Why didn't you pay with Monopoli money?
Haha, good one.
Gabe could have bought Baltic Avenue, Marvin Gardens, St.Charles Place, and Boardwalk with all his Monopoli $.
I wondered about this payment issue. Can I open a bank account in Italy so I can transfer money from my American bank? What if I have a Santandard Bank account in America but its a Spain company bank?
We love Albania.
SPEEDING TICKET CHARGE TO RENT A CAR AND RENT A CAR CHARGE TO YOUR DEBIT CARD
How did you move around the balkans countries? Did you drive? I’m having a hard time finding any buses or trains that cross borders. I’ve only found a flight from Bologna to Podgorica.
See here: th-cam.com/video/wT_2auZc37A/w-d-xo.html I didn't rent a car in Albania or Kosovo, but I did in Croatia, Serbia and Macedonia.
@@GabrielTravelerVideos got it thank you 🙏 I’m traveling to Malta 🇲🇹 and San Marino 🇸🇲 in June and I’m still finishing up my itinerary for the summer.
A friend was stopped at Immigration at JFK when they said there was a warrant for his arrest due to unpaid auto tickets from a trip 2 years before. He didn't even know about them. Once he paid and made a statement they let him in. It does seem that rental cars are a nightmare for any tickets especially when you are trying to pay/know know about them. Area of scams I guess. Paying by credit/debit card would be the obvious option as any traveller most likely has one.
Albania seems very nice country
Did you notice all the birds started chirping when Gabriel said that was the end of the story. Were they cheering?
Yeah our birds do understand English
hi Gabriel im from Philippines. can i request you travel to transylvania thank you
Hi, see here: th-cam.com/users/gabejedmosearch?query=Transylvania
Don’t forget your promised return to Verona.
Wow G, keep us informed if anything happens. You would think the car hire place would take your payment and pay the fine.
Gabriel, when you say had fast internet speeds at the hotel, please expound on what you typically see as fast internet in your travels.
I don't usually check actual speeds, I just go on a combination of how quick it is to surf the internet and how quickly a video uploads. I do show the actual speed in an upcoming video of Italy. But that's in one of my videos that I won't be editing until sometime later. At my hotel in Tirana then a video would upload in an hour or two, which isn't super fast but is still pretty good compared to the genuinely slow places where it might take days to upload. It's quite common while traveling to have crazy slow speeds in which it can take a day or two or more to get a video uploaded. So when it happens in a few hours you're stoked.
You can use Wise (formerly Transferwise) to make international payments. Quick and cheap…
I felt the frustration, what a joke for it to be in 2022 so complicated! Just have a pay pal some credit card option to be paid
Speaking of which.. (after watching your video from Corsica) you just passed (at 5.34 + 6.26) two of the 173371 constructed concrete war bunkers made in Albania from 1960-1980'ties. Devil is in the details
Albania is amazing! Crazy story -- hopefully you can save the screen shots of the interaction with the police officer in whatsapp & save the screen shots of the payment that you sent with your bank. If they charge your credit card - dispute the charge and show them the screenshots. Should be all good!
I got a fine in Greece once for €100 and also had my licence confiscated, apparently i was driving down the wrong way on a one way street but of course there was absolutely no indication it was a one way street, lots of hassle trying to get my licence back as like you i was leaving the island Samos that night, since then i have never rented a car while travelling again, on top of the hassle of something going wrong with the car you end trying to dodge an obstacle course with all the potential fines, parking, speeding etc etc, i find it just causes me so much stress that every time i drop it back it feels like a weight off my shoulders, your story was very interesting and sounds exactly like the situation i had although my problem was trying to get my drivers licence back
Gabe wow ..personally I would have cancelled my credit card therefore rental company cannot charge the ticket....you tried so much to pay too much bureaucracy.......I have many credit cards when I travel
Italians really made your life hard. If you transfered 29,40 EUR to renting company or any of employees and they payed the ticket in your name in Italy....... Really rude behaviour. They could really help you out but obviously they are not that kind of people.
It’s funny you mention getting a parking ticket in playa del Carmen, I was there for a week about ten years ago now and rented a scooter at my resort and took it during the day thru the town and I got nervous and eventually returned it a day early because I drove past three or four separate instances in the same day around the town of police having stopped tourist rental cars and one scooter. Everyone knows there are some of the shadiest police in Mexico anywhere in the world and I figured they were on the hunt to make some money that day and were just pulling over any tourist they saw driving. I felt lucky as if I drove by after the police traps were already sprung and did not want to push my luck! Lol I high tailed it back to my resort entrance which had the usual military checkpoint for security and thankfully made it back because as I was coming out of a round about to the street my hotel was on a police vehicle stared me down hard that was parked in the middle. I gave a friendly nod and a smile and could tell they were hesitating but knew I was driving towards the resorts which were less than a kilometer away. Needles to say my heart was pounding until I made it thru the resort checkpoint. I love Mexico but it’s not a place reccomend renting personal transport and instead take Ubers and buses/taxis when not inside resort areas.
I love Albania and it's people. There is so much to see, so why the hurry? You cannot miss Gjirokaster, Sarande, Dhermi, the Valbona Valley and so much more. I spent 2 weeks there and it was not nearly enough time.
I visited Dhermi and other places in Albania on my last trip: th-cam.com/video/xq7H3HLzx5k/w-d-xo.html
Great cautionary tale. Blow off the flight and stay in Italia and pay the ticket in person, my take away
Gab! Next time you can use transfer wise for international payments. It’s convenient, fast and has very low fees ;)
I wouldn't worry about the ticket, if there is a charge made on your card, you have the proof you wired the money and a WhatsApp trail to show you did everything required, and that change should be refunded
half way through your story I lost the will to live
Hi Gabriel,
I wondered do you have to buy a sim card for each country you travel too
Or are there region wide sim cards for Europe?
He uses an American T-Mobile simcard
I didn't hear the whole story but if you didn't I would suggest calling the rental company. I personally am a little bit stubborn and would fight those tickets as they are predatory and lack basic due process.
The simplest possible solution to parking ticket was that the car rental company accepted around $ 30 and paid it to the authority, no?
At 11:38 I explained that if I did that I would be charged an extra 90 euros.
Bank transfers often takes several days..