Hi Bondensbabe
There are lots of reasons why we might change hotels - including refurbishments, price changes and so on. Feedback is one possibility but I haven't heard of any problems with the previous hotel.
Just You will take into account many factors when deciding which flights to use - including frequency and cost of flights, departure airport and transfer times, to name just a few. So my colleagues will have concluded that the Zagreb flight is the best option for this holiday. The transfer time is around 3 hours.
Gatwick is the only flight option for this holiday, I'm afraid. We do try to offer regional flights where available so I imagine the flight times from other airports just didn't fit in with the rest of the holiday.
I hope you won't be put off, as Croatia is a beautiful country and well worth seeing. When I went I particularly liked Rovinj, and the chance to visit Venice on a day trip.
Kind regards,
Olly, your editor