What should I wear to Welcome Cocktail and Rehearsal Dinner?
The quintessential dilemma. We hear you. Dress code for Welcome Cocktail and Rehearsal Dinner is summer chic. This includes but is not limited to a simple summer dress for the ladies and dressy shorts/casual pants and a shirt for guys. Or the other way around. We don't judge. Predicted low is 64 and predicted high is 82.
What should I wear to the wedding?
For the wedding, please step it up a notch (NO SHORTS!). The dress code is beach formal, and examples can we found here. Please note that while all the images have a tie and a blazer, you are NOT required to wear one.
Cha-cheng! HAVE CASH ON YOU!
Welcome to Montenegro! The country that will take you back to simple (complicated) times when squareup, venmo and paypal were just fancy ideas. Because in Montenegro they are. Fancy people use fancy things like credit-cards, but knowing your adventurous selves, you'll end up on a wood boat in the Adriatic with a 60 year old fisherman with mustache who won't speak a word of English. But you know what he might understand? Yes! Cha-cheng. And the official cha-cheng they speak Montenegro is euro. So make sure to always have some on you. There will be an ATM at the airport and at your hotel and we strongly suggest you get some cash as soon as you can.
What should I say?
Montenegrins are very proud, outspoken and more than anything very direct people. The less you "Please", "May I" and "Could you" the more respect you will get. This is Balkans, people! And this is fantastic because you don't need to learn any linguistic finesse. Just use these common foreigner phrases:
Izvinite-Pardon me
Will my flat-iron work?
We know you'll need your titanium blow-driers, tourmaline ceramic curling irons and fully charged phones to take pictures (don't forget to #mericana) and the outlets are different in Montenegro. Please make sure to get a "southern european" adapter.
Gdje je... (Gdye ye)–Where is...
Maestral-Maestral
Aman-Aman
Milocer-King's beach
Sveti Stefan-Island
Treba mi... (treba me)-I need
taxi-cab
voda-water
konobar-waiter
racun-bill
Kako da se skinem sa ovog drveta?-Can you take me off this tree please?
Hvala-Thank you
Zivjeli-Cheers
Who can I talk to?
This is the most important part. Ana's family will be on the ground to help you navigate this exotic and old-fashioned landscape, but make sure you download viber (http://www.viber.com/en/) and add Ana's brother Pavle on it: +38267235599. This guys speaks great English and just loves to text! Feel free to hit him up with questions when you are lost, confused, sad, feeling left-out or in general just need to take things off your chest. (Actually if you need to get something off your chest, please text kuma Valentina (MoH) at +38267220017, she will show you how to man up Balkan style) . If you need help downloading viber please call Ana or Eric prior to August 28th.
For any questions regarding your room reservations at Splendid and Maestral you can contact our travel agent Andjela at +38267257087.
Important addresses
Montenegrins are not big fans of street names and numbers. Way too complicated. When your cab driver asks you where you are going just say "Maestral", "Splendid", "Sveti Stefan", "Milocer" etc. Have a safe trip!
Do I need a visa?
Not if you are the citizen of the United States, otherwise please check here: http://www.visit-montenegro.com/tourism/visas-and-montenegro-embassy/