Frequently Asked Questions

It is very simple! Send us your inquiry and book a free consultation with our manager. After, we will make an offer regarding right basic package for you also as an offer regarding the ideal venue and additional services. Once you choose the venue, the date and decide on the main details of the event, we will sign contract for providing wedding services and you will make payment of 30% of the total cost of the services. As soon as the money is transferred to our bank account, a client gets an official confirmation of booking the wedding services. The contract and advance payment guarantee the reservation and we will start with detail preparations of your celebration.

We did our best to make our basic packages as simple as possible for our clients. Our long experience allowed us to group requirements of our clients into 4 categories and develop the best basic package for each category. Clients who want to have just wedding for two of them – ELOPEMENT, clients who want to have an INTIMATE wedding with closest family, clients who want a classic CELEBRATION WITH FAMILY AND FRIENDS and clients who want to have a PREMIUM CELEBRATION.

Each group includes three basic packages – for SYMBOLIC ceremony, for OFFICIAL CIVIL ceremony and for a CHURCH ceremony. There is a very small difference in the price based on the different expenses for each of that ceremonies.  If you are not sure which package is right for you, you can contact our manager and she will help you choose the best option for you.

All wedding packages include minimal services and budget for wedding also as basic agency fee for an organisation and wedding coordination services. For any additional services, on top of basic package, the agency fee is 10%.

If none of the available packages suits you and you would like an individual wedding project, then organising and planning a wedding from scratch is possible and you can contact our manager to get an individual offer.

Our cost includes full organisation of the event from beginning to the end and full control of the event by our coordinators during all day. During the planing time, you will have all time support by our team and possibility to get answer on any question. We will prepare detail plan of the wedding day where will agree about all aspects of the day – timeline, layout, seating plan, decor plan, technical support… We are working with all suppliers and preparation of everything is needed for the perfect event. On the wedding day, our support includes personal control of every important moment of the day by our coordinators team, also as control of all services, suppliers, details, setup of the venue, controlling the timeline… 

With us, you can be completely relaxed and sure that your wedding day will go as you wanted and you can enjoy in celebration with your closest. 

Our basic packages consist minimal services for your wedding day. On top of that, there may be some additional costs regarding certain services and contractors depending on the selected services.
For example, some of these are: venue, transfer for the guests, food and drinks, firework, boat for photoshooting… or any other service that it is not included in the basic package but you want to have it.

DSA LLC has been registered in the Central Register of legal entities of Montenegro since 2006 and we have very good government company rating. We are working under the license № UP I 106-205/3 issued by the Ministry of Tourism of Montenegro.

Our company has more than a decade experience and plenty of positive reviews – published on the web site and social networks (Facebook & Instagram). DSA Weddings treasures its reputation, so any deception on our part is impossible.

Our team is ready to organise and support an event of any complexity. Our goal is that you and your guests remember your celebration with only positive and amazing memories that will stay with you whole life. Your positive feedback is the best reward for us!

No! This is why you have turned to us. You discuss all issues regarding the wedding with us and our job is to organize all contractors so that you get a high-quality final service. Of course, clients sometimes meet contractors, if necessary, to get to know each other before the wedding day and agree on certain details (for example, meeting with a videographer to discuss a scenario, a stylist to rehearse a bridal hairstyle and makeup, a host to discuss the scenario details).

It depends on the wedding ceremony scale and you. Some clients book everything remotely and come to Montenegro a few days before the wedding. Others come here in advance to choose a venue, taste and select the menu make a trial for hair and makeup and to discuss all important details in person. Citizens of some countries (Great Britain, for example) must come personally to the embassy for the wedding documents. Anyway, this decision is on you as we have good experience with planing whole wedding online without any personal meeting. 

Flowers are essential part of any wedding ceremony. Therefore, each package includes the basic wedding decoration. Each package includes a certain amount of money intended for decoration and clients can use it as they wish. You can choose any décor style and color palette. This amount is enough to get basic positions of the decor such as – bridal bouquet, groom boutonniere, ceremony area decor and simple decor on the tables for dinner.

Our team will prepare detail time line of the day depending on individual needs, so you will have a schedule minute by minute.
Anyway, some standard wedding day starts with preparations of the bride. After the breakfast, a stylist comes and starts doing the bridal makeup and hairstyle. It usually takes 3 hours. Before the hairstyle is finished, photographers and videographers arrive and start shooting the groom preparation. It takes about 1 hour. After that they will move to the bridal apartment and will have a bridal preparation shooting that will take another 2 hours. 

Then, there are two options of what happens next. The first, more popular, one is when the bride and groom meet in a beautiful location not far from the apartment, then go to the photoshoot on the location selected in advance (will take about 2-2,5 h). The second version is when the couple meets at the ceremony. The groom and guests arrive at the wedding venue beforehand and the groom waits for his bride at the altar. In this case, the photo-video shoot takes place after the wedding.

The ceremony lasts about 20 minutes. Guests arrive to the venue usually 45 minutes – 1 hour before the start. They have a welcome drink, a wedding planner helps them find their seats, guests walk around the venue, take photos and talk. After the ceremony, guests congratulate the newlyweds, the photoshoot with guests on the venue continues. Staying at the ceremony venue is usually for about an hour.

After the ceremony, guests usually go on the reception or cocktail hour where they can enjoy some cocktails and nice atmosphere before the dinner. The dinner is usually scheduled for 5-6-7 PM. The full banquet scenario is prepared beforehand and includes all details of the celebration: timings of the dinner, toasts, first dance, throwing a bridal bouquet and garter toss, cake cutting, party…. The banquet program usually lasts until 00.00 but on some venues there is a possibility to have an afterparty also until 2 am.

We fully manage the wedding day, start-to-finish (watch the timings, the contractors, logistics…), so you can relax and enjoy the celebration.

Requirements for documents may vary depending on the municipalities, but the main package of documents is here. If you are asking for a certain date, we contact the municipality, book this date for you, but we do not submit any documents to the municipality then, only the name and surname of the bride and groom to be.

3 months before the wedding date, you should start preparing the documents. The registry office of Montenegro accepts documents that are not older than 3 months. First, you should get a certificate that you are not married (the procedure for getting such certificate for British citizens is here) in the registry office or archive, get a recent birth certificate (citizens of the Russian Federation and other countries of the former USSR, that have the old type certificates, send just a copy). Please note that citizens of most countries can easily get a fresh extract with a copy of their birth certificate from the registry office, while the original document remains in the archives of the municipality in Montenegro. Electronic (scanned) copies of these documents must be sent to us via email at least 60 days before the marriage registration date. Then, documents are sent for translation to the court interpreter and the municipality. The registry office verifies the documents and may request additional documents if necessary. You should take originals of all documents to signing the protocol with you.

If you want an official wedding ceremony in Montenegro, you should come to the municipality a few days before the wedding date for data collection (to apply to the registry office to marry). What is it like? You come there with your wedding planner and translator. You should bring originals of previously submitted documents (a birth certificate; foreign passport; marriage ability certification; certificate(s) of divorce (if you were married before) with you. The registrar compares original documents with the copies submitted earlier, checks the ID. At the meeting, the registrar takes some originals of the provided documents. The bride and groom answer a few questions for statistical processing (education, profession, religion, nationality…). According to the law of Montenegro, such meeting is held 7 days before the wedding day, but sometimes this period can be reduced.

At the ceremony, there are a registrar, a deputy of the municipality (sometimes) and a court interpreter. The wedding ceremony lasts about 15-20 minutes.  It starts with reading paragraphs of the Family Code of Montenegro out loud. The registrar tells newlyweds their rights and legal responsibilities in marriage, then asks a question of choosing the surname. The newlyweds and witnesses sign in the registration book, the registrar reads out loud a poem of a famous poet about marriage. Then, the bride and groom are declared husband and wife. Newlyweds exchange rings, tell each other oaths if they want to and, of course, kiss. At this, the ceremony ends and guests congratulate the newlyweds.

After the official ceremony, you will get either an international or standard marriage certificate issued by the registry office of the municipality. Then, this marriage certificate is translated by the court interpreter (if necessary) and can be legalized.

As Montenegro (ex Yugoslavia republic) is a member of the 1961 Hague Convention, its official documents are recognized in more than 80 countries. Citizens of countries members of the the Hague Convention must have a marriage certificate stamped with an apostille (the list of countries is here). For citizens of the Russian Federation, certifying with an apostille is not required due to the Agreement on legal assistance in civil, family and criminal cases of  24.02.1962 between these two countries, according to which “documents issued or certified by a competent authority, signature and official seal in the territory of one of the Contracting Parties shall be accepted in the territory of the other Contracting party without legalization.” .

The original marriage certificate along with its certified copy may be submitted to the registry office at your place of residence.

For the Orthodox marriage, the bride and groom (and witnesses) must be baptized according to the Orthodox rite. They should provide a baptism certificate (for the bride and groom) to confirm that. The church wedding also requires a certificate that the bride and groom are not married (a certificate of absence of marriage record), but plan to register a marriage in the civil registry office (confirmation of submitting documents to the registry office) or are already legally married.

Church weddings are not held during fasting and some church holidays. One witness is enough for a church wedding. Before the ceremony, the priest must be provided with certain personal information and information about parents of the bride and groom. Church weddings are held in active churches and some monasteries.

The church wedding is not recognized by some states as a legal marriage, so the civil registration of marriage is required. The minimum age to marry is 18 years old.

The Catholic marriage can be held in all active churches in Montenegro. First of all, the bride and groom must be baptized in the Roman Catholic Church for that. You should contact your priest (in your city) and say that you plan to marry in Montenegro. He will start checking and preparing the required documents and then give written consent to your marriage in another city/country. When documents are ready, either your priest or you send the documents to us and to the priest, who will be marry you in Montenegro. You often need a baptism certificate and the priest checks if you are already married, whether you are in a relationship, whether the groom has given a celibate oath, etc.

The church wedding is not recognized by some states as a legal marriage, so the civil registration of marriage is required. The minimum age to marry is 18 years old.