Last updated: September 14, 2026
1. What Are Cookies?
Cookies are small text files a website stores on your device. Websites can also store information in your browser’s local storage. In this policy, “cookies” covers both. Some cookies are needed for the site to work; the rest are used only if you agree.
2. Your Choices
On your first visit, a banner asks whether we may use statistics and marketing cookies. “Accept all” and “Reject all” are equally easy, and “Manage preferences” lets you decide per category. Until you choose, we use only strictly necessary cookies.
You can change or withdraw your consent at any time with Cookie preferences at the bottom of every page. When you withdraw consent, we stop using those cookies and delete the ones set on our own domain (listed in section 3).
We remember your choice for 182 days and then ask again. We also ask again if we start using a new kind of cookie.
3. Cookies We Use
3.1 Strictly Necessary Cookies
These make the site work and cannot be switched off. We use them because they are needed to provide the service you asked for.
| Name | Purpose | Duration |
|---|---|---|
mne_consent | Stores your cookie choice and a random consent ID | 182 days |
NEXT_LOCALE | Remembers the language you are reading in | Until you close your browser |
theme | Remembers light or dark mode, if you pick one | 1 year |
__Secure-better-auth.session_token | Keeps you signed in, across montenegro.com and its subdomains | 30 days |
__Secure-better-auth.session_data | Short-lived copy of your sign-in session, so pages load faster | 5 minutes |
sidebar_state | Remembers whether the dashboard sidebar is open (signed-in hosts only) | 7 days |
oauth_state_facebook, oauth_state_instagram | Protects connecting a Facebook or Instagram account against forgery (hosts only) | 10 minutes |
3.2 Features That Store Data on Your Device
Some features remember information in your browser’s local storage. That information stays on your device and is not used for statistics or advertising.
| Name | Purpose | Duration |
|---|---|---|
mncom:recently-viewed | Properties you viewed recently (up to 12), so you can find them again | Until you clear site data |
mncom:saved-searches | Searches you choose to save (up to 10) | Until you clear site data |
mncom:script | Whether you chose Latin or Cyrillic for the Montenegrin pages | Until you clear site data |
compare-properties | Properties you add to a comparison (up to 4) | Until you clear site data |
mne-trip-v1 | Places you add to your trip plan | Until you clear site data |
mncom:push-optin | Whether you turned on browser notifications | Until you clear site data |
mncom:property-wizard-draft | A property listing you have started but not finished (hosts) | Until you clear site data |
pwa-first-visit | Records your first visit so the “install the app” hint is not shown to new visitors | Until you clear site data |
3.3 Statistics Cookies (Only With Your Consent)
These tell us how many people visit and which pages and destinations they read, so we can improve them. They are never used to show you adverts.
| Name | Provider | Purpose | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|
_ga | Google Analytics | Tells visits from different browsers apart, so visits are counted once | 2 years |
_ga_<ID> | Google Analytics | Keeps track of the current visit | 2 years |
If you do not consent, we still send Google Analytics a basic signal for each page view, without setting or reading any cookie and without an identifier from your device (Google Consent Mode). Google uses these signals only to estimate overall visitor numbers.
3.4 Marketing Cookies (Only With Your Consent)
These show us which adverts lead to visits and bookings, and let us show our adverts to people who have visited the site.
| Name | Provider | Purpose | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|
_gcl_au | Google Ads | Connects your visit to an advert you clicked, to measure bookings from our ads | 90 days |
_gcl_aw | Google Ads | Stores the click ID when you arrive from a Google advert | 90 days |
With your consent, Google may also use its own cookies on its domains (such as google.com and doubleclick.net) to measure adverts and build remarketing audiences. Google explains this in How Google uses information from sites that use its services.
If you do not consent, no marketing tags are loaded.
3.5 Third-Party Services Built Into Pages
Some features are provided by other companies, which may set their own cookies when you use that feature:
| Provider | Purpose | When |
|---|---|---|
| Stripe | Card payment and fraud prevention; sets __stripe_mid (1 year) and __stripe_sid (30 minutes) | Only on a booking payment page |
| Cloudflare Turnstile | Checks that a form is sent by a person, not a bot | On sign-in, sign-up and contact forms |
| YouTube (privacy-enhanced mode) | Plays embedded videos; YouTube may store information on your device once you press play | When you play a video |
| Matterport | Shows 3D virtual tours | When you open a virtual tour |
Maps on this site use OpenStreetMap data and set no cookies.
4. Record of Your Consent
When you make or change a choice, we keep a record of it so we can show that consent was given, as the GDPR requires (Article 7(1)). Each record contains:
- the random consent ID stored in your
mne_consentcookie; - whether it was your first choice or a change, and which categories you accepted;
- the version of the consent request, the site language and the page you were on (the address only, without anything after a “?”);
- the date and time;
- your IP address with the last part removed (for example 203.0.113.0 instead of 203.0.113.77), the country it points to, and your browser’s identification string (user agent).
The record is not linked to your account or your name. We keep it for three years, then delete it automatically. We keep it to meet our legal obligation to be able to demonstrate consent (GDPR Article 6(1)(c)) and, where needed, to establish or defend legal claims (Article 6(1)(f)).
To ask about records of your consent, contact us at the address below. Because records are not tied to your name, we may ask for the consent ID stored in your browser to find them.
5. Managing Cookies in Your Browser
You can also block or delete cookies in your browser settings. Blocking strictly necessary cookies may stop parts of the site, such as signing in, from working.
- Chrome: Settings > Privacy and security > Third-party cookies
- Firefox: Settings > Privacy & Security > Cookies and Site Data
- Safari: Settings > Privacy > Manage Website Data
- Edge: Settings > Cookies and site permissions
6. Do Not Track
This site does not currently respond to Do Not Track or Global Privacy Control signals. To refuse statistics and marketing cookies, use the cookie banner or Cookie preferences in the footer.
7. Changes to This Policy
We update this policy when the cookies we use change. The date at the top shows the latest version. If a change affects what you agreed to, we ask for your consent again.
8. Contact
For questions about cookies or your consent records, contact privacy@montenegro.com.