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First time cruiser coming up in October. I have been reading so many reviews about the cheap prices of the liquor in the Eastern Carribean ports. Is there a limit on how many bottles you can purchase? And..the big question…how do I get it home? Packing it in my suitcase I think would be the only way.
The second is a page from a Duty Free store in the Virgin Islands. They put the answer in plain English for you. Here's a link (www.ahriise.com/Customs.html) and a quote from them:
U.S. residents 21 years of age and older can return to the mainland with four litres of liquor, duty free. Add a 5th litre duty free if it is a product made in the U.S. Virgin Islands! Compare this to the one-litre-per-person duty free limit outside the U.S. territory, including stores on board cruise ships.
U.S. resident may ship goods purchased in the U.S Virgin Islands (“unaccompanied purchases”) to the United States. Unaccompanied purchases are goods you bought on a trip that are being shipped to yourself in the United States. In this instance you may declare: Up to $1,600 worth duty free per person under your personal exemption if the merchandise is purchased in the USVI. An additional $1,000 worth of goods may be mailed dutiable at a flat rate of 1.5% percent.
I've also seen liquor packed up in shipping safe cardboard boxes at many airports. But keep in mind that most airlines are now charging for additional checked luggage so shipping the items back to the US or placing them inside your checked luggage with something like bubble wrap or a carboard protector might be better if you have room.
I thought I remembered that some airlines or maybe the TSA have restrictions on the “Proof” limits too. This is due to the flamibility of higher proof liquors. But I couldn't find it on the TSA page. They have a lot of information on duty free liquor. Have a great cruise!
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