When traveling abroad, you’ll likely encounter the duty-free store at the airport. In this video, we review what is duty-free, whether duty-free is a good deal, and share some tips when using the service.
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What has been your experience with duty-free shopping? Are you a fan or do you tend to avoid them? 😄
Useful and educational love, a flight attendant subscriber 💗
I've always known about 'em and how they work. I just use 'em as a last resort (i.e. convenience) and so it's OK if they're occasionally not the best deal on certain items. – Red
I don’t shop in Duty Free much – not much opportunity! I’ll add one more issue regarding a particular type of alcohol, namely Single Malt scotch whisky (my tipple of choice…). The distilleries are alive to their regular customers being upset at ‘cheaper’ whisky being available via duty free, so many of the distilleries produce slightly different products for sale at Duty Free shops worldwide. They’re probably perfectly good, representative products from the distillery, but they’re not exactly the same as the product retailed in normal shops. So you’re unlikely to find the standard expressions of the well-known malts in duty free.
Purchasing liquor at the duty free shop in the Aruba airport is a good deal. There is a 20% liquor tax if you buy it in Aruba local stores; unless you are buying their local brands. I don't think it's a good deal to buy it and take it back to the US.
Am always wary of Duty Free items mainly due to the lack of understanding of how it works and / or if I'm getting a deal out of it. However, my friend and I was in Europe and he bought a single malt scotch Duty Free since we both like single malt scotch. We did a medium haul flight and we were in economy for this segment (about 8 weeks in total for travel). Flight attendant on Lufthansa asked if wanted any drinks after takeoff. My buddy wanted a neat scotch (and ordered a scotch on the rocks for me) but they didn't have any. He pulled out the bottle in his bag and asked, can we have this? Her response was yes. She took it up front, opened it and served us during the entire flight.
I never purchase from a duty free store. However, it's not because I don't like them. I am retired military and I get all my alcohol on base, no taxes. And most military bases have imported liquors from most countries.
I purchased some Jo Malone fragrances at duty free in Gatwick. The prices were much cheaper than you find in the states.
Helpful travel tips! Especially about bringing back wine 👍🏻 Thanks!
Excellent video, Ernest!
I’ve never bought anything. I typically don’t need or want anything they offer and when traveling internationally it’s difficult to find you if you’re really getting a good deal.
Great video, I don't travel often internationally, but I do on occasion, and usually go to these stores, at least walk through them. You probably helped a ton of people with this video.
I'm a long time Duty Free veteran and owner of an online Duty Free guide called shoppair.com. This is one of the rare online descriptions of Duty Free which is actually accurate and obviously well researched. This is extremely well done and correct – congratulations!
From most of my friends and my wife, they all say the cosmestics in the duty free shop in T3 of Beijing Capital airport is the cheapest in the world. dunno if it is true or not.
I left a bag of expensive chocolates on the plane once too! But I realized that at the customs gate, went back to ask if someone picked it up and luckily a good samaritan found them and brought them to the gate. Was very lucky
What I had learn that alcohol and tobaccos products like cigarettes are the ones that really cheaper to purchase at duty free shops as these are heavily taxed items and are more expensive at local stores. Whenever I travel overseas, I often purchases spirits at duty free shops. Spirits sold at duty free are generally at 1liter size compared to local stores which 700ml size are generally sold. Last year when in KliA Airport Malaysia, a bottle of Jim Beam Bourbon 1liter size is sold at RM65 in contrast with 700ml size sold at RM170 at a local store. Such a big contrast with the price.
I was wondering if you could just get into a local airport, buy an item and just get back home? I never been to an airport but i know the shops at my airport have perfume brands that are not avalible in my country so i was wondering…
I bought a drink and they won't let me open it to check it. Read send mail that they gave me the wrong drink and according to they would return the money, I have been 3 weeks and they have not charged me anything, you speak on the phone and they hang up because according to they do not speak English or Spanish since they say they are in Brazil
you sharing a piece of good information but you speak too fast. and a big minus for people who watch your video.