buying cigarettes onboard????

[brwneyez424]

Going on the paradise in 2 weeks... does anyone know how much the cigarettes are onboard and if they still give the discount for buying 5 cartons at once???? Thanks for the help :-)

[jessemon]

$80......For 5 cartons.

[kujobie]

Buy them ASAP. I've seen popular brands sell out the first night.

[Edeno]

Is this deal available on all carnival ships? like maybe the Splendor? I don't smoke, but my dad & brother do & this sounds like a great deal!

 

thanks!

 

Edeno

[big_duck]

Is this deal available on all carnival ships? like maybe the Splendor? I don't smoke, but my dad & brother do & this sounds like a great deal!

 

thanks!

 

Edeno

 

Yes.

 

It is a great deal, however be advised it exceeds duty free allowances.

[kujobie]

Yes.

 

It is a great deal, however be advised it exceeds duty free allowances.

 

Unless you're cruising with 5 people over 21. When we cruise with friends or relatives who don't smoke, we just have them each claim a carton. Or, as in our case, we buy the 5 carton special and usually end up with only 2 cartons by the end of a 7 day cruise, so we're still under the allowance..

[littlesnit]

Just got off the Triumph yesterday.

5 cartons - $120.

[Vidimom]

Got off the Glory yesterday and they only had a few brands available. Marlboro reds and lights and a few Benson & Hedges. No menthol at all! They were $24.95 per carton or 2 for $45.00 Didn't price the 5 pack but found out that the duty tax on over 1 carton per person is .80 cents a pack or $8.00 a carton. Only allowed one carton per person. People were buying them like crazy so supplies are very limited on board. If you smoke a certain brand, bring your own just in case you can't find what you want.

[amistad]

On the Liberty they were 99.00 for the 5 cartons, but all they had on our sailing was Marlboro.

[howard6933]

Isn't there some sort of limits for bringing cigarettes into the U.S. that you buy on the

ship? I do believe that cigarettes are less expensive if you happen to be going to St.

Thomas and also the allowance is higher than if bought on the ship. It's like that for

liquor......buying on the ship only one bottle is allowed, but if bought in St. Thomas the

allowance goes to five bottles. ;)

[ladycaveat]

Going on the paradise in 2 weeks... does anyone know how much the cigarettes are onboard and if they still give the discount for buying 5 cartons at once???? Thanks for the help :-)

 

Just got off the Freedom and I paid $44.00 for two cartons . . . .

[brwneyez424]

Thank you all :)

[Edeno]

Anybody ever just stashed the cartons in your checked luggage? Do you think it would get searched? Is it just Random searches they do upon disembarkation? Would it be better to carry them off in a carry-on bag? Thanks!

 

Edeno

[littlesnit]

It's probably just luck of the draw as far as being searched. On 6 cruises, I've never had carryons searched on the way out and haven't noticed any sign that my checked luggage was searched.

 

Maybe others have had different experiences.

[jimjamxx]

Anybody ever just stashed the cartons in your checked luggage? Do you think it would get searched? Is it just Random searches they do upon disembarkation? Would it be better to carry them off in a carry-on bag? Thanks!

 

Edeno

 

I have always 'just stashed the cartons in my checked luggage". Never have I had a problem over the last 10 years or so of cruising.

JimmyJames

PS> Various cruise lines.

[StillPooh]

So you stash them in your luggage and lie when the customs officer asks if you have anything to declare?

[jimjamxx]

So you stash them in your luggage and lie when the customs officer asks if you have anything to declare?

Yes>

JimmyJames

[lccruiser2006]

So you stash them in your luggage and lie when the customs officer asks if you have anything to declare?

 

Customs usually asks if you had a good vacation. We always pack them in luggage, hubby had a hissy fit our first cruise when we found out we were over the custom limit. No problems ever, knock wood, but if we had to pay duty free I would. Mexican cigs do taste different fyi. Cheap, but different.