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Does anyone know what HAL's present policy is about taking Wine on board?

In the past including last year you could.

Need to get the update.

Many thanks.:)

 

From the HAL website:

 

Revised Policy effective 1/31/14

 

Each guest 21 years and older may bring one bottle of wine or champagne (no larger than 750ml) onboard in carry-on luggage at the beginning of the voyage. This bottle will not be subject to a corkage fee if consumed in the stateroom. Additional wine or champagne bottles (no larger than 750ml) in carry-on luggage are welcome, but will incur a US$18.00 (subject to change) corkage fee each, irrespective of where they are intended to be consumed. Guests are not allowed to bring beer, boxed wine, or other liquors and spirits onboard. Holland America Line reserves the right to remove all alcoholic beverages from any guest luggage that violates this policy. Any alcoholic beverage found will be removed and returned on the last evening of the voyage. Guests will not receive any monetary compensation for alcoholic beverages that were removed from luggage.

 

Wine and champagne bottles (no larger than 750ml) purchased in ports of call are welcome to be brought onboard subject to a US$18.00 (subject to change) corkage fee each, irrespective of where they are intended to be consumed. Alternatively guests can choose to have these bottles stored and returned on the last evening of the voyage at no charge.

 

All other alcoholic beverages that are purchased in ports of calls as well as all alcoholic beverages purchased from onboard shops will be stored and returned on the last evening of the voyage at no charge.

 

In-Room Dining offers reduced-price stateroom beverage packages for in-stateroom consumption of alcoholic beverages (a 15% Service Charge on all beverage items and packages with beverages will be added).

http://www.hollandamerica.com/cruise-vacation-planning/PlanningAndAdvice.action?tabName=Shipboard+Life&contentMenu=Onboard+Policies&contentSubMenu=Can+I+Bring+Alcoholic+Beverages+Onboard?

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jaspersmycat

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You can bring on as much as you can carry-on (no boxes and no bottles larger than 750 ml). No wine in checked baggage.

 

The first bottle per guest is "free". All additional bottles are charged $18 corkage fee. This will take place after check-in and somewhere around the security scan area.

 

If the "free" bottle is drunk in the cabin, it remains free. If taken to a public space or Dining area, the $18 corkage will be charged.

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dateacher

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We were on HAL on July 30. There was no set up to check for wine. We had two bottles in our suitcases and just told them. They didn't seem to care. They did charge us the corkage in the MDR when we brought them with us to dinner but if we had been in the cabin drinking it, they wouldn't have known how many bottles we had.

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SilvertoGold

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We were on HAL on July 30. There was no set up to check for wine. We had two bottles in our suitcases and just told them. They didn't seem to care. They did charge us the corkage in the MDR when we brought them with us to dinner but if we had been in the cabin drinking it, they wouldn't have known how many bottles we had.

 

Were you out of Vancouver?

Looks as if this is a "free" port, or sometimes, anyways.

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SilvertoGold

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Yes, it was Vancouver. I only asked them about it because I was afraid they would find it and take it from us. I was always prepared to pay the corkage.

 

Exactly what we thought. The Red Coats had no interest and just shooed us on.

 

How weird that some enforce this policy strictly and some don't even bother.

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sail7seas

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There is some sort of marker they put on the bottle and your on board account would show any corkage fees that were charged. Anyone wishing to check, needs only to go to the nearest computer and check your account.

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POA1 "Live from...." Rare

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Just wondering how the restaurants know that your wine was corkage-paid or non when you bring a bottle with you? We plan on bringing both types on board.

Thanks!

There was a sticker to indicate that corkage was paid. If you took five bottles of wine onto the ship and paid corkage on 3 of them, the three would have stickers. The two "free" allotment bottles would not. If you took a "free" bottle to dinner, you would pay corkage in the restaurant.

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GeriatricNurse

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You can bring on as much as you can carry-on (no boxes and no bottles larger than 750 ml). No wine in checked baggage.

 

The first bottle per guest is "free". All additional bottles are charged $18 corkage fee. This will take place after check-in and somewhere around the security scan area.

 

If the "free" bottle is drunk in the cabin, it remains free. If taken to a public space or Dining area, the $18 corkage will be charged.

 

If one takes their "free" bottle to the Promenade Deck and sits in a lounger drinking it, how does the $18 corkage fee work? :confused:

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POA1 "Live from...." Rare

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If one takes their "free" bottle to the Promenade Deck and sits in a lounger drinking it, how does the $18 corkage fee work? :confused:

It's always the same. They have your $18. You don't. If you are somewhere that there's a beverage steward, they will open it and serve you. If you decide to drink your wine some random location (hallways, elevators, one of those little benches outside the Queen's Lounge, etc.) you're on your own.

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If one takes their "free" bottle to the Promenade Deck and sits in a lounger drinking it, how does the $18 corkage fee work? :confused:
Most likely nothing would be said - but if you took a bottle to anywhere that stewards ordinarily walk around taking drink orders that would be a different matter. Edited by catl331
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POA1 "Live from...." Rare

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It's always the same. They have your $18. You don't. If you are somewhere that there's a beverage steward, they will open it and serve you. If you decide to drink your wine some random location (hallways, elevators, one of those little benches outside the Queen's Lounge, etc.) you're on your own.

Sorry. I misread your question. As long as you are not taking your free bottle to the dining room, restaurants, or a bar, I don't think anyone would notice.

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