Is there a duty free shop in the arrivals area before leaving the airport

[janftica]

Is there any way to grab a bottle of wine in the duty free shop in the arrivals area

before we get picked up by HAL ship transfer?

[*Miss G*]

Duty free can only be purchased at departure. You can always buy a wine travel bag and pack it in your checked luggage. That's always cheaper than duty free.

[Tampa Girl]

Duty free can only be purchased at departure. You can always buy a wine travel bag and pack it in your checked luggage. That's always cheaper than duty free.

 

But be sure to transfer it to your carryon when you arrive at the port.

[OVgirl]

They might have wine at the duty free store at your departure airport. Then you can carry it onto the plane.

[sail7seas]

Which airport, are you fly ing international?

[Kamloops50]

If your buying wine in the terminal at duty free. You'll be required to supply an outbound flight that is leaving the US. They then bring the duty free to the boarding gate for pick up.

[Keith1010]

Need a bit more information to answer your question as sail7seas correctly mentioned.

 

Keith

[janftica]

we are flying Toronto to Fort Lauderdale, but we have the ship transfer picking us up so don't think they would stop at the Total Wine place before dropping us off at the ship? I was wondering if I should just buy the bottle at departure lounge in Toronto before going on the plane, then we get it as we leave the plane in FL right? I can carry it on in the dutyfree bag then to the ship. Would this work?

[Tampa Girl]

At the Tampa airport on our London departures, I have always seen the alcohol purchases brought to the departure gate by the duty free shop.

[navybankerteacher]

No, there is not. A duty free shop is one where you can purchase something just before you LEAVE a country without paying import duty because you obviously will not be using it in that country.

 

The duty free concept does not apply because you are leaving the airport, it applies because you are leaving the country.

[Lady Arwen]

we are flying Toronto to Fort Lauderdale, but we have the ship transfer picking us up so don't think they would stop at the Total Wine place before dropping us off at the ship? I was wondering if I should just buy the bottle at departure lounge in Toronto before going on the plane, then we get it as we leave the plane in FL right? I can carry it on in the dutyfree bag then to the ship. Would this work?

The ship transfer is a bus/van that holds a lot of people going to your ship and sometimes other ships docked in Port Everglades. No, they would not be able to make a stop for you to buy wine. You could buy the wine in the duty free shop in Toronto, but I can tell you, the selection is not the best, nor are the prices. You would be better off purchasing some wine on the HAL website (go to your reservation and you will see how to do this). The quality of wine and the prices are about the same as what we pay in Ontario for a similar class of wine. If you want to take only the good stuff, you could always pack it very carefully in your checked luggage. We always go to Ft. Lauderdale one or two days early, so we have plenty of time to pick up our wine before we board.

[roberts2005]

No, there is not. A duty free shop is one where you can purchase something just before you LEAVE a country without paying import duty because you obviously will not be using it in that country.

 

The duty free concept does not apply because you are leaving the airport, it applies because you are leaving the country.

Not always true. Many countries allow you to purchase duty free when you arrive. Tahiti is one example.

[harrodsfan]

No, there is not. A duty free shop is one where you can purchase something just before you LEAVE a country without paying import duty because you obviously will not be using it in that country.

 

 

 

The duty free concept does not apply because you are leaving the airport, it applies because you are leaving the country.

 

 

 

Actually at London Heathrow there is a duty free shop as you leave baggage claim in terminal 5 for international flights. Of course only for international flyers.

 

 

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[Stratheden]

No, there is not. A duty free shop is one where you can purchase something just before you LEAVE a country without paying import duty because you obviously will not be using it in that country.

 

The duty free concept does not apply because you are leaving the airport, it applies because you are leaving the country.

 

In Melbourne, Australia there is a duty free store at the airport before you go through customs. You are able to buy perfume, alcohol and a few other things before you enter the country. We always buy alcohol for home when we get off our international flights. IIRC there is also one in Sydney