message4u Posted February 24, 2023 #1 Share Posted February 24, 2023 First time on HAL...Amsterdam on 3/26. How does it work when you carry-on bottles of wine ...do they charge you $20 right at the port when you carry it on? Anyone had experience with this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare VMax1700 Posted February 24, 2023 #2 Share Posted February 24, 2023 You sign a charge slip and it is charged to your onboard account. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GirlGoneTexan Posted February 24, 2023 #3 Share Posted February 24, 2023 My experience has been: at the port there is a table where they count your bottles and put stickers on them showing you paid corkage. They charge it to your onboard account. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
misha1 Posted February 24, 2023 #4 Share Posted February 24, 2023 New to Holland so garnering info as best as I can...how many bottles can you bring on and how much is corkage fee? This is assessed even if enjoying in stateroom only? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveOKC Posted February 24, 2023 #5 Share Posted February 24, 2023 23 minutes ago, misha1 said: New to Holland so garnering info as best as I can...how many bottles can you bring on and how much is corkage fee? This is assessed even if enjoying in stateroom only? Yes, $20 per bottle no matter where you drink it. Long gone are the days of free in-room wine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CruiserBruce Posted February 24, 2023 #6 Share Posted February 24, 2023 The "how many" question has a vague answer..." a reasonable quantity". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcrcruiser Posted February 24, 2023 #7 Share Posted February 24, 2023 Now that HAL is charging the $20 corkage fee per bottle at the pier on 2 bottles of wine ,we hardly think it worth while to carry it all the way & the possibility of breakage . Perhaps a wine package purchase on board would be a better deal all around Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare VMax1700 Posted February 24, 2023 #8 Share Posted February 24, 2023 A medium good wine purchased ashore and taken onboard is still good value, even with the $20 per bottle corkage, compared to the price of a medium good wine onboard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RuthC Posted February 24, 2023 #9 Share Posted February 24, 2023 2 hours ago, mcrcruiser said: Now that HAL is charging the $20 corkage fee per bottle at the pier on 2 bottles of wine , A $20/750 ml bottle is charged on EVERY bottle, not just two. If you bring 7 bottles aboard, then you will be charged $140. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
misha1 Posted February 25, 2023 #10 Share Posted February 25, 2023 Soooo...no limit to numbers of bottles, cuz what might be "reasonable" to one is "unreasonable" to the next Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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