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Define large? Norway, for example, allows only 2L of spirits or 200 cigarettes IIRC. If you're a heavy smoker that's less than a week. I believe Switzerland is

Define large? Norway, for example, allows only 2L of spirits or 200 cigarettes IIRC. If you're a heavy smoker that's less than a week. I believe Switzerland is similar. I don't smoke or drink, but I'd imagine that would be fairly easy to get tripped up by if you were travelling around Europe.

mijoharas 7y ago
New Zealand just changed their requirements to 50 cigarettes which means any normal "duty-free" pack you buy isn't allowed.
chrisseaton 7y ago
Litres of spirits and hundreds of cigarettes is not a normal thing to pack on a trip.
- esotericn 7y ago
  It might not be normal for you, or a huge percentage of trips, but it's certainly normal for people I know to bring food and drink on holiday. Certainly if you're driving around in a camper.
  - chrisseaton 7y ago
    I meant more that it’s not hard to avoid getting into any trouble by just never taking these things across borders, rather than trying to learn the rules. Nobody needs to move alcohol or tobacco - it’s always going to be available at your destination unless it’s banned in which case you still couldn’t import.
    - esotericn 7y ago
      YMMV, like I said. When I go on road trips I don't really think about what I'm taking; you "pack" for a flight or train journey from your home. It just happens to be the case that I don't drink or smoke. There are other restrictions like meat, plants, blah blah, the list goes on.
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    - aprvchndrs 7y ago
      > Nobody needs to move alcohol or tobacco - it’s always going to be available at your destination unless it’s banned in which case you still couldn’t import. This isn’t necessarily true. Many great whiskeys and spirits aren’t necessarily available to purchase in other countries. Another commenter mentioned the case of Japan. Many great whiskeys and sake produced in Japan aren’t available to buy in other countries. Apart from that there is a matter of taxes.
- detaro 7y ago
  I can easily see people bringing a few bottles of wine and beer on a 4-week caravan trip to a country where it's expensive to buy locally.
- csa 7y ago
  It really depends on the person. When I lived in Japan, I had access to very high end whisky and sake that was not available in the US. When I visited the US, I wanted to share some of this with my friends and family. One good bottle of sake is 1.75 liters. One good bottle of whiskey is 0.75 liters. It doesn’t take many bottles to surpass the limit, and the items were definitely unique enough to warrant bringing. If you start talking about things like Christmas presents, it starts getting nuts. All of your friends want you to being them the good stuff that they don’t have allocations for in the US.

mijoharas 7y ago

New Zealand just changed their requirements to 50 cigarettes which means any normal "duty-free" pack you buy isn't allowed.

chrisseaton 7y ago

Litres of spirits and hundreds of cigarettes is not a normal thing to pack on a trip.

esotericn 7y ago
It might not be normal for you, or a huge percentage of trips, but it's certainly normal for people I know to bring food and drink on holiday. Certainly if you're driving around in a camper.
- chrisseaton 7y ago
  I meant more that it’s not hard to avoid getting into any trouble by just never taking these things across borders, rather than trying to learn the rules. Nobody needs to move alcohol or tobacco - it’s always going to be available at your destination unless it’s banned in which case you still couldn’t import.
  - esotericn 7y ago
    YMMV, like I said. When I go on road trips I don't really think about what I'm taking; you "pack" for a flight or train journey from your home. It just happens to be the case that I don't drink or smoke. There are other restrictions like meat, plants, blah blah, the list goes on.
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  - aprvchndrs 7y ago
    > Nobody needs to move alcohol or tobacco - it’s always going to be available at your destination unless it’s banned in which case you still couldn’t import. This isn’t necessarily true. Many great whiskeys and spirits aren’t necessarily available to purchase in other countries. Another commenter mentioned the case of Japan. Many great whiskeys and sake produced in Japan aren’t available to buy in other countries. Apart from that there is a matter of taxes.
detaro 7y ago
I can easily see people bringing a few bottles of wine and beer on a 4-week caravan trip to a country where it's expensive to buy locally.
csa 7y ago
It really depends on the person. When I lived in Japan, I had access to very high end whisky and sake that was not available in the US. When I visited the US, I wanted to share some of this with my friends and family. One good bottle of sake is 1.75 liters. One good bottle of whiskey is 0.75 liters. It doesn’t take many bottles to surpass the limit, and the items were definitely unique enough to warrant bringing. If you start talking about things like Christmas presents, it starts getting nuts. All of your friends want you to being them the good stuff that they don’t have allocations for in the US.