Bringing Food from States to Aruba?

[jasta]

Wow! Thanks everyone. I will be packing away!

[angelone]

Hi, I bring frozen Pizza and meat pie and pack it with a Ice Pack and it stays in the bag and is still frozen when we get to our room plus we bring all kind of breakfast supplies.

[Pattyt]

We bring booze and lots of it in the checked luggage. A real money saver over the course of two weeks.

[Andrea J.]

for those that choose to do as pattyt does and bring lots of booze in checked luggage....be forewarned that aruba customs officers occasionally do spot checks of stuff coming in to aruba. if you have more than the allotment per person there will be a duty to pay.

Originally Posted by Pattyt

We bring booze and lots of it in the checked luggage. A real money saver over the course of two weeks.

[Arubalisa]

Originally Posted by Andrea J.

for those that choose to do as pattyt does and bring lots of booze in checked luggage....be forewarned that aruba customs officers occasionally do spot checks of stuff coming in to aruba. if you have more than the allotment per person there will be a duty to pay.

http://www.aruba.com/forum/f33/customs-37169/
Aruba Customs on Liquor

[Andrea J.]

ALLOWANCE DUTY FREE
1 litre of distilled beverages or 2.25 litres of wine or 3 litres beer

3 litres of beer isn't all that much is it?

[corona]

Are we allowed to bring in fresh fruit (ex. apples)?

Same rules for dried fruit, such as raisins?

Thanks.

Originally Posted by cindyo

Pack away...anything you can get into your suitcase is worth taking...except fruit I believe...We take coffee, granola bars, easy mac, blocks of cheese, english muffins, peanut butter, microwave popcorn, crackers, goldfish...

cindyo

[Pattyt]

Originally Posted by Andrea J.

for those that choose to do as pattyt does and bring lots of booze in checked luggage....be forewarned that aruba customs officers occasionally do spot checks of stuff coming in to aruba. if you have more than the allotment per person there will be a duty to pay.

Even if they did check your carry-on luggage(which they never have, even last November 2009). If they charged you a tariff of 21% on top of what you paid for the liquor in the states, it would still be far less expensive than buying in Aruba IMHO. I guess I've just been lucky the past few years

[cindyo]

The last time we went thru customs AFTER we had our suitcases they were questioning people with what they might want to report. We were lucky to have 4 of us so we were able to carry 4 bottles thru. Another behind us wasn't so lucky and had to pay $11.00 for each bottle over their allotment. There we were a couple and had 4 bottles, thus they paid 22.00....

[Andrea J.]

i think many of us have been lucky.

Originally Posted by Pattyt

Even if they did check your carry-on luggage(which they never have, even last November 2009). If they charged you a tariff of 21% on top of what you paid for the liquor in the states, it would still be far less expensive than buying in Aruba IMHO. I guess I've just been lucky the past few years