How much liquour

goin_south says on Jan 28, 2007, 20:43:

from where? and, how much do you think you need/want to bring?

and, thank you.

Mr. Hollywood says on Jan 28, 2007, 21:20:

This question Reminds me a lot of the word problems on the SAT. If Pedro has a fastboat he's trying to get back to Barranquilla from Haiti, and it holds 500 gallons of gasoline, how many cases of rum can he put in the cabin and still make 50 MPH?

Robert Jorge says on Jan 28, 2007, 21:26:

I would like to hear a serious answer. I am bringing back gifts, and I too would like to know what I am allowed to pack before huge tarriffs are levied.

--"I believe in making the world safe for our children. But not for our children's children, because I don't think that children should be having sex." - Jack Handy

goin_south says on Jan 28, 2007, 21:36:

I think likely you can bring as much as you can safely put in your suitcase...The ones you are checking on. Not the carry-ons.
By 'safely', I mean... packing it so it does not break the bottles. But, then again, you have to keep in mind, the limits of weight for each piece of luggage. Bottles of booze weigh alot more than clothes. And/but, I only take two small (14" x 21" x 10") check-on suitcases when I travel, along with one or two carry-ons.
I wasn't even thinking of that, the last trip, and I believe I put equivalent of about two litre bottles of wine in each piece that I checked in. No one said anything, along the way. No problems.

and, thank you.

Robert Jorge says on Jan 28, 2007, 22:01:

Cool. I never have been able to get a definitive answer to this question. I asked the same question about bringing booze into the US. I never got a straight answer, so I packed 6 fifths of ron in my suitcases. Nobody cared. I declared them, and expected to pay a tax, but I was even told to bypass the customs tables when I landed in Miami. I guess I'll do the same thing when I go to Bogota in 3 weeks. I am going to pack as much whiskey as I can jam in my suitcases (safely), and see what happens. It is so expensive in Colombia, it seems like it would make great gifts for the male relatives. For the female relatives, it will be lotions and clothes.

--"I believe in making the world safe for our children. But not for our children's children, because I don't think that children should be having sex." - Jack Handy

Mario says on Jan 29, 2007, 05:43:

Delta I had a hard shell suitcase with two bottles of wine and several bottles of jalapeño bar-b-q sause inside. The case weighed in at 78#. Lady at the desk said "that will be $100.00 in overweight fees for that case". I told her "It's Christmas - the reindeer never charged Santa for being overweight". She just looked at me, totally humorless and repeated what she had said. Then she said that if I could take some things out and transfer them to another bag and get the weight to 70# or less, it would be $25.00. I took out 2 gift-wrapped boxes of bottled sauce and weighed them. 8.2#, just enough. Into the big pockets on the garment bag with them. Paid the $25.00 and left, wondering if the bottles would stay in one piece. In Bogota, both boxes in the garment bag were sans gift wrap, but OK. They even saved the gift wrap for me, crumpled, torn and left in a different pocket in the bag. The other 2 boxes which were identical and still in the hard case were untouched. Nothing broke either. I did pop a can of Brava beer in the garment bag on the way back to Houston though. Never use wire coat hangers. Oh, and never fly Delta.


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Robert Jorge says on Jan 29, 2007, 10:03:

Mario, you were lucky that the airlines allowed you to switch stuff from one bag to another at that point. Before my dad retired, he traveled a lot for work. He told me that twice, he had a suitcase slightly overweight, and at that time they did not allow him to shuffle the stuff to make weight. He had to pay the fine or fee. He later complained and got money back - but it sure upset him at the airport. I'll ask which airlines later. I know it happened once in Mardrid, and once in Frankfurt.

--"I believe in making the world safe for our children. But not for our children's children, because I don't think that children should be having sex." - Jack Handy

MedellinViking says on Jan 29, 2007, 21:22:

US to Medellin I found out the hard way that only 5 liters of liquor are allowed in your checked bags. I was paged and had to go back to retrieve a bottle. I already had 2 half gallons in my carry-on but another fifth passed with no problem, this being a couple of years ago, before the liquid laws that are in effect now. Customs in Medellin have never said anythng about the booze, and in the last 4 years I have averaged about 10-11 trips through customs. So if you like bourbon or nice tequilas bring them with you.

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goin_south says on Jan 29, 2007, 22:47:

I don't really understand how you could check 5 or more litres in one luggage.....safely. and under weight limits. dunkopf.

dos pesos mio,... pequito de nada

and, thank you.

MedellinViking says on Jan 30, 2007, 08:04:

Galiceto get a brain 1 liter of liquor weighs less than 2 pounds. Depending on whether it is in a glass or plastic bottle you have between 2.5 to 5 pounds / bottle. At the maxmum this is 25 pounds for 5 liters. If you are packing half gallons the weight is even less. A half gallon bottle is 1.75 liters so the 5 liter limit is 2 half gallons and 2 fifths, 4 bottles total to pack. You think there is no room for this? Try to do some basic math before you are so quick to write dunkopf or your lack of intelligence shines through.

Live your fantasies because life is short and from all I've seen death is really, really long....

Live your fantasies because life is short and from all I've seen death is really, really long....

goin_south says on Jan 30, 2007, 23:59:

Med-Vikg..... I was considering mostly the 'safely' part.
Tough to pack to much, altogether in one suitcase, without it breaking, unless you have some MIGHTY DENSE STYROFOAM PEANUTS....oh, now they have that stuff you can buy in ROLLLLLLS, and jus wrap each bottle a few rounds.

Just that 'meletas mojadas' is not real cool.

dos pesos mio,... pequito de nada

and, thank you.

southern151 says on Feb 1, 2007, 18:01:

Brought 2... home with me and of course you would know that they had to break one in my suitcase. I had the shit packed tight and when they went through my suitcase(not in my presence), they left it right on the damn top. I think they do that shit on purpose! Smelled like a distillery in my suitcase!