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topgun
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posted 12-01-2003 05:50 PM      Profile for topgun     Send New Private Message      Edit/Delete Post  Reply With Quote 
A new liquor policy has been introduced on Airtours Sunbird and presumably other ships in the fleet.

Liquor puchased at the onboad store can be taken immediately and consumed in the cabin.

Liquor purchased but not delivered until debarkation can be bought at the "in cabin" price but less a 20% discount. These discounted prices matched those of St Maarten or Charlotte Amalie.

This change has proven to boost onboard store sales without any apparent loss of revenue sales in the lounges and bars.

Possibly other lines will soon pick up on this and stop the process of smuggling booze on board.


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posted 12-01-2003 07:07 PM      Profile for PamM   Author's Homepage     Send New Private Message      Edit/Delete Post  Reply With Quote 
Didn't Green/Sympatico mention HAL did something similar? at 10%? Don't know if the discounted price would compare to the Islands.
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posted 12-01-2003 08:13 PM      Profile for sympatico     Send New Private Message      Edit/Delete Post  Reply With Quote 
Not me!

HAL does not give a discount on any liquour. If you purchase it in the shop and take it to your cabin for consumption they charge you either 10 or 20% surcharge.

Looks like Sunbird has a good deal going.


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posted 12-02-2003 10:54 AM      Profile for Green     Send New Private Message      Edit/Delete Post  Reply With Quote 
Liquor on Board - Maasdam - Nov. 9

Tanqueray gin, 1 litre - for cabin use US$12.95 + 20%(US$15.54) or 2 litres US$23.95 + 20%(US$28.74).

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Many of you will be waiting to find a cheaper price ashore - let us take the hassle away from that by offering a Price Match Guarantee! Just otain written proof of the pricing and stop by the Liquor Shop and we will give it to you for that price or refund the difference!

In FLL Airport, Duty Free price was US$29.00.

Just for the record, I believe those 2 litres would have cost about CA65.00++ quite a saving, eh?

We didn't waste port time shopping around for better prices and can't say that we saw too many people lugging bottles back on board. Did talk with some Princess and Celebrity cruisers and they were complaining about having to hand packages over until disembarkation.


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