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Some beers in Aruba, like locally brewed Balashi or Amstel Bright only found in Aruba, Bonaire or Curacao and make a unique souvenir to bring home to remind yourself of your sunny Aruba vacation. Though Balashi can be found in cans, Amstel Bright is only sold in bottles. So the dilemma is getting the bottles home in one piece.
First off we are fortunate in that a few years back we invested in light weight hard sided luggage. You can read about our lightweight luggage purchase here.
Our past trip over Christmas and New Year's we carried home 12 glass bottles of Amstel Bright which we purchased at Super Food.
Dh wraps the bottles individually with our clothing. The bottles must be cushioned with other clothing in between them to act as a cushion. They are spread out all over the middle of our three suitcases. Again it is important that the bottles, though wrapped in clothing, are not near one another.
We claim it on our Customs form and have never been questioned.
If you purchase your beer duty free at the airport you are stuck with rushing to pack your beer into your luggage after you retrieve it from the "luggage room", before placing it on the second conveyor belt to send your luggage onward to your plane. For airport departure procedures see my article "Leaving Aruba- Get There Early".
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Flying Home From Aruba With Local Brew
First off we are fortunate in that a few years back we invested in light weight hard sided luggage. You can read about our lightweight luggage purchase here.
Our past trip over Christmas and New Year's we carried home 12 glass bottles of Amstel Bright which we purchased at Super Food.
Dh wraps the bottles individually with our clothing. The bottles must be cushioned with other clothing in between them to act as a cushion. They are spread out all over the middle of our three suitcases. Again it is important that the bottles, though wrapped in clothing, are not near one another.
We claim it on our Customs form and have never been questioned.
If you purchase your beer duty free at the airport you are stuck with rushing to pack your beer into your luggage after you retrieve it from the "luggage room", before placing it on the second conveyor belt to send your luggage onward to your plane. For airport departure procedures see my article "Leaving Aruba- Get There Early".
- Is Your Luggage Too Heavy?
On our recent trip my Dad said to me, "You know my suitcase feels so heavy even though I did not bring a lot of clothes." I asked him if he weighed the bag with his hand held scale and he said yes, he was just under the 50 pound limit. It reminded me...
- Christmas Presents To Aruba
So Jerry and I are having our annual discussion about Christmas presents. Each year when we travel, we pack our gifts, along with wrapping paper, scissors, gift tags and the much need scotch tape in order to wrap our gifts upon arrival at our destination....
- Lightweight Luggage Update
Here is an update to "Lightweight Luggage". We have Heys Lightweight Hardside luggage. Our first purchase was about 4+ years ago and we swear by it. It has survived flights to NJ, Houston and Aruba as well as a couple of cruises. The hardsided luggage...
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Easy-Grip Luggage Scale Tired off standing on your home scale without and then with your suitcase to determine how much it weighs? We have had a luggage scale for years and would not fly anywhere without it. You only have to rearrange your open suitcases...
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