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We are going to L2Alps this Saturday flying through Grenoble does anyone know what the duty free is like there for spirits and cigarettes?
Am I better buying in L2Alps?
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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You are not entitled to duty free at Grenoble as you have not left the EU.
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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Ramma666, what he means is that fags, at least, are the same price in the airport as in any tabac. Booze price varies, as it does in shops/supermarkets.
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As Chris Bish, says spirits and tobacco there have 2 prices one double the other. No prizes for guessing which one you're entitled to.
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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Surely you buy as you leave UK not when you arrive in France?
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Doh! How thick am I I'll try the supermarkets
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Buy in local stores, it is generally cheaper but not always. I got a 0.7 ltr bottle of Asbach in a local supermarket in Mayrhofen for 14 euros, only to find that for the same price at INN I got a 1 ltr bottle ..... 
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The Grenoble airport shop on the way home is NOT cheap
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Fly to Geneva instead, duty free and the plane will land there everytime which is more than can be said of foggy Grenoble
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Duty free at Grenoble is aimed at our rich Russian Friends - high end stuff and eye watering prices - there is a super U at the airport entrance roundabout.
Cynic, Grenoble and GVA have had a similar record this year......
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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Perhaps Ramma666, is flying out of the EU and hence entitled to duty free (but not profit free) prices
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And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
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johnE, I am pretty sure Yorkshire is still in the EU. The independence movement hasn't adavanced as far as Scotland's.
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| Fly to Geneva instead, duty free and the plane will land there everytime which is more than can be said of foggy Grenoble |
Duty free indeed. You'll pay no tax (currently 7.6%) on our inflated Swiss prices (currently eye-watering).
For most things, you'd be far better off buying in as big a French supermarket you can find and paying the VAT.
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You know it makes sense.
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The trick with Geneva is to buy your duty free at the UK airport.
Only works if you have hold baggage (if you are buying liquids). Buy at the UK airport and then pack it in your hold baggage to take it home (assuming you didn't drink it all whilst you were away).
Aren't cigars a decent buy in Switzerland? I don't smoke but a former colleague always used to buy Villiger cigars when coming back from CH.
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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Can only comment on my own experiences but on a trip to to Chamonix I bought fags for on the mountain at 7euros+ a packet, not much cheaper than the UK. On the return flight from Geneva I stocked up on Drum tobacco at the equivalent of £3.50 per 50grams, it retails at £10-15 in the UK. If I'm only buying the allowed 200 fags/10000 grams I'd always buy from airport duty free.
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