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Booze Run

A Booze Run or Ciggy Run is a colloquial term for a short trip from the UK over the English Channel to Mainland Europe, to buy duty free Alcohol, Perfume or Tobacco.

These three items are in a separate classification as Duty Free[[1]Wiki page] and should not be confused with Tax Free.

Personal Duty Free Allowances(May 2010)

   * 3200 cigarettes
   * 400 cigarillos
   * 200 cigars
   * 3 kg of smoking tobacco
   * 110 litres of beer
   * 10 litres of spirits
   * 90 litres of wine
   * 20 litres of fortified wine e.g. port or sherry.

Getting There

Since 2000, Booze Runs have been immensely popular with Britons wishing to make large savings available from Supermarkets and retail outlets in Europe. Some travel by car, some by chartered coaches and some even on foot as passengers on cross channel ferries, the on board Duty Free shops do offer considerable savings although the prices are not as competitive as the ferry port supermarkets and you are obviously limited to what you can carry by hand.

Traveling by car, often with a trailer, the limitation is often due to how much can be carried in the vehicle without exceeding the maximum kerb weight. It is not unknown for vehicles to be impounded along with their contents on arrival in the UK because it is deemed unsafe due to the amount of goods it is carrying.