Duty Free Shopping & Alcohol Restrictions
One of Singaporeans' favourite past-time - shopping - becomes even better for our overseas family and guests when they come here for the wedding as they'll be able to indulge in duty free shopping and claim back a portion of the Goods and Services Tax (GST, rising from 5% to 7% on 1st July 2007!).
More importantly, duty free shopping means that upon arrival at Changi Airport, visitors can buy, well, duty free alcohol and bring it into the country. There are, however, some limitations. First, the buyer has to be above 18 (legal limit, so no alcohol for young Chris), and, second, each visitor is only allowed a limit of 1L liquor, 1L wine, and 1L beer. As wine usually comes in a 750ml, the clever staff at DFS has also decided to sell small, individual sized, 250ml bottles of wine (conveniently placed at the checkout) to make up for the missing 250ml in one's limit. It is significantly cheaper to buy alcohol at the airport before entering the country but we've discovered that it is probably cheaper to buy in London (or Dubai). In London Gatwick airport, especially with the specials for some bottles - E.g. you can buy two bottles of liquor (e.g. Bacardi Rum, Bells', Gordon's Gin) for 15quids instead of the usual price of approximately 9.50 - 10.99quids each.
We can't confirm which is cheaper because in my excitment to be touching land again, I forgot to write down prices at the DFS shop at Changi. But just to give an indication of prices, a bottle of Veuve Clicquot at Changi costs about SGD87, which is about 29quids, and you can get this for about 27.99quids at Sainsbury's. A bottle of Australian wine at Changi is about SGD20, whereas at Gatwick, you can buy 3 bottles for 15quids.
More importantly, duty free shopping means that upon arrival at Changi Airport, visitors can buy, well, duty free alcohol and bring it into the country. There are, however, some limitations. First, the buyer has to be above 18 (legal limit, so no alcohol for young Chris), and, second, each visitor is only allowed a limit of 1L liquor, 1L wine, and 1L beer. As wine usually comes in a 750ml, the clever staff at DFS has also decided to sell small, individual sized, 250ml bottles of wine (conveniently placed at the checkout) to make up for the missing 250ml in one's limit. It is significantly cheaper to buy alcohol at the airport before entering the country but we've discovered that it is probably cheaper to buy in London (or Dubai). In London Gatwick airport, especially with the specials for some bottles - E.g. you can buy two bottles of liquor (e.g. Bacardi Rum, Bells', Gordon's Gin) for 15quids instead of the usual price of approximately 9.50 - 10.99quids each.
We can't confirm which is cheaper because in my excitment to be touching land again, I forgot to write down prices at the DFS shop at Changi. But just to give an indication of prices, a bottle of Veuve Clicquot at Changi costs about SGD87, which is about 29quids, and you can get this for about 27.99quids at Sainsbury's. A bottle of Australian wine at Changi is about SGD20, whereas at Gatwick, you can buy 3 bottles for 15quids.
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