Duty Free

“Duty Free” is the term commonly used to describe products that are exempt of excise duty & tax. As the UK will officially become a non-EU country, excise duty will no longer need to be paid on the products sold in our onboard shops when we sail to countries within the EU.

The last time we had Duty Free on our UK routes was 1999 when it was decided that Duty Free shopping for passengers travelling between two EU countries would come to an end. Now the UK will no longer be an EU country, Duty Free will once again be available onboard our routes from the UK to Europe.

Duty Free will be available on the following routes:

• Newcastle – Amsterdam
• Dover – Calais
• Dover – Dunkirk
• Newhaven - Dieppe

Duty Free and tax free shopping will be available on products in our onboard shops including:

• Perfume
• Cosmetics
• Alcohol
• Tobacco
• Technology

Yes there are specific allowances which depend on your direction of travel. See our infographic below for clear guidance on Duty Free allowances.

More information: gov.uk

In order to declare any tax or duty owed before arrival in the UK please use this link: https://www.gov.uk/duty-free-goods/declaring-goods

Once per season we employ an independent company to survey the prices of wine & spirit products at selected high street retailers to create an average high street price. We then use this average high street price as a benchmark to show the savings available when buying in our duty free sea shops onboard. For all other categories the recommended retail price is used as the benchmark to show our savings.