What is the best thing to buy duty-free in the UK?

Traditionally the best items to buy duty-free are cigarettes and alcohol as they are levied with high taxes in most countries. In general best duty free purchases fit the following criteria: small enough to be carried as hand luggage on your flight. valuable enough so as to offer significant tax savings.



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That perfume they're selling at the duty-free shop in the airport could very well be a fake. It's not just at the airport that you'll find counterfeit perfume, but at the airport, there's a greater chance that the retailer you're buying it from has no idea if he's selling a counterfeit version.

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The cheapest nation for fragrances is Morocco, at $85.73. Morocco is the joint cheapest country when it comes to a bottle of Lancôme's La Vie Est Belle, as well as the second cheapest for Dior's J'Adore fragrance. Further Study Insights: The most expensive countries for duty-free shopping include Kenya and Ghana.

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Recent findings found that the top five items purchased in airports were all brands of bottled water, with brands like Dasani, Aquafina, Glaceau Smartwater, and Fiji being the top-selling brands.

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If you want to enjoy the biggest savings when shopping in duty-free, you should focus on purchasing items that would normally be the most heavily taxed. This includes things like tobacco, designer fragrances, and liquor.

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UK domestic legislation prevents duty free being extended to domestic travellers, so passengers must be leaving the UK in order to be able to purchase goods for their own personal use free of duty and taxes.

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