Duty free Doha or Venice

[ausfox]

Hi fellow travel tragics, we are flying from Doha to Venice in March and would like your advice as to buying our supply of duty free alcohol. If we buy at Doha -will they allow us through security and take it onboard, or do we try to buy inbound at Venice, the question then being, is there inbound duty free for sale?
Appreciate your advice.

 

[RooFlyer]

I don't know the answers to your questions, sorry, but duty free at DOH is air-side of security. No security-at-the-gate at DOH. It may come down to the route/airline.

And FWIW, every time I have looked at something duty-free at DOH, its been abut the same, or a little more expensive, than the same item Australian retail. But I haven't looked at booze, and if you are just looking for a cheaper source for local consumption, it may be worthwhile.

 

[OZDUCK]

I don't know the answers to your questions, sorry, but duty free at DOH is air-side of security. No security-at-the-gate at DOH. It may come down to the route/airline.

And FWIW, every time I have looked at something duty-free at DOH, its been abut the same, or a little more expensive, than the same item Australian retail. But I haven't looked at booze, and if you are just looking for a cheaper source for local consumption, it may be worthwhile.

Unless you are flying to Australia, as I found out with a bottle in my bag.(I know the OP isn't but just in case others read this.)

 

[Renato1]

Not sure about supermarket prices in Venice itself (prices tend to be dearer in tourist hotspots), but if you are actually going out of Venice into Italy - do not waste your time on duty-free alcohol in the airports. Spirits, liqueurs, wine and beer are much cheaper in Italian supermarkets than anything you can get duty free in most airports. Dearest standard item is around 17 Euros for Grand Marnier. 10 or 11 Euros for Ballantines or equivalent blended whiskies. Single Malt Scotches can be 30 or 40 Euros. Oddly, Bourbon whiskey seems the most relatively dear, with prices for their 1 litre bottles nearly being the same as for our 700 ml bottles.

And you can look for mark-downs. Last bottle of single malt scoth I bought over there was a bottle of Talisker for 20 Euros, reduced from 28 Euros.

Only problem is that supermarkets carry different ranges of alcohol. The huge one's carry most everything you can buy here, while smaller ones have a more limited range. The Lidl supermarkets carry house brand Scotch and Bourbon whisky, and liqueurs for five or six Euros a bottle (some good, some not-so-good).

Or you can walk into an off-autostrada service station or a fruit shop and buy a litre bottle of Prugna liqueur (40% alcohol) for seven or eight euros (on-autostrada service stations are very expensive, especially their diesel and petrol - up to 20 euro cents a litre dearer). The Prugna they sell at Dan Murphy is very expensive, and nowhere near as good as most Prugnas found over there.
Regards,
Renato

 

[ausfox]

Not sure about supermarket prices in Venice itself (prices tend to be dearer in tourist hotspots), but if you are actually going out of Venice into Italy - do not waste your time on duty-free alcohol in the airports. Spirits, liqueurs, wine and beer are much cheaper in Italian supermarkets than anything you can get duty free in most airports. Dearest standard item is around 17 Euros for Grand Marnier. 10 or 11 Euros for Ballantines or equivalent blended whiskies. Single Malt Scotches can be 30 or 40 Euros. Oddly, Bourbon whiskey seems the most relatively dear, with prices for their 1 litre bottles nearly being the same as for our 700 ml bottles.

And you can look for mark-downs. Last bottle of single malt scoth I bought over there was a bottle of Talisker for 20 Euros, reduced from 28 Euros.

Only problem is that supermarkets carry different ranges of alcohol. The huge one's carry most everything you can buy here, while smaller ones have a more limited range. The Lidl supermarkets carry house brand Scotch and Bourbon whisky, and liqueurs for five or six Euros a bottle (some good, some not-so-good).

Or you can walk into an off-autostrada service station or a fruit shop and buy a litre bottle of Prugna liqueur (40% alcohol) for seven or eight euros (on-autostrada service stations are very expensive, especially their diesel and petrol - up to 20 euro cents a litre dearer). The Prugna they sell at Dan Murphy is very expensive, and nowhere near as good as most Prugnas found over there.
Regards,
Renato

Thanks for the heads up.