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Old Sep 8, 2021, 10:59 am
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Originally Posted by hungry
Thanks again everyone for all the tips! I believe this MAY have changed also. We was planning to take a couple of bottles of champagne and maybe some spirits for aperitif to be consumed whilst getting ready for the evening in our rooms. The official Cunard website no longer lists any limits on bringing booze on board to consume in ones room:



from : https://www.cunard.com/en-gb/frequen...faq390.summary
That's a very pleasant (surprisingly so) change.

In such a case, I'd take what you want/willing to haul onboard, at least a bottle of wine for each meal. You'll have much better wine for meals and it'll be a lot cheaper than the drinks package.

Case in point. Was on a sister line of Cunard and stopped in Montalcino for a night en route to the modern port for Rome. Bought a bottle of Brunello of Banfi. Net cost to me including the corkage charge was something like US$47. By coincidence, the ship had the same vintage. Price was USD120 + 15-18% SC.
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