Cheap cigarettes in Europe?

Smiiithy

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zappahey

Ryanair go from Newcastle to Gerona in Spain or, if you take the ferry to Amsterdam, you could hop on the train to Belgium but I guess you'd need to buy a lot to make it worthwhile.

simpywimpy

There's not many Eu places left really. Turkey was the cheapest I saw. Do they do a cheap weekend to Istanbul?

Quietmanc

zappahey wrote: »

Ryanair go from Newcastle to Gerona in Spain or, if you take the ferry to Amsterdam, you could hop on the train to Belgium but I guess you'd need to buy a lot to make it worthwhile.

Not really viable- Belgian price for L&B is now 45 Euro :eek:

sloppychops

simpywimpy wrote: »

There's not many Eu places left really. Turkey was the cheapest I saw. Do they do a cheap weekend to Istanbul?

Not much good if you want to bring loads of ciggies back though as you are limited to 200 per person from Turkey as its non EU.

[Deleted User]

Last Summer, the cheapest cigarette prices in Europe, were found in Latvia.
http://www.the-tma.org.uk/page.aspx?page_id=35
Mind you, with the falling £ and possible tax increases this could have changed.

lewt

i think lativa is still only a 200 per person limit. czech is okish

ailuro2

It was 34 euros for 200 L&B in the airport flying home form Malaga at Christmas/New Year time - the exchange rate at the time was parity.:eek:

Golden Virginia on the other hand, was 3.50Euro for 50G, a much bigger saving compared to £11 a pack here.

blue_haddock

Try Gibraltar - i bought some for my mum back in December and they were £11 for 200 JPS

Colliefrog

I paid around €30 for 200 L&B in Spain in October 08 and the rate then was around €1.19 to the £.

Like someone else said... you'd have to buy a whole lot of ciggies to make it worth while going.

Would a channel crossing be cheaper? Ferry companies often do good deals or if you're happy to travel during ungodly hours that too works out cheap.

Failing that, join the army and get posted to Germany... I used to pay £11 for 200 L&B!!

phatbear

blue_haddock wrote: »

Try Gibraltar - i bought some for my mum back in December and they were £11 for 200 JPS

Dont forget you can only bring 200 back without paying any further duty