Greedy P and O ferry no alcohol rule

sillygoose

Curious.. do they search your luggage? if not then you simply say nope got no booze mate.

I am sure its to make more money, but there may be a health and safety aspect too. If people bring their own alcohol onboard they can get as legless as they like. In theory if you have to buy it from a bar they could refuse to serve any more to someone already had a skinful. Perhaps to stop people falling overboard!

If that were the case some keen MSE'er might try jumping overboard and then claiming compensation for the cost of the holiday on the basis they failed in their duty of care to prevent you getting so drunk!

budgetflyer

zagfles wrote: »

Silly comparison, the primary purpose of a ferry is transport, not selling booze. What next, should they stop people bringing food on because they sell it? What about toothbrushes, toothpaste, razors, shaving foam etc? They sell those onboard too. Should people not be allowed to use their own onboard?

Guess the solution is just to disguise it better

Not really silly.
Often the fares are discounted to a level where they are loss leading.
They make up the difference by onboard sales. You don't have to buy anything , but stopping you from consuming your own is not unreasonable imo.

shaun_from_Africa

whatmichaelsays wrote: »

As for the Duty Free, I suspect that this is down to some spurious rules about the goods being exported. I've seen it in the states for example when I have purchased duty free in the airport, I've been given a ticket and can only collect my goods at the boarding gate.

The reason for having the collection of duty free just before boarding in the states is for a slightly different reason.
At many US airports, the departing passengers can freely mix with arriving passengers in many parts of the terminal so it would be extremely easy for someone to buy duty free goods and then give them to an arriving passenger.

stoneman

david39 wrote: »

It was the same with Norwegian Cruise Lines when we were travelling with them on a Caribbean Cruise.
If you bought any alcohol in any of the ports of call, it was collected from you as you re-boarded and only released to you on the day you left the ship.

It didn't bother us as we hardly ever drink alcohol, but many people were upset at the ruling, especially as some of the ports of call were just an island with a few shacks selling cheap booze.

NCL and all other large cruise companies have that rule. You can bring wine on board when you sail but they charge $15 corkage fee per bottle. They also X-ray your luggage and if they find any booze your bag does not go up the your cabin. You will receive a letter telling you to come down to the naughty room.
BTW the X-ray machine doesn't pick up boxed wine :T

stoneman

shaun_from_Africa wrote: »

The reason for having the collection of duty free just before boarding in the states is for a slightly different reason.
At many US airports, the departing passengers can freely mix with arriving passengers in many parts of the terminal so it would be extremely easy for someone to buy duty free goods and then give them to an arriving passenger.

But not in international terminals where there would be duty free. There would be no mixing of passengers, they have to be segregated or there would be drugs being passed on from arriving international pax to internal flight people who could just walk out the door with the stuff.

Prothet_of_Doom

We went on the overnight ferry from hull to zeebrugge with car, and took some drinks onto the boat. And sandwiches, and breakfast.

littlereddevil

jacques_chirac wrote: »

Can people not manage without a drink for thirteen hours? :eek:

They sell it on the boat!

zagfles

stoneman wrote: »

NCL and all other large cruise companies have that rule. You can bring wine on board when you sail but they charge $15 corkage fee per bottle. They also X-ray your luggage and if they find any booze your bag does not go up the your cabin. You will receive a letter telling you to come down to the naughty room.

Last time I went on a cruise I was 11, sounds like I'd still be treated like a child if I went on a cruise today :rotfl:

Cruising does sound like a rip-off from start to finish, booze prices, compulsory (or default) tips, shore excursions at 4 times the price a local company does them at, DCC applied to the bill without consent...

Never get those problems on ferries!

BTW the X-ray machine doesn't pick up boxed wine :T

:beer:

zagfles

budgetflyer wrote: »

Not really silly.
Often the fares are discounted to a level where they are loss leading.
They make up the difference by onboard sales. You don't have to buy anything , but stopping you from consuming your own is not unreasonable imo.

That's their choice of pricing model. Any decent MSE'er takes advantage of loss leaders

markwood1969

First time I have really posted on here and some interesting comments. I am aware the ferry co is a business but I have paid to be transported from A to B, thats it. It is a bit like a hotel refusing to let you take a bottle of wine to your room. they cannot stop you, its nothing to do with them. I have since read their terms and conditions in detail. what it actually says is that they can confiscate if they believe you may drink your own booze on the ferry. I was not asked if I was. For all they knew I could be taking a bottle of whiskey to a friend in belgium as a present. They simply searched my bag and confiscated my drink with no opportunity to collect it on the way back. As for the comment about not lasting 13 hrs without a drink, that is stupid. It was a mini break not a weekend in a nunnery. I have no problem spending money in the bar but what I get upto in the cabin I have paid for is my business. What amazed me was that the staff suggested I drink it there and then! Oh yeah, then they would have refused me entry for being drunk!
What makes it ludicrous is that there are no restrictions on the way back because they know peolpe have a right to bring duty free back.
One final thing, someone put a comment about eating your own food in a cafe. That is different. I would not drink my own drink in their bar, just in my room I have paid for ( and for that matter which I paid full price for, not a cheap deal).