[THREAD CLOSED - SEE PART 2] Anything & Everything New York

M4RKM

phatbear wrote: »

You're entitled to bring back £145 of goods per person, please note this does not mean that if you are with your wife etc and you purchase a camera etc and its over £145 that you can use their allowance.

Also if you spend over £145 then the vat and duty on the goods is calculated on everything you have purchased not the difference on the £145.

Also please note that JFK duty free are currently doing a buy 400 cigs and get 200 free, I stopped someone this morning with 600 cigs in a carrier bag, between two people and they explained the situ and was assured in JFK they could purchase what they wanted but didnt mention paying the duty on the goods.

All the best

The Bear aka your occasionaly friendly customs officer.

isn't there some items that don't have duty applied... laptops digital cameras etc, or has that rule gone out of the window, or did i dream reading about it!

M

phatbear

Right just looked in the huge tarriff and you're right digital cameras and laptops are duty free however they are not VAT free coming from the US of A.

all the best

the bear

randomtask_2

I know my laptop was exempt, and digital cameras are as well. The HMRC website should have a list of the rates and items on it under the Travel info section.

hammy_the_hammer

phatbear wrote: »

You're entitled to bring back £145 of goods per person, please note this does not mean that if you are with your wife etc and you purchase a camera etc and its over £145 that you can use their allowance.

Also if you spend over £145 then the vat and duty on the goods is calculated on everything you have purchased not the difference on the £145.

Also please note that JFK duty free are currently doing a buy 400 cigs and get 200 free, I stopped someone this morning with 600 cigs in a carrier bag, between two people and they explained the situ and was assured in JFK they could purchase what they wanted but didnt mention paying the duty on the goods.


The Bear aka your occasionaly friendly customs officer.

this is common in the duty free in jfk ....some imbecile trying to tell you you're wrong when you tell them that you can't take back X amount to the UK.

rowan_3

Advice wanted:

Whats the best way of getting from JFK to the Manhattan (Hotel)..

Taxi's do a flat rate? Also i hear a Limo isn't nescessarily much more expensive?

Anyone got any ideas?

Crabman

rowan wrote: »

Advice wanted:

Whats the best way of getting from JFK to the Manhattan (Hotel)..

Taxi's do a flat rate? Also i hear a Limo isn't nescessarily much more expensive?

Anyone got any ideas?

Take a look at markymoo's Guide to Travelling in and Around Manhattan

deb

thanks - have just looked at markymoo's guide. anyone done a review of the limo transfer service from JFK to manhattan? what is this like - how much and how do you pre-book? thanks

M4RKM

nope, but limo's are expensive, at around $100, i've used them a couple of times, for a family, they're great.. but for $45 you can get a taxi, and they still hold 4 people and 4 suitcases if you get a minivan

if you want to prebook something, you could do a car service like carmel or telaviv!

chauhan89

Hi, we're planning on going to New york in july (26/27th) and i've found flights for £235.25 (both ways) per person through flyzoom... I thought it was a good deal until i read reviews about the website, now i'm not too sure. We're planning on going for 10 days and i don't really want to pay too much for a hotel (I doubt we'll spend much time there). I wanted some advice, i read the whole thread, should i wait until three months to see if i can find a better deal for flights?

Thanks in advance!

Arcana

chauhan89 wrote: »

Hi, we're planning on going to New york in july (26/27th) and i've found flights for £235.25 (both ways) per person through flyzoom... I thought it was a good deal until i read reviews about the website, now i'm not too sure. We're planning on going for 10 days and i don't really want to pay too much for a hotel (I doubt we'll spend much time there). I wanted some advice, i read the whole thread, should i wait until three months to see if i can find a better deal for flights?

Thanks in advance!

From where? Not Gatwick surely, I'm getting prices of £400+