Smuggling Alcohol on a Cruise: 13 Methods and Materials

Methods for Smuggling Alcohol on a Cruise

Going on a cruise can be an enjoyable vacation experience – but it can also be pricey if you want to indulge in alcoholic beverages. To avoid astronomical bar tabs, many savvy travelers decide to smuggle their own liquor onto the ship instead. Here are 13 methods to help you smuggle alcohol on a cruise successfully – and discreetly.

• Hide it in shampoo bottles – Fill empty shampoo bottles with your liquid of choice and pack in a toiletries bag. Ensure the labels are intact and check that the lids are firmly sealed.
• Use body lotion containers – Body lotion is another great way to hide booze. Just pour your liquor in empty bottles, close the lids and pop them into your bag.
• Bring drink packets – Margarita mix or flavor syrup packets can easily be encountered on board and used for pre-made drinks.
• Utilize water bottles – For clear liquids like vodka or rum, fill water bottles ;) and place beside a case of bottled water. No one will tell the difference.
• Stash drinks in gift boxes – Go for gifts that look convincingly like snacks or cookies on the outside, but are really bottles or cans of alcohol on the inside.
• Fill tea stash tins – Ditch the tea leaves and place liquor cocktails in cans that look like regular tea.
• Bring hair spray bottles – You can hide small amounts of liquor in harmless-looking spray bottles.
• Keep drinks in tampon boxes – Disguise mini bottles of alcohol in your tampon box. Make sure the lids are on tight after each use!
• Disguise alcohol in powdered mix – Sneak liquor in individual sized containers of powdered drink mix packets.
• Hide drinks in beach mats – Bring a beach mat or two and stash the drinks in between the layers on the top and bottom.
• Hide liquor in shaving cream – Put little bottles of liquor in your shaving cream for another discreet smuggling method.
• Fill candy jars – Bring candy jars that look like food items, but fill them with alcoholic beverages instead.
• Wear liquor in special vests – Purchase special smuggling vests and stow your booze in secret compartments.