Can I take drinks on board?

This is a question I am asked on a regular basis. Can I take wine on board? Now the answer is it depends on who you are cruising with.

With all these All Inclusive offers that the cruise lines seem to be offering maybe its a way to encourage you not to bring drink on board. I think it should be allowed to take a bottle of something with you to consume in your cabin. 

The American cruise lines seem to be a bit funny about it. Anything you purchase mid cruise will be confiscated from you. Dont worry you will be able to collect it on the last night.

I recently cruised with Cunard and had heard conflicting information regarding taking wine on board however they do allow one bottle per person. It will cost you nothing if you consume the wine in you cabin but a $20 corkage fee will apply if consumed in the restaurant. (We stopped off in France and bought 4 bottles between 2 of us and had no problem taking it on board)!!

Holland America line allow you to bring wine on board  Great you say? Well not really when they are charging $18 corkage fee per bottle.

Best by far are P&O Cruises they have no official limit on how many bottles can be taken on board. They do charge corkage of £11 per bottle if consumed in the restaurant.

I have to say for drinks my favorite cruise line is P&O. I find the prices on board are so reasonable compared to others. You can get house wine for around £15 a bottle and they don’t add an additional 15% service charge like so many of the American lines. Don’t forget prices on board are in sterling so no need to worry about exchange rates!!