What is duty-free shopping?
When traveling overseas, most people jump at the idea of being able to purchase items duty free. Any traveler on an international flight will generally have three choices when purchasing duty free items.. First, there is the airport of departure, aboard the aircraft and then the airport of arrival. Logically, some may think that the prices would be similar and not worth the bother of comparing, but you could be very wrong. Sometimes the price difference for exactly the same size, brand and product can be quite large and it is definitely worth doing some homework before you make your purchase. Before we go any further, let talk about the meaning of duty-free and how much merchandise we are allowed to bring back into the United States. Duty is a generic term describing various government tariffs, taxes and levies that are added to the price of products before they are imported or exported. Duty Free stores are licensed to sell products to travelers without paying duty. Hence they are dut
