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TEQUILA EXPO
The annual tequila expo, in front of the Frontón Palacio (the Jai Alai palace) is again on during the month of October:
OCTOBER 9-13
As in the last four years, this will be a tequila and food expo, with lots of vendors selling unusual dishes from the mainland.
You get the chance to try many different tequilas, and in the past they have had "VIBORA" tequila as well as "PULQUE"
Entry fee is $6.00 U.S. and it starts at 1 P.M.
We will be going on the 13th, a Sunday...the last day...when you can get the best deals on the elixir...they don't want to schlep it back.
If you park on the US side, you take the shuttle ($6.00 round trip).
And remember,
You can bring back up to your legal US dollar exemption in alcohol because you are bringing the stuff back via a "common" carrier (a bus), as opposed
to transporting it back via your California plated vehicle.
On edit: www.tequila-expo.com
[Edited on 9-23-2013 by Udo]
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dasubergeek
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Just FYI—last year the $6 entrance was good for *all* *four* *days*. That's forty-eight hours or so of tequila drinking. Keep that wristband on!
Also, which shuttle do you like best?
[Edited on 9-23-2013 by dasubergeek]
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Udo
You can bring back up to your legal US dollar exemption in alcohol because you are bringing the stuff back via a "common" carrier (a bus), as opposed
to transporting it back via your California plated vehicle. |
And how many dollars is my exemption? If I walk across do I get same dollar exemption as bus?
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Udo
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Your personal exemption is $400.00, Mtgoat.
Walking across does not exempt you from the one liter per person.
You may read it in the US Agriculture and CBP site...the transporting HAS to be via a common carrier.
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Mr übergeek, there is only one shuttle (a red bus) that leaves the San Ysidro parking lot every half hour. The parking lot is right at the last exit
on the right just before you enter the Baja border.
It's kind of fun to get there about 3-4 hours early a do some shopping on the main boulevard. Then, at 1 p.m. you get to the expo.
There usually are about 30 tequila booths, displaying and offering between one and four different brands.
The food is not your typical street fare...it is something way different. Be prepared to eat some different foods!
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Last time attending we tasted the El Agave Añejo, among others. I liked it and I thought it was a good value. I was able to purchase many bottles and
they gave me a receipt and I picked them up at the family restaurant El Agave in Old Town San Diego.
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Nice tip, gato!
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I was there last year... scored my favourite Volcán de Mi Tierra. I hadn't thought about the "common carrier" exception, though—excellent! Where do
you pick it up on the MX side?
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Might have to alter my plans???
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And once at the tequila expo all else gets altered 
A well informed Baja California traveler is a smart Baja California traveler!
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You buy the tequila at the Expo. Then when you leave for the bus, you leave the package on the bus. (You have to exit the bus at the border patrol
station, walk by the CBP booth, show your passport, xray your personals, then you meet the bus on the us side, where they will drive you to your car).
| Quote: | Originally posted by dasubergeek
I was there last year... scored my favourite Volcán de Mi Tierra. I hadn't thought about the "common carrier" exception, though—excellent! Where do
you pick it up on the MX side? |
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Udo,
When you go through the CBP booth are you claiming the goods you are bringing across? How is the quantity/value determined by the CBP?
Ken
| Quote: | Originally posted by Udo
You buy the tequila at the Expo. Then when you leave for the bus, you leave the package on the bus. (You have to exit the bus at the border patrol
station, walk by the CBP booth, show your passport, xray your personals, then you meet the bus on the us side, where they will drive you to your car).
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FYI, the website is http://expo-tequila.com/
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Ken,
The CBP has a pretty good idea of what the value is of things you are bringing back. 10 bottles of tequila at $15.00 US, that's $150.00. Or you can
keep the receipt and show them.
Just don't get close to the declared exemption of $400.00 or they will ask for receipts.
| Quote: | Originally posted by tripledigitken
Udo,
When you go through the CBP booth are you claiming the goods you are bringing across? How is the quantity/value determined by the CBP?
Ken
| Quote: | Originally posted by Udo
You buy the tequila at the Expo. Then when you leave for the bus, you leave the package on the bus. (You have to exit the bus at the border patrol
station, walk by the CBP booth, show your passport, xray your personals, then you meet the bus on the us side, where they will drive you to your car).
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is that bus a 5 hour wait or do they get a special line?
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| Quote: | Originally posted by woody with a view
is that bus a 5 hour wait or do they get a special line? |
It's the one with a special 5 hour wait lane but worth it to save the tax and transport so much alcohol
A well informed Baja California traveler is a smart Baja California traveler!
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is there a stereo and a toilet on board? might need to sample some t-kill-ya.
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could drink a bottle an sleep it off in 5 hours 
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Very interesting, sounds like a lot of fun, thanks for posting up on this!
Question: would the exemption on a bus rule also apply to bus trips to/from the wine country? Seems like it would, that would be a lot of fun! Just
mentioning it here so I don't forget, gonna do some more research on this...
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I brought a case of wine from Valle de guadelupe. I declared the case at TJ and the nice customs guy said that we already paid Mexican taxes-no
problem.
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