Going to Grand Bahama

[Monsterdg]

My brother is getting married this weekend on Grand Bahama (Freeport) so I'll have my first visit to the island. Any recommendations/warnings regarding cigars? Rum?

From what I've gathered from other posts, CC are pretty pricey.

 

[Fox06WRX]

I got a "CC" when I was there on a cruise. Turned out to be fake.

 

[LigaPrivadaFanboy]

I recommend bringing good cigars with you. You will be bombarded with cheap fake CCs, as well as the 600lb woman with gout the size of a football yelling "mahn wan ganja?!" as soon as you get off the boat. Just my first-hand experiences in the USVI & BVI.

edit: If you make it to St. Thomas, check out Lum's for the goddamn best conch fritters on the planet!

 

[alloy]

Just about all the cc's in the Bahamas are fake. The only place I would trust is the Havana Humidor located in Atlantis. Really nice walk in humidor. And the last time I was there, they had a roller making fresh cigars. Pretty tasty too.

 

[Alwayslit]

Enjoy!

 

[Reelman]

The whole Caribbean basin is served by a distributor called Caribbean Cigar, NV. They sell over 2,000,000 sticks a year. To say that all C.C.'s are fake is beyond ridiculous. Buy from the local LCDH, reputable merchants or at the various resort-owned shops, you will not get taken. If you are buying from some hole in the wall there is a good chance that you are going to be disappointed. Rule of thumb in the Caribbean: if they have a walk-in humidor, you will be pretty safe.

And yes, cigars are expensive in the Caribbean, mainly because the various island govt's. tax ALL cigars at between 100-200% of retail value.

 

[mdwest]

reelman is spot on with pricing in the caribbean... huge taxes.. and tourists are the target market (people that will pay way above MSRP)... so prices are stupid high...

i havent been back to freeport since the late 1990's.. but if it were me... I'd bring my own... (I didnt see anything down there that I wanted back then at a price that I was willing to pay)...

 

[zama80]

I was at the Atlantis hotel a couple years ago, and the Havana Humidor is reputable, but yep, expensive as hell. But, you can go pretty much anywhere you want in the casino with a lit cigar, which is nice.