UK Increases Duty-Free Limit as Travel to U.S. Rises

by Tracy Chait (RSS feed)
Jan 2nd 2009 at 10:02AM

The Telegraph has reported the UK will again increase the duty-free limit for British travelers heading to non-EU countries in 2009. The current limit is now at £340, up from the recent increase to £300 in early December of 2008 from just £145.

Partly based on research that indicates up to 1 in 5 Brits plan to travel to the U.S. in the New Year and half of UK residents surveyed planned some kind of international travel in 2009, the rise will allow for quite a bit more shopping if exchange rates don't fall dramatically.

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willzville Jan 2nd 2009 10:27AM

Exchange rates hold steady??

Now £1=$1.44. This time last year it was about £1=$2.00! The GBP to USD exchange rates is also dropping about a cent every week, making things more expensive for Brits buying abroad.

I recently visited the US and Germany and was very disappointed with how many Dollars and Euros I got for my Pounds.