Duty-Free Shopping Guide

🛍️ Duty-Free Delight: Shop, Save & Smile

Few visitors leave the U.S. Virgin Islands without taking home a little island treasure — and who could blame them? With the best duty-free shopping in the Caribbean, retail therapy here is practically an art form.

💰 Your Duty-Free Advantage

U.S. residents — including children — enjoy a $1,600 duty-free allowance per person, double that of most other Caribbean islands. Families traveling together can combine their limits. Example: A couple with two children can return home with up to $6,400 in purchases — tax and duty free!

🎁 Gifts & Mailing

Want to surprise friends back home? You can mail gifts (excluding alcohol and tobacco) — up to $100 in value per package, one per day, per address — with no need to declare.

✨ What to Buy

You’ll find luxury brands, fine jewelry, perfumes, china, cameras, and electronics at 30–60% below U.S. mainland prices. Smokers may bring back up to five cartons of cigarettes, and if you’re tempted by our legendary rums or craft spirits, you may return with up to five 1-liter bottles — just make sure one was made in the Virgin Islands to qualify.

🌴 The Takeaway

From glittering gems to island-made spirits, your shopping adventure is part of the fun.
So relax, explore, and shop, shop, shop — island style!