When did they stop you having to go through customs coming home from the Bahamas?

[bguppies]

We got back from Bimini on Monday morning in Charleston, SC and when we got off the ship, we just picked up our luggage and walked straight out of the terminal. NO Customs check at all.

Never seen that before, by, air, sea or car.

[mz-s]

Customs is still there and they use facial recognition to flag people if need be.

 

But I guess they decided it wasn't worth the effort to track down most cruisers for the duty on a few bottles of liquor or cartons of cigarettes. So they mostly just wave people on through nowadays.

[ninjacat123]

13 minutes ago, mz-s said:

Customs is still there and they use facial recognition to flag people if need be.

 

But I guess they decided it wasn't worth the effort to track down most cruisers for the duty on a few bottles of liquor or cartons of cigarettes. So they mostly just wave people on through nowadays.

I was wondering the same thing when we disembarked in Charleston.  Felt like getting off a domestic flight.  I didn't see any facial recognition machines but maybe I didn't notice.

[Retiredmedic]

19 minutes ago, mz-s said:

Customs is still there and they use facial recognition to flag people if need be.

 

But I guess they decided it wasn't worth the effort to track down most cruisers for the duty on a few bottles of liquor or cartons of cigarettes. So they mostly just wave people on through nowadays.

Hahahaha Try that at Galveston. TABC is there trying to search as many people as they can.

[Gamecock_Cruiser]

We experienced the same thing. They told us to have our passports out and ready getting off the ship. As soon as we got off, we were told that we didn't need them to put them up. No drug sniffing dogs or anything. That is concerning to us. 

[JoeMo]

8 hours ago, Retiredmedic said:

Hahahaha Try that at Galveston. TABC is there trying to search as many people as they can.

TABC always asks but I have never seen them search anyone. As for CBP, you get to go through because the cute little doggie didn't pee on your luggage