Has anyone hear that is you bring back Cuban cigars some people will pay for your trip to cuba?

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the big

I have seen that some people that claim to be from canada have veeery strange ideas about cuba

Perhaps they have spread that tale

daspook19

Wouldn't it just be easier to go to Canada or Mexico? Neither country has the same trade embargo on Cuba that the United States has. I've smoked Cubans in both countries.

If you can find an idiot that will finance your trip to Cuba, take their money, drive to your nearest bordering neighbor, by the cigars, pocket the change.

Kman

You'd have to bring them to the United States to get money for them since AFAIK they're available in Canada. The only reason people in the US would pay for them is because the US has had an embargo on Cuba since the early days of the cold war - it's citizens cannot travel to Cuba nor can they buy Cuban goods.

So yes, they would fetch some money in the US. No clue how much. But to do so you'd be illegally smuggling into the US, and as you can imagine it doesn't go over too well if you get caught.

casey s

As a tourist to Cuba you are only allowed 50 cigars when exiting the country. You will never pay foe your trip with 50 cigars.

I returned from Cuba in January I purchased a box of 25 Romeo and Julieta cigars this is considered second in quality to Cohiba which are the best.

In Cuba I payed $90 cuc about $120.00 Canadian dollars. Even if I brought back 2 boxes and sold them for 3 times the cost I could not cover the cost of even a cheap Cuba vacation.

Don't believe everything people tell you.

moglie

Have you also heard that if you take a suitcase to Cuba or bring a suitcase back for them someone they will pay for your trip?
They won't bail you out of jail when you get caught at Customs with a suitcase full of illegal items and or drugs.

LYNDSEY H

complete load of codswollop, think someone would only pay if those cigars were full of dope! u can buy cuban cigars in countries other than cuba

Riki

The legal limit you can bring in to Canada is 50 cigars and as you may or may not know although Cuban cigars can be purchased legally here in Canada but they are expensive. If you have friends lined up who might buy them you could make some money however paying for your trip seems like a bit of an exaggeration. Obviously some answerer's didn't see that you were posting about Canada and it is and has always been legal for us to visit Cuba. maybe someone else can advise you, but if memory serves me correctly there isa maximum number set by the Cuban government that you can take with you when leaving the country to return home.

http://www.cubatravel.cu/client/faqs/index.php

CoOKiEs && KrEAm

I highly doubt that is correct as I would say they are illegal and whatever someone pays you if you get caught bringing them into the country will not compensate for the trouble you'll be in..

Andrew Pearson

I recommend you read the Havana Times website before u travel there. You can reach it at havanatimes.org

Beardo

Cuba now requires that if you take more than a certain number of cigars you need to show an official purchase invoice from a cigar store.

Most countries have limits on how many cigars you can take in duty free.

There may well be a price difference between the cost in Cuba and the value in canada - but with the restrictions above and the need to know what you are doing, I doubt this is easy money.

PS there was a guy who posted on the internet about smuggling cigars into the US for profit. Last I heard he was in jail.

Shieldgambit

it is not legal to ravel to cuba from the united states. it is illegal to deal in Cuban cigars as well.

thinkingtime

That's illegal.

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