Today is St. Patty's day and Arianna is celebrating with her new jumperoo. One of the things we always do when we visit Miami is to search for items that we know are way too expensive down here but are affordable if bought in the USA. We took two extra suitcases with us both empty precisely for that purpose. The only problem with that is how to get it all back here without having to pay extra baggage fees (hence the two empty bags going up) or customs duty when we arrive. We flew Cayman Airways which unlike U.S. airlines doesn't have a checked bag fee so that meant 4 suitcases checked with no charge. Coming through customs we have a 350 CI exemption for bringing back items and if all three of us are traveling that means 1050 CI or about 1300 in US dollars. This time we were bringing back a large box with the jumperoo, a play rug and a video monitor along with other various items so not surprisingly we got pulled aside by customs when we arrived and they saw our form (on which we declared everything). They went over our receipts and after confirming the purchases let us through without having to pay duty. We looked like refugee's as we took everything to our car but we got it all home and Arianna is loving her new toys and celebrating like the Irish with and in them.
