Habanos at Aruba

[Miguel Gracias]

Had 8 days vacation at Aruba this early January... what can I say? I had great time smoking at the cigar emporium there.

I visited both stores, LCDH Aruba had less diversity than the other one. 

I was not expecting to buy boxes... and ended up buying 4 boxes including la Gloria Cubana oro no.4! 

Some hard to find cigars were Hoyo De Monterrey Maravialles, Bolivar Reserva Cosecha, La Gloria Cubana and Trinidad Fundis, La Trova...

It was my first time visiting LCDH and am really hooked in to LCDH... already planned to visit St. Maarten in may

 

[Corylax18]

6 minutes ago, Miguel Gracias said:

It was my first time visiting LCDH and am really hooked in to LCDH... already planned to visit St. Maarten in may

Dont expect this as the norm. That is quite a selection!! I've only ever seen boxes stacked up on the floor in Havana. Haha. Those look like mastercases along the left side of your first shot, all beat up!

[Miguel Gracias]

5 minutes ago, Corylax18 said:

Dont expect this as the norm. That is quite a selection!! I've only ever seen boxes stacked up on the floor in Havana. Haha. Those look like mastercases along the left side of your first shot, all beat up!

I heard the lady at St. maarten has some good stocks... I might buy if anything catches my eye. I'm still upset that I didn't get a box of fundis.

[Rhinoww]

Whoa. That almost makes me want to schedule a trip to Aruba. Like tomorrow  

My second reaction was wondering if these pictures were from two years ago or if the prices were insane 😂. That was quite a find. 
 

I stopped in an LCDH in Aruba back in like 93 or 94 or maybe 92 while on a cruise w my parents. I’m old now and can’t remember  Bought a Monte 2 for like $10 and thought I had paid a kings ransom although it was outstanding (and May have been my first CC.). Great find for sure. 

[billyh79]

My parents brought me back a SLR A from Aruba when I was in college in 2000 or 2001. First cuban I ever had. Was a fantastic cigar and got me hooked!

[NapaNolan]

The Benito Juarez duty frees were all pretty well stocked a couple of weeks ago, but at $35 for a Monte 5 maybe they’re not selling much. 

[TopTomato]

I was at the LCDH in Aruba (not the cigar emporium one). They definitely had less boxes and variety than shown in this pic! Kinda makes me feel like I should've gone to the cigar emporium instead!

[Miguel Gracias]

1 minute ago, TopTomato said:

I was at the LCDH in Aruba (not the cigar emporium one). They definitely had less boxes and variety than shown in this pic! Kinda makes me feel like I should've gone to the cigar emporium instead!

you missed the gem... it's only 10min walk away too! 

[jonahs_whale]

I was also just at Cigar Emporium a few weeks ago and picked up a few LCDH boxes. wish i gotten more but wasn't sure about the customs situation. The officially LCDH store was closed for some reason when i stopped by. Glad to know I wasn't missing out on much.

I can't wait to go back. Also those dutch pancakes next to LCDH were great 

[Miguel Gracias]

1 hour ago, jonahs_whale said:

I was also just at Cigar Emporium a few weeks ago and picked up a few LCDH boxes. wish i gotten more but wasn't sure about the customs situation. The officially LCDH store was closed for some reason when i stopped by. Glad to know I wasn't missing out on much.

I can't wait to go back. Also those dutch pancakes next to LCDH were great

oh my god i went same place for pancakes lol... the mini waffle was outstanding

 

3 hours ago, Rhinoww said:

Whoa. That almost makes me want to schedule a trip to Aruba. Like tomorrow  

My second reaction was wondering if these pictures were from two years ago or if the prices were insane 😂. That was quite a find. 
 

I stopped in an LCDH in Aruba back in like 93 or 94 or maybe 92 while on a cruise w my parents. I’m old now and can’t remember  Bought a Monte 2 for like $10 and thought I had paid a kings ransom although it was outstanding (and May have been my first CC.). Great find for sure. 

Most regular production were definitely more expensive than online, but it was worth trying for singles. If someone buys a box or more, shop will offer you 15% discount on most regular or lcdh cigars. I would say some cigars are nice to buy, because I can't find those on online at all such as Fundadores. It also has sales on every friday... when I was there, it had $12 on magnum 54, so I grabbed a stick (couldn't buy more boxes, i was worried about custom).

[GavLew79]

🎶 Aruba, Jamaica, come on pretty mama...

 

 

Sorry. 

[Dynamo320]

Both of the shops in Oranjestad are under the same management. Try to go on Friday’s when they have 3 different cigars on sale, good deals to be had. 

[havanaclub]

How were the prices at these shops?


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[jonahs_whale]

2 hours ago, havanaclub said:

How were the prices at these shops?

Pretty reasonable as far as I can tell. The boxes that I picked up, sticks ran $17-19 per. A little pricy per, but i figured there'd be a markup for LCDH bands

[SigmundChurchill]

7 hours ago, GavLew79 said:

🎶 Aruba, Jamaica, come on pretty mama...

 

 

Sorry. 

"Aruba, Jamaica, oh I want to take ya."   (It rhymes.)
 

So does, "Bermuda, Bahama, come on pretty mama."

😀😀😀

 

1 hour ago, jonahs_whale said:

Pretty reasonable as far as I can tell. The boxes that I picked up, sticks ran $17-19 per. A little pricy per, but i figured there'd be a markup for LCDH bands

I have been there a bunch of times.  In general, the prices are really high, but perhaps they haven't heard about the recent inflation, so their prices don't seem so high anymore?

[GavLew79]

9 hours ago, SigmundChurchill said:

So does, "Bermuda, Bahama, come on pretty mama.

"Key Largo, Fargo, ooh where will my car go..."

😉

[Miguel Gracias]

9 hours ago, SigmundChurchill said:

"Aruba, Jamaica, oh I want to take ya."   (It rhymes.)
 

So does, "Bermuda, Bahama, come on pretty mama."

😀😀😀

 

I have been there a bunch of times.  In general, the prices are really high, but perhaps they haven't heard about the recent inflation, so their prices don't seem so high anymore?

I think this is the anwer... some LCDH editions were "ok" price

[jonahs_whale]

I'll just say that other stores on the Island that had no affiliation with LCDH had prices 50% higher if not worse

[SigmundChurchill]

56 minutes ago, jonahs_whale said:

I'll just say that other stores on the Island that had no affiliation with LCDH had prices 50% higher if not worse

When I am on a Caribbean Island, I never go into a store that has "no affiliation with LCDH".  Anywhere else in the Caribbean, there is close to 100% chance the cigars are fake.