Once you add up the ticket, the equipment, the food and the alcohol, festivals are expensive. There’s no doubt that they’re worth every penny, but if you can work out how to sneak alcohol into festivals, successfully, you stand to save A LOT.

This post is here to help.

– All this advice also works for sneaking alcohol on a cruise too!

Most of the weekend camping festivals let you take your own booze in, Glastonbury and Bestival included. There are always a few that are just out to make as much money as possible though, such as EXIT, Field Day and Eastern Electrics. They charge an absolute fortune for a glass of wine, making getting drunk at these things, way too expensive.

How to Sneak Drink into Festivals and Concerts

Here I’m going to take you through a few ways you can sneak alcohol into festivals to save on money and time so you can spend more on having fun.

READ MORE: My Advice on the Best Alcohol for Festivals

Desperate to get alcohol into festivals…

1. Lotion bottle

Simply empty a tube or bottle of lotion and refill with booze. Or if you want to be really crafty, and probably safer, put your booze in a food bag and push to the bottom of the bottle. That way if they open it up and sniff it or look at it, there will still be sunscreen on the top to throw them off the scent.

You could just adapt your own sunscreen bottle, or buy these specially-created-for-smuggling bottles from Amazon. This is one of the best ways to hide alcohol when you’re trying to get the booze into the festival.

2. In the Pringles tube

Same idea, different smuggling vessel. Just add a food bag of booze in the bottom – weighs less than bottles – and stack a few Pringles on top.

Sneaky.

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TOP TIP: All these tips and tricks for smuggling alcohol into festivals can totally be used to sneak alcohol into a concert and to sneak booze into a club.

All you need to do is keep that alcohol hidden and discrete.

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I’ve been to 49 different festivals in 19 countries, I know what I’m talking about when it comes to getting alcohol into festivals!

3. Wine bags

Buy the boxed wine – which I like to call ‘cardboardeaux’ – and take the bag out. Then just put it down your trousers as a voluptuous bum, or in your top as a squidgy belly. Dress discreetly and accordingly.

Or buy these Boobie Bags where you don’t even need to bother binning the box, they come ready bagged and waiting to be filled with a helpful straw for sucking. Simply stuff in your bra or down your pants and your guaranteed to smuggle your alcohol in.

How to Sneak Alcohol on a Cruise

All these tips will work to sneak alcohol on a cruise too. Ditch the glass and put the alcohol in cruise drink bags, or tightened tetra packs, and you’ll get past the security easily.

Sneaking alcohol on a cruise is easy when you have secret flasks, alcoholic capri suns and cruise alcohol bags. Most cruises charge an absolute fortune for alcohol packages, so sneaking the booze in, is the best way to get around it.

Don’t pay over the odds for alcohol when you can just smuggle it in!

Just let me know in the comments below if you need any more help or advice when it comes to getting alcohol onto cruises.

4. Mini bottles in the wellies

Just turn your wellies into a mini bar, watch how you walk and you’ll be the most popular kid in the field. In all my years of festivals I’ve never had my wellies frisked so either buy some miniatures, or be cheap and make your own with these 50ml bottles from Amazon.

Then, when you’re out of sight, you can enjoy your stash of alcohol to your heart’s consent.

5. Cans in the hood

It’s worth a shot. Slip a few cans in your hood and act casual as you walk by. Let me know how you get on with this one. Sometimes just being totally casual and blatant is the best way to hide alcohol at festivals.

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6. Specially adapted bra

Again fill food bags (probably want to double bag them) half way and stuff into your bra like chicken fillets. Bear in mind that the booze will be lovely (bleugh) and warm when you get them out, but at least you’ll have saved money on a drink.

Or, if you can get your hands on one of these ‘Wineracks‘ ($30, can’t find them in the UK), you’re laughin’.

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TOP TIP: Try to smuggle more alcohol into the festival / concert / club / cruise than you need. Get your friends involved. That way you don’t put all your eggs in one basket and at least one of you will get it in, if not all.

The price of alcohol on the outside is way cheaper than the inside, so invest! Even if it gets taken off you, it won’t break the bank. But if you get it through – woo!

7. Camelbak

Something like this Hydrobak 1.5 Litre Camelbak is perfect for smuggling alcohol in under your jumper. Strap it to your back with tape to prevent the security guards from feeling the gap between your back and the bag.

Or you could go for something a little smaller and cheaper like this 2L Hiking Hydration Bladder Bag, at £6.99.

Looks like it’s got some pretty good reviews and would be easier to hide under your clothes.

I reckon you’d need to not fill it to the top so it could feel a bit more like a fat belly, rather than an overloaded bag, but could be a goer.

8. Crotch bottle

Boys will probably have a few troubles with the above, so why not take the idea and shove it down your crotch instead?

Pretty sure if anyone felt a saggy bag in that area they wouldn’t investigate any further…

TOP TIP: Whether you want to sneak alcohol into Coachella, smuggle booze into Sziget or get a few drinks into Bestival, I really hope this post helps you have the best festival experience ever!

Let me know how you get on!

9. Novelty-shaped hip flasks

These Iggi hip flask binoculars are really cool and I want them, and this lipstick-shaped hip flask could come in handy too. Not sure if trying to take a pair of binoculars into a festival is more obvious than a welly mini bar, but it’s another option.

You could also try the paddle brush secret hip flask , or even one shaped like a digital camera. So many trixty ways to get your alcohol into the festival!

Secret hip flasks. Sneaky!

10. Sippin seat

Check this out. I think they must be big in the USA, but I’ve never actually seen them before. It’s a Sippin Seat; a handy soft pillow you can use as a chair and that where can also store 750ml – more commonly known as a bottle of wine – inside.

Definitely number one on my Christmas list…

TOP TIP: If you get told off trying to conceal the alcohol, and get it in, just go with it. Let them be annoyed and give it up. There is no way you want to risk your ticket for the sake of a few drinks!

You might just have a few alcohol issues…

11. Inject vodka into oranges

Or any fruit. Just get yourself a syringe and you can make the most innocent of foods super alcoholic. If you do resort to this, have a little word with yourself to check everything’s ok and life is heading the way you want it.

12. Double use colostomy bag

If you can get your hands on a colostomy bag and tube you can fill it with whisky and lemonade so it looks like wee on the way in, and then get your doctor mate to fix it up to use it properly when you’re watching the bands and it’ll save you some time there too…

TOP TIP: Once you’ve passed security don’t whip out your contraband out straight away. Just keep walking and wait until you are in a bit of a crowd to get your alcohol stash out.

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BRAND NEW WAYS TO SNEAK THE BOOZE INTO FESTIVALS…

13. In your tampons?!

Just what we’ve all been waiting for! New for this year Shot Tubes & Tampon Wrappers to help you get your booze into the festivals.

You get 5 ‘shot tubes of party fun’. They’re easy to fill – just peel the adhesive strip and fill the leak proof booze tube with your liquor of choice.

I want!

TOP TIP: Getting alcohol into festivals really isn’t that hard. You just need to act confident, keep it concealed and get out of the way when you’ve got it through!

Don’t go whipping it out before you’re safe!

14. Lads? In the Lynx

New for 2018 are these Lynx shaped deodorant bottles, perfect for ensuring you have boozey supplies as the night goes on. They’ll make for a great summer time present for your friend!

15. All in the wrist

And then, another new one for 2018, the rose gold bangle. Simply fill with booze and when you’re ready you can access it easily as it’s already on your wrist.

16. Bonus alcohol sneaking tip

And I don’t want to get too dark here, but if you have a baby, their nappies are wonderful places for a cheeky little miniature. I’m sure when they’re older they’ll be proud to say they helped you sneak drink into the fest!

Quick alcohol smuggling Q and A

How do you sneak alcohol into events?

Try all the suggestions above, but also….

– Hide it in your hair

– Be confident

– Casually walk in with it in your hand

– Drink vodka from a water bottle as you go in

– Just get drunk before you go

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How can I hide alcohol in my bag?

Cut yourself a little hole in the bottom of the bag and then insert alcohol bags in, but make sure the material of your bag is thick, or they’ll be able to squidge it. Try those tampon alcohol smugglers I mention above too. No one’s going to want to investigate those!

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Can you bring alcohol on a cruise?

No. Thats why I have all the 15 suggestions above – enjoy!

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Have you got any more tips for smuggling alcohol into festivals?

Let us know in the comments box below…

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