Can you bring your own cup or thermos to all-inclusive bars in Sharm el-Sheikh?

Standard beer cups at hotel bars are quite small (around 200 ml), and the plastic cups at the pool/beach bar are often worn and low quality, so many guests bring a large thermo mug and ask staff to pour not just beer but cocktails or water into it — it stays cold longer and you can see what you're drinking.

Experienced travelers recommend bringing a sports bottle or thermo mug — staff happily pour drinks into any container. Some guests use 3-4 thermo mugs at once for different drinks (separate ones for beer, cola, whiskey-cola). If you don't have one, an affordable bottle can be bought at a Fix Price store.

Yes, you can bring your own large cup for beer and cocktails — staff will pour into it without issue, since the bar's own cups are usually small.

If you’re drinking at the bar, especially in the evening, drinks are often served in glass; at the beach they may also use larger glass cups. But for takeaway, they usually switch to a paper cup because glass is officially not allowed outside the lobby.

Cold beer warms up quickly in the heat if you're not sitting in the lobby or room — a thermos cup would actually come in handy.

Both spirits and beer are served in paper cups at the bars. You can take a glass from your room and ask staff to pour into it — they'll likely agree. Free alcohol is available from noon.

Bringing a thermos cup is worth considering since bars use paper cups that don't hold temperature well in the heat.