UK to Mallorca air fares set to rocket this summer
Flight prices for 2024 summer season to rise by 42% for this summer.
Prices will rise by about 5%-10% this summer, and average fares could increase by 10-15 euros in the next five years.
Prices will rise by about 5%-10% this summer, and average fares could increase by 10-15 euros in the next five years.
Spanish supermarkets lock up olive oil as shoplifting surges
Olive oil prices, now officially at 8 euros a litre, have surged by 150% over the past two years in Spain.
Two women charged more than 6,000 euros at a Balearic hair salon
They thought they were getting a ship!
Turkey giving Mallorca a bit of stuffing this summer
“The destinations to watch out for are Turkey and Egypt."
Price is king when booking a holiday for many.
Price is king when booking a holiday for many.
Housing
Access to Palma housing getting tougher
Access to housing at an affordable price in the Balearics will continue to be one of the major issues this year.
Real Estate
Do you own a home in Palma? You could be sitting on a gold mine
House prices in Palma rose by a record breaking 6.3 percent in the second quarter of the year confirming the fact that the city is one of the most sought after places to live in Spain if not Europe.
Holiday rentals
Up to 7,500 euros a month for a Palma apartment
La Llotja, the Cathedral and Born are the most sought-after areas.
Tourism
Majorca's hoteliers attack Tui "arrogance" in price row
Tui has displayed "a German air of superiority" and is a "tourism dinosaur".
Majorca
One more time, it's saturation: the week in Majorca
Politicians, hoteliers, tour operators were arguing over saturation and prices in Berlin. Palma hoteliers were having a pop at the town hall. The taxi drivers were planning a vote. And a luxury yacht was no more.
Tourism
December was an excellent month for Palma's boutique hotels
Occupancy rates were high and so were prices - up to 350 euros a night.
Property
Brexit may drive Balearic property prices down
It is being taken as something of a given that a weaker pound and uncertainty will cause a slowdown in the property market
Tourism
Tui forecasting 2017 record tourism season
With hotels in Majorca and the Balearics said to already be full for July to August, Tui is increasing sales for the spring and autumn.
Majorca
Time, tourist tax and holiday prices: the week in Majorca
The Balearics didn't want to turn the clocks back, there were different estimates of tourist losses because of the tourist tax, the price of holidays was increasing, and there was good news about unemployment, though it was questionable how good that news really was.
Transport
Hire cars currently 50% cheaper in the Balearics than the mainland
Prices are in some instances 50% lower than on the mainland, meaning a day rate here of between 30 and 40 euros.
Finance
Palmanova prices rise the most since the vote to leave Europe
In Palmanova the cost to UK holidaymakers of items such as a three-course meal has gone up by 51% since 2015.
Tourism
Hotel prices for 2017 increasing by up to 15%
Occupancy is expected to be much the same as this year in 2017, but profit will be the best for the past ten years.
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Comment
Fancy eating out for a change? Better check your bank balance
I read a feature regarding how ridiculously expensive some places have become recently.
Frank Leavers07/05/2024 15:30