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Hotels, Villas & Apartments in Pollensa & Cala San Vicente Discuss hotels, aparthotels, private villas, apartments and any other type of accommodation in the Pollensa area including Cala San Vicente. Do add reviews and comments for specific hotels and apartments. Readers find these very useful.
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09-11-2017, 18:18
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Feel very sad about it. Staying at Pension Bella Bellavista in March, but then nothing. No rentals means no visit. Still feel PP will flourish, but for a more elite class. Understand a lot of people will be happy about this. Think it will be bye bye for us.
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10-11-2017, 10:11
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At a meeting last week the Mayor of Pollenca stated that the entire Pollenca / Puerto Pollenca area would be proposed as a area allowing tourist rentals as to divide it up street by street would be a nightmare to administer.
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13-11-2017, 12:22
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Well lets hope they do something
I am still hopeful for Sept 18 as we have made the decision not to come in June (was looking /hoping for 3 bedroom apartment on sea front) .Have now booked alternative holiday .
I do not want to miss out on my yearly pilgrimage to PP.
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13-11-2017, 12:57
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There is a meeting in the Club Pollensa, in the main square of the old town tomorrow evening, starting at 18:00hrs to aprox 20:00hrs being given by Javier Blas who is layer and regarded as an authority on the subject of rentals, the meeting is being given in English. I can assure you that it will be very interesting.
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13-11-2017, 19:16
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Looking forward to hearing the outcome of this meeting.
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14-11-2017, 15:27
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As the zoning areas have not been announced or agreed yet by government or the paperwork available to apply for licences I'm not sure exactly what they can tell you .
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16-11-2017, 20:18
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I went to this meeting, and quite frankly, it was a bit of a waste of time.
The two experts spent over an hour reading aloud the details (so far unconfirmed ) of the new law, which I presume most of the people present knew about already.
A gentleman at the front asked two interesting questions, one of which was to enquire about how would the Consell (local government, NOT the local council ) decide who got a licence if these were over subscribed (in other words, would someone with a Spanish surname have more "luck" than a Mr Smith), and could they confirm that friends and family could stay whenever the owner pleased.
They could not answer the first question, saying that people will have to wait and see, and the answer to the second one was, yes, no problem at all as long as no money changed hands.
How that is supposed to be proved was left unanswered.
Last edited by Julian Simms; 16-11-2017 at 20:22.
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18-11-2017, 14:09
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Quote:
Originally Posted by animagic21
Feel very sad about it. Staying at Pension Bella Bellavista in March, but then nothing. No rentals means no visit. Still feel PP will flourish, but for a more elite class. Understand a lot of people will be happy about this. Think it will be bye bye for us.
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Yes, very sad. "More elite class" the visitor who is able to afford some of the very, very expensive apartments in the sought after areas who eat out most nights if not every night will surely be missed in 2018. Hotels will do extremely well without a doubt but like you, no rentals means no visit.
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20-11-2017, 23:22
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The Tourist Minister, Barcello has stated it must be 'quality not quantity' Feel upset that we are apparently not quality. Been staying in apartments for 25 yrs. Have always respected residents. Being penalised for others.
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21-11-2017, 09:22
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Quote:
Originally Posted by animagic21
The Tourist Minister, Barcello has stated it must be 'quality not quantity' Feel upset that we are apparently not quality. Been staying in apartments for 25 yrs. Have always respected residents. Being penalised for others.
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The cheeky so n so. How dare he say that?
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21-11-2017, 15:03
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If you haven't considered it yet, or thought it too expensive, have you tried looking at villas, I have and found the one we rented a few years ago. We had great times there and in fact it works out cheaper than the apartment we usually rent, £699 per week in September. Most if not all have tourist licenses, so no worries on that issues, worth a look if you don't fancy a hotel.
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21-11-2017, 15:07
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Thank you. Will look into that.
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21-11-2017, 23:11
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Published by a PP resident and someone involved in the Rental market, on Facebook on 16th Nov, on "I Love Puerto Pollensa" page:
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Video of the meeting in Pollensa, details of the new rental laws, if you have 1hr 45 mins to watch this,
if not then (here is her summary)
1) you have to be a resident to apply for a License next year,
2) your property must be over 5 years old,
3) there will be 40,000 new Licenses granted to cover the whole Island,
4) everyone? (or a majority) in your block must agree and this must be logged with the Town Hall,
5) you will also have to list names and Passport numbers of every holiday maker and submit to the Police Station,
6) if you are granted a new License then you will only be able to rent for 60 days per year.
Good Luck everyone If you already hold a License then the above does not apply, you can carry on renting as before.
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Have a look at the page to see all the comments/discussion.
Last edited by El Gordo; 21-11-2017 at 23:16.
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21-11-2017, 23:30
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Thank you for this information Gordo, we are getting seriously worried now as have booked an apartment and paid 50% deposit. We need to get flights booked (which are very expensive for next summer) and worried that our apartment booking might be cancelled at the last minute. Shortage of accommodation might mean we were in Majorca with nowhere to stay. Any advice on what to do next will be most welcome.
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22-11-2017, 10:30
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I'm wondering how many people have read the item on the seemallorca.com/property/letting website and what you thought of it.
Last edited by Sparky; 22-11-2017 at 11:59.
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