News reports 2018.
MDB reporting today a 300,000 euro fine for Airbnb in relation to breaching advertising of unlicensed tourist properties.
Interesting to see if the Balearic Gov can make it stick !!! |
Holidaymakers return to Turkey and Tunisia
Item in todays Times, reporting that
"The number of British tourists planning holidays in Turkey, Egypt and Tunisia is set to double this year amid concerns over a sharp price rise at Spanish hotels." and "while Thomas Cook is planning to accommodate an extra million passengers in the eastern Mediterranean who would have previously been expected to holiday in Spain" Full article in News section of The Times 17th March,by Graeme Paton |
time to move on?
We have come to PP for almost 40 years, but the new attitude to visitors has made us think, is it all worth it. We have stayed in some great private apartments which is no longer allowed, the tourism tax going up and restaurants increasing prices. As an older couple who are not keen on hotels (we prefer S/C )and the Flora type of apartment just don't cut the mustard. Therefore we feel it's time to look further a field to somewhere the authorities want the tourists and dare I say welcome them.
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I also firmly believe that the large Hotel groups who I believe are behind this, also think they will get all that custom from the private rentals. They will be in for a shock. Once again the people that spend their hard earned money can see the folly of this, but the fools in power that think it's a good idea can't. Time will tell who is right and I don't think we will have to wait that long either. Believe me, there is no one that can possibly have a deeper love of PP than me, for many and varied reasons, but if it's a choice of hotels and complexes or nothing then I'm afraid it will be nothing. It is a sad Pollensafan this morning :( |
Agree - we would never stay in hotels in PP - we prefer our indepence and love our October breaks in the port in lovely apartments right in the midst of all the restaurants etc. For summer we rent a villa in the countryside as we like the long evenings in the peace and quiet. But this year, although we will still have our summer in Pollensa countryside, but we are going to Mauritius in October. Sounds exotic but will still miss October in the port, walking along the front for morning coffee or lunch at Capri or ice cream in Valls etc:(
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Large price increase in Cala San Vicente
Over the last few years I have noticed a dramatic increase in villas in Cala San Vicente, this coupled with the ever increasing tourist tax.
Last year we went to Moraira, south of Valencia. Nice villas at a reasonable price and no tourist tax. Yet we are back in CSV in July. Ho hum. |
Its so sad
I have booked for September but it was a close run thing. PP has always been expensive in comparison to other places we visit and as a result we are only coming for a week when we did intend to come for 2 but the economics of this ( we do enjoy the range of eating out places ) did not work out.
Not every other place we visit has the same feel as PP but equally lots of lovely places to see out there. Scotslizzy |
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If they were giving awards for the understatement of the year, then that would be a gold medal winner with honours. :eek: Considering the whole island is built on it I'd say that was putting it mildly. A budding Sherlock Holmes the writer isn't. As for " Be careful what you wish for " Get your own sayings, I wrote that weeks ago.:D |
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