Taxing times
“Tourist tax? What tourist tax appears to be the message from travel fairs ...”
Tourist tax for the right projects
"I thought that the tourist tax cash would be used to improve holiday resorts and not for other projects which should come out of the general Balearic budget ..."
Giving expats the vote
"The British government must act to give British citizens living abroad a better deal ..."
No worries
“The panel of experts said that we had nothing to fear from a British EU exit ...”
Fairs and Fiestas
Balearics Day fun in the sun
The market which had been set up along the Paseo Maritimo and up into the Paseo Mallorca proved to be exceptionally popular.
Weak sterling
“The fall in the value of sterling will hit tourism to Majorca this summer ..."
We are British!
“Why is there so little sympathy for British overseas residents in Britain ...”
Transport
Scotland winter flights
Ryanair has announced this afternoon that they will be flying twice a week from Edinburgh to Palma during the winter months (October to March).
EU referendum
An open letter to David Cameron
If Britain leaves the European Union, it could change the daily lives of thousands of British expatriates.
- Spain wants Britons to show they have 113.40 euros, £97, per day for their holidays
- Big changes on the horizon when Britons travel to Mallorca
- Over two hours for Britons to get through Palma airport queues
- Palma Airport passport control "collapse" put down to unscheduled flights
- Living in a motorhome in Palma: "It'll only get worse"
Comment
Battling expats
“Expat power is alive and well in our battle for the European Union vote ...”
Jason Moore 14/03/2016 00:00