Palma05/08/2017 00:00
I have always been one for getting to airports in good time; one never knows what could happen But three hours before, give me a break. For most of the people flying in and out of Palma this summer that is longer than the length of their flight. I know that the British love nothing better than an orderly queue and a natter, but how much can one take? Lengthy waits to check in, then another to go through security, followed by passport control and then a good time spent lurking near the boarding gate, where there are never enough seats for the number of people on the plane.
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It is baffling why people still choose to holiday on Mallorca. Every year the same old delays, and Pathetic immigration controls. After 30 years of holidays on the island, I feel they no longer want British tourists. What with attacks by anti tourist groups, and choosing not to add extra immigration officers, at peak time, you can only feel that Mallorca wants a different future. The travelling public have much more choice these days, and will vote with their feet, and spend their hard earned money elsewhere. Good luck Mallorca, you are shooting yourself in the foot each year.
Tom: You say "anyone coming to the UK should be made to show a passport or they don't come in". I thought that that had always been the case! ..... You also say "like the old days should be made to sign in at a police station everyday they are here" - what 'old days' would those be? I don't recall foreigners ever having to visit the police station to 'sign in' every day while in the UK - and I am going back over many many years!
Well,I won't be coming back to Majorca ever again,what with the hours of airport queuing,anti-tourist protests and graffiti,being blamed,as a tourist for just about all your ''problems'',the tourist tax and the proposed doubling of it and simply being made to feel unwelcome so I will be going where I am wanted and welcomed and not forced to pay for being there almost the minute I arrive.
Just as the English predicted the EU couldn't organise a p,,s up in a brewery?,,, all the illegal immigrants over there moving freely to wreak havoc with no way of knowing who they are and they have the nerve to want to check my passport , anyone coming to the uk should be made to show a passport or they don't come in and then like the old days should be made to sighn in at a police station everyday they are here ,
Taking a 7 Day Holiday now, has been reduced to 5 Days . 2 Days have to be spent at the departing and returning Airports. It would be interesting to interview Tourists ,as to their reactions to the loss of 2 days of their Holiday. Whether or not they will return, and be subjected to the delays again !. Plus paying increased Tourist Tax , to buy Fincas. In view of this disgraceful disorganised chaos, has angered me, especially when those Schengen Treaty signed Countries do not have to show passports. This allows Terrorists freedom of travel .Making the disgraceful passport delays for the British - FARCICAL. I will not holiday this year, and maybe not next year, unless this mess, and eventually the mess that will be caused by Brexit, is sorted out. StayCations will be the safe 7 day Holiday in Great Britain.