Imserso holidays for Spanish pensioners
Imserso holidaymakers in Ibiza.
Spanish pensioner holidays in Mallorca likely to be cut even more next winter
The Spanish government hasn't increased funding for Imserso holidays in the 2023 budget.
Imserso holidaymakers arriving in Ibiza.
The Imserso programme runs until the end of April.
Spanish pensioner holidays in Mallorca cut by half
Only twenty participating hotels as opposed to a previous 44.
Spanish pensioner holidays in Mallorca
There was a reduced programme for last winter because of Covid.
Not enough hotels for Spanish pensioners' holidays in Mallorca
Hotels have been pulling out of Imserso because they aren't paid enough.
Imserso holidaymakers in a hotel in Mallorca
Imserso holidaymakers are due to start arriving in October.
Higher prices needed to save Spanish pensioner holidays in Mallorca
The Balearic government won't be topping up the payment to hotels.
Imserso holidaymakers arriving at a Mallorca hotel
The majority of hotels have pulled out of the programme.
Mallorca hotels not participating in Spanish pensioners' holiday programme
Hotels insist that Spanish government payment for Imserso holidays is too low.
Spanish pensioners on an Imserso holiday in Mallorca
Hoteliers say that Imserso isn't financially viable.
Spanish pensioner holidays are "guaranteed"
News to Mallorca's hoteliers, who have said they will be withdrawing from the Imserso programme.
Travel agent sign announcing sale of holidays for Spanish pensioners
A travel agent's sign from a few years ago announcing the sale of Imserso holidays.
Mallorca hoteliers pull out of Spanish pensioners' holiday scheme
Imserso prices have been a bone of contention for years; they are even more so now.
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Imserso holidays for Spanish senior citizens in Mallorca
An earlier start to the Imserso programme had been hoped for.
Holidays in Mallorca for Spain's senior citizens unlikely until early 2022
The specifications for the contracts for operating Imserso holidays have yet to be drafted.
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Comment
A rare sight in Magalluf
Not just one, but around fifty.
Andrew Ede14/02/2022 09:34