Letter to the editor: British tourists scammed by Mallorca taxi driver
Please could you raise awareness and recommend to tourists to pay in cash only to prevent fraud.
Dangerous lack of taxis in Palma
I would not expect, especially in this heat, to have to be queuing, waiting, fighting and panicking for a taxi.

The first Uber's roll out of Poligono Son Olms
The first Uber's roll out of Poligono Son Olms.
Traffic
La Seu residents overjoyed
Palma Town Hall were accused of only listening to the taxi sector.
Majorca
Water week in Majorca: floods, tourist tax and rates
Farmers were faced with flooded fields, electricity was costing more, Palma refused to budge on its water rate and was demanding more tourist tax revenue, public opinion was against holiday rentals, and taxi drivers were getting angrier.
Crime
Minor being investigated for breaking into 30 taxis
The wave of break ins to Palma taxis appears to have been solved.
Transport
No increase in Palma taxi-drivers' hours of working
Palma's transport councillor Joan Ferrer had already pretty much ruled out an increase in hours and he has now confirmed this.
- Spain pushes ahead with 100 percent sales tax on home buys by non-resident Britons and Americans
- British company at Palma Airport again under fire for worker practices
- British stars gather at Branson hotel in Mallorca, Jamie Oliver does the cooking
- Spain considers new 21% VAT on short-term tourist rentals, double the hotel rate
- Longer than a football field, one of the biggest super-yachts ever built and she is anchored in Andratx!
Comment
Hotelier hypocrisy?
Critical of Airbnb but supportive of Uber
Andrew Ede26/01/2024 10:01