Privatisation by Stealth of Mallorca’s Beaches | SHOCKING prices here
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- In this video find out why I feel we are experiencing some privatisation by stealth of Mallorca's beaches.
I filmed this video in Cala Mayor, on the west side of Mallorca's capital Palma de Mallorca which is a popular beach with residents and holidaymakers alike.
But Summer in 2024 will be a very different experience for many locals with huge swathes of sand taken over by huge plastic sunbeds.
With less room on the sands, it will mean only those who can afford to go to the beach will be able to enjoy these smaller beaches this Summer.
It feels like locals are no longer welcome here
So join me and find the pricing and find out what my opinion is. Leave your opinion too.
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Contents:
0:00 Shocking prices on Cala Mayor Beach Mallorca
1:50 Premium Sunbed Price Guide, Cala Mayor Beach, Palma
4:19 Locals are not welcome on Cala Mayor beach, Palma
8:42 The sunbed problem on Cala Mayor beach
9:50 My Opinion about the Privatisation by Stealth of Mallorca’s Beaches
11:40 Price guide to Cala Mayor's Pelicano Beach restaurant
12:30 Is Cala Mayor's Premium Sunbed service popular?
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It's not the tourist fault, it's the government for allowing the owner of the beds to take over the beach.
100%!
If your hotels and restaurants don't want our money, I'm happy to go elsewhere
@@josepi967 Díganos qué hacemos mal, trabajamos muy duro y nos gusta visitar condados bonitos para gastar dinero. cual es tu problema.
I don't go to mc Donalds as I don't eat meat
That's horrendous pricing, I'm understanding the local anger more and more. You really can see trouble coming unless the government do something to keep the locals happy.
No wonder the local people are fed up .. my happiest memory from last July was seeing all the locals enjoying a family evening on the beach at es calo de sant Antoni. They have my sympathy and support ❤️🙏
I read about this the other day and couldn't believe it. I certainly wouldn't be paying anything like that. It's shocking. Well done Alex I hope they can't rent them out . Take care x
That's what we are hoping! It's just ridiculous
Whoever set those prices should be sacked, how to drive people away in one fell swoop, well done Mallorca, keep going like this and the number of paying tourist will be able to come in a fishing boat .
it shouldn't be the tourists the locals are angry about , it should be the greedy opportunistic business men putting the likes of those sun loungers out, the local officials are just as guilty and must be getting a backhander for allowing private businesses to possess so much of a free space... seems we're living in a time of unparalleled greed of government and businesses
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Absolutely 💯
Those prices are ridiculous.Well done.
Politicians the world over seem to have forgotten who they should be serving. How much of that €70 will end up in the public purse for local people? The world is going crazy and I fully understand how behaviour and greed across the tourist industry is upsetting the residents of the island and ruining their lives.
This is awful I really feel for the residents. I would definitely not pay that. If we are at the beach all week we buy lilos from a local shop and a parasol and use those. We could never afford a weeks worth of two sunbeds. I live by the beach in Northern Ireland and we are lucky our beach is mostly quiet but it's only because it's always cold and rarely get good weather. I feel for the residents at the minute as we were in same predicament with renting and house sales. We could not afford to rent in either of our home towns also could not afford to buy there either. We were lucky that we were able to move to a church cottage at low rent and lived there for 10 years but house was condemned and we had to move. We were so lucky as we bought a house at a good price during lockdown in a coastal village but we could never afford to buy a house where we are now as lots of house being sold and made into holiday lets or being rented out at really high prices and house prices in what was a reasonable priced area are now a fortune. I hope the spainish government help the locals and do tourism in a responsible way and sort the beach bed situation out as a family could never afford those prices local or holiday maker. There should be space for everyone no class distinction.
I can honestly say you wouldn't get a lilo on the beach in high season. (great comment by the way, thanks)
Really feel for the locals Alex but the council better watch what they are doing, totally unbelievable pricing, ordinary tourists are goin to boycott the island the main stream of their income will dry up leaving a lot of locals unemployed
Really sad times for the island I have spent a lot of money in and love but I have to move on, plenty of other destinations to choose from
Thanks again for a very informative video Alex and hope everything works out
Thank you so much and I can't say I blame you!
@@josepi967 your comments will surely put tourist off , does the island not need any tourism?
Well said, beaches shouldn't get privatized for money, they are for everyone equally
Some will definitely be more equal than others here....
In Italy they are all privatized.
OMG....it's pure greed and exploitation....
Surly nobody would be foolish enough to pay €70 a day for that 🤷🏼
Someone did - see the end of the video 😂
See? There's always ppl up to everything .....
Sounds a bit like the Italian tourist model.
Well it would cost about 5000 for me to fly my family there, so 70 is just a rounding error at that point.
@@David.Murdoch where are you? Let me guess, US or Aussie
I’m shocked! €70 for the day!! I’d refuse to move and would want them for the week for that price!
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What a great video Alex and what a beautiful beach. But 70 euros for a brollie and two beds! Omg. I think what you are saying is totally correct. I loved the part at the end where nobody used the sun beds and the locals had reclaimed the beach 😂
😂 I'll be back periodically to get updates..... !
As a tourist who just recently visited Mallorca for a short trip, it’s a gorgeous island that needs to be preserved for the locals. I think the government should not allow these atrocities. Keep the tourism as much as the locals! Overpricing as such is unacceptable.
Very interesting video Alex. It seems a crazy decision. I hope the locals protest to the council. Best wishes, John
Absolutely dreading my holiday now. All this on the news about protests on the beach to scare tourists, prices going up to scare off tourists. Time for me and my family to visit another part of the world next year I think.
Likewise, it’s put a huge damper on my upcoming honeymoon. I’m trying not to tell my fiancé as I don’t want to concern her, but I do want her to be prepared. I saw a video of British tourists run off the road, rammed into, and yelled at - so sad that there’s so much hatred being directed at tourists who have absolutely no control over the local policies. If I had more time I’d likely cancel my plans and book elsewhere; doesn’t seem worth the risk of us being targeted because we’re not locals. We live in Miami and can empathize with the pricing inflation (it’s actually far worse in Miami - the average rent for a 1bedroom apartment is over $2K/month), but we don’t direct hatred to tourists - what would be the point? What would that achieve?
@@Peter-hj1rs wow, I haven’t seen no videos of it getting violent. If anyone approaches me I’m not the kind to sit back and allow it so I really hope they just leave me and my family alone. Stupid idiots will be crying for us to return in 10 years when the island has no income.
Miami. Wow, lovely place of the world I’d love to travel to. I’m from England where everything is so high as well to be honest but not as bad as what you’ve said over in Miami
There isn't hatred of visitors here. I've been out in the resorts today and everyone was having a lovely time! As for the road rage thing..... it makes it look like it's an every day occurance - it's not. You will have a wonderful honeymooon. I would avoid the MSM before coming over!
@@josepi967 Mala suerte, porque lo somos. y también lo son millones más. 😅😅😅
Thanks again Alex for another fantastic report x
Cheers Jim!
Come to Australia. We do not have any sunbeds anywhere. Just lay on the beach anywhere you like for free. Sunbeds I think are ridiculous!! I'll be in Mallorca in July, hopefully I can find some quiet beaches away from the tourists.. We'll be in Biny for 6 weeks.
The Nixe Palace is lovely, although don't forget the 'plastic'!😱
The Palacio de Maivent always seems like a National Trust place to me. Nice, but I was surprised to find out that the Spanish Royals actually still use it. It was used as a backdrop in that Michael Caine film, 'Deadfall', (I think that's when those photos were taken of Caine visiting Robert Graves in Deiá), and that film with the Irish actor Colm J. Meaney, who lives in Sóller.
Those sunbeds are shocking! The first time I came across that kind of thing was up in Formentor, the beach by the old, (now rebuilt), Formentor Hotel. The beach is fantastic, and I saw the straw parasols with the immaculate beds and the safe, and I thought, 'that's a great idea'! THEN I read the price! As you said, equivalent to accommodation.
It is indeed like being a (nasty) private part of the beach, although I'd imagine that the vast majority of tourists wouldn't be happy with that price either. In fact, the only tourists who would be OK with it, are the 'high end' German/Scandi tourists that the Consell de Mallorca wanted to replace the Brits with a few years ago.😂Although a quick trip down past TED Langton's old hotel in Arenal should confirm that not all German tourists are (so-called) 'high end'.🤣
That's one thing about the east coast. The beaches still have plenty of space where there are no sunbeds and people can just put a towel down on the sand.
It's a shame. None of this is down to the normal holidaymaker.
RIDICULOUS!!! Just imagine how local native Spaniards feel. 🥺🙁
Locals should be careful what they wish for as once the tourists have they won’t come back.
Tourism is a major contributor to their economy but at the expense of quality of life it’s not worth it , keep the numbers of tourists to an acceptable level is maybe the answer , but that’s up to the Mayorcan government.
Locals priced off the beaches too .... 🙄
Dusgraceful
Getting ready for the big paying Americans $$$
I am American and stayed at the Nixe Palace two years ago with my husband and son. I can tell you that we would never pay 70 euros for beach chairs. In fact, in America when one stays at a beach resort, the chairs are usually included in the price of the hotel! So, most Americans would NOT be looking to pay this ridiculous amount.
And, Americans who can afford to pay this amount are not looking to stay at a crowded beach. Americans with money like their space.
70 euros for sunbeds is crazy, hopefully, the market will push them off the beach by people not hiring them
Never thought I'd see the day when a sunbed has got a security safe box.
I think this is what Mallorca wants though. They are intentionally pricing ordinary people out, residents and tourists. I think they only want people with big money on the island, who can easily afford 70 euros for a sunbed. I think this is where it starts. Hotels, shops and restaurant prices are going up, and they can't really blame covid anymore.
They only want the richest people to visit the island who will pay whatever prices are asked. Ordinary holiday makers aren't wanted anymore.
This makes me so sad. I got married in Santa Eulalia church in Palma 7 years ago, but haven't been to visit for almost 5 years due to illness. With the price hikes in hotels and restaurants, I don't think I can afford to come back. And that is EXACTLY what Mallorca wants.
@@josepi967 If we are going to be kicked off the beaches, I will take my holidays elsewhere. simple as that.
Heartiest congratulations Alex on hitting the 30k subscribers.
Thank you!
luckly i could think nothing worse than having to sit next to a bunch of other people on sunbeds, we much prefer to find a nice quiet part of the sand and just lay on our towells and my 4 year old can dig and build infront of us
Totally agree .👍
Excellent film as always. Ridiculous prices that will amount to corporate suicide. It just shows that “ normal “ tourists are being outpriced.
Flying out to Palma Nova this Saturday. Staying at Fergus Tobago. Am going to buy my own beach umbrella when I get there and just put my beach towels on the sand. Is crazy!
Simply message don't go to Majorca spend your holiday money in Menorca it's a far superior island 👌
I love that you show the beach on the map 👍
You can buy 2 sunbeds for 75 quid. Absolute rip off and fool the people who encourage it.
Looks like a great place for Palestinian immigrants from Gaza. I’m sure they’ll be more than welcome!
Woohoo 30k subs Alex 😊😊😊👍👍👍
Interesting video thanks , Visiting the Island in August don't think I will
return ,
Yet again the local authorities making a problem and the tourists will get the blame, just like in Lanzarote where licences are issued to change domestic housing into Air B&B usage and the locals have no rental property to live in, so blame the tourists. In Lanzarote porto del carmen 2 sun beds and umbarella 10.50 Euros.
Hey there 😊hope your well really enjoying your videos atm very informative 😎 we are staying at playa tropico at the end of June and would like to know how it looks aswell sunbed prices I would really appreciate if you could help us out on this matter as the hotel should be fully refurbished by now but the photos are still computer generated.thanks so much hopefully see you soon ❤
Congrats on reaching 30,000 subs Alex🇦🇺🦘🪃🇦🇺🦘🪃
Thank you!
Price's for almost everything gone CRAZY...
Thanks for the video
In Alcudia currently. You can buy a 2 meter beach parasol for 15 euro. Grab two towels and the parasol - sorted for 2 weeks for next to nothing.
There is going to be another large protest march on the 16th of June, also protesters are supposedly going to target the beaches this weekend.
Sadly if the prices keep rising across the board from hotels, food and now on the beach’s British and German tourists will take there money elsewhere. There seems a lot of anti tourist rhetoric in Spain at the moment and if the locals wish to decrease tourist activity then the Spanish government will have to increase the amount of subsidies to the local government😮 .
We live permanently in Tenerife and a glass of wine cost 1.00 - 1.20 Euro, same price as a cortado.
We have visited Mallorca and know the prices. Scam!
any tourist paying for that must be crazy 😢
It's disgusting but someone in local government must be getting a regular brown envelope to allow this... Tejita beach in Tenerife is getting this too with a mega hotel being built and I reckon the beach front will be claimed (possibly illegally) in the process...This privatisation of public spaces needs stopped and anyone(tourists) with an ounce of intelligence and decency should not use these facilities even if they can afford to...what's next, fences??
Oh goodness, don't... it's almost the next step. I remember watching some content re. Caribbean islands thinking at least this isn't Mallorca.... but....
I would be interested to see if those prices remain throughout the season. I cant believe anyone would pay that.
And now that the yobs are rioting in Palma against tourists then visitors won’t come. They can easily win this war. The holiday money will be spent somewhere else and the locals can have it back. Simple.
The locals are not protesting about the tourists they are protesting about the government effectively ruining tourism with it’s mismanagement of numbers and not adding to the infrastructure to handle it.
Locals can’t afford to buy houses as there’s more money in development of tourism.
I’d feel exactly the same if it was my home.
Property on the island is hoovered up by the rich for holiday let’s or second homes pricing anything way out of the price range for them.
Similar things are happening here in the uk Cornwall etc some Scottish islands.
I’m just back from Majorca and was made so welcome as tourism is the main employment on Majorca and the locals need tourism to survive ,but they need a managed sustainable tourism.
If the island becomes so rammed then strain starts to show on everything ,airports hotels ,water,sewage transport then people won’t want to come.
So the locals resent the tourist because of what the locals are charging. I have to be honest lately all these videos seem to have a negative twist. Almost click bait type titles and it is putting me off coming back to an island I've been to so many times.
Sorry to hear Michael. - I'm caught between a rock and a hard place with all this. If I don't make my own content, I'll be asked relentlessly about it. I can't ignore what's going on either and gloss over it, leaving everyone with just the news in the main stream media which is often sensationalised and written by people who don't leave the office. It's a very unusual summer this year. Good news, I'm off out to make some regular content today.
@@MallorcaUnderTheSun I agree Alex you are stuck between a rock and a hard place, just lately it all seems doom and gloom and your normal videos keep me on holiday until the next one :)
You are so righr.
@@MallorcaUnderTheSun You need to get over all this media stuff, No good going on and on and on about it.
Great information Alex thank you 70 euro for the day thats shocking
Nice one will be on Mallorca in 2 weeks hope it will be ok
So, are you saying these excessive prices are as a result of the “tourist saturation” driving prices up or local government incompetence? Surely local government can/should cap these prices? Seems like local capitalism to me and not the “tourist saturation” in this instance??
If your there for 14 day’s the cost if you go to the beach every day will be £980-00 euros, madness !
It's INSANE !!!
If the holiday makers find sunbeds expensive then how are locals going to pay these ridiculous prices. Nice to see the sun again, anyway. Here its 🌧🌧🌧
Exactly Glyn - none of us will!
@@MallorcaUnderTheSun looking online now for a cheap mallorca apartment to buy with a pool and sunbeds. :).
@@josepi967 couldn't understand a word you said. Lo siento. En ingles por favor. Gracias.
@@josepi967how exactly am I to blame for the price of sunbeds or what rent the landlords are charging. 🏖
$70 WOW THEY WILL BE EMPTY HOPEFULLY.
I can’t believe those prices who would pay 70 euros for sunbeds crazy 😮
Always wanted to see your neighbourhood Alex .....
Hi alex this area looks really nice
We haven't been abroad in years and are really worried about going to Palma nova, especially now it's been reported that there is a planned protest on 16th and reports of the airport being shut down. I hope all the issues can be resolved soon
I’m in the same boat as you. Terrified it will ruin my holiday.
tal vez deberías pensar cómo sería tu país sin los millones de libras que los turistas aportamos anualmente. No somos nosotros los turistas con quienes deberías tener el problema, tal vez sea tu gobierno
There are reports protesters are going to target the beaches this weekend. You are right about the 16th of June.
That's really bad and a blatant attack on locals due to its location, no wonder they are fed up.
Hi Alex , thanks for another insight on what’s happening.
Honestly, my mind is blown by what’s happening over there.. protests etc. 12€ we normally pay over in Cala Millor for 2 beds /Parasol & Safe .
In my opinion and people might disagree but a lot of people will start looking at other destinations were there going to be welcomed with open arms and not ripped off.
Don’t get it !!
It’s absolute madness - Monaco prices in a resort that is anything but !
It seems they have forgotten what Covid times were like Alex , when tourism ended abruptly.
@@josepi967 . I completely understand , I too live in a tourist destination in uk .
Problem is, we depend on tourism.. that is fact .
I love October - March , quiet roads , quiet beach , quiet shops .. We still need tourists !!
Nice video.
Tourism is the distraction narrative. All about greed.
Shortsighted greed.
Proposed tourist tax and
Etias etc.
It'll change. Sun lounger owner will have paid good for for the licence and hopefully they'll make a loss. They won't reapply next year.
Don't blame the tourist but blame the government.
Probably €10/pint too.
Glad we chose to reside in the Canary Islands instead of the Balearic Islands.
Thanks for the video. My husband & I are looking at moving from California to Mallorca for a better life. Fed up with the homelessness, horrific drug issues and crazy taxes. We are in the process of buying an old rural farmhouse to renovate. We are seriously having second thoughts given all that has been happening in Mallorca.
Please keep following my updates. The press has blown issues out of proportion and sensationalim has been huge. The actual reality of living here is very different. And we are carrying on as normal. Tourism is welcome. However decisions need to be made from the top to create balance. (ps. My family left California too for many of the same reasons you mention).
Well I believe Majorca is getting too big for its boots now and I really think over the next couple of years bars and restaurants will be struggling to make a living because once bitten twice shy tourists wont go back after they get stung, I have seen this happen years ago every bar seemed to be charging twice as much as normal one year, the following year we went back in August and stayed at the sol gaudalupe and it was dead, lucky if their was 20 people round the pool all day long, it was great for us but I felt so sorry for the bar owners.
I've been going to Magaluf/ Palma Nova since 1986 going at least twice a year but not this year, first time I'm going to miss the place I always call my second home. Prices at the resorts have pushed us older folk away now, I remember the good times at the end of September beginning of October The Piano bar's 5pm tradition, you struggled to get in the bar, infact people had to stand in the street it was a great atmosphere it never gets like that now.
I have booked two 1 week holidays in Benidorm and 11 nights in Tenerife this year, its really sad and I will miss the large group of friends I met up with every year in October whom all have said wont be going back this year.
The government in Majorca says they want to cut down on the rowdy binge drinking crowd and make these areas family friendly and fair enough because tbh I think the youngings now are not respectful as we were however what has actually happened is they have pushed the more mature tourists away, these are the people that go all year round and spend money off season not only this but now families cannot afford to go. I think the government have just got greedy and wanted more tourist tax and local taxes from food and drinks and this is the real reason for price surging.
If they truly wanted to make these places family friendly then surely the best way to achieve this would be to have the resorts bars and clubs shut the doors at 1am, the teens would hate that and go else where, keep the prices as they were so they are affordable to families and the older crowd all year round. I would love to hear other peoples thoughts on this.
Very fair assessment.
I've been many times too. Its two fold. Firstly Maga was built for its purpose with the strip. They were quite happy to take the money. There are many places families could go could from that in peak season to avoid it. As you say off peak its perfectly agreeable their. Secondly it just reeks of the same old corruption. Germams Swedes French & Dutch are fleeing their countries in their droves because of what their countries are becoming. This is the crux of it. More elitism stopping every day folk from having their fun & enjoying themselves. Close the bar's & put a mosque there. See which they prefer. Given Majorca's history you would've thought theyd learned
That is awful! I wonder if people will actually pay for this. The “upgrade” is pathetic. I’ll laugh at them from my “cheap” blue chair this summer 😂 cheers from a local
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It's nice when you can just toss a blanket or large towel and just hang out by the water for free...
Its such a shame to see so much negativity aimed at tourists but also exploiting tourists & locals with these ridiculous prices, we were looking to come to Mallorca in September but now i'm not sure what to do, feeling really disappointed but having said that i feel for the locals too x
Best go somewhere else, there is a lot of trouble brewing in Majorca this summer.
Alex do you know of any updates on Porto Pollensa were my sister is there now and there are no sunbeds or brollies on the beach because the local government have put the contract back out for tender again because they rejected all the bidds from the usual vendors any advice we go in 3 weeks time ,i believe the shops in the resort have doubled there prices for the beach chairs and brollies that you can buy ,they have been told by locals that they have heared that the prices in the resort once there up will be crazy ,looks like hotel pool for us then and i love the beach vibe in PP ,sad to see things go like this 😊
This is awful! My local beach too, where we’ve had such fun times - birthdays, baby showers and best of of all, Noche de San Juan, which will be in 3 weeks. I’ll post some memories on the Facebook Group.
Can’t see those fancy parasols surviving the San Juan fires on the beach though, on the night of 23rd June! 🔥
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Well done Alex for putting this on disgraceful prices 😢
Do u know what, were due out there in 4 weeks and im contemplating sacking it off completely and taking my money somewhere else, 3k for holiday, 2k average we spend in a week And us tourists are getting nothing but vilified and blamed for everything, unbelievable. Think im done with the place sadly.
And we've never paid for a sunbed ever, just sit on a towel, if everyone boycotts the sunbeds the companies will re-think their prices.
You're not being blamed - the problem is with those at the top and decisions like these. See my video from Monday... you are welcome.
Greed Greed Greed thanks Alex for your open honest views. I will never support the Greed.
Hey Alex
Can you do a video on Senator hotel in Cala Millor please ??
Also, would you recommend it and how far from a shopping center is it?
Thank you
....so thumbs up for Cala Millor. Two sunbeds plus umbrella are 14 Euros there...
LOL Alex, two weeks ago you were saying how awful it was that there were NO sun beds on a beach at Puerto Pollensa.
LOL... Not awful, but there should be some to cater for the older holidaymakers in particular. They shouldn't blanket the beach to stop locals visiting and luckily PP is big enough to accommodate both!
@@MallorcaUnderTheSuntotally agree with you Alex. Too many sun beds on the beach, but PP and Alcudia show how it should be done.
Crazy pricing is what the tourists pay. The maddest thing i seen was the price of aqua park for a local vs a tourists, tourist has to pay double... Cordoning off the beach is bizarre
The luxury area has better sand and the water is warmer!🤣🤣🤣
Last time I was over we stayed at the Iberostar in Playa de muro. There is hardly any sand in front of it. Loads of beds. I tried to move one to sit on the sand and a very irrate man started shouting at me in Spanish. I was not going to use the sunbed so had to walk further up the beach. Really put me off.
Bang on the nose Alex! I wouldn’t pay 15 euros a day when you can put your towels down and sit for nothing? As for 70 euros a day? That’s over 300 euros a week on top of your holiday? Especially with all inclusive holidays you would almost be a mug to spend all day at the beach! They will go bust and disappear in no time! Mark my words! Great to see you showing up the negatives as well as the positives! Keep up the good work Andy…
Thanks Andy.... just want to be as honest as possible...
Bottom line is that the local government must have allowed this to happen so despite all these protests (from local people) about the various issues with tourism the very people who should be listening arent. A good protest against this though is what you showed towards the end, let hundreds of locals turn up with their towels and beach stuff and plonk themselves in amongst all the beds and umbrellas causing anyone using them to feel very uneasy haha. I live in a coastal area here in Ireland myself and if one of our beaches got taken away from us so rich people could sunbathe there, I expect youd hear some chainsaws in the middle of the night and find some floating umbrellas by morning 😈
Watch this space. There’s an important fiesta on 23rd June, when much of the islands population goes to the nearest beach to light fires, BBQs, candles, then run into the sea at midnight. I usually go that night and it’s absolutely RAMMED, DJs, drinking, lots of fun! 🎉
I would presume the umbrellas in Ireland are there to keep the rain off people. 🤣
I’m off to Majorca again in June , been a few times it’s a lovely island , I can really understand the locals being angry , it’s not just about sun beds though let’s be honest it’s about the sheer number of tourists, yeah we bring money in but quality of life for the locals is equally important.
I try and be respectful and friendly unfortunately many British don’t .
Imo it’s unfair to target tourists who have spent hard earned money for a break. Ultimately they will choose to go to more hospitable destinations. No tourists, no jobs… 😐
Tourists aren’t being targeted, not by protesters anyway, if anyone, it’s the tour companies who accept bookings and probably don’t provide sufficient info to their customers. And the Government, as usual!
I wonder if those people that were using the sunshades at the end of the day were charged to use them 😁
70£ for a sun bed I won’t be coming x
Get yourself an Inflatable Pool Mattress - even a top brand is less than 100 USD - and get tanned while floating a few meters away from the beach. Problem solved. Thank you for sharing.
Oh my gosh. What next, paying to walk on the sand! Thanks Alex, it’s almost laughable.
It is - I would go as far to say that the whole Cala Mayor package is actually a joke. A very bad one.
I visited Cyprus for the first time last year and it was 2.50 for a sunbed and 2.50 for the umbrella for the day so 5 euroes total. It also seemed to be governed, any beach that I went to the price for sunbeds and umbrellas were always the same. Absolute bargain, I used it daily. I also visited Mallorca last year for the first time and it was around 15 euroes for a sunbed and an umbrella, I used it once. I just refuse to pay those prices, IMO 15 euroes is dear, 70 euroes is absolutely ridiculous! You will get people who have more money than sense and use it but IMO this should be boycotted, I really feel for the locals. Also to put it into perspective, 70 euroes is a days wage for majority of the people so to be spending that just for a bit of comfort and shade is bonkers
That’s ridiculous prices nobody is going to pay that for a sun lounger for the day. The cost of living is ludicrous right now and it’s no better in the Uk either to be honest !
'Tourists Not Welcome' now 'Locals Not Welcome'. Is anyone welcome? Can we have something positive about the Island for a change? Ive gone from looking forward to my Majorcan holiday in July to trying to change destinations. I get being truthful but its getting a bit ridiculous now. I really liked your walkabouts in the resorts but they seemed to have dried up a bit.
I’m off to a resort tomorrow! Will be making a couple vids. I can’t gloss over any of this - I’m sorry - trying to keep it real on the channel. Plus I have a very helpful couple of videos coming out soon!
Southern Europe is huge with equally huge coastline and it's fantastic and beautiful literally EVERYWHERE. Portugal, Spain, France, Italy, Croatia, Montenegro, Albania, Greece, Cyprus, Malta. Absolute madness to focus so much on one place like Mallorca. There's 200 million people in southern Europe with gazzillion of different cities and places with very different prices. That's the population the size of Brazil.
I'm Spanish and I live in Mallorca. I think everything should be expensive in a paradise island. I don't want people coming to cheap hotels and destroying my country. Locals who cant afford sunbeds will stay on the sand as they have always have.
This is so so sad.. sad for the locals basically being out priced on the beach but also tourists will start to realise they are being fleeced and will holiday elsewhere. Almost everywhere needs tourism and its starting to feel like Mallorca is losing sight of long term benefits with regular tourists
@@josepi967 i do worry about that also, i said in a comment on another video alex posted that there has to be a balance.
I reckon canblanc In Palma nova will go the same way.. I’ve heard the bar is closed and sold and the gap infront opened up no doubt for this type of thing.
It has indeed closed.
What responsibility do the local authorities have in regard to space alocated to "stationary" sunbeds and the prices set? Is it regulated in any way? If it is "granted" by island authorities, shouldn't llocals be furious and protesting to them? (This beeing said I absolutely support the absurdity in these prices and fully understand the frustration of the locals! Purely asking because I want to know who makes these decisions?) Pardon my english; I'm Swedish 😅🇸🇪
Can you please tell me what palma is like during the Christmas and new year period please
I’m looking for a quiet place will it be busy there please?
I get the sunbed price is a joke, but what worries me more is the cost of bottled water. Its nothing short of a disgrace tbh Alex
It is absolutely laughably ridiculous !!