Hi and welcome. In this video my top five tips for anyone visiting Mallorca.
Five tips that will save you both time and money and they are based on my
15 years of working here with tourists in Spain.
Mallorca - Food & Drinks
More and more people are visiting Mallorca on an all inclusive package holiday
and that's great but what many people don't realize is that would be much
cheaper to book your all-inclusive once you arrived in the hotel. Booking your
all inclusive at the hotel reception will not only save you on average about
20 percent but it will also allow you not to have to pay full price for the
first and the last day of your holiday. Days you will be mostly traveling and
not in the hotel.
So instead of paying this, you will be paying this.
Doing it this will also allow you to book by the day. So if you're going to spend the
day outside of the hotel because you're gonna go on an excursion or you
want to go to the beach or you wanna go out to dinner... this day he will not be
wasting any money on all-inclusive. Also like this you will have the possibility
to taste the food see what's on offer before committing to it for an entire week.
Mallorca - Getting there
If you looking for your own flights to Majorca, it is easy. Mallorca only has one
airport so you really can't go wrong.
However most people come here on a package holiday
For them, all you need to know is that it will take you 1,5 up to 6 hours to make
it to your hotel. This depends where you gonna be staying on the island.
If that takes too long for you, you can always take a taxi. It will cost a little bit
more but they will get you there
much faster. You can reach anywhere on the island normally in under an hour.
So what are your options if you're not traveling on the package holiday.
Well one option would be to take a taxi.
but do note that prices announced at the airport are only estimates
these will only go up due to recent roadworks and traffic jams around Palma.
Well another option would be to take a public bus do know that the only direct
buses go to Playa de Palma en El Arenal. For any other resort you will
have to go to Palma, transfer your luggage onto another bus, and go with the
second bus from there to your resort. This might cost you a lot of stress and
hassle so I would definitely not advise as the start of your holiday.
And even then a dedicated resort shuttle will be cheaper. You will not have to transfer.
You just get on at the airport and drive to you resort.
Be aware that resort shuttles can not be booked in the airport. So be ready
and book in advance. The same goes for taxis. If you wanna take a taxi then
please also book in advance. It will avoid you from having to stand in queues
and also give you the benefit of having a cheaper locked in rate.
If you want to book a taxi or bus or resort shuttle there is a multitude of websites
out there that will allow you to do so. Most of them actually will have the same
prices, the same transfer times and the same buses. They are just a booking agent.
The big difference in it is how they treat you afterwards. I like to advise you
FirstTransfer.com because they treat you very well. They send you an
email explaining you for every destination that you might be visiting
in this case Mallorca specifically. They will send you an email
how, what, when and where. And not only this, they send you a text at the beginning
and the ending of your holiday also telling you who and where you will be
picked up by.
Mallorca - Excursions
If you want to go on an excursion on Majorca there is some simple things to keep in mind.
Well they might sound simple but year after year after year I see people
making the same mistakes.
First of all if you are gonna book an excursion, book it only from people you know and trust.
No matter how good the deal might be, never buy it from a flyer you find
on the street or people you've randomly met. Yes in most cases you will be going on an
excursion, you will be doing something fun but also keep in mind that half of
the day you will be watching some type of presentation where they will try to
sell you something.
Another thing that is important to know, if your gonna go on an excursion and you
are 4 or 5 people, in most cases you're better off booking the thickets
yourself and renting a car. Like this you have your own time schedule and things are
easy to find on Mallorca, the island is not so big. Use your phone, use some type of
navigation app and you will easily drive there. Beating all the queues and all the
buses that will arrive there at the same time. Last but not least there are a lot
excursions on Majorca. There is really a lot to do. But which one is
right for you? Well this depends on what you actually prefer. So I have a video on this.
If you want to check that one out later, I will put the link here in the cards
section and you can see independently advised, which one you should take.
Mallorca - Cheeky tip
Before I move on to my last tip I quickly have to do a sneaky one.
Over the many years I have been working here in Majorca
I have found out time and time again that
people have a bad holiday or something didn't go quite as expected it simply
because they have been given the wrong information. And why is this simply
because most of the information out there is made to sell you something.
Sell you a specific hotel or sell you a specific excursion it's all about sales.
That's why I would very much like you to subscribe to my channel
Where I give independent advice on excursions, destinations, hotels and many more things.
Why do I do this? Well simply because I believe that when someone works an
entire year for their holiday they should be able to come to Mallorca and have an
excellent one.
Mallorca - Your resort
A lot of people still think of Majorca as one big island, one big Mallorca that is all the same.
And that is absolutely not true because we have so much variety. Over 40 different resorts there
that are all uniquely different. We have resort like Alcudia which is a big melting pot
with a very nice beach and very specifically for people with young children.
Then we have to resorts like Pollensa which are more for couples who would like to have
a nice, relaxed, quiet holiday. Then we have El Arenal which is for people from
Germany who like to party. Then we have Magaluf which are more aimed towards
people from a England and
also Scandinavia. Then we have Cala Millor which is basic family resort. Then we also have Cala Ratjada
which is a bit of a mix of the both. Its party and it's also for families and it's
mostly for German people. But of course all these resorts everyone else will also be welcome in.
It is not because it is aimed at a specific type of person, that you have to be that
type of person to go there. So please very importantly, if you book a last minute
holiday or a special offers, know where you gonna go. Because I have seen time
and time again people who wanted to party end up in a resort where there
is absolutely nothing to do in the evening and people who are traveling with kids end
up a resort that is extremely loud. So to avoid this, look a little bit on
the internet, have a look at your resort and where you are actually going.
All there's left for me to do is to wish you a great holiday in Majorca. I hope you
truly very much enjoy it and please check out also the rest of my videos to get
more information.