You CAN'T have it both ways in Mallorca | 1 July 2024 

Leave a comment if you have hired a car in Mallorca and what your experience has been - good or bad. Also find out what to expect from Mallorca in July in this video here ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-VxzjYmCwIx4.html

Alex, please keep doing what you are doing. You are the number one source for information on Mallorca. Best wishes, John

Great channel Alex. You will always get some entitled people who want everything their way. It's your channel, keep doing what you are doing.

Hi I have lived on the Island of Mallorca for 36 years, my husband is from here. The traffic in the South west is crazy. Everything Alex is saying is true. Keep up the good work, people shouldn't be so rude when you're only trying to advise them They're probably the same people that come over and complain about everything

Alex , your videos are excellent. I appreciated your restraint and politeness when answering some quite rude and entitled keyboard warriors. You could pretty much guarantee that these individuals would not be like that face to face. Your videos have helped me and my autistic daughters get our heads around what/when/where in Mallorca. Not coming over until early October but thank you for your great work, it is very much appreciated.

Always very honest and very knowledgeable of anything going on in majoca , thank you for all your videos 👍😉

You know what you are talking about and I don't think you dictate,you give information and advise. I always respect the locals so it is good advice about the buses by giving them ,the workers priority to board. Well done Alex 👏👏👏.

Hi Alex… I cannot thank you enough for all of the advice and knowledge you have about Mallorca. I am heading there with the family in a few days and your words have been so reassuring to us, especially regarding recent events over on the island. I hope we can get a photo with you if we happen to see you. 😊 all the best and keep up the great work

Thanks Alex very interesting. Your background garden looks nice.

Hey Alex from two immigrants in Mallorca, for nearly 20 years. We understand and appreciate the work that you do. Although we have some differences in perspective we agree on trying to strike the right balance between the residents of this island and the visitors. You have explained these things extremely well without meanness but some people don't want to understand and never will. To the people who say " Don't tell me what to do or I'm not coming" I say fine, stay home. Is it too much to ask for little courtesy, understanding and fair play? Keep up the good work and stay healthy.

You certainly haven't offended me. Your videos show the delights of your wonderful island, and as a long term resident you are best placed to showcase problems & pinch points, for residents & holidaymakers alike. Thanks for asking the airport about issues with Terminal A.

We are heading to Mallorca on Sat for a week. Always enjoy your videos. You are always interesting and pleasant to listen to. You take us back to our favourite places when we here in the cold wet uk. If we see you we will sing out. Thank you

We have been going to majorca for over 20 years.. Love the people and the weather.. We always stay the north side of the island, but a couple of years ago now we have stayed the in the south.. Such a beautiful and friendly place.. Thankyou for your video such a beautiful English garden. Safe journey back to majorca..

We just come back from palmanova, had a fabulous time, we used taxi's reasonable prices and quick getting to other resorts clise by like pegueira ,camp de mar, sabta ponsa etc, we dont bother with hire cars, also buses great waycto trxvel. We didn't experience vany chaos in airport orchit any bad traffic, taxis flew along, they are a great way to get about. Keep doing what you do alex , we love your channel, love your honesty, love everything you report on, uts thanks to you we love mallorca and kniw so much about the island, so Thank-you ❤️

Thanks Alex your views and advice are invaluable to us waiting to visit the island for a holiday. ❤

Thanks for posting. You have put a lot of time and effort into it and always give good advice.

The people who made those negative comments on your previous posts are THE VERY REASON that the island residents don't want us tourists there! Entitlement. Refusal to see someone else's perspective. No respect for the needs of locals.

Alex you can please all the people some of the time and some of the people all of the time, dont let the negative comments detract from the stellar work you're doing.

Fantastic content as usual. Especially useful as we are in Cala Bona from Wednesday! Yippee!!😎😎 Cheers Alex.

No one person should say whomever they famous, rich, poor, local or not that they are entitled to peace on a private beach as example more than the next person. As Some one said , this plantet for all. The key is be respectful clean up as you found it or how it should be found. Cracking videos, i found you via mac master keep up the good positive work.

Thank you for the information you give in this channel. Always interesting and informative.

No need to explain yourself for the ignorance of some who don't understand your reasons for not promoting secluded beach areas. Your a vital asset to Majorca and it's tourism economy, and seem like a very thoughtful and nice person.

Justback from another holiday, our 15th visit to the beautiful island, however our experience this year entering was chaos. Informed luggage would be arriving on carousel 7, actually arrived some 45 minutes later on 11 without notice. 2 hours to complete the hire car without explanation and this was late evening. No problems on departure. We noted there was much more traffic on the roads - we were staying near Soller. A visit to Palma by train but the city was heaving. I can fully understand the sentiments of residents, even the mountain roads were busy from polllenca. Never the less, back next year! Keep up the good work

Excellent video Alex. Factual and accurate. On a side note. The garden behind you is beautiful.

Just got back from Mallorca staying in Porto Pollensa had a great time. No Sun beds, just hired a couple all fine. Must have been lucky at the airport, all fine and smooth. We used taxis to get around, no problems. All the people going this summer hope you all have a great time ❤

Please don't feel you have to censor yourself! I find your ADVICE extremely helpful and you give a very well balanced view. I'm grateful for the insider tips and I ignore any belligerent comments posted here.

Ive rented vehicles in Mallorca and used the bus system. Honestly, driving is convenient but you have the headache of parking at the hotel and at uour destination. The buses are great - they're regular, air conditioned, and the tap-on-tap-off system is so easy to use!! They might not drop you at the pinpoint of where you want to go, but a short walk never hurt anyone, and you be amazed sometimes, what undiscovered delights are between that bus stop and where you want to go!!

Alex you are telling it how it is High season long time in the traffic But if you want to still go for it Sit and relax in the traffic ❤

Hi Alex, great vlog as usual. It's thanks to you that we can arrive on Majorca forewarned and prepared for our holidays. You always provide good, unselfish, and unbiased advice. Please continue as you are. You are doing just fine. Keep up the brilliant work 👏.

Thanks Alex, great vid’ as always. Keep up the good work. 😎👍🍺🍺

Alex you are the best at what you do we have been coming to Majorca for 40 years and you are still giving us info that has been invaluable to us so Thank you and keep up the great work ,one more thing this year was the first time ever we were stuck in a traffic jam on the motorway approaching Palma the usual 50 minute journey by taxi from Pourto Pollensa took us 1hr 40 minutes our driver said its getting worse and its only June ,it was squeaky bum time at one point

Thank you for all the information and suggestions, everything you have said is sensible, accurate and helpful. Ignore the negative comments and keep doing what you’re doing. At no point have you told anyone don’t hire a car! Have a lovely holiday in the UK and a safe trip home 😊

Love your videos. You've become my favourite holiday Chanel. Heading back to Palma Nova in October. Can't wait .

Crack on A 4:46 lex. We live in Menorca but hop across to your world quite often and find your info really helpful and open and unbiased.

We hired a car when on holiday in may. We hardly used it as traffic was terrible….So we just stayed in st telmo and did lots of walking. Which was far more enjoyable as we have been to the island for many years…..won’t be hiring a car again!!,

you videos help the holiday planning a great help. Just back from the island and had a great time. thank you and keep up the fantastic work :-)

Always love your vids Alex and it was because of you I visited Majorca last summer, so thank you and keep up the good work x

Well I was going to enjoy some sleep music in bed but you popped up on my phone so watched you instead great video Alex as always loads off feed back from fellow travellers. You take it all on board the good and the bad. You do us all a great service my friend best wishes x

Keep up the good work. Say it as you see it. People can then make an informed choice.

What I'd like to see is you to interview local business owners and even other residents, just to get about their perspective on the good/bad effects of tourism and whether the island is busy/quiet. Bring a different perspective to your channel 👍

Hi Alex you do a fantastic job, keep up the good work you're always very honest. Hope you have had a good break and hopefully see you in August

We use to live in Cala vinyes for 10 years but we went back home 🏡 to Scotland, summer time in mallorca was brutal with the heat. Best time is the winter you have the beach 🏖 to you self. We came back home to see our granddaughter growing up and to be with her do we miss mallorca yes and sometimes things come to a end but we are happy here now

I've recently subscribed to you channel, love watching your content, keep up the good work 👍🏾😉

If on a video Alex you highlight the good and the bad, then it is a honest review….which I thank you for..And if you want to live dangerously, travel back on a Saturday ..

So sad that people can’t take there rubbish home when visiting the beach . Even at my local beach Bournemouth, the rubbish left is crazy and there are loads of bins provided . . Love the videos . 👍

just got back from a week over there with a hire car, stayed in Port de Alcudia, drove to Cala Sant Vincenc, Pollenca / Port de Pollenca, and to the east around Porto Cristo to see the caves. the only place I saw traffic was around Manacor other than that there was nothing. now I feel that I was lucky up in the north of the Island and it's probably getting busier as we progress into the summer, I'm sure the south west is bad as it's so popular. But my experience was a breeze compared to my M3/M25 commutes. We seen some very big queues for buses, especially in Alcudia old town during the market. Love your videos, I think your views and advice is valuable to both tourists and locals.

Fantastic as always Alex ....

I went on a week long vacation and came back 2 days ago, we rented a car and had no problems at all only stood still in traffic once near magaluf, roads were not bad with traffic when we drove, we usually drove somewhere near 10/11 am and drove back near 4 to 5pm

Thanks Alex. Fully supporting your daily videos. BTW I left my beach towels by the poolside and then queued on the early bus. apologies for pathetic humour.

Your videos are fabulous Alex

wow these people moaning are all me me me despite all the amazing advice you give.. you have nothing to be sorry for....LOVE your channel i go Friday 3rd time this year cant wait

I was in Mallorca last month I agree about hiring a car I get enough of being stuck in traffic back home driving is the last thing I want to do on holiday

Hi Alex. I came to cala millor last 20th of June for 2 weeks and I hired a Car just for two days ( Wednesday and Thursday with trip cars)specially for Catch the nice sunset. My experience was good because we didn't go to busy areas as you've explained in your last videos. We went to soller port ( Mirador Santa Catalina)to see the sunset and it was a nice experience. ( Unfortunately it was a cloudy day😢)We also went to alcudia and also alcudia beach side it was a quite busy area . Hiring a car during the vacation is not something we do regularly, here we wanted to get that experience also and we are happy about that. That's my experience here in Cala millor. Thank you once again for your nice videos❤

Some people are very touchy and sensitive lol. I totally get it. You’re giving good advice. It helps.

I live in a holiday hotspot. Problem with some tourists is that, once they've packed that huge egos, there's no room left for manners of any civil kind. Wherever one goes on holiday, pack no ego. And don't overstay your welcome.

We hired a car for 6/27 to 7/7, however, we were staying in Sineu and focused many of our touring activities to hidden places. We did do a Segway tour around Palma and we took the train from Sineu to the Intermodal, while longer than driving, it was actually quite nice to sit back and let someone else do the driving. We also took a catamaran tour from Palma and on our way to the departure point really hit a lot of traffic on the road by the marina. If there was a way to tak the train there and back, we would have done so. I think our car hire situation was good, because we were not staying in any of the usual resort areas.

We were in Mallorca, it was fantastic. We also got some great shots. Great island.

Well said Alex. Such quality content!

Great advice Alex your videos are really helpful enjoy your day❤

Hi, My wife and myself were in Can Picafort in June and hired a car didn’t have any problems on the roads or with parking.

Having worked & lived in holiday resorts in uk & Spain I totally agree with you. 😄

I relatively new here but Love ❤ your content. I was there recently, when I see Son Maties beach on YT, I wish I was there again....... The building work our the back of Zafiro Palmanova wasn't a big deal. The kiosk at the bottom of the steps by "the shiny hotel" was fab for lunch, and cheap, I found the Acme Supermarket good value as Palmanova is fairly expensive.

Hi Alex as a resident too in mallorca I have not long arrived back home from around the airport area and fan shopping center and it’s absolutely chaos traffic very heavy and it’s very crowded at fan never thought we was going to get out on the motorway but this is as we know normal for the time of year so you were right to make these points as a warning not to say don’t do this or that and yes it’s very windy at the moment in llucmajor have a good trip back

seen a warning about thunder in majorca from jet2. I am heading out there tomorrow

The people making these comments need to have a word with themselves. Do they not know what recommendation or advice looks/sounds like? I know people who live in Mallorca who have said the roads have been terrible this year. No one is telling you not to do anything. It's just some advice from a local. If a country wants to preserve its beauty then it can. Sometimes the minority spoil it for the majority and we all suffer. We've seen this in places like Italy when tourist don't respect historical buildings, fountains etc and they've caused damage that can never be fixed. These beaches are no different. They're hidden gems and want them to remain 'hidden' for as long as possible.

First I want to say Alex you’re doing a great job and I really appreciate your updates on Mallorca. I’ve just returned from a two week break in Port Pollensa which I’ve been going to since 2007 and have always loved our stay and we have made local friends that we always catch up with when we’re there. However, this year was sadly different. I could not believe the failure to provide tourists with basic beach facilities. I know and as you mentioned before we went that there were contractual issues regarding sun beds. But you would think as tourism is the major income in Port Pollensa that they would at least provide us with opening the toilets on the beach. This also upset the locals as they did not want us to think that we were not welcome. I don’t want to sound snobby, but Port Pollensa is one of the most expensive parts on Mallorca and is mostly visited by the let’s say more experienced people in life. Port Pollensa has unfortunately really let it self down. Was not a good look. Really sad for the locals.

The transport network definitely need to put on extra busses in the season. Perhaps even direct sightseeing busses that go directly to the key places. This would free up the regular busses for the locals. We went to palma nova last year and the busses going to palma / sollet were a nightmare. I totally understand why the residents would be angry.

We come home last week and it was the easiest airport in and out I think we have ever had

It’s always that “ me, myself and I” attitude of rude tourists …not even extending common courtesy to a local needing to get to work on time v their whole day of leisure, which waiting a bit for the next bus won’t affect it to any degree, which understandably irritates locals anywhere. As for cars, some places like the mountain villages or way out places you really need one, but not for popping into Palma or into the next resort.

Hi. Alex the look nice in the sun

You could never upset me because your such a lovely lady in my eyes,and you're just trying to advice people on your youtube channel about where you have lived for 19 years so the negative comments from people who don't live there no nothing..but yes can not please everyone can you just keep 😊 x

With regards to traffic, again, it´s the govt that needs to sort it out! I used to take the 3 bus (from Palma to Sant Agustin) which got changed to the 4 and it was always packed. Not only that, there were often elderly and/or handicapped people that had no seats as the buses have very few seats designated for the elderly or handicapped and many of the seats are on a raised platform (for absolutely no reason). In fact, the EMT buses really don´t have that many seats. Often, people look the other way and don´t even offer their seat to an obviously frail and elderly person and I am talking about locals looking the other way, not tourists! I´ve seen it many times. Pain Points: yes, they exist and affect the lives of locals, BUT these are not the problem of tourists (imho) Tourists are visitors and are essentially guests. Yes, occasionally some misbehave, but most don´t and are usually quite respectful, at least in my experience of having lived on the island for six years. The thing is, if I was invited to someone´s house as a visitor/staying guest and then just before I arrived, they said, it´s fine that you´re coming, but please don´t wear orange while you are here because it gives me a headache (this is actually true because I can´t stand orange and wish I could tell people not to wear it) or go in my private living room as that is off-limits and please only watch TV in the other living room and only between 2-4 or whatever, ie basically various restrictions, I would cancel my visit! In my opinion, these are all critical issues (or as you call them, pain points) that have to be dealt with my the govt in addition to providing better and more roads/routes for people to get to and from the main spots on the island and are not something for tourists to be doing something about. Yes, ofcourse we should all be mindful and help where we can, where local or tourist, but these problems have to be addressed by the govt of Mallorca. OMG yes, the toilets in the airport were dire (not clean at all) when I arrived in Mallorca in early June. Airport was absolutely packed and felt more like it was mid-July.

Fantastic Video. Well Done.

And I was in Bristol yesterday I could of brought you a coffee or some cheap perfume from B&M being you failed at Palma airport 😅 👍x

Thank you Alex 😁🫡👌

Afternoon Alex, here in Scotland it is dull and raining again.

I go on holiday to explore where ever I am.i do not go away to sit in hotel or pool for the duration .I like to choose where I eat swim or walk .

Always love your videos. I would much rather have truthful advice. Being aware of the effects tourism is having on local people and acting respectfully can only be a good thing. The comment you read stating 'the world is for everyone and belongs to no one.' I wonder how you'd feel dealing with these issues day in, day out when work, school pick ups etc. are thrown in the mix.

I completely understand the comments re: mass tourism overtaking the island - we visited at the end of April this year (yes, we hired a car because we love to visit all the beautiful towns and calas and, of course we found no problem with traffic congestion at this time of the year). However, I do feel that a great deal of the problem could easily be addressed by the relevant authorities on the island. We stayed in Palma town for a few days and found it completely overrun with cruise ship visitors (don’t blame them - of course they want to look around this beautiful island!). Every day there were at least 2 ENORMOUS cruise ships docked- spilling literally thousands of tourists into the town. And, I’m convinced that the whole refurbishment of the Paseo Maritimo is all keyed towards the cruise ship visitor experience. I accept that these tpurists are also seen as relatively ‘big spenders’ and so the boost to the local economy is probably quite significant, but if Mallorca prioritises this kind of tourism, as they seem to be, then they definitely will be changing the island’s image - but not necessarily for the better. What will become of the smaller resorts and towns that rely on regular holidaymakers who may feel that their ‘meagre’ input to the economy is no longer welcome?!

Packed buses are the reason I started getting a hired car 20 years ago.

Alex are you on a working holiday or working from home ? Enjoy the rest of your time and remember to have your passport ready for inspection at the airport.

Well Lee probably already told you this negative comments still get noticed via RU-vid so at least they have made a comment so helps to build your RU-vid channel because obviously watched one of your RU-vid videos 👍 x

ta alex keep it up girl

It's really true. Alex is actually having a break.. please just make sure you dont hire a car over here .the roads are bad enough. Also, dont get on the bus before the locals and make sure you get to the beach early, in case you miss the sun. Haha 🌞🌞 .

Great video , whatever u say or do there's always some entitled people that will moan and complain about anything u say , so please ignore them and keep the videos coming , u definitely shouldn't have to apologise 2 people , if they don't like things u say or do then go watch somebody else's video x

hi alex its about 13 degrees today 1st of july in shropshire and could do with the heating on we have sun for the first few hours and then cloud

We've booked in Zakinthos, Greece for a change. It was only £450 each for two weeks in July.

Leave the hidden beach to the Locals at the weekend that way everyone's a winner.

Interesting listening. What a beautiful Garden, what County is it in? If you could check out the disabled assistance on your return to Palma Airport it would be appreciated. Thank you Vicky 🐸

The issue around passport control is the same chaos regardless of airport - Palma/Mahon/DSA/LBA and EMA just for a starter.

Your videos are ALWAYS good and informative. Keep doing them exactly as you have been doing. There will always be those who misunderstand what you say. Now, however, I have a question regarding the amount of tourists on the island. Do you think there will be as many people on the island in the middle and end of September as it is in the summer? Do you think it will be easier to take a bus if you have to go somewhere? My son and I are going on September 18th and he has never been there, while I have been there a lot. I want to try to show him a bit of this wonderful island. We won't have time to see the whole island unfortunately, but I will do my best to make him love the island as much as I do.

It needs to be warm and dry in England as the weather has a lot to make up for with hardly one rain free day since July 2023 began.... basically 11 and a half months without a dry day .I have never known anything like it as usually you get settled periods between wet periods.

Some people want Champagne and Caviar for breakfast, you cannot please everyone, keep up the good work

Hi Alex agree re beaches even beginning of may these instagram beaches are busy. If I were comming in the summer it would have to be the larger beaches to get some space. Palma airport has a water problem had no water for 3 hours whilst on the way back. Very nice flight attendant got me some as soon as I was in the plane. We hired a car this time as out of season went to playa de palma for meal before catching a flight back took an hr to find 1 space in May.

Palma nova Thursday morning or a week canna wait

God some people get so easily offended for no justifiable reason

Your videos are brilliant 🎉

One significant fact that I think is worth mentioning is the EXTREMELY long walk to get to Terminal A and the gates where majority of flights to GB are leaving from. For elderly passengers who don't fall into the Disabled Assistance category, it is a real marathon. Also please mention that time has to taken into consideration for this.

How hard is it for people to take a bag for rubbish it really annoys me when people leave rubbish behind. Bag it bin it when you find a bin.

There was a line of at least 50 people trying to catch a taxi in Palma today 😂 it’s mental. I’ve never seen it this busy and I’m planning my escape this summer. No one wants to deal with this madness.