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Mallorca Tourism Suffering Due To Euro

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  • geoffky
    geoffky Posts: 6,835 Forumite
    mrs b . hope you are not on the sauce..the islands where i go are ghost towns..takings in restaurant are 70% year on year and this is one of the top five restaurants..the high street was deserted every night.....i fear its going to be a long summer for some..i am off to Egypt in four weeks just because of the euro..
    It is nice to see the value of your house going up'' Why ?
    Unless you are planning to sell up and not live anywhere, I can;t see the advantage.
    If you are planning to upsize the new house will cost more.
    If you are planning to downsize your new house will cost more than it should
    If you are trying to buy your first house its almost impossible.
  • Frugal_Moose
    Frugal_Moose Posts: 303 Forumite
    This will be the first time in 5 years that we aren't going to Mallorca, mainly down to the euro rate but also having to go in the school holidays for the first time has made it a double whammy.

    I did cost it and looked at AI to limit the euro impact but the prices were silly.

    We are off to Cornwall in the caravan instead.
  • beecher
    beecher Posts: 2,497 Forumite
    I went self catering and found the Eroski supermarket to be very cheap for food and drink so I wasn't too affected by the weak pound. Wouldn't go in high season though - I'm off to Scarborough instead.
  • louise3965
    louise3965 Posts: 687 Forumite
    Scarborough is lovely, I'm there now!
    Cogito ergo sum. Google it you lazy sod !!
  • PasturesNew
    PasturesNew Posts: 70,698 Forumite
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    So, you're sat in a hotel bar, drinking alone, talking to an old barman .... and people wonder why I don't think a holiday would be a good idea.

    I don't even know where Mallorca is without looking it up. . .

    Are you there alone? Mr Billy No Mates?
  • Frugal_Moose
    Frugal_Moose Posts: 303 Forumite
    PasturesNew wrote: »
    I don't even know where Mallorca is without looking it up. . .

    QUOTE]

    says it all really.....
  • beecher
    beecher Posts: 2,497 Forumite
    PasturesNew wrote: »
    .

    Are you there alone? Mr Billy No Mates?

    I went alone - doesn't mean I have no mates though. Just wanted to get away and do my own thing. There were quite a few single tourists about - don't think it is anything to be embarrassed about. Palma is a beautiful town - definitely worth seeing.
  • mr.broderick
    mr.broderick Posts: 3,778 Forumite
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    pawpurrs wrote: »
    Just back from Italy and it was so expensive with the Euro rate, so people just are not going to Europe, either further afield or stay in Blighty. Or going AI if they are having a holiday at all.
    Whats the weather like? It was rarther chilly in Sicily.

    Well i am back today and the weather was lovely for most of the time, odd cloudy/rainy day.
  • mr.broderick
    mr.broderick Posts: 3,778 Forumite
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    edited 5 May 2009 at 6:32PM
    PasturesNew wrote: »
    So, you're sat in a hotel bar, drinking alone, talking to an old barman .... and people wonder why I don't think a holiday would be a good idea.

    I don't even know where Mallorca is without looking it up. . .

    Are you there alone? Mr Billy No Mates?

    Well i was in the bar with my family and the rest of the guests, we kinda got on really well, the entertainment guy and me.
    Mallorca is one of the balearic islands along with ibiza and menorca. It is off the East coast of spain, kind of east of alicante.
  • Doozergirl
    Doozergirl Posts: 34,082 Forumite
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    edited 5 May 2009 at 7:06PM
    Counting down the days until we go to Portugal now :j

    Couldn't care less about the exchange rate, I'm desperate for some sun and quite happy lying down with a glass of something nice purchased from the supermarket! It'll feel cheaper then being at home paying bills all the time.
    Everything that is supposed to be in heaven is already here on earth.
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