{"id":994628,"date":"2026-05-30T15:48:07","date_gmt":"2026-05-30T15:48:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/994628\/"},"modified":"2026-05-30T15:48:07","modified_gmt":"2026-05-30T15:48:07","slug":"spain-airfare-rip-off-its-cheaper-to-go-to-the-caribbean-than-mallorca-on-holiday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/994628\/","title":{"rendered":"Spain airfare rip-off: \u201cIt\u2019s cheaper to go to the Caribbean than Mallorca on holiday\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"

It appear that airlines<\/a> operating domestic flights in Spain<\/a> are cashing in on the Middle East conflict despite assurances of no hikes in air fares. Friends of mine have been looking at flights from Madrid<\/a> to Palma<\/a> for a long weekend in June and prices for two are between 400 and 500 euros return<\/strong>, so as things stand, they are not going to bother.<\/p>\n

And Pedro Fiol, president of the Balearic Islands Travel<\/a> Agents\u2019 Business Association<\/strong> (Aviba) has told the Bulletin that is it cheaper for residents on mainland Spain to holiday long haul than in the Balearics<\/a> this summer<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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\u201cThe Caribbean<\/a>, for example, is much cheaper for the national market than any of the Balearic islands. The domestic market is stronger in the low season because it\u2019s cheaper and more often than not they come for a short stay or to visit friends and family. But in the summer, fewer visitors are coming from the mainland because of the cost of flights and hotels<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n

“And right now, we\u2019re not just talking about the Caribbean, we\u2019re talking about Cape Verde, packages with charter flights to islands in the Indian Ocean – Zanzibar or Mauritius<\/strong> where premium hotels are offering much better value for money. You can quite easily have two weeks for the price of one in the Balearics.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut there is another important factor and that is for years there has been a lack of interest in the domestic market<\/strong>, so there has been less promotion and fewer tour operators offering package holidays to the islands so the cost of having to book flights and hotels is much higher than packages with preset charter fares.<\/p>\n

\u201cHowever, due to the current uncertainty in the market due to the conflict in the Middle East this summer will be a late booking<\/strong> domestic market. Most people are opting to wait and see what\u2019s going to happen before booking.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere is a lot of offer in the domestic market still and since Covid the long haul charter market has taken off in Spain. For example we have packages to Thailand<\/strong> with flights included for 890 euros, so prices are becoming much more competitive.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd this is how the majority of our European neighbours come to the Balearics, on a package holiday because it offers the best value for money. The Europeans<\/strong> know that if they want to come to Mallorca<\/a> and stay in a beach-front hotel, it\u2019s much cheaper to book a package than independently.<\/p>\n

“Plus they know they have the back up and support of their tour operator should anything go wrong and certain cover and protection under European Laws – especially when it comes to the UK market<\/strong> because the issue of travel insurance is very important because they no longer have the cover they did when they were part of the European Union,\u201d Pedro explained.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd today we see Spanish couples, families and older travellers looking for organised experiences, comfort, safety and unique hotels. Asia experienced a real tourism boom in 2025 and everything points to it remaining one of the major players in the international market. Japan, Thailand, Vietnam and Bali are no longer seen as distant destinations reserved for a select few adventurers,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"It appear that airlines operating domestic flights in Spain are cashing in on the Middle East conflict despite…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":994629,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[5312],"tags":[255193,18991,2834,9980,26719,2000,299,276029,10238,2843,5479,2838,137056,2839,62136,104,14299,183],"class_list":["post-994628","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-spain","tag-airfares","tag-airlines","tag-balearics","tag-british-tourists","tag-caribbean","tag-eu","tag-europe","tag-holiday-prices","tag-hotels","tag-latest-headlines","tag-madrid","tag-majorca","tag-majorca-expensive","tag-mallorca","tag-palma","tag-spain","tag-summer","tag-travel"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/994628","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=994628"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/994628\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/994629"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=994628"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=994628"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=994628"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}