Can you believe it’s only 80 days till May 1st – when Ibiza explodes back into life! You can almost smell the pine forests and the lemon blossom, feel the sun on your back, the sand between your toes… Then there’s the soundtrack – the lapping of waves on the beach, the ambient chill-out of […]

Most people consider Ibiza to be a summer party destination that opens in May and shuts at the end of October each year. This is certainly true of the big nightclubs and most of the hotels, but our big sister island of Mallorca remains ‘open’ all year round. How can this be? Perhaps it’s a […]

Holiday rental advertising occupies contested territory in Spain. The Barcelona government recently announced fines of €60,000 for HomeAway and AirBnB for advertising properties without tourist licences. Against the backdrop of this wrangling, challenger LaComunity.com, which has a licenced properties-only policy, has ambitious plans to use new investment funds to quadruple its listings and expand internationally. […]

A new law came into force in 2012. It was called the ‘Ley de Arrendamientos Urbanos’, also known as LAU (Urban Leases Act). This law allows holiday rentals to be permitted for any building, subject to specific requirements. The Balearic Tourism Law allows for the commercialisation of tourist accommodation in properties and for heavily fining […]