Summer In Menorca or Mallorca Advice Please
Apr 19th 2014 | 6:20 am
#16
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Re: Summer In Menorca or Mallorca Advice Please
I'm not patronising you. Open a local paper (spanish, German or English, and see how many ads for your line if work you find. Plus, others' 4.5 tonnes are already here. And you may have a good reputation in blighty, but not one club or anyone else who might hire you here has ever heard of you.
Look, if you can support yourself without work for a year, you might be able to land a few gigs. But I can tell you right now that you needed to be in-market and active 3 months ago if you wanted gigs in the 2014 high season.
And even when you arrive, you'd better be prepared to place ads and spend money travelling around, maybe even offer to do some gigs for free to get exposure, or else you'll end up just another unknown seeking some work.
And yes, I do know a bit about tourism in Mallorca. Do you speak German? You should if you want to appeal to the largest segment here. Otherwise, your market is in Magaluf, Calas de Mallorca and maybe Alcudia or Pollensa. The remaining 70% of the tourism here is largely German.
Look, if you can support yourself without work for a year, you might be able to land a few gigs. But I can tell you right now that you needed to be in-market and active 3 months ago if you wanted gigs in the 2014 high season.
And even when you arrive, you'd better be prepared to place ads and spend money travelling around, maybe even offer to do some gigs for free to get exposure, or else you'll end up just another unknown seeking some work.
And yes, I do know a bit about tourism in Mallorca. Do you speak German? You should if you want to appeal to the largest segment here. Otherwise, your market is in Magaluf, Calas de Mallorca and maybe Alcudia or Pollensa. The remaining 70% of the tourism here is largely German.
Apr 20th 2014 | 6:45 am
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Re: Summer In Menorca or Mallorca Advice Please
Hi Sean
We've just come back from a week in Mallorca, staying in a hotel in the Arenal area, 12km east of Palma. We stayed in a hotel chain called MLLhotels. We were with a group of over 60's on a week's 'cheap' SAGA-type package.
Yes, in that area there were lots of Germans, Dutch & a few British.
There were some big-looking hotels that appeared to cater for Germans primarily. Maybe they're looking for something different that you could offer.
Best wishes
We've just come back from a week in Mallorca, staying in a hotel in the Arenal area, 12km east of Palma. We stayed in a hotel chain called MLLhotels. We were with a group of over 60's on a week's 'cheap' SAGA-type package.
Yes, in that area there were lots of Germans, Dutch & a few British.
There were some big-looking hotels that appeared to cater for Germans primarily. Maybe they're looking for something different that you could offer.
Best wishes
Apr 20th 2014 | 7:47 am
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Re: Summer In Menorca or Mallorca Advice Please
It's a few years since we were in Mallorca, we stayed in Porto Colom which was OK, but north of there, Sa Como, Cala Millor, Cala Ratjada was wall to wall Germans, menus etc were all in Spanish and German serving German fare.
Apr 20th 2014 | 9:50 am
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Re: Summer In Menorca or Mallorca Advice Please
Have you tried some of the German stuff? The bier is remarkable, but a good authentic wienerschnitzel vom kalb is delightful. A proper bratkartoffln is also a delight. A good austrian- style apfelstrudel is a perfect top off.
Apr 20th 2014 | 9:53 am
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Re: Summer In Menorca or Mallorca Advice Please
Hi Sean
We've just come back from a week in Mallorca, staying in a hotel in the Arenal area, 12km east of Palma. We stayed in a hotel chain called MLLhotels. We were with a group of over 60's on a week's 'cheap' SAGA-type package.
Yes, in that area there were lots of Germans, Dutch & a few British.
There were some big-looking hotels that appeared to cater for Germans primarily. Maybe they're looking for something different that you could offer.
Best wishes
We've just come back from a week in Mallorca, staying in a hotel in the Arenal area, 12km east of Palma. We stayed in a hotel chain called MLLhotels. We were with a group of over 60's on a week's 'cheap' SAGA-type package.
Yes, in that area there were lots of Germans, Dutch & a few British.
There were some big-looking hotels that appeared to cater for Germans primarily. Maybe they're looking for something different that you could offer.
Best wishes
Apr 21st 2014 | 2:44 am
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Re: Summer In Menorca or Mallorca Advice Please
Spot on; even in many bars there were only German newspapers would you believe. And asking for some olives with the beer, well, they look at you in disbelief. Mind you, I did practise my German.
