Airport Parking Rip-Offs, Looming Fare Wars, Rain Insurance Innovations, Child Migration Crisis, Eclipse Cruise Boom, Housing Shock

Happy New Year! Richie kicks things off with a no-holds-barred rant on the great UK airport parking rip-off, while we ask whether a summer flight price war could be on the horizon. On the Beach Holidays unveil a novel new insurance option, Ibiza faces an unexpected migration crisis involving children, and cruise ships are already lining up for August’s much-anticipated solar eclipse. Public housing remains firmly at the top of the agenda, but councils have thrown a curveball to would-be beneficiaries — and Martin rounds things off by plugging his new blog post on the biggest challenges facing Ibiza in 2026.All this and more in TALKING BALEARICSWe are the only English speaking podcast covering the incredible Balearic Islands which has a thriving expat population and welcomed 15.3 million international tourists in 2024 including almost 4 million UK visitors.DAD TAXI' BLOG - https://dadtaximallorca.com/RICHIE PRIOR ON INSTAGRAM -  https://www.instagram.com/dad.taxi/Message me here'MAN IN SAN AN' BLOG' - https://maninsanan.com/MARTIN MAKEPEACE ON SUBSTACK - https://martinmakepeace.substack.com/MARTIN MAKEPEACE ON INSTAGRAM - https://www.instagram.com/martinmakepeace/Original music © Alex Ellenger/Martin Makepeace