A six-bedroom villa in Tramuntana, Pollença, or Son Vida in the first three weeks of August lists at €14,000 to €42,000 per week. After service, the Balearic sustainability tax, staff gratuities, a chef on four nights, and the standard Palma airport transfer, the all-in week lands 30 to 50 percent above the headline. Mallorca remains the most VAT-friendly luxury market in the Mediterranean, which matters more than most renters realize. The full structure, line by line, with three worked examples.
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Mallorca pricing is shaped by three regulatory facts and one geography fact. The regulation: the ETV tourist-rental licence (issued by the Consell Insular) is gated by a moratorium that has not been lifted since 2017, which compresses supply at the top end. The sustainability tax is €1 to €4 per person per night plus 10% IVA, the most explicit per-night tax in the Mediterranean. The room rate itself is VAT-exempt when no hotel-style services are bundled, which makes Mallorca cheaper than mainland Spain or France for equivalent product. The geography: Tramuntana sits on a UNESCO-protected coastline that cannot be expanded; supply north of Andratx is fixed for the foreseeable future.
The rates below were verified against May 2026 cards from Plum Guide, Onefinestay, Le Collectionist, and four direct managers operating in Pollença, Deià, Sóller, and Son Vida. All figures are quoted weekly except line items. The regional split table follows the headline table.
Headline weekly rate before service, sustainability tax, gratuities, and chef. Peak runs the third week of July through the second week of September. Shoulder is the first two weeks of July and the third week of September through the second week of October. Off season is everything else.
| Bedrooms (top-tier regions) | Peak (3rd Jul – 2nd Sep) | Shoulder | Off season |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4 BR | €7,500 to €14,500 | €5,000 to €9,500 | €3,200 to €6,000 |
| 5 BR | €10,500 to €22,000 | €7,000 to €14,500 | €4,400 to €9,000 |
| 6 BR | €14,000 to €28,000 | €9,500 to €18,500 | €6,000 to €11,500 |
| 6BR trophy (Deià cliff, Pollença sea-front, Son Vida estate) | €26,000 to €42,000 | €17,500 to €28,000 | €11,000 to €17,500 |
| 8 BR | €22,000 to €45,000 | €14,500 to €29,500 | €9,000 to €18,500 |
| 10 BR+ | €38,000 to €95,000 | €25,000 to €62,000 | €15,500 to €38,000 |
| Region (6BR, peak August) | Headline weekly rate | Note |
|---|---|---|
| Tramuntana (Deià, Sóller, Banyalbufar) | €14,000 to €38,000 | UNESCO coastline, supply-capped |
| Pollença & Formentor | €12,000 to €34,000 | North coast, pine forest, deeper bays |
| Son Vida & Bendinat (Palma west) | €14,500 to €42,000 | Gated estate, three golf courses |
| Andratx & Camp de Mar (south-west) | €10,500 to €26,000 | Boat-friendly, Palma 35 min |
| Santa Maria, Binissalem (Pla, inland) | €7,500 to €16,000 | Vineyard country, no sea view |
| Santanyí & Cala d’Or (south-east) | €8,500 to €20,000 | Calmer waters, beach-club zone |
| Alcúdia & Can Picafort (north) | €7,000 to €16,000 | Shallow family bay |
| Manacor & Lleván (east) | €6,500 to €14,500 | Quieter, coastal coves |
Son Vida edges out Tramuntana on raw rate because the estate’s amenities (24-hour gate, golf, club access) command a premium that the UNESCO villages do not need to charge.
Platforms and managers price a service charge or management fee on the headline rate. Plum Guide runs 10 to 12% on Mallorca product, Onefinestay 10 to 12%, Le Collectionist 10%. Direct management runs 8 to 10%. Some Mallorca operators bury the service charge inside the headline. On a €20,000 week, that is €1,600 to €2,400.
Spanish short-term holiday rentals to private individuals are VAT-exempt under Article 20.1.23 of Law 37/1992 (Ley del IVA), provided the manager does not bundle hotel-style services (daily housekeeping, food, laundry) into the rate. The norm in Mallorca villa rentals is no IVA on the room. Where housekeeping is bundled daily, a 10% reduced IVA can apply (this is the Spanish “asimilable a hostelero” treatment). Always read the contract: the line should say either “exenta IVA Art. 20.1.23” or “IVA 10%”. If it says 21%, push back.
The Impuesto sobre Estancias Turísticas (ITE) is the Balearic government’s green-and-infrastructure levy. Luxury villas (the top accommodation band) pay €4 per person per night in peak season (1 May to 31 October), €1 in shoulder (November to April), plus 10% IVA on the tax itself. A 50% reduction applies after the 9th night. Children under 16 are exempt. On a 10-guest, seven-night peak booking, plan for €308 in sustainability tax including IVA. The line appears on the contract.
Six hundred to 1,000 euros per staff member for the week, paid in cash on the final day, distributed by the housekeeping lead. The Mallorca staff norm runs lower than Costa Smeralda or St Barts; the local labour market and the Spanish hospitality wage structure do not require the same gratuity weight. A typical six-bedroom Tramuntana finca carries two to three staff. Plan for €1,800 to €3,000 in gratuities. The well-run managers brief the gratuity expectation in writing.
Independent chefs in Mallorca run €500 to €1,100 per day for dinner service, plus food sourcing at cost. Lunch is half the dinner fee. Palma supports the deepest independent chef bench on the island: a chef from the Mola or Santa Catalina restaurant district will travel to Deià or Pollença, adding €80 to €150 in transport. Food cost for a group of 10 lands at €45 to €85 per person per dinner. The in-house package the manager offers runs €700 to €1,400 per day. A week with four chef dinners and two chef lunches lands €3,200 to €6,500 all in.
A 10 to 12-metre day-boat from Port d’Andratx, Port de Sóller, or Puerto Portals runs €1,800 to €3,800 per day plus fuel (€200 to €500). A 20-metre motor yacht with crew runs €6,500 to €9,500 plus fuel and a 10% crew tip. Beach-club spend at Purobeach, Nikki Beach Mallorca, Pur Beach Club, or Mhares Sea Club runs €180 to €400 per person at lunch in peak. Front-row sun-bed at Nikki Beach Mallorca runs €180 to €320 per person per day with spend minimum.
Mercedes V-Class from Palma (PMI) to Deià runs €120 to €180 each way; to Pollença €140 to €200; to Son Vida €90 to €130. The S-Class is roughly €200 to €260. Helicopter is not the cultural default in Mallorca; the road network handles most luxury transfers without complaint. A second car for the week runs €320 to €640.
Three trip configurations we priced for clients in 2024 and 2025. Numbers verified against the source contracts. The takeaway: the line items add 30 to 50% on top of the headline rate, less than Mykonos or Costa Smeralda because IVA on the room is exempt.
Headline: €8,500 / wk (shoulder pricing).
Service charge (10%) €850. Sustainability tax (4 × 7 × €4 plus 10% IVA) €123. Staff gratuities (2 staff) €1,400. Palma airport transfer round trip €320. No chef, restaurant dinners €220 per couple per night × 5 = €1,100. Pre-stock €320. One boat day from Port de Pollença, 10-metre €1,800 plus fuel €280.
All-in: €14,693 for the week.
Premium over headline: 73%.
Headline: €22,000 / wk (Tramuntana sea-view).
Service charge (11%) €2,420. Sustainability tax (10 × 7 × €4 plus 10% IVA) €308. Staff gratuities (3 staff) €2,400. Two V-Class transfers Palma-Deià round trip €720. Second car for the week €520. Chef four dinners (€800/day) €3,200 plus food €2,400. Pre-stock €900. One boat day from Port de Sóller, 12-metre €3,200 plus fuel.
All-in: €37,968 for the week.
Premium over headline: 73%.
Headline: €55,000 / wk.
Service charge (12%) €6,600. Sustainability tax (16 × 7 × €4 plus 10% IVA) €492. Staff gratuities (5 staff) €4,500. Three V-Class transfers Palma-Son Vida €780. Two extra cars for the week €980. Chef five dinners (€1,000/day) €5,000 plus food €5,800. Pre-stock €1,400. Two boat days from Puerto Portals, 20-metre with crew, €8,500 average €17,000 plus fuel €1,400 plus tips €1,700. Nikki Beach lunch one day €4,800.
All-in: €106,450 for the week.
Premium over headline: 94%.
EUR figures as quoted. USD conversions use the May 2026 EUR/USD rate of 1.10. The example III premium runs higher because the boat-day spend and the Nikki Beach lunch are discretionary additions, not contract line items.
Six levers move the all-in cost on a Mallorca week.
Move one week earlier or later. The first week of July or the third week of September drops the headline 30% from August. Tramuntana weather sits within three degrees of August on either side.
Trade Tramuntana sea-view for Pollença sea-front. Northern Mallorca delivers a wider beach, deeper sand, and quieter access roads for 20% less than the equivalent Tramuntana cliff.
Verify the ETV licence before signing. The bookings that go wrong are the ones without a registered licence; you lose the deposit if the Consell Insular knocks. Verification takes five minutes on the public registry.
Skip the in-house chef. The Palma chef bench is the strongest in the Balearic island chain. The transport surcharge is rarely above €150 per night. Two grades of cooking for the same daily rate.
Book the boat from Port d’Andratx, not Puerto Portals. Andratx prices boats 15% below Portals for the same Andratx-Sa Dragonera-Es Trenc loop. The marina staff are friendlier. The fuel is the same.
The sixth lever. Three Pollença and Deià direct managers run quiet repositioning lists when a confirmed booking moves: villas release 12 to 20% below the original rate inside the 45-day window. The platforms do not surface them. Email any of the established direct managers in late May for July openings, late June for August openings, late August for September openings.
For a six-bedroom in Tramuntana, Pollença, or Son Vida, the headline weekly rate in the first three weeks of August runs €14,000 to €42,000. After service, sustainability tax, staff gratuities, and a chef on four nights, the all-in week typically lands between €21,000 and €58,000.
Spanish short-term holiday rentals to private individuals are exempt from VAT (IVA) under Article 20.1.23 of the Spanish VAT Law, provided no hotel-style services are bundled. Where the manager offers daily housekeeping, food, or laundry inside the rate, a 10% reduced IVA may apply. The norm is no IVA on the room rate. The Balearic Sustainable Tourism Tax applies regardless.
The Impuesto sobre Estancias Turísticas (ITE) charges €1 to €4 per person per night, plus 10% IVA, depending on accommodation category and season. Luxury villas pay the top band of €4 in peak (May to October), €1 in shoulder. A 50% reduction applies after the 9th night. Children under 16 are exempt.
Six hundred to 1,000 euros per staff member for the week, paid in cash on the final day. Typical staff team is two to three (housekeeper, gardener, sometimes a pool-and-maintenance person). On a six-bedroom Tramuntana finca with three staff, plan for 1,800 to 3,000 euros in gratuities.
Independent chefs run €500 to €1,100 per day, plus food sourcing at cost. Lunch service is half the dinner fee. Palma supports the deepest chef bench on the island; Tramuntana chefs travel from Palma and add €80 to €150 in transport per night.
Yes. Every legally rentable villa carries an ETV licence number that should appear on every listing. Bookings without a licence number expose the guest to the moratorium-era fines that the Balearic government has applied since 2017. Verify the ETV against the Consell Insular registry before signing.
The peak premium clears by the last week of September, dropping headline rates 25 to 40%. October runs at 40 to 55% below August. May and June run at shoulder pricing with peak-quality weather on the better days. The cheapest peak-quality weather is the third week of September.
The 18-page PDF with line-item math for Tramuntana, Pollença, Son Vida, Andratx, and Santanyí, the comparison table against Ibiza, the eight chefs we have used by name, and the ETV licence-verification script. Free. We trade it for an email.
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