Terrible customer service, much better companies available
My hotel in Santanyi had arranged an airport transfer for me with Roig from Palma Airport on 6 August. I was quoted €99, which I felt was expensive for a 35-40 minute journey, but I agreed because I was expecting a level of service that you’d associate with a premium-priced transfer.
When booking, I provided my flight details. A few hours before my flight, it was cancelled. Fortunately, I was able to rebook onto another flight that would still get me to Palma at the same expected time. I immediately emailed my hotel with the new flight details and explained that I was still due to arrive at the expected time and would still require my pre-booked transfer. The hotel replied confirming that this was fine and that they’d passed the updated information on.
When I arrived at the Roig office at the airport, I told the woman behind the desk (short, with very long wavy brown hair) my name and explained that I had a transfer booked. She replied curtly, “no, your flight was cancelled.”
I calmly explained that I had rebooked onto another flight arriving at the same time and that I’d informed the hotel, who’d confirmed that they’d forwarded the updated details. She told me they had no information about this and said there was absolutely no possibility of providing me with a car.
What was particularly disappointing was her attitude and the complete lack of willingness to help. She made no attempt to offer an alternative or even suggest another taxi company I could contact when I asked and treated me horribly. When I called my hotel, they confirmed they had sent the updated details and so I asked if they could speak directly with Roig. By this point, the woman at the desk was completely ignoring me despite the fact there were no other customers around. I asked her to speak to the hotel and she simply shook her head without looking at me.
Fortunately, a man working on a laptop towards the back of the office came over and intervened. After checking the messages from my hotel and speaking to the hotel receptionist, he arranged a taxi for me within a few minutes which arrived 15 minutes later (contrary to what his colleague had said was possible).
The most disappointing part was that at no point did anyone apologise or acknowledge the inconvenience and stress. The driver himself was polite and I have no complaint whatsoever about the journey. My issue is entirely with the customer service and the way I was treated by the woman at the desk. I genuinely have no idea why she was so rude when I had done everything I could reasonably have been expected to do: I’d immediately informed my hotel of the flight change, the hotel had confirmed they passed the information on, and I was at the airport at the expected time.
For a €99 transfer, I expected a much higher standard of service. On my return journey, I used a different company who were reliable, polite and only charged €60 for the same journey.
Unfortunately, based on this experience, I definitely wouldn’t use Roig again and would strongly recommend looking elsewhere for an airport transfer.
August 6, 2026
Unprompted review