Plan a group trip to Ibiza

Weather and what it means for planning

Hot summers around 28 to 31°C with very little rain from June to September. Evenings stay warm enough to be outside, though the north of the island is breezier.

On your Holiday Board, each day shows a forecast once a reliable one exists, which is roughly two weeks ahead. Further out than that we show nothing rather than guessing, because a made-up forecast is worse than none when you are deciding what to pack.

What to pack for Ibiza

• Two sets of evening clothes if you are going out properly, since one night will end later than planned
• Shoes you can stand in for hours. This is the single most common regret
• Sun cream and after sun, because most days involve more sun than intended
• ID for clubs and boat parties. A card and some cash, kept separately
• A light jacket for the north of the island and for boats after dark

Add these to your plans as bring items while you are setting up the trip and they turn up on everyone’s packing list automatically, with duplicates merged.

An example Ibiza day structure

A workable shape for a 4 to 7 days trip. Copy whichever of these fit onto your own days and ignore the rest.

Practical things worth knowing

• Euro. Clubs and beach clubs are expensive, so agree in advance how the group is splitting them
• Taxis are limited and hard to find late at night in peak season. Plan the way home before you go out
• Distances between the north and the south are longer than the map suggests
• Book tables and beds in advance in July and August, and put the reference in the plan notes

Getting around

Hire cars give the most freedom but parking near beaches in summer is difficult. Taxis are the norm for nights out and should be arranged ahead rather than found on the street.

This is the reason leave time exists as its own field on every plan. The start time is when the thing happens. The leave time is when you actually need to be out of the door, and in Ibiza the gap between those two is bigger than people expect.

Money on a Ibiza trip

Ibiza uses the Euro. If your group counts in pounds, set EUR as the local currency and GBP as the home currency when you create the holiday. Every expense then shows both, and the rate is saved with the expense so past spending never shifts when rates move.

At the end, the expense splitter nets everything off into the fewest possible payments.