Spanish Travellers Reports - Spanish hoteliers are warning tourists, including the British of the “chaos” that could be caused here in Spain with a new obligatory registration of travellers, whereby anyone in Spain who rents out accommodation or hires cars to tourists will have to fill in a traveller's report. (Spanish Included)
2nd December 2024 - The new system of registering guests staying at Spanish accommodation is in full effect from today.
There have been several articles in the UK press over the weekend, repeating false information, claiming that "guests have to hand over all their bank details"...This is totally false. Up to today, guests passport or ID details were taken on check in and sent to either the Guardia Civil or National police using their respective websites Hospederías or WebPol. Now, from today, guest data must be submitted to the Ministry of Interior via their dedicated SES.Hospedajes platform.
The number of data points to be collected has increased: the property will now need to gather 17 pieces of information per guest at check-in. Previously, only 9 pieces of data were required. This will apply to all travellers over 14 years of age.
The data collected is as follows
1. First name
2. First surname
3. Second surname (if applies)
4. Gender
5. ID document number
6. Document reference number
7. Type of document (DNI, passport, TIE)
8. Nationality
9. Date of birth
10. – Full address (Place of usual residence)
11. – City (Place of usual residence)
12. – Country (Place of usual residence)
13. Landline phone number
14. Mobile phone number
15. Email address
16. Number of travellers
17. Relationship between travellers (if any are minors)
As you can see......There is NO "field" on the online form regarding bank details.
* NOTE* Most apartment blocks or even some hotels ask for a deposit in case of damages nowadays, this has nothing whatsoever to do with this scheme. (It can normally be paid in cash or a "pending" payment on a card..
Updates 2nd October 2024 - The Interior Ministry now insist that this regulation will come into force on December 2nd,
Spanish Travellers Reports 5th August 2024 News.
Spanish tour operators, state it will be “impossible” to comply with due to the requirements demanded, it could also cause loss of sensitive information for travellers.
The Spanish Confederation of Hotels and Tourist Accommodation (CEHAT) state that this new requirement is going to cause chaos as hoteliers just will not be able to cope with this additional workload at reception, CEHAT also points out that more than 70% of accommodation companies are small businesses and don't have adequate cybersecurity protection to protect their guests data and many of the smaller establishments do not even have a reception, yet there is also the threat of large fines and sanctions to all those who do not act under new parameters.
Spanish Travellers Reports
This was first announced on October 27th, 2021, when a Royal Decree was published in the Official State Gazette (BOE) which established documentary registration and information obligations for natural or legal persons carrying out accommodation and motor vehicle rental rentals, this has been postponed twice, they were initially delayed until November 2nd, 2023 and then to October 1st, 2024, due to protests from companies, allowing the submission to be made through the traditional electronic system."
The website set up to input data was inefficient and it was impossible to comply with the requirements. "Tour operators pointed out that this platform had proven to be very inefficient"
CEHAT state "For hoteliers, it is impossible to collect and certify the authenticity of some of these data, which would cause organisational chaos at receptions to the detriment of users and flagrantly contravening the data minimisation rules of European directives and their protection."
CEHAT have requested a new meeting with the Secretary of State or the Minister of the Interior and assures that it is currently working at a legal level to prevent its application of this Royal Decree on October 1st, so far they have received no response. For this reason, they assure that they have set their legal services in motion to prevent its application.
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