Holiday rental blog

Practical guides on managing tourist accommodation in Spain, up-to-date rules to meet your legal requirements, register on SES.HOSPEDAJES, and manage your region's tourist licence.

Cobalt-blue azulejo: in a festive Spanish beach-town street with bunting and towels on balconies, a suited official with a corded dossier knocks at a door fitted with a key lockbox; two neighbours watch from a doorway and a cat rests on the cobbles

Legal updates

Spanish holiday rental inspections: daily fines in the Balearics

Spain's regions have stopped waiting for the slow penalty file: the Balearics fine per day of illegal advertising and Navarra's anonymous mailbox feeds half its inspections. What is happening this summer and how a legal rental sails through it.

July 18, 2026

Cobalt-blue azulejo: at a guesthouse counter, a traveller shows his ID in hand while the innkeeper checks it against her ledger; in the corner, an old photocopier sits switched off

Guest registration

Photocopying a Guest's ID in Spain: Why Your Rental Can't

Spanish law obliges you to register every guest's data, but keeping a copy of their passport or DNI breaches the GDPR, and fines have already reached 30,000 euros. What the AEPD allows at check-in, in person and online, and how to run a compliant flow.

July 18, 2026

Cobalt-blue azulejo: a manager on a low stool unscrews the redundant metal plate beside her door; the ceramic plaque stays firmly mounted and the cat inspects the fallen screws

Tourist licence

Airbnb and Booking Registration Number in Spain After the NRUA

The Spanish state registry died in court, your regional licence number did not, and the platforms have not caught up. What to put in each Airbnb and Booking field, what to do with a cancelled provisional NRUA, and the format each region expects.

July 18, 2026

A woman property manager with a folder under her arm walks a Spanish street between two shop windows of framed apartment portraits, one sparse and carefully arranged with plants and one crowded with frames and pennants with a clerk behind the counter; both windows have an empty slot; a cat watches down the street

Rental management

Airbnb or Booking? Where to List Your Rental in Spain

Carlos has managed nearly identical apartments on both platforms. He explains which one earned more, why he would start with Airbnb and when Booking makes sense.

July 16, 2026

Cobalt-blue azulejo: against the Barcelona skyline with the Sagrada Família, a traveller with a suitcase hands a sheet of paper to an official holding a tied file folder; a dog at their feet

Guest registration

Mossos d'Esquadra Guest Registry: Reporting in Catalonia (2026)

In Catalonia you don't use SES.HOSPEDAJES: you report to the Mossos' registre de viatgers. What changes, what data it asks for and which deadlines to watch.

July 16, 2026

Cobalt-on-white azulejo: in an administrative office, an official slides a formal document across the desk to a manager who receives it gravely; a cord-tied dossier rests on the desk

Tourist licence

Spain Holiday Rental Fines: What 'Muy Grave' Actually Means (2026)

Muy grave is the top rung of Spain's offence ladder. What it means, and why two completely different fines can both land on the same flat.

July 11, 2026

Blue azulejo scene: in the living room of a Spanish house at Christmas, a woman in a period dress with a folder under her arm is surprised to see a sheet-of-paper-shaped gift under the tree; beside it, a nativity scene and a fireplace with stockings

Guest registration

Free Guest Report Template for Spain (PDF Download)

A one-page PDF with the data Spain's RD 933/2021 requires, in three languages. Fill it in on your computer or print it; we walk through it field by field and explain why.

July 9, 2026

A property manager with a folder under his arm thoughtfully compares a row of nearly identical old cars, each with a blank price card on its windshield, while the seller swaps one of the cards; a cat between the wheels, with rooftops, a church tower and pennant bunting behind

Rental management

How to Price a Vacation Rental in Spain

Carlos Chica walks through the six pricing mistakes he sees most among owners and shares the strategy his agency uses: a seasonal reference price, adjusted progressively.

July 9, 2026