Lawyer specialising in tourist-accommodation compliance
Lawyer specialising in tourist-accommodation compliance in Spain, with over 20 years in the sector and international organizations: guest registration and SES.HOSPEDAJES, tourist licences and regional regulations. On the blog she writes from the fine print of the law: what the rules require, what non-compliance risks and how to comply cleanly.
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Asturias has no tourist licence to apply for: there are two distinct categories and one electronic declaración responsable that enters you in the REAT. Decreto 4/2026 rewrote the requirements for both, and its six-month adaptation deadline expired on 3 September 2026.
October 16, 2026
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In the Basque Country there is no licence to apply for: there is a declaración responsable and free registration in the REATE. The requirements in force and the municipalities where a new home can no longer be registered.
October 13, 2026
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Closing is not the same as no longer taking bookings. There is an order (calendar, listings, registry) and three obligations that stay alive after the cese, the longest of them for three years.
October 9, 2026
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Four islands, four island registers and a pool of places you have to buy first. And since 2025 no new flat, unless it is your main home for 60 days.
October 6, 2026
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Madrid inspects 588 flats a year and fines 86% of them, Mallorca proposed 10 million euros in penalties, and six regions publish nothing. The tracker, region by region, with the source behind every figure.
October 2, 2026
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The Valencia region asks for a municipal urban-compatibility report before it will register a flat. And since August 2026 the requirements have changed.
September 29, 2026
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The owners' association has decided on tourist flats by three fifths since 2019, and since 2025 anyone starting out needs its approval. How it is obtained, how far the resolution reaches and what protects the flat that was already operating with a licence.
September 25, 2026
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Ley 6/2025 governs registration since December 2025 and Decreto 113/2015 still governs operation: planning that allows the use, a ten-year-old building, and an authorisation that expires after five.
September 22, 2026
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Andalusia registers flats in the RTA through a declaration, and has cancelled over 15,300 since 2024. What it asks for, and in what order.
September 18, 2026
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The police channel that survives in tutorials and in the checkboxes of property software. How it really worked, and what is left of it.
September 15, 2026
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Real Decreto 933/2021 makes you collect the data; the GDPR makes you handle it properly. Which role you hold, which legal basis applies, what you must have in writing, and what to sign with your check-in provider.
September 11, 2026
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You can be housing under the LAU and lodging for the tax office. The four boundaries, the test each one uses, and a table by autonomous community.
September 7, 2026
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What you owe the Spanish tax office for a tourist rental, and the single cut that decides it: services typical of the hotel industry. IRPF, VAT, transfer tax, and which forms survived the end of modelo 179.
September 4, 2026
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In Spain the licence does not always travel with the house: in the Valencia region it does not survive the sale, in Catalonia it follows the property. And SES.HOSPEDAJES has no transfer procedure at all: it is deregistration plus a fresh sign-up. The complete guide to not ending up paperless mid-handover.
August 28, 2026
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Only two Spanish regions charge a tourist tax across their whole territory today, but the map is moving fast: Catalonia just raised it, the Basque Country has a start date and Asturias is in parliament. All nineteen territories, current amounts, who is exempt and what a lodging must actually do.
August 21, 2026
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Junts tried to overturn Catalonia's tourist-flat regime and Parliament said no. What Decree-Law 3/2023 means for your HUT, how the little-known extension of up to 5 years works, and where Barcelona's 10,101 licences stand.
August 14, 2026
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Spain's guest registration portal asks you to pick a communication type and the confusion starts there: the booking communication reports the contract when the reservation is made; the traveller report identifies the people when the stay begins. Which one is due when, with the deadlines, and why the sales channel changes who reports what.
August 7, 2026
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Four acronyms that get confused daily, and one distinction almost nobody explains: which of these Spanish documents identifies its holder, and which only proves they are registered.
August 4, 2026
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If the number is rejected, it is usually the missing letter or the missing leading zeros. Where to find it on each Spanish immigration document and exactly how to write it.
August 4, 2026
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Reception desk or not, the check-in tool decides whether your guest's data reaches SES.HOSPEDAJES correctly and on time. The apps and software available in Spain compared, with published prices and the fine print, ours included.
July 31, 2026
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Three letters and six digits that almost nobody finds first time, because the label changes with every version of the Spanish ID card. Here is which word to look for on the document in your hand.
July 31, 2026
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If you are still looking for hospederias.guardiacivil.es to file your Spanish guest reports, that channel closed in December 2024 and your old credentials no longer work. What Hospederías was, what replaced it, and how to declare today, region by region.
July 24, 2026
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No English screen on the Ministry's portal, no plain password to log in. Here is what each Spanish label means and exactly what SES.HOSPEDAJES asks of you.
July 21, 2026
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The European Commission says Spain's traveller data collection breaches the EU police-data directive. What the infringement procedure means for your Spanish holiday rental, what deadlines it opens, and why you must keep filing guest reports today.
July 18, 2026
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Delisting in Spain comes down to one field: your regional registration number. What platforms now verify, and the exact steps back to a live listing.
July 6, 2026
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A neighbour renting without a licence: the real channels for reporting it, what evidence to gather, how much the fine is by region and what Spanish law says about reporting without giving your name.
July 1, 2026
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Three distinct obligations, not one. We tell you which you need, in what order and where each one is processed, without mixing them up.
June 26, 2026
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Five tools that automate Spain's guest reports, compared without tricks, ours included, and when not to choose it.
June 23, 2026
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Renting without your region's tourist licence is an offence under regional tourism law, with fines reaching six figures in several regions. The table, community by community.
June 10, 2026
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Spain has no national tourist licence: each autonomous community has its own registry and requirements. This guide gathers them all, region by region, with the law and the 2026 changes.
June 10, 2026
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A mistyped field or a booking cancelled after filing. When to correct, when to annul, and how to leave a clean audit trail.
June 9, 2026
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The starting point for understanding SES.HOSPEDAJES end to end: what it is, how to log in, how to register, and what to do when something fails. Every step links out in detail.
June 9, 2026
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The portal won't load, the certificate fails or submissions bounce: the six most common causes, quickest to rule out first.
June 9, 2026
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Regional licence, NRUA and guest report: three 'registrations' everyone mixes up. A decoder for working out which one you are being told about.
June 5, 2026
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Spain's Supreme Court has struck down the NRUA single rental registry. If you already got your number, here is what actually changes.
June 3, 2026
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The EU rule that makes platforms verify your registration number and share booking data: the timeline and its practical effects.
May 26, 2026
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Chekin does a lot, maybe more than you need. A comparison covering its pricing, contract minimums and when to pick something else.
May 21, 2026
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The REAT is the register you cannot rent without in Galicia, and TURESPAZO is the portal you file through. What they are, how to get through them, and what RITGA really is.
May 21, 2026
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Every SES.HOSPEDAJES rejection code deciphered one by one, with its concrete cause and its fix.
May 10, 2026
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Spain's state single registry lasted eighteen months. The number you actually need after the Supreme Court ruling, region by region.
May 3, 2026
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The Property Registry's annual stay report: what it was, what's left after the NRUA annulment, and which records to keep.
May 3, 2026
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What AI can already do for a property manager, and what is still smoke. A marketing-free tour of the real use cases.
May 1, 2026
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What Madrid's Decree 27/2026 actually changes for tourist rental homes: who may sign the CIVUT, where the capacity table now starts, and how long you have to adapt.
April 28, 2026
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From check-in to filed report without typing anything: the full automated flow, limits included and honestly told.
April 26, 2026
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The Mossos and Ertzaintza run their own systems, and SES.HOSPEDAJES doesn't count there. What to do today if you operate in either region.
April 26, 2026
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Connect your Booking, Airbnb or VRBO calendars once and let reservations flow in on their own every 15 minutes.
April 18, 2026
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Children go in the guest report too. Who signs for them, which documents apply, and the classic mistakes when registering families.
April 18, 2026
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Not submitting the guest report is a serious (grave) offence, €601 to €30,000. Submitting it late is minor, €100 to €600. Which bracket applies, and how it is graded.
April 18, 2026
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Two credential sets with two different jobs, and half of all failed submissions come from mixing them up. How to keep them straight.
April 18, 2026
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Spain's digital ID is now valid at your front desk. What changes at check-in and what doesn't change in the guest report.
April 17, 2026
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Spain's guest registration law without the jargon: who it covers, what data it demands and how to comply without losing your evenings.
April 17, 2026
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Who we are, why we built RegistroViajero, and what's different about a tool made by managers who used to file guest reports by hand.
April 16, 2026
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