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Short-term rental law and regulations in Spain

Every rule that governs short-term rentals in Spain, gathered and kept up to date: the obligations under Royal Decree 933/2021, guest registration, the tourist licence in each autonomous community and the penalties. Step-by-step guides to stay compliant, with the official source always at hand.

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Guest registration

Everything you need to know about the guest report: what it is, who must file it, how to register on SES.HOSPEDAJES, get your credentials and submit every report on time. Includes fixes for the most common errors, the separate systems used in Catalonia and the Basque Country, and the regional return Galicia adds on top of the report.

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Tourist licence

The tourist licence and registrations you need to rent legally in Spain: what each autonomous community requires, how to apply, what the NRUA is and the three obligations almost everyone mixes up, with the real fines for renting without a licence.

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Cobalt-blue azulejo: in the living room of a 1940s Asturian flat, with green hills and slate roofs through the window, an inspector in a suit holding a tied bundle of papers examines a small brass fire extinguisher hanging on the wall beside a plan framed in white; the property manager waits a step behind with her folder; a cat sleeps on the sofa

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Tourist Licence in Asturias, Spain: Requirements

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

Cobalt-blue azulejo: on the porch of a 1940s Basque farmhouse, with green hills behind, a long table laid for guests and surrounded by chairs; the property manager carries one more chair towards the wall; a suitcase waits on the porch step and a cat occupies one of the chairs

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Tourist Licence in the Basque Country: Requirements

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

Cobalt-blue azulejo: in the reception office of a 1940s guest house, the manager lifts the last key off an empty hook board and slips it into a cloth pouch; on the counter, a register book tied with ribbon and its folder; a cat watches from the counter

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Closing a Holiday Rental in Spain: How to Deregister

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

Cobalt-blue azulejo: in the boardroom of a Mallorcan consell in the 1940s, with green shutters half open, a clerk holds up the ballot she has just drawn from a glass urn full of ballots, while the property manager leans over the table to see it; a cat beside the urn

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Tourist Licence in the Balearic Islands: Requirements

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

Cobalt-blue azulejo: in a 1940s Spanish provincial office, an official with a cord-tied dossier under his arm pins a blank tag onto a large map of Spain on a corkboard, its regions shaded and unlabelled; beside him the manager with her folder points at another region; a cat sleeps on a stack of files

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Tourist rental inspections and fines in Spain by region (2026)

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

Cobalt-blue azulejo: in the waiting room of a Valencian town hall in the 1940s, with a wooden bench and a grille counter at the back, the seated agent compares two blank forms, one in each hand; through the window, in the distance, the Miguelete tower; a cat dozes under the bench

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Tourist Licence in the Valencia Region: Requirements

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

Cobalt-blue azulejo: in the entrance hall of a 1940s apartment building, with brass letterboxes and a glazed door onto the street, six owners sitting on folding chairs vote by a show of hands while the administrator counts them from a small table with the minute book open; outside, on the pavement, a guest with a suitcase waits; a cat under the table

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Owners' Association and Tourist Flat: Spain's 3/5 Majority

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

Cobalt-blue azulejo: in front of a Canarian house of volcanic stone with a carved wooden balcony, a civil servant holding a tied bundle of papers points up at the balcony while the property manager, hat in hand, looks up; a dragon tree in the background and a cat on the doorstep

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Tourist Licence in the Canary Islands: Requirements

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

Cobalt-blue azulejo: in the registration room of a 1940s Seville delegation office, with the arched courtyard and an orange tree visible through the open door, the manager reads a large bound register on a lectern, her finger on the page; a clerk waits behind a small counter; a cat at the foot of the lectern

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Tourist Licence in Andalusia: Requirements and Process

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

Cobalt-blue azulejo: in the front office of a 1940s police station, a uniformed officer has pushed a bundle of carbon-copy guest reports tied with a ribbon back across the counter and carries on writing in his register; on the other side, the manager gathers the papers in silence, folder under his arm; a cat sleeps on a bench

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WebPol and e-Hotel: Spain's Old Guest Report Channel

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

Cobalt-blue azulejo: in the back room of a Spanish guesthouse, the manager files a stack of documents into an open antique safe that already holds cord-tied bundles; the cat watches from on top of it while, through the doorway, a guest waits at the reception counter beside her suitcase

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GDPR Duties When Registering Guests in Spain

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

Cobalt-blue azulejo: one Spanish facade with two adjoining open doors, a family table laid for a meal on the left and a lodging's reception counter with its bell and a suitcase on the right; between them the manager, folder under her arm, looks from one doorway to the other while the cat watches from the step

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Housing or lodging in Spain: the line that decides your obligations

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

Cobalt-blue azulejo: a manager waters the geraniums on her modernist Eixample balcony in Barcelona while glancing at the wrought-iron street clock on the pavement below

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Catalonia Tourist Flat Licences: the 2028 Deadline Stands

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

Cobalt-blue azulejo: through the doorway of a whitewashed Spanish house, a manager sets a table with two places while, down the alley, two guests with suitcases are still walking toward the house; a cat sleeps on one chair

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Reserva de hospedaje or parte de viajeros in SES.HOSPEDAJES

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

Cobalt blue tile scene: in the reception of a classic hotel, with its wall of key pigeonholes and a brass bell, four travellers wait in line and each holds a document of a different size, a card, a folded sheet, an open booklet; the receptionist studies the first one's

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What Is a NIE in Spain? NIE, TIE, NIF and DNI Explained

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

Cobalt blue tile scene: at the counter of a Spanish immigration office, a suited official with a cord-tied dossier under his arm slides over a stamped certificate; the applicant, an Asian man, takes it and turns it over to look at the reverse; a cat sleeps on a stack of files

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NIE Support Number in Spain: Where to Find It

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

Cobalt blue tile scene, first-person view: our own hands over a desk, one steadying an identity card while the other passes a magnifying glass across its data side; two more cards from different generations lie beside it, and a cat's tail curls into frame

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Spanish DNI Support Number: Where to Find It

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

Cobalt-blue azulejo: a village Guardia Civil barracks with its wooden service hatch shut, a small cobweb in the corner; beside it a blank arrow sign points down the road and an innkeeper cycles away with her folder in the basket

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Hospederías Guardia Civil: why the old Spanish site is closed

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

Cobalt-on-white azulejo: a foreign owner, newly arrived with a travel-labelled steamer trunk, stands back to admire a freshly mounted plaque beside her front door; a cat at her feet, Spanish rooftops behind

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SES.HOSPEDAJES: English Guide for Foreign Owners (2026)

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

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

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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

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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

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

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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

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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

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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

Cobalt-blue azulejo: in the courtyard of a tenement block, a guest with a suitcase opens a door fitted with a key box while a neighbour watches anxiously from the gallery above; a cat nearby

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How to Report an Illegal Tourist Flat in Spain (2026)

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

Cobalt-blue tile: a property manager climbs a stepladder to fix a new plaque next to the door of a freshly prepared flat, with a suitcase at the foot and a cat holding the ladder steady

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Do I Need a Licence for My Tourist Flat in Spain? (2026)

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

At night, under a lantern, a property manager with a blue folder furtively fixes a key lockbox to the side of a door frame, glancing around; a cat watches from a window

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Renting Without a Tourist Licence in Spain (2026)

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

A property manager with a blue folder leans over a table whose top is a carved colour relief map of Spain, with one monument for each region; a cat paws at one of them at the edge, and an inset shows the Canary Islands with palm trees

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Tourist Licence in Spain by Region: Requirements 2026

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

A manager with a blue folder swaps envelopes with the village postman in a Spanish street: he hands one back from his bag as she gives him the corrected one; a cat watches from a doorway

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Cancel or Correct a SES.HOSPEDAJES Guest Report

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

In the sunlit room of a Spanish home, a young couple sign a paper at a wooden table while an older host, glasses on and a folder under her arm, looks on; a blue leather suitcase rests on the terracotta floor beside them; a cat sleeps on a chair

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What Is SES.HOSPEDAJES? Spain's Guest Registration Portal

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

A manager with her papers and blue folder waits in resignation at an official stone counter window, shutters closed and a blank sign hanging crooked; a cat sleeps on the ledge

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SES.HOSPEDAJES Not Working: Causes and Fixes

The portal won't load, the certificate fails or submissions bounce: the six most common causes, quickest to rule out first.

June 9, 2026

A manager with a blue folder on the doorstep of a whitewashed house, a tick-mark list pinned beside the door and a dog looking up at her; a balconied alley beyond

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Licence, NRUA and Guest Report in Spain: Which Is Which

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

A manager with a blue folder receives a document through the stone window of a slate-roofed Galician building; a carved scallop shell above, an octopus tile and a seagull overhead

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REAT and TURESPAZO in Galicia: How to Register and File

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

A manager stumbles in a Spanish alley as paper forms scatter into the air; a blue satchel swings from his shoulder and a cat watches from a balcony

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SES.HOSPEDAJES Error Codes: Rejections and Fixes

Every SES.HOSPEDAJES rejection code deciphered one by one, with its concrete cause and its fix.

May 10, 2026

A manager with a blue folder hangs a paper tag beside the door of a Spanish building; a cat watches from the doorstep and a fig tree frames the scene

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Spain NRUA: What Changed After the Supreme Court Ruling (2026)

Spain's state single registry lasted eighteen months. The number you actually need after the Supreme Court ruling, region by region.

May 3, 2026

A manager with a blue folder studies a map at a fork: one path drops to a coastal village, the other climbs into pine forest; a dog looks up at her feet

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Guest Registration in Catalonia & the Basque Country

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

A father holding a passport walks hand in hand with his child, who holds up a paper boat, down a Spanish alley; a cat watches from a balcony

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Registering Minors in Spain: Guest Report Rules by Age

Children go in the guest report too. Who signs for them, which documents apply, and the classic mistakes when registering families.

April 18, 2026

A tightrope walker crosses between terracotta rooftops on a clothesline, steadied by a blue balance pole; a narrow Spanish street far below

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Royal Decree 933/2021 Penalties for Rentals in Spain

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

A property manager with a blue folder compares two key rings at a Spanish door: heavy iron keys and small brass ones; a cat watches from a flowerpot

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SES.HOSPEDAJES Credentials: Landlord Code and SOAP

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

A guest holds up a phone showing their portrait to a guesthouse innkeeper, who checks it against her ledger

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MiDNI at Check-In: Accepting Spain's Digital ID Is Mandatory

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

A traveler with a suitcase pauses at the door of a whitewashed Spanish villa at golden hour; a cat watches from the balcony

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Royal Decree 933/2021: Spain's Guest Registration Rules

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