Mandatory guest registration in Spain: what property managers need to know

Yes, guest registration is mandatory for all accommodation in Spain — hotels, hostels, vacation rentals, and tourist apartments — under Royal Decree 933/2021. You must collect name, date of birth, nationality, identity document, and stay details, then submit them to SES Hospedajes. Non-compliance can result in fines from €600 to €30,000.

The regulation requires collecting: full name, date of birth, nationality, gender, identity document type and number, address, and reservation details including check-in and check-out dates, number of guests, and payment method.

This data must be submitted to the SES Hospedajes system, the government's centralized platform for hospitality guest records. Failure to comply can result in fines ranging from €600 to €30,000 depending on the severity.

For property managers handling multiple rentals, manual compliance is a significant burden. Each property, each booking, each guest requires individual data entry into the government portal.

Tools like Autoregistro streamline this by letting guests self-register and automatically submitting the data to SES Hospedajes. This reduces errors, saves time, and ensures every registration meets the legal requirements.