Guest registration with the police (SES.Hospedajes): what data, by when and what happens if you don't
Yes, for every booking, through the Interior Ministry's SES.Hospedajes platform. What data is requested from each traveller over 14, the 24-hour deadline and how to do it without it being a chore.
Reviewed on 22 September 2026 · By the team at Torremolinos Gestión Vacacional, more than ten years managing holiday rentals · Markdown version · Versión en español
Short answer: yes. Anyone who accommodates travellers, whether a hotel or a flat, has to identify every person over 14 and send their details to the Ministry of the Interior through the SES.Hospedajes platform, within 24 hours of check-in. It is a public security obligation (Royal Decree 933/2021), independent of the tourist licence, and failing to comply is penalised. With an online form that the guest fills in before arriving, it becomes a two-minute task.
What data has to be collected?
For each traveller over 14: full name, sex, type and number of ID document (national ID card, passport), nationality, date of birth, usual address, phone or email, and the family relationship if travelling with minors. For the booking: check-in and check-out dates, number of people and payment details (method, holder, date). Children under 14 are registered with their basic details and their relationship to the adult.
How is it reported?
- Register on SES.Hospedajes as holder of the home (you need a digital certificate or Cl@ve and your tourist home's code). Done once.
- For every booking, send the report with the travellers' details: by hand on the website's form, by uploading a file or, most practically, through the management software that many managers and booking programs already connect to the platform.
- Keep the data for three years.
Bookings (the contract) also have to be reported, not just the check-in: the platform has two types of communication.
How do professionals do it?
A few days before arrival, the guest is sent a link to an online registration form (online check-in) where each traveller enters their details and, in many systems, photographs their ID. The program generates the report and sends it to SES.Hospedajes automatically. The guest arrives with the registration done and the owner does not have to chase anyone with a piece of paper.
Can the manager do it for me?
Yes, and it is the usual thing: the manager registers on the platform as holder of the operation (which is who appears with the Junta) and sends the reports for all the homes they manage.
What happens if I don't?
It is an offence under the Public Security Act: the penalties for not registering or not reporting range, depending on severity, from hundreds to several thousand euros, and the police cross-check the data with the platforms and with the Junta. In practice, inspections focus on those who are not registered at all.
And data protection?
You are processing guests' personal data under a legal obligation: store it securely, do not use it for anything else, do not share it and delete it after three years. A serious online form does this on its own; a notebook in the kitchen drawer does not.
Is it the same as the Junta's registry or the NRUA?
No. They are three different things: the tourist registration of the home (Junta de Andalucía, once), the traveller registration (Ministry of the Interior, every booking) and the NRUA (national, annulled in 2026). The traveller one is the only one repeated with every guest.