Guest registration in Andalusia: the report goes to SES Hospedajes
Andalusia has no police registry of its own: your property’s traveller report is filed with SES Hospedajes, and BookCheckin files it automatically. Plus what the Andalusian licence (VUT/VFT) requires, the RTA number, the deadlines and the penalties.
In Andalusia the traveller report goes to SES Hospedajes
Unlike Catalonia or the Basque Country, Andalusia has no guest-registration police registry of its own. Each guest’s report is filed with SES Hospedajes, the Spanish state platform run by the Ministry of the Interior, under Royal Decree 933/2021. It is the channel for any Andalusian accommodation, from a Costa del Sol hotel to a single-storey home in the old town of Seville.
So here we do file the report for you: BookCheckin collects the guest’s data, validates the document and sends the report to SES Hospedajes within the deadline, without you having to log into the Ministry’s portal on every arrival.
Official sources
- What SES Hospedajes is — complete guide— The state platform for the traveller report, explained
- BOE-A-2021-17398 — Royal Decree 933/2021— The state regulation behind the registration duty
Who must report in Andalusia
The duty to report guests covers every accommodation activity in Andalusia, whatever its size or sales channel:
- ✓Hotels, hostels and guest houses.
- ✓Homes for tourist use (formerly homes for tourist purposes, VFT) and their managers.
- ✓Tourist apartments.
- ✓Rural houses and rural tourism establishments.
- ✓Campsites and camping areas.
- ✓Managers and platforms intermediating the rental of these accommodations.
24-hour deadline and three-year retention
The timing is the state rule: each traveller’s data must be reported to SES Hospedajes within 24 hours of arrival, and the establishment must keep its guest register for three years, available for inspection.
The fields are those of the traveller report: guest identification, document type and number, date of birth, nationality and the stay and payment details. Always copy them exactly as printed on the document — manual transcription is the most common source of defective reports.
The Andalusian authorisation: VUT/VFT, Decree 28/2016 and RTA
The traveller report does not replace the tourism authorisation. In Andalusia, renting a home for short stays brings it under the figure of home for tourist use — formerly home for tourist purposes (VFT) — regulated by Decree 28/2016 and amended by Decree 31/2024, which updated the name and the requirements. Registration is by declaración responsable and enrolment in the Andalusian Tourism Registry (RTA), whose number must appear in all advertising.
Several city councils — Seville, Malaga, Granada, Cadiz — have tightened planning conditions for new registrations. BookCheckin does not obtain or process that enrolment for you: it is a prior step with the regional government and the council. What we automate is registering each traveller who arrives afterwards.
Official sources
- Decree 31/2024 — BOJA— Amendment to Decree 28/2016 on homes for tourist use
- Tourist licence in Andalusia — blog guide— Requirements, province-by-province restrictions and penalties for the VFT/VUT
The state Single Registry (NRUA), annulled by the Supreme Court
Do not confuse the Andalusian enrolment with the Single Rental Registry (NRUA) that Royal Decree 1312/2024 created alongside its Digital Single Window. The Supreme Court annulled it in several 2026 rulings, so you no longer need to obtain the NRUA number to advertise a short-term rental or file its annual report.
That annulment touches neither the RTA enrolment nor the traveller report: the SES Hospedajes filing under RD 933/2021 remains fully in force and independent. What fell is the duplicated state layer, not the regional one or the security one.
Related resources
- Royal Decree 933/2021 — complete guide— The traveller-report duty that stays in force, explained
Penalties: what is at stake
Guest reporting is governed by Organic Law 4/2015 on the protection of public safety: irregularities in completing the registers are a minor infringement, fined €100 to €600, and failing to meet the documentary-registration obligations can be a serious infringement, fined €601 to €30,000.
On top of that, through a separate track, the Andalusian tourism sanctioning regime applies to operating without the required enrolment. They are different proceedings: one looks at the guest register; the other at your authorisation to host. The licence guide covers the second.
Official sources
- BOE-A-2015-3442 — Organic Law 4/2015— Public-safety law (sanctioning regime)
What BookCheckin automates in Andalusia
In Andalusia, BookCheckin closes the guest-registration loop end to end: the guest completes the online check-in before arrival, scans their document with data validation and signs; the platform files the report with SES Hospedajes within the 24-hour deadline, handles the system’s errors and keeps the receipt.
We do not process your RTA enrolment and we do not store the document image — only the data the law requires — but we do remove the daily manual work of the report. BookCheckin has more than 2,500 accepted reports on SES Hospedajes; you can start from a single property, with no minimums, and try it free for three months.
Related resources
- Tourist licence in Andalusia — blog guide— The VFT/VUT authorisation, step by step
- Royal Decree 933/2021 — complete guide— The traveller-registration duty, explained
- Traveller report template (PDF & Word)— Free model with the Annex I fields for collecting the data
Frequently asked questions
Does the traveller report for my tourist home in Seville or Malaga go to SES Hospedajes?+
Yes. Andalusia has no police registry of its own, so each guest’s report goes to SES Hospedajes under RD 933/2021. BookCheckin files it automatically, whether the home is in Seville, Malaga or any Andalusian municipality.
What is the deadline to report in Andalusia?+
The state one: 24 hours from the guest’s arrival. You must also keep the guest register for three years, available for inspection.
Does BookCheckin obtain the Andalusian VFT/VUT licence for me?+
No. BookCheckin automates guest registration with SES Hospedajes; enrolment in the Andalusian Tourism Registry (Decree 28/2016, as amended by Decree 31/2024) and the RTA number are things you handle with the regional government and the relevant council.
Do I still need the NRUA number to advertise my home in Andalusia?+
No. The Supreme Court annulled the Single Rental Registry (NRUA) of RD 1312/2024 in 2026, so you no longer need that number or its annual report. The SES Hospedajes traveller report is unchanged.
What is the penalty for not reporting guests in Andalusia?+
Organic Law 4/2015 applies: €100 to €600 for minor infringements and €601 to €30,000 where it qualifies as serious. That is a separate regime from the Andalusian tourism sanctions for operating without enrolment.
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