What is SES.Hospedajes?

SES.Hospedajes is the digital successor to the old paper "parte de viajeros". It is run by the Ministry of the Interior and is mandatory for hotels, hostels, rural houses, tourist dwellings (VUT) and campsites — and also for car-hire companies without driver. The legal basis sits in Royal Decree 933/2021. After several postponements, the system has been truly enforced since 2 December 2024.

For every guest who enters your property you send their data: first name and surname, document (DNI, NIE or passport), nationality, date of birth. Plus the data of the accommodation and of the contract (dates, number of people). Children under fourteen are not registered on their own — their data is provided by the adult accompanying them (RD 933 art. 4).

Art. 6.3 RD 933/2021 requires two reports, each within 24 hours: the first when the booking or contract is concluded — and again if it is cancelled — the second at the effective start of the stay. You do it on the portal hospedajes.ses.mir.es (by hand if you have few guests) or via an automated connection (if you use software that talks directly to it). You must keep the records for 3 years from the end of the service (RD 933 art. 5.3).

Not reporting, or reporting late, triggers fines through art. 8 RD 933/2021, which refers to chapter V of Organic Law 4/2015 on citizen security. There are only two brackets: minor €100-600 (art. 37.9, late or incomplete reporting) and serious €601-30,000 (art. 36.20, failing to keep the register or structurally not reporting). The very serious band contains no lodging offence at all. A National Police or Guardia Civil inspection can cross-reference your reports with bookings on Airbnb or Booking — missing people in SES means a fine.