Revolt over Hotel Check-in Rules & BREAKING NEWS from Magaluf, Mallorca

[@Ilovekudaliniyoga]

I don't know why people are saying they are not coming because it is going to happen everywhere eventually. We are heading for a digital cashless world of digital ID with no privacy whatsoever

[@TheTechGiantYouTube]

You said it, EVENTUALLY! Until that time comes, people should go elsewhere, and other countries may see the benefits of not enforcing such rules, As a result, they may shy away from bringing them in. It's one thing handing over passport details, name and address, but your whole life story is another thing.

[@Ilovekudaliniyoga]

@@TheTechGiantKZbin i know but I think they can access anything they like anyway and when I say eventually I don't mean years down the kine. This is a globalist agenda not a national one. ButvI guess we will have to wait and see.

[@silkedavid8876]

In the meantime we should fight this. Has put me off from going to Spain. I have never been and had planned to go next year.

[@jenniferross5334]

We will all be chipped before long.

[@life107familyfitnessboxing8]

I am fully aware of the digital, cashless world which is due upon us all but am surprised by the demands for so much personal details that could expose us to scammers.

[@manuelfg2902]

As a spaniard, i see all this as a disaster

[@dougie6886]

Just arrived home from my 11th holiday in Majorca over the years. Won't be back if this goes through.

[@life107familyfitnessboxing8]

I am cancelling my Majorca trip for next year and will visit a different destination. This is ridiculous. They will loose millions of tourist. Pure madness which could lead to hacking of personal information.

[@MallorcaUnderTheSun]

It’s happening everywhere

[@life107familyfitnessboxing8]

​@@MallorcaUnderTheSun What a high security risk to personal data

[@MT-ys6ju]

Well most country take copies of your ID and submit it online on the government's websites. They've been doing it for ages. In Italy, France, Germany, Austria, Portugal, Greece, The Netherlands and Belgium. They've been doing this for ages, they are required by law to submit your documentation for tax purposes and also for national security monitoring.

[@life107familyfitnessboxing8]

@@MT-ys6ju BANK DETAILS AS WELL? I'm ok with passport details which I am use to but all these new rules exposing us to hacking is not good. Hotel website are easy for hackers to crack

[@Sharpy-Staunch]

@@MallorcaUnderTheSun the Spanish authorities will soon backtrack when the millions of euros in tourism falls year on year

[@robthompson819]

I have already decided not to come back to Majorca due to the locals being very rude, and now with this new system of storing your personal details that’s just cemented my decision, I’m 55yrs old and been going to Majorca every year since a very young age, I’m more than sure that majorca / Spain will become the worlds worst tourist go to place and will loose a lot of revenue in the future, it’s a shame but the government deserve everything that coming, no tourist revenue = very poor Spain

[@silkedavid8876]

I guess the Spanish people who have been protesting against too many tourists can be happy now.

[@stevecaldwell9001]

When they lose their jobs and find they've got no money due to the lack of tourists they will be thinking twice about their actions

[@life107familyfitnessboxing8]

They will chase many tourists away with this one and their economy will feel it.

[@MrBobon30]

It's rubbish

[@life107familyfitnessboxing8]

@@stevecaldwell9001 It will hit them so hard

[@BabyRQ]

@@life107familyfitnessboxing8 NOT

[@chris-non-voter]

This is sinister, I won't be going to Spain. They don't want us there.

[@denishoulan1491]

Yes there is a big world out there. Spain will be the loser.

[@davidpotter6969]

Let’s be clear about this… DON’T GO TO SPAIN for your holidays. That’s a ludicrous amount of personal information to give just to check into a hotel. They’ll soon drop it when no one goes there. Golden rule. Don’t bite the hand that feeds you. Good bye Spain.

[@batcollins3714]

Its the EU punishing the drunken yobs😂

[@johnleetch1022]

Is it all part of the great plan of not being allowed to go anywhere.

[@hazelmaymcclelland]

Agenda 2030

[@mullenio4200]

Yeah. By those pesky lizardmen.

[@tommymoffat5633]

Excellent updates Alex. I really enjoy the Monday updates it lets you know what is happening around the island

[@ltlawithamanda]

Thanks for bringing us all the up to date news Alex. Always so informative. Very grateful. ❤

[@steventyreman3642]

Booked for next year but i will not give oout bank details,,,if they get hacked just imagine,,,3 years on record,,,,its ridiculous and unrealistic,,,,i wil. Be cancelling,,,,😢

[@jonhelmer8591]

You're 100% right, stay in the UK and maybe take some English lessons.

[@fireflyrobert]

The obvious question is WHY is this being done? No way would I give out such information.

[@davidwebb4904]

The EES fingerprinting is a magnitude worse than the hotel check in thing. And the ETIAS is a magnitude worse than the EES. This will wipe out a huge chuck of the tourism industry. By design.....

[@harvardfacebook7372]

As per usual, another great video. Many thanks Alex 😎✌🏿.

[@brianc5788]

I have been taking my holidays in Spain or the Ballearics since 1975 - no longer. What happens if a Hotel gets 'hacked'? Who is responsible for the data? I am in UK & hate Brexit but........

[@delonghi2593]

They won't have to worry about staff accommodation or air BNB.

[@BusDriverWalking]

Thanks Alex , can understand peoples frustrations and concerns, especially handing over Bank / Card details ( it’s insane) . I sit here shaking my head!

[@waynecartwright]

Thank you Alex for the update was a bit worried adout giving out my bank details we arrive 1st of October

[@MallorcaUnderTheSun]

Its been delayed

[@sue1016]

This will turn a lot of people away from Spain, so sad. Definitely think they will regret this. I'll be considering elsewhere i think

[@Figure8trading]

@@sue1016 That’s EXACTLY what they want.

[@Valeman7689]

These rules will apply in the whole of the EU. We decided to remove ourselves. The UK wanted even more strict rules when we were still in it. This is what you want. Your criminal history will also be checked going back 25 years. Where are you going on holiday if Europe is out. America? Similar rules. We decided to become a third country. It is not the fault of the EU and "those foreigners". Holiday in the uK where prices are very reasonable and staff are delighted to welcome you, not forgetting the huge amount of sunshine.

[@nigel1402]

21 Years to Palma Nova, Never had any problems checking in or giving ID, However prices in mallorca have got to the point where it's no longer viable, looking at Greece, Bulgaria, Croatia,

[@TheTechGiantYouTube]

What an absolute joke! My spend on an annual Mallorca holiday is anything from £5k - £12k. Not anymore. I'll take my business elsewhere. Spain will learn the hard way!

[@brendamorgan]

😮😮😮😮😱 you must be very rich!!!!!!

[@panchopuskas1]

What an arrogant post. TBH people like you can F right off and never come back. And the same goes for your "business".....

[@stuwhite2337]

@@brendamorgan That's the minimum a family holiday in a hotel costs TBH.

[@MrBobon30]

There's a lot of scaremongering ,going here now don't know why,I've been there twice this year and never seen a protest ect ect ect

[@DavieGlasgow]

They are really trying their hardest to stop holiday makers going to the country

[@chrisfinch3019]

Wow.toooo much information.... Scammers will be breaking into that website 😢😂

[@life107familyfitnessboxing8]

Even now it's easy to be scammed let alone exposing more of one's personal data to these thoughtless people

[@BellaSue70]

I’m glad it’s been put back to at least December as coming out tomorrow morning. Thanks Alex for the update x

[@charliedrake247]

Madness

[@carl6227]

It's like they don't want people coming to the country,it's not as busy as it used to be so don't know why.

[@normankyle7831]

Thanks for the update alex, looks like we will have to make the most of our last spanish holiday. Been going their for about 20 years but alas it that goes ahead their will be no more.

[@vittoriomargiotta4237]

They have been doing somthing similar in Italy for years, although they dont ask to keep your credit card on file, they just ask for your passport.

[@MrJarvo777]

Ridiculous

[@johnmchugh4655]

We go to Benalmadena in 4 weeks and will be sadly our last Spanish holiday, luckily we avoid these new rules on this trip. The tourist protestors will be the only ones happy about it.

[@stevecaldwell9001]

@@johnmchugh4655 No they won't, once they realise that the hotels will be closing (thus displacing loads of people's jobs) and all the shops that are closed because they won't be any tourists (like the Covid year) they won't be very happy bunnies, they'll have to go back to working on fishing fleets, bit like the oil protesters, if you go round their houses you will probably find they have got something made with machinery (driven by an oil product), be a television a fan their shoes, always something made with what they're protesting about, the anti-tourist people basically need as was said to protest about the people who buy houses there not us tourists.

[@craighuddy5351]

This practically already happens I run 2 Airbnbs in Murcia you have to take passport or national Id info and input the details with the Gardia which they keep for 3 years. You comunícate over mobile’s and have to book with a credit card. This has been like this for years… People really do get outraged over silly stuff.

[@johnjones9323]

We come to Majorca every year sadly I don't think we will be coming back due to these new rules also the prices being so high these days!!!

[@iscmiscm]

It used to be that some bars would hold onto credit cards until payment at the end. I would say it goes against bank advice to hand over a credit card to be stored at the back of a bar and would go to another pub. I am lucky that as a resident, these rules don't apply to me, but many hotels take on temporary staff in the summer and a few are not honest. What an opportunity for card cloning plus the chaos when 50 guests arrive at once. Next year could be problematic for many hotels.

[@marcussmith6523]

People really are cancelling holidays, I know of one family that cancelled already. Such a shame really.

[@MahfuzRahman-i9t]

Been 7 times in Majorca but with these new rules never coming back shame on spain

[@Ilovekudaliniyoga]

Weather so much better today than August. Lovely x

[@MallorcaUnderTheSun]

It was perfect today!

[@Ilovekudaliniyoga]

@@MallorcaUnderTheSun i know 🤟🙏👍

[@seb1things1]

You know all those locals that complained about to many tourists, well as they say, be careful what you wish for

[@panchopuskas1]

- you completely misunderstand what "those locals" were saying. If no tourists return to Mallorca, or any other part of Spain, there will be no economic crash. The tourist business is now mostly foreign owned anyway, and the staff working in hotel & bars are mostly foreign also. "Those locals" are trying to build up an economy that's sustainable and offers something to young people, instead of serving drinks to drunks.....

[@alkrista]

Portugal is doing that, too. People may not have noticed it yet, but accommodation providers are asking for more information than usual. When asked why, their answer is, because the government is requiring them to do so.

[@MallorcaUnderTheSun]

Interesting thank you for the info

[@aprilclark3179]

Great information Alex thank you i hope they scrap this but i know i will still come love spain

[@itsecman]

people saying they would never give out this information, but you already do. it's exactly the same information you provide when you book and check in to a hotel. The only concern here is why is it being kept for 3 years

[@stephenbrown4240]

So want happens if you don't have a credit card.

[@phillipcarter8045]

😅😅😅 you will be a little bit stuck .

[@moltderenou]

No flight

[@ectopudding]

Debit card?

[@moltderenou]

@@ectopuddingSome suppliers don’t accept them as they have no guarantee that the bank will honour future payments or insurance claims.

[@LOCHLEVEN12]

Told you last year Alex, Mallorca which I loved goin to the past 25 or so years sometimes 3 times a year was pricing itself out the market and now this ?? Went to Cyprus this year, beautiful and no hassles and a lot cheaper sun beds etc, already booked Cyprus twice next year. Will miss Mallorca but you go on holiday to relax an chill, not worry if your debit card etc information is safe

[@carolinegoode9564]

Thanks for the update, so much info required it's giving me a headache just thinking about it 😂

[@Steven-r8t]

Why? Why are they doing this?

[@MichaelTate-ok4cs]

So much red tape don't they want holiday maker's great video 🌞😎

[@amosingh3593]

Interesting - lets see what happens and how it works out..Heard of many so called new rules in the past that never came to fruition.

[@st.george007]

Spain has a rite to defend itself. Lots of other places one can go if this is unacceptable to individuals.

[@DerekSewell-uk]

I do not mind given over my personal details like passport and mobile number and home address, I do how ever draw the line at debit or credit card info. I understand Spain needs to know who is who in their country and what dangers people pose to them. But the Spanish Government do NOT need people's financial info.

[@boogboog8097]

They just flew in 3000 african illegal immigrants, no real Id, illiterate unemployable and mugging in a Spanish street very soon. No thanks Spain.

[@boredbytrash]

Guys some of you are clearly overreacting. You are aware that, by booking flights and doing check ins at the airport, you already have given away all of your details (passports, credit card) In many countries, hotel check ins always required an ID scan…

[@hilarybramley7529]

Absolutely.

[@clivethereddevil3178]

I have only once taken my credit card on holiday with me. I left it in the safe at a well known hotel in a chain in Benidorm in March 2024. A few weeks later over £700 was spent on my credit card. I do not think this was a coincedence.

[@anitabenson2536]

@clivethereddevil3178 ...not just Spain at fault... i had several hundred pounds spent on online websites on my credit card....whilst I was still on the plane flying to Mallorca, before had landed so it obviously got cloned / scanned at the midlands based airport in the UK on my way out... I now use an RFID purse to protect that. Nightmare

[@clivethereddevil3178]

@@anitabenson2536 If I have to use a credit card abroad now I always keep it with me then cancel it when I get home and say it was stolen.

[@MallorcaUnderTheSun]

Correct Anita

[@pearlygatesuk]

Not sure if you know this but would credit/debit/bank card details be required if you book through a travel agent since technically your contract is with them and they in turn handle the relationship with your hotel

[@MallorcaUnderTheSun]

The relationship between the hotel will be with you so it’s your details they will need to

[@emiliaranta3858]

So I can't come if I do not have a credit card?? My kids do not have one either and they are 15 and 16. I would highly object giving my credit card number to all the hotel workers, airbnb hosts etc. with my home adress included. This opens the possibility to all kinds of fraud.

[@alisonmorse7417]

Thanks for this Alex. We come Thursday for 12 days, 2nd time this year. Been coming for 26 years and quite a few times, twice a year. Made many friends over the years, but this maybe our last time. Package holiday paid for, so why should we hand over our bank and card details.

[@hunte2005]

I thought this had been reported Spain has done a u-turn and no longer going ahead? Can someone clarify

[@MallorcaUnderTheSun]

it's been delayed

[@garyputtock4159]

Is a dread for visiting next with the new entry system at the border now this hotel check. We visit Puerto Pollensa and like to stay in a villa but with all the break ins this summer we’re worried about staying in one. Unfortunately Mallorca isn’t looking appealing. We will probably still come next summer but if it is a ball ache definitely will reconsider. For the CC check wonder if you can use a single use Revolut card?

[@markbonn1982]

WOW ~ What a jolly informative vlog :-) Many thanks.. One wonders if they really do want the tourist Quid / Euro over there?

[@MallorcaUnderTheSun]

Maybe why it’s been delayed

[@markbonn1982]

@@MallorcaUnderTheSun ~ We Jolly Well hope so.. Planning to be there Late Oct / Nov...

[@stevecaldwell9001]

Thanks for the info Alex, other countries can do the same to people coming from Europe to the UK if it wants to...

[@dorreenjones1348]

Last year I stayed in a hotel, shown in one of your videos in Magalif. They gave a three page check in form to complete, plus our passport. Even lost our booking with TU. So yes but they did not ask for phone or bank details

[@robertwalker1742]

Nosey buggers.

[@andybrown3508]

Great video as always , can’t understand why the Spanish authorities are doing this . Do they want to cripple the holiday industry in Spain . Rethink for next years holiday planning

[@GazzaP28]

I'll never hand over my details. I'm glad it has been put back until December. We are already going to be paying £650 odd on top of our holiday yo take the kids out of school because they moved the holiday dates. We have been a family for 14 years and this is our 1st family holiday abroad. What is this world coming too. Also thank goodness I'm a last minute man, we was going to go to the pirate show in a weeks time. Now it appears we're not. Not a good start with just over a week to go.

[@GazzaP28]

And we paid £3500 for me the wife and our 4 children in October. God knows how people go on holiday in the summer months

[@m0ther0ne]

Fine for taking kids out of school is actually at the schools discretion. I f you booked holiday in good faith that the kids were on holiday and the school moved the dates you can fight the fine.

[@DavidCampling]

You can still book pirates in October on the website???

[@Ilovekudaliniyoga]

Mallorca is paradise and just a short flight from the UK. The beaches rival the Caribbean.there is so much beauty on this lottle island. People will keep coming cos it is magic. As for storing details digitally- the world is changing x

[@craighuddy5351]

Exactly the mock outrage is hilarious.

[@marycottee2259]

I'm inclined to go regardless..love Mallorca!

[@Ilovekudaliniyoga]

@@craighuddy5351i know.

[@Ilovekudaliniyoga]

@@marycottee2259same.

[@Davemc1708]

Surely it should be possible for this information to be completed in advance of a stay using the hotel's webpage. I know that the hotel I have used for 25 years no in Sa Coma allows check in in this way. Love your channel by the way.

[@MallorcaUnderTheSun]

Thanks Dave!

[@michaelrogers4847]

No point in booking next year's holiday to SPAIN, and its islands,until this matter is sorted. If you want to book a holiday look elsewhere, you may find somewhere cheaper, without all the hassle, or stay home, and visit beautiful Britain.

[@olibatssob]

I'm will not return to Mallorca again, I was going to come over in December, after reading about this commentary, I shall not return to the Island until this issue has been cancelled.

[@ianlowe5221]

Ive recently booked for Benidorm in December, i definitely wouldn't have done that if I'd have known about this.... not happy or comfortable at all.

[@ManMan-b5y5c]

Someone commented they do this in turkey, no they don't I'm here and at my hotel so not sure ehats going on.

[@Gazzuk58]

Looks like Malta next year for us. ?

[@jenniferross5334]

I would have thought the incoming entry/exit system would be enough for security/ terrorist reasons. This will destroy travel and tourism. Asking for way too much personal information it would be concerning to do so. Imaging 15 year olds handing over their mobile numbers...vulnerable or what. In Santa Ponsa at the moment so pleased it was delayed. Anyway if they were suspicious of you would they just ring you up to say so...???🥴.

[@BabyRQ]

It makes me laugh to read all this comments with people saying they won’t visit Spain anymore. They will be the first ones to show up there next year. 🤣😂🤣😂🤣

[@MallorcaUnderTheSun]

Do you know what, that's exactly what I think. A long rainy winter and dark days and I'm sure the island will be full again next Summer.

[@edwardcooper5479]

@@MallorcaUnderTheSunyour wrong, the penny is dropping that Majorca is just to expensive, the other European resorts need to react and begin a charm offensive to woo the brits away from the greedy clutches of the Balearic Islands

[@ScottCooper-f2l]

I don’t use a credit card cash only is that ok ??

[@MallorcaUnderTheSun]

Not sure you can book a flight with cash.

[@kfckillie1]

Na go jump, was looking to go to Lanzarote in January but had it and what we have to understand is they don't care.....🤬🤬🤬

[@anthonysavenue]

I'm not too sure how to feel about this?I know the usal copy of passport and credit card, but the rest I dont know. Is this normal? I still want to visit this beautiful place.

[@stephenbrown4240]

I've been coming to mallorca for many years. But this year was my last time. Firstly my wife was picked pocket .secondly, the hotel tax has shot up. I've all ways stayed at the santa ponsa park. The hotel it self not bad .but it's turning in to a over booked hotel. So I want be coming back..

[@MallorcaUnderTheSun]

Sorry to hear about your wife, but the Tourism Tax hasn't gone up this year. You are charged by night's stay and by star of hotel, so maybe why you paid more.

[@stephenbrown4240]

@MallorcaUnderTheSun I came last year in may and paid under E30 , and I never paid as much as I did in September this year 46.20 the same hotel.

[@roberthardy2013]

Been going to Tenerife since 1975, now going to Madeira instead. Guess who loses out ?

[@Gazzuk58]

Does this include Tenerife. ?

[@MallorcaUnderTheSun]

Tenerife is in Spain!

[@stephaniebarker9244]

We arrived in Mallorca 3 days ago in playa is Palma and we didn't give all this info. We gave our passport info over.

[@timmccarthy7018]

Does this just apply to brits or is it all nationalities

[@tvarbanan]

It applies to all nationalities I’m afraid. I don’t mind giving my address and phone number etc to the hotel staff, but absolutely not my credit card number. Why do they want that anyway? It doesn’t make sense! 🙁

[@timmccarthy7018]

@tvarbanan thank you for that it's just my son and I are travelling to magaluf at end of October. I certainly won't be giving any bank details to a stranger

[@tvarbanan]

@@timmccarthy7018 The new hotel check-in rules have been delayed until december 2024 so you’ll be ok this time. Enjoy beautiful Magaluf 😎☀️🏖️

[@michaelogrady1002]

Think this is part of the ETIAS EES rules governing the entty of third country nationals into the Schengen Area of the EU/EFTA with the exception of Ireland and Cyprus. The regulations governing entry of third country nationals into the Schengen Area csn be checked out in Article 6 of the EU 2016/399.

[@MallorcaUnderTheSun]

No it's for all nationalities checking into hotels in Spain

[@Gary-1203]

Well just when we were going to book our Christmas holiday. Changing the destination. Goodbye Spain.

[@garethrose2426]

It not good to spain ok

[@NigelMarshall-q8f]

We just booked for 2026 so looking forward to coming back as was my first trip over sea .so be nice to come .back

[@mikeburton7077]

What if your staying in a home owned by your family for no charge?

[@jimmcintosh9045]

3 years to keep your data! Thats a lot of time for hackers to get into the systems and steal your details.

[@piee683]

Are these rules for all of Spain

[@MallorcaUnderTheSun]

Yes

[@CarolineBond-k6z]

We are back end of October looking forward to it.

[@gwenmcmurray1337]

Used to love it there,,,,,very sad cancelled my holiday july this year and i would NEVER return😮

[@nickhatcher8035]

Hi, Just got back from Majorca Sunday 6th . Usually go to Alcudia but decided to try Palma nova staying at the Globales Palmanova. Something we have never experienced before is rude staff but unfortunenately we have now ! When you hear people say "the staff can't do enough for you " this doesn't apply here. For your information Globales rooms are very small, strangest entertainment room I've ever seen ! Will be waiting to see what happens with check-in situation, but will probably be looking elsewhere in the future. "Majorca You are shooting yourself in the foot."

[@MallorcaUnderTheSun]

Thanks for your honest opinion and it's sad to hear. I hope you left the hotel some feedback too.

[@nickhatcher8035]

love your vlogs, keep up the good work !@@MallorcaUnderTheSun

[@WESTMALLEMAN]

I’m actually going to Barcelona next week and I’m not happy giving my credit card details to a prepaid hotel at check in. Why are the Spanish doing this? They are not a wealthy country and without tourism they’d really struggle. Why don’t they just ban tourists?

[@MallorcaUnderTheSun]

The hoteliers are against this and people's livlihoods depend on tourism!

[@joannalane9528]

Just listening to what you have to say is stressful, ive been coming to spain and spain only for 20yrs but id rather not and just stay herex

[@JT-oo7sd]

You can always go to Clacton on Sea. Take your puffer jacket and umbrella.

[@colindoherty7034]

Forty years of trips to Mallorca and Spain ended by a badly thought out plan. These details are personal and subject to misuse too easily by the criminal fraternity, it would be impossible to police this well enough. It’s a shame but somewhere else will now get our business. Thanks for highlighting this issue.

[@emiliaranta3858]

Does this comply with the EU GDPR rules???!

[@MallorcaUnderTheSun]

🤷🏻‍♀️

[@ferenczhucker4561]

I’ve not gone to Spain since lockdown was lifted. Spain and its islands were one of our favourites for many years, I gues it’s all over now, especially considering some of this information is a breach of my own rights in my opinion.why would they ever need to have banking details for an all inclusive holiday or my email address, simply no.

[@johnvanderborght6800]

We really love Spain. It’s a shame that we won’t be returning if this new policy is implemented. No way I’m trusting their government’s system to safely contain all that information.

[@HammyHamster-c2r]

It won’t affect my holiday in Spain, I won’t be holidaying in Spain. I value my private information, more than a few days of sunshine.

[@michaelmacdonell4834]

Oh dear, people running their businesses efficiently. Can't have that.

[@justjacqueline2004]

Sinister very sinister.