Check-in Scan and Bookster automate guest registration requirements
Key Takeaways
- Check-in Scan & Bookster partner to automate legal obligations of guest check-in
- Check-in Scan automatically requests guest documentation and signatures
- Check-in Scan passes the information automatically to local authorities
- Helps holiday rental owners in Portugal + Spain to comply with legal obligations
- Your time is saved :) Enjoy!

Bookster has collaborated with Check-in Scan, a tool that obtains guest ID and signatures and passes them to the local police in Portugal and Spain.

Check-in Scan completely automates your guest communication to comply with legislation.
Automate your obligations to local authorities with Check-in Scan and Bookster
We're delighted to announce a new collaboration between Check-in Scan and Bookster, the holiday rental management system!
This collaboration helps you to automate your processes of guest registration with your local authorities in Portugal and Spain.
Working with Check-in Scan is part of our goal to help you to manage your bookings more efficiently.
To celebrate this partnership, Bookster customers have a 20% discount on the annual subscription of Check-in Scan with the code "BOOKSTER20".
What is Check-in Scan?
Check-in Scan is a Spanish-based tech company.
It was created in response to legal obligations to provide guest data to the authorities. This must be completed within 24 hours of the guest's arrival at the vacation property.
Additionally, the obligations require a signed 'traveller share' or guest record registration form. This must be kept in a book or file for each property for the next 3 years.
With Check-in Scan you can streamline this check-in process by automatically sending your guests' information to the local authorities.
Check-in Scan creates an efficient and contactless check-in process, by scanning guest documents and automatically sending these records to local authorities.
Connection process Bookster to Check-in Scan
- Copy the API Key from 'Account / API Key' in Bookster
- Paste the API Key into a new account with Check-in Scan
- Select the properties to connect
- You're all set up!
New booking information is pulled from Bookster into Check-in Scan.
Check-in Scan guest communication process
Check-in Scan completely automates your guest communication to comply with legislation.
Once a booking is received in Bookster, Check-in Scan emails your guests to request data.
The data requested varies depending on your local authority but usually includes:
- Name
- Date of birth
- Nationality
- ID
- ID issue date
- Signature.
The letters can be left as default or you can adjust them to suit your brand.
In total, Check-in Scan will send a maximum of two emails. Once Check-in Scan receives the data, no more emails are sent to the guest.
If the guest does not send their information, Check-in Scan will send you a message to follow up with your guest.
The guest data is automatically sent to the police. This can be seen in the police records.
Please note that Check-in Scan cannot process Airbnb bookings as Airbnb does not provide the email address.
You can see the Traveller Report with the guests' information. These are kept on file for 3 years then deleted.
This service is currently in Spain and Portugal.
Check-in Scan and Bookster have collaborated to simplify and automate the processes of managing your bookings in Portugal and Spain.