This €113 / day rule for Spain

[idontlikealdi]

Just been reading about this. We are going to Spain for two weeks (AI, I think this is relevant but can't find anything about it!) for 14 nights. 2 adults, two kids. €6328 for two weeks.

We won't spend anywhere near hat, probably a couple of K max.

We could prove it with credit cards, but apparently online accounts aren't enough and the Spanish are asking for Travellers cheques or cash. What if you get paid halfway through the holiday? Do kids have to €113 a day too?

All seems a bit bonkers.

Just came back from Spain and had no idea about this. Went last summer too. May be true but sounds like a wind up! Either way we were fine.

@Casperroonie

May be true but sounds like a wind up

It’s not really a wind up but the details not clear, for info the Uk Gov website doesn’t give the monetary amount for Spain but does state:

“…….. when travelling to Spain you could be asked to show:

• you have enough money for your stay
• proof of accommodation for your stay, for example:
• a hotel booking confirmation
• proof of address if visiting your own property (such as second home)
• an invitation or proof of address if staying with a third party, friends or family, such as a ‘carta de invitation’ completed by your hosts.” (My emphasis)

Similar rules are in place for most countries, have been for years, it just seems maybe people are only just now becoming aware of them.

In reality customs/Border or whoever tend to only really start checking somebody’s funds and resources in detail if they suspect they are entering the country without the means to support themselves.

https://www.gov.uk/foreign-travel-advice/spain/entry-requirements

Yes, it is most countries! Inc UK.

I don’t believe PP was referring to the weather. We can blame brexit for generally making life shitter though!

Spain is in the middle of a severe drought.

I can’t remember when l last saw a travellers cheque. Amex, one of the world’s biggest issuers stopped them over 20 years ago. Carrying prolific amounts of cash is rare and quite frankly dangerous.

Most countries may require evidence that you can support yourself on entry, this is because they don’t want you to become a burden on the state or pay for your return fare home. Relax and enjoy your holiday.

The Spanish seem to be doing their level best to kill their economy these days.

Book elsewhere going forward.

Or we can blame the idiots concocting these ridiculous rules!!! Do they imagine tourists will continue to visit with their ever growing list draconian rules?

For the hard of thinking who need a crash course on the difference between reliable information and sensationalist crap, I refer back to my previous post with a quote from the Spanish Government:

Last summer, the Ministry of the Interior told Which? Travel that this rule isn’t being applied to tourists and nobody has been refused entry for not having enough money

People going on holiday who arrive with commercial accommodation and a return ticket booked, this does not affect you with the exception that the border guard may occasionally ask you to show them this information.

If you turn up with a one way ticket, 50 euro in your pocket and a plan to stay with a friend or family member for a while, then perhaps so.

As it has always been for non EU citizens arriving in Spain for at least two years, possibly longer.

I know that this doesn't apply to most people gong to Spain - but say you were a backpacker, living in a backpackers hostel and self catering - 113 Euros seems a lot per day - considering the cost of a hostel and if you were cooking for yourself.

Yep, from UK Gov on the subject of visiting the UK

“To visit the UK, you need to show that you’re a genuine visitor.
You can do this by providing evidence that….”….

• “you’re able to support yourself and any dependants for the duration of your trip
• you’re able to pay for your return or onward journey and any other costs relating to your visit”

You may be required to show:

• ”financial documents showing that you have sufficient funds available. These must clearly show that you have access to the funds, such as:bank statements which detail the origin of the funds held
• building society books which detail the origin of the funds held”

But I guess it’s easier from some to blame EU/Brexit/The Spanish….

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/visitor-visa-guide-to-supporting-documents/guide-to-supporting-documents-visiting-the-uk#travel-document-passport

I'm going to Mallorca on Thursday. I will not be carrying huge wads of cash with me... will probably have ~ €20 and £20 cash on me in total. This is what I always have, and I go there A LOT.
Never once been asked about my money.

I carry the sum total of £10 around with me at the most! No one carries cash these days Spain is so out of touch and have been reslly left behind as some kind of prehistoric dinosaur place.

It’s a security issue for one.

What?
RTFT

Building society books?????
Travellers cheques??

😳😂😂

WTH!
Like a Time Machine

But who honestly cares? I don’t!

Yep, certainly language used in some of the rules, such as those for the UK look a bit archaic….

The underlying principle still remains that you may be required to prove evidence of sufficient funds.

I'm Spanish and go home regularly. Never seen an obvious tourist being turned back at the border.

Now, try looking like a young Moroccan guy, with a small bag and no return ticket, but pretending to be on holidays. That's when the border officials suddenly remember this rule exists.

Since I found out about this a couple of years ago, I print off a bank statement 😂 as what I read seemed to say online info not sufficient
DH eye rolls but I'd rather be prepared
I think v unlikely for a standard tourist on a package deal

The above needs to be repeated because some people on this thread are not taking it in.

That's completely untrue.
I go to Spain often and pay with my Apple watch for just about everything. As I said above I generally have about €20 cash on me when I go. I usually still have it when I'm returning.

I've been paying by watch, phone or credit card there for years.

I’ve been to Spain twice recently and wasn’t asked

I always take cash with me. Going abroad is the only time I ever actually have any. We keep the majority of it safe in the apartment and the day's spending money is stored in my wallet. We have our Revolut card loaded in case of emergencies but never have to use it.

This rules been around for years. The border guards have neither the time nor the inclination to sit and count people’s holiday money. A bunch of brits turning up on the Benidorm express flight from Gatwick, sombreros firmly tucked under their arms, are really not going to be questioned.

So how are you going to ‘prove’ you have sufficient funds if they won’t accept digital evidence?!