Today, friends, the new travelers’ reportofficially begins… and I only tell you one thing: this is going to be a journey worthy of Odyssey, but without ships, with a tablet and with many, MANY tourists who are going to look at me with a «What are you telling me, buddy?» look on their faces 😵💫. Day 0: The Travelers’ Party Apocalypse
I’m telling you right now: we’re going to get the shit kicked out of us on the first try. Literally. Because this is not a couple of polite questions: Your name? Passport? NO, GENTLEMEN! This is a full-fledged interrogation. Almost 40 questions 😱. Yes, 40 between the reservation data and the client’s data. And they have removed some of them…. What if the relationship with your travel partner, what if your current address, what if the passport number, the support, blood type, the brand of shampoo you use …. Well, maybe not the last one, but I wouldn’t be surprised.
🏨 Welcome to the Hotel de Paso… o del Infierno (Hotel of Hell)
I work in a rural cottage, MasTorrencito, and now in winter we have a lot of foreigners passing through, like most of those who host foreigners around here. What does this mean? Well, people arrive at night, have a drink, sleep and the next morning they are out the door at 7, 5 or 9 o’clock. Do you think anyone is going to have the patience to fill out such a form before leaving? 😂 And you better hope that 2 or 3 of them don’t join you to check out…
To avoid catastrophe, I bought a tablet 💻. In theory, the idea was that they would fill it in by themselves, without me having to chase them around the hotel with a pen and paper. But come on, I can already see the tablet flying out of the window when someone doesn’t understand the «updated address of residence» on the third try.
🤯 And Now Explain This in Russian, German, Dutch…
Let’s see, how do you explain to a Russian, a Dutchman or an Italian that, as of today, in Spain we need all these data? HUH? HOW? Because when I was asking for their passport until yesterday, they looked at me funny, like I was asking for their Netflix password. And I was thinking: «But what’s the matter, that other places don’t ask you or what? 🤨
Some of them even got angry with me, but I don’t understand the logic. If they travel to other countries and are also asked for it, what on earth surprises them here? But be careful, when they cross the yellow door of Mastorrencito, it seems that the laws of the universe change and that no document is needed here. Spoiler: as of today, it is, and 40 times more.
🇫🇷 The French and their Pizzeria DNI
I can’t fail to mention the French. My goodness, they carry an ID card the size of a pizzeria sale sign. Big, huge, a mammoth impossible to fit in any scanner. But the best thing is not that… It never expired! 😂
Until last year, there were people with photos of 40 years ago in the DNI. I have a friend who has already retired and his document still shows him as 20 years old. But what is this? An identity card or a time capsule?
🚨 Conclusion: It’s going to be a circus.
So nothing, friends. Today promises a lot. I see myself taking shortcuts and more shortcuts because if not, this is getting out of hand. And I don’t even want to imagine the 70 year old rural tourism farmers trying to understand this form.
Tomorrow I’ll tell you how the disaster went. If I’m still alive. 😅
From MasTorrencito we wish you a good day and may your dogs be with you!!!!
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