The new Imserso travel season has begun and accredited retirees can now start booking the different destinations promoted by the Social Tourism Program. This year, Imserso offers the same number of places as last season: 886,269, of which 50.08% (443,887 places) are intended for tourism on the peninsular coast; 25.96% (230,039) are allocated to island coastal tourism and 23.96% (212,343) are reserved for getaway tourism. With the possibility of booking the different trips offered by this initiative, it only remains to know what expenses and services it covers.
Since August 28, accredited persons have already begun to receive confirmation letters with which they will be able to book their trips within the framework of the Tourism Program. They indicate the exact day on which you can make your reservations. Inside the letter there is a personal code that allows you to make reservations online. Remember to always book through the Social Tourism website or agencies accredited for this purpose.
If you use an authorized third party, you must book with your National Identity Document (DNI). If you have not received your authorization letter, call the toll-free number +34 912 667 713, Monday to Friday from 9:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. and indicate this circumstance. In this case, we recommend that you have a copy of the application you submitted.
What Imserso trips include
Imserso trips, although they have very democratic prices, are not all-inclusive. Keep this in mind before starting the trip, to avoid surprises:
- Full board accommodation, in a double room to share in hotels selected by Imserso. In the provincial capitals, accommodation will be half board. Accommodation in a single room is provided, which will have a price supplement and will be subject to availability of places.
- Round-trip transportation by the intended means of transportation, from the user’s provincial capital to the destination hotel and back, except in the form of trips without transportation and trips to provincial capitals.
- Group insurance policy.
- General medical service, complementary to Social Security, within the hotel itself, except for domestic tourism trips.
- Sociocultural animation program.
Imserso, against loneliness
According to the latest official data published by the National Institute of Statistics (INE), 41.7 percent of people living alone in Spain are 65 years of age or older. “In many cases, loneliness is a problem and it gets worse with age, especially among women, as the data indicates,” explains Mayte Sancho, general director of the Institute for the Elderly and Social Services.
This is why the Institute claims the beneficial effects of Imserso trips to face the challenge of unwanted loneliness: “One of our priorities with this tourist program is to strengthen the social relationships that are woven between users and thus obtain a positive impact on their lives,” he adds.
Imserso highlights the great acceptance of this tourist program among retirees in Spain. A survey carried out by the institute itself and published in 2023, indicated that 90.8 percent of users consider this program “very good” or “good”, and detected that 66.1 percent of retired users repeat their trips year after year.
