Capacity of Credencial

[KamilJordan]

Hey! tomorrow i’ll be getting my first stamps and i just realized that in my Credencial i may have not enough space. it looks that it’s expected to have 6-8 stamps per page and there is 7 pages. I’m planning to have about 40 walking days - 80 stamps.

What’s the best way of handling this ? squeeze stamps on existing pages ? grab the other credencial half way ? focus only on last 100km ?

how would you approach it ?

Thank You!
Kamil

 

[J Willhaus]

You can buy a second one along the way. If you look on Gronze.com usually there is a place that indicates if an albergue sells credentials or not under services and equipment.

 

[trecile]

You don't need two stamps per day every day, just during the last 100 km.
I've never needed more than one credential. I don't tend to collect more than one per day until the end.

 

[henrythedog]

Buy another - or a few - and tape them together, or you can add some simple plain paper. So long as at least one official credencial forms part of the assembled paperwork, all is well.

 

[SabsP]

Hey! tomorrow i’ll be getting my first stamps and i just realized that in my Credencial i may have not enough space. it looks that it’s expected to have 6-8 stamps per page and there is 7 pages. I’m planning to have about 40 walking days - 80 stamps.

What’s the best way of handling this ? squeeze stamps on existing pages ? grab the other credencial half way ? focus only on last 100km ?

how would you approach it ?

Thank You!
Kamil

You can find an extra credencial in different towns underway.
Burgos for example.
So you will be fine!

 

[KamilJordan]

You can buy a second one along the way. If you look on Gronze.com usually there is a place that indicates if an albergue sells credentials or not under services and equipment.
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thank you, good tip

 

[KamilJordan]

You don't need two stamps per day every day, just during the last 100 km.
I've never needed more than one credential. I don't tend to collect more than one per day until the end.

yeap thats what i thought from formal aspect. on the other hand i love my fully stamped old passports and somehow i feel the more stamps the cooler

 

[KamilJordan]

Buy another - or a few - and tape them together, or you can add some simple plain paper. So long as at least one official credencial forms part of the assembled paperwork, all is well.

lol ok taping them in one long sounds great. thanks

 

[trecile]

If you are interested in framing your credentials you should have them stamped on one side only.

 

[C clearly]

lol ok taping them in one long sounds great

You don't need to tape them together, unless you want to impress people when you unfold it. You can just carry another one (or more) and stash it away when full!

 

[Saint Mike II]

Hola,
Our OP and other pilgrims have discovered this problem,. From memory the CSJ provide a Credential with extra pages for those walking the Via de la Plata. In general most pilgrims just get an second passport to complete their Camino. Prior to my 2017 Camino I had two credentials (from Ivar) so I just cut of the opening/introductory page and glued/sticky taped the two together. Even taking 33 days and fulfilling the two stamps per day for the last 100km I still had enough space. Cheers

 

[Kathy F.]

Yes, I can’t pass up a great Camino stamp. I got a second credencial and taped them together, also. Impressive when you accordion unfold it.

 

[Martin Cole]

Meaning no disrespect to the rules of the game, I have never bothered with the 2 stamps per day in the last 100kms either. So my stamps have fitted.
I have always walked full 3-5 week caminos (excepting the English a couple of times) so I really think it obvious that I am unlikely to have bussed the last 100kms.
No one has every queried it. So far..... Bless them
Buen camino.

 

[Isabelpilgrim]

Hey! tomorrow i’ll be getting my first stamps and i just realized that in my Credencial i may have not enough space. it looks that it’s expected to have 6-8 stamps per page and there is 7 pages. I’m planning to have about 40 walking days - 80 stamps.

What’s the best way of handling this ? squeeze stamps on existing pages ? grab the other credencial half way ? focus only on last 100km ?

how would you approach it ?

Thank You!
Kamil

I always pick up a second one along the way. Us, you need two stamps once you get to Sarria, and they are fun to look at later and remember where you were when you got them.

 

[SabsP]

Meaning no disrespect to the rules of the game, I have never bothered with the 2 stamps per day in the last 100kms either. So my stamps have fitted.
I have always walked full 3-5 week caminos (excepting the English a couple of times) so I really think it obvious that I am unlikely to have bussed the last 100kms.
No one has every queried it. So far..... Bless them
Buen camino.

Good for you, though I would advise everyone to whom it is important to get the Compostela to follow the rules from the Oficina.

La Compostela: acreditación de la peregrinación

La “Compostela” es la acreditación de la peregrinación a la Tumba de Santiago Apóstol

oficinadelperegrino.com

 

[trecile]

Meaning no disrespect to the rules of the game, I have never bothered with the 2 stamps per day in the last 100kms either.

Good for you, though I would advise everyone to whom it is important to get the Compostela to follow the rules from the Oficina.

La Compostela: acreditación de la peregrinación

La “Compostela” es la acreditación de la peregrinación a la Tumba de Santiago Apóstol

oficinadelperegrino.com

Thank you. It makes it easier for everyone involved if you follow the simple rules. Then the volunteers in the Pilgrims Office don't need to take more time to get a regular staff member involved to decide if the Compostela can be awarded.

 

[Martin Cole]

Agreed guys, just saying, not trying to be a maverick.

 

[NinaCamina]

Agreed guys, just saying, not trying to be a maverick.

Since you're the maverick here... heheh
What happens if I select "non religious" reasons on my registration? Can I still receive the Compostela?

 

[Martin Cole]

Yes you can, it is choice, I chop and change, prefering to go with adventure generally, but I have an idea there is a slightly different Compostella for the relegious choosers.

 

[J Willhaus]

Yes you can, it is choice, I chop and change, prefering to go with adventure generally, but I have an idea there is a slightly different Compostella for the relegious choosers.

I think there used to be a different compostella. Not sure that is the case now. Maybe someone who volunteers in the Pilgrim office can comment.

 

[David Tallan]

There used to be two different documents: a Compostela and a Welcome Certificate. The religious used to get the Compostela and the non-religious used to get the Welcome Certificate. Over time, more and more seemed to fit into the Compostela category ("religious or spiritual", then "religious, spiritual, or at least in a spirit of questioning"). Originally, the Welcome Certificate was much plainer than the Compostela, but quite some time ago they were changed to be more or less equivalent in terms of decoration.

I believe that the Cathedral documentation states that the Welcome Certificate is still to be given to people who are completing their Caminos for purely non-religious, non-spiritual, non-questioning purposes. However, we have heard on the Forums from a number of volunteers who indicate it is being phased out and routinely only Compostelas are handed out.

Note that the Welcome Certificate is different from the Distance Certificate, which has a cost and indicates how far a pilgrim has walked (or rode) and on which route.