NomadBoomer
Active Member
- Time of past OR future Camino
- Frances ( 2017, 2018,Aug 2023) Vdlp (2018)
I started from SJPP September 2nd 2017. There were huge numbers walking. The first week or two, lots of alburgues even whole villages got full. There was definitely a bed race and lots of people were booking days ahead.
This year I chose to come a little earlier thinking many people wait until September. I started two weeks earlier on August 22nd in SJPP. In burgos now. There have been significantly less people than last year. No one I know of has any problems getting beds. Hardly anyone is booking ahead. This means that the walk feels much more relaxed to me.
I suggest people planning to walk early September 2019 consider coming a few weeks earlier if they can.
This year I chose to come a little earlier thinking many people wait until September. I started two weeks earlier on August 22nd in SJPP. In burgos now. There have been significantly less people than last year. No one I know of has any problems getting beds. Hardly anyone is booking ahead. This means that the walk feels much more relaxed to me.
I suggest people planning to walk early September 2019 consider coming a few weeks earlier if they can.