When you check into your accommodation (even hotels), hand over your credential along with the passport, and it will get stamped. So all businesses along the Frances have a stamp. Stopping for a snack or a coffee or drink in a cafe/bar? You can get your credential stamped. Visiting a church or a cathedral or even some notable historic building? You can get your credential stamped. Even shops you might be using have business stamps.Hello, I am 27 days from "boots on the ground" in St Jean. Very excited. Are the inns and auberges the only place that will give you a stamp in your credential? I am staying in some private rooms and hotels along the way and am curious about this.
That's exactly what I do. I keep my passport and my pilgrim credential together in the same zippered pouch, and it's become second nature to hand both over when I'm checking in, whether it's an albergue or a hotel.When you check into your accommodation (even hotels), hand over your credential along with the passport, and it will get stamped
I haven't really read much about rude pilgrims, but every year at this time (and also the beginning of September) there are panicked posts on the forum about crowds and the lack of beds. It will all settle down soon.Thank you all so much! I am at ease now. The closer I get to leaving the more anxious I am as so many posts are about the crowds, the overcrowding and the rudeness of the pilgrims
In your initial post you used the phrase "boots on the ground"The closer I get to leaving the more anxious I am as so many posts are about the crowds, the overcrowding and the rudeness of the pilgrims.