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Since I will be leaving my trekking poles at home this trip, and had planned to purchase a pair after arrival in Ferrol, I decided to try something to (hopefully) eliminate this shopping chore once in Ferrol.
I contacted the hotel where we will be staying the night before leaving on Camino Ingles, and ascertained that it was OK to have a delivery sent to them to hold until our arrival. The hotel gave instructions on what information to add to their address to have them hold the package for me.
I have an Amazon account. I went to the Amazon.es site to see if I could use their online ordering system. Yup, I could. I needed to re-input my password, but once done all of my account information was made available.
And yes, I verified that orders and shipments would now originate from the Spanish site, and not from the US In fact, you need to add a new address for Spain in order to be able to purchase many items. If I left my US address as the default, there would be messages stating "This item is not eligible for shipment to your location".
So I ordered an inexpensive set of trekking poles that appear to have favorable ratings, but from a brand/manufacturer that the US Amazon site does not carry. When I double checked with the British Amazon site, the poles were also listed there, but had different written reviews, but those reviews also seemed very favorable.
So, we'll see what happens. At worst, a screw up of no trekking poles being delivered at the hotel simply means taking time to grab a taxi to the Decathlon store. Outside of losing euros, it is more a 'penalty' of time than money.
I contacted the hotel where we will be staying the night before leaving on Camino Ingles, and ascertained that it was OK to have a delivery sent to them to hold until our arrival. The hotel gave instructions on what information to add to their address to have them hold the package for me.
I have an Amazon account. I went to the Amazon.es site to see if I could use their online ordering system. Yup, I could. I needed to re-input my password, but once done all of my account information was made available.
And yes, I verified that orders and shipments would now originate from the Spanish site, and not from the US In fact, you need to add a new address for Spain in order to be able to purchase many items. If I left my US address as the default, there would be messages stating "This item is not eligible for shipment to your location".
So I ordered an inexpensive set of trekking poles that appear to have favorable ratings, but from a brand/manufacturer that the US Amazon site does not carry. When I double checked with the British Amazon site, the poles were also listed there, but had different written reviews, but those reviews also seemed very favorable.
So, we'll see what happens. At worst, a screw up of no trekking poles being delivered at the hotel simply means taking time to grab a taxi to the Decathlon store. Outside of losing euros, it is more a 'penalty' of time than money.