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Not all albergue s accept backpacksWhy would you have your backpack sent to a place where you aren't staying?
Maybe stay where they will deliver? Some albergues also only accept pilgrims who have carried their packs.Not all albergue s accept backpacks
The bag transport companies will usually drop the bags off at a nearby bar for those who are staying at municipal albergues. But I strongly encourage you to make reservations at places that will accept transported bags.If you want to stay at a municipal albergue, but they don’t accept backpacks being shipped (closed at certain times) will a private albergue charge if the pack
Is shipped there ? ie. Villadangos
In my opinion they should charge something for taking on the responsibility of watching over someone's bag.The question is … can albergues charge if a bag is dropped off at their site, in addition to the transport cost. I’m familiar with shipping a backpack, but ran into this extra. (An other pilgrim and she was not expecting an extra charge)
I don't see any reason why they couldn't charge for this storage (albeit short) service. Who would say they couldn't?The question is … can albergues charge if a bag is dropped off at their site, in addition to the transport cost.
If you are specifically interested in Albergue de peregrinos de Villadangos del Páramos, you should be aware that while it is a municipal, it is run by the Federación Española de Asociaciones de Amigos del Camino de Santiago. Their Rules of Use for Shelters and Albergues states, in part:If you want to stay at a municipal albergue, but they don’t accept backpacks being shipped (closed at certain times) will a private albergue charge if the pack
Is shipped there ? ie. Villadangos
I was a hospitalera in Astorga and occasionally Pilgrims who were staying in a nearby hotel would ship their pack to the Albergue. It just showed up with other packs. Not a good idea. Takes up space and distracts from the time we needed to register and work with pilgrims staying in the Albergue. Some Albergues don’t accept bags and want you to walk through the doors with your pack.Do albergues charge to receive a backpack if you’re not staying there ? This is in addition to the company charge
Oh dear … how much was it?The question is … can albergues charge if a bag is dropped off at their site, in addition to the transport cost. I’m familiar with shipping a backpack, but ran into this extra. (An other pilgrim and she was not expecting an extra charge)
Seems perfectly reasonable to me. I agree with @trecile .Do albergues charge to receive a backpack if you’re not staying there ? This is in addition to the company charge
In my opinion they should charge something for taking on the responsibility of watching over someone's bag.
OK, unwritten pilgrim honour code and best practices as well as personal ethics notwithstanding, let's focus on the practical aspect: Keeping your luggage until you arrive to pick it up when you don't stay at an albergue is a service, and the owners or managers of the albergue are free to decide whether to offer their service free of charge or against a reasonable fee or not at all. You did not know? The transport company did not make you aware of it? Now you know.If you want to stay at a municipal albergue, but they don’t accept backpacks being shipped (closed at certain times) will a private albergue charge if the pack
Is shipped there ? ie. Villadangos
Yes, and it is generally considered polite to ask if a business provides this service (receiving bags for those who don't stay) before sending your bag.the owners or managers of the albergue are free to decide whether to offer their service free of charge or against a reasonable fee or not at all.
This isn't an "extra" charge. It's an entirely different charge.|The question is … can albergues charge if a bag is dropped off at their site, in addition to the transport cost. I’m familiar with shipping a backpack, but ran into this extra. (An other pilgrim and she was not expecting an extra charge)
That is almost an argument for the charge to be the same as staying the night. It clearly creates an expectation to ship a bag to an albergue that the associated pilgrim will follow in due course, and occupy a bed, possibly eat a meal and need laundry done, etc. In some cases, there will be associated costs if additional food is purchased and prepared for meals. This is not simply a case of 'well, I didn't book, so they shouldn't have expected me to stay'. That line of reasoning doesn't wash, so far as I am concerned. A no-show if a booking service were used would be the accommodation cost. It's pretty cut and dried, and the property would get paid for that. I don't see any reason if you create the same expectation by shipping your bag somewhere that the same penalty shouldn't apply if you don't stay.I also have a clear recollection of the look on the private albergue owner’s face as a pilgrim stepped into her doorway, grabbed the pack in her lobby and departed without saying a word.
They certainly should. I met a guy who said he always stayed in municipal albergues AND shipped his bag. I told him that sounded impossible. But he explained that he shipped his bags daily to a hotel he wasn't even staying at. I thought that was the most incredibly rude thing I heard during two months hiking the Camino.If you want to stay at a municipal albergue, but they don’t accept backpacks being shipped (closed at certain times) will a private albergue charge if the pack
Is shipped there ? ie. Villadangos
At Villadangos, backpacks are delivered to the restaurant across the road. A similar arrangement is used for most albergues that don’t accept transferred bags.If you want to stay at a municipal albergue, but they don’t accept backpacks being shipped (closed at certain times) will a private albergue charge if the pack
Is shipped there ? ie. Villadangos