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[QUOTE="good_old_shoes, post: 1178710, member: 47112"] It is certainly true that it doesn't have to be a bad thing to make reservations! Sometimes it is necessary or at least makes things easier (on lesser walked routes with very little choice in accommodation I sometimes call to make a reservation same day, because it's either that or wild camping). But this certainly isn't true, at least from my experience. 99% of the time I do not make reservations, prefer to stay at places that do not accept reservations, and therefore meet lots of pilgrims who do not even think about making reservations and simply stop wherever/whenever they want, without any worry about "securing" a bed. Never witnessed the infamous "bed race" in over 6000kms of walking Caminos so far and definitely never really worried about a place to sleep on the Francés. When walking in "high season" (may/september) from St. Jean I guess reservations make much more sense at least in some "bottleneck" places, especially if you can't/don't want to add more kms at the end of the day to find accommodation. But I wholeheartedly have to disagree with the statement that not making reservations makes you less spontaneaous. Just walking without any worry and without reservations ect. is total freedom for me. I definitely do not hurry anymore to get to my destination (unless there's only a campsite that closes its reception at 6pm and it's a 40km day, or something like that!). I prefer to pet the cats, stop for a picnic, a coffee, to visit a church, to chat with the locals, hell, I even take a 2h siesta nap in the shade of a nice tree if I feel like it! So, making reservations is not a bad thing. Especially not for those who worry about accommodation, walk in high season on the Francés, on remote / lesser walked routes, can only walk few kms/day, need to make reservations to send luggage, or simply prefer to. But how having a fixed place to stop at night should make one more spontaneaous, that is a mystery to me. [/QUOTE]
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