Hey everyone! This is my first time posting on this website, but I feel like I need some guidance. Also, please let me know if I'm posting this in the wrong place, and I'll be happy to delete and go elsewhere. (a different thread, website, forum, etc.)
I've never walked to camino de santiago, but I've been interested in walking it for years. I've looked into it now and again since I was probably about 20 years old (I am currently 28 years old), but recently, the urge/calling/will (whatever word you want to use) has been overwhelmingly powerful.
Over the past 6 months or so, I've thought about it multiple times a day. I won't go into all the detail I want to about the signs I've seen and heard that have lead me to believe I need to go asap, but I feel as if it needs to happen soon.
All that being said, here's my dumb question: how do you all finance your trip? I live in the United States, so just the plane ride over there is going to be pricey. I have absolutely no equipment purchased, no plans, and no money saved. (Well, some money, but certainly not close to enough to get me from Connecitcut to SJPP)
I'm recently coming back from being unemployed for close to a year. My savings are shriveled up. I currently have a part time job, and I'm hoping to stash away as much as I possibly can. So any money crunching/saving tips would be greatly appreciated. And any dollar amounts you all spent (from equipment, to airfare, to food while walking, etc.) would be hugely helpful. So I know how much I need.
Thank you all so much!
Buen Camino,
Sara
I've never walked to camino de santiago, but I've been interested in walking it for years. I've looked into it now and again since I was probably about 20 years old (I am currently 28 years old), but recently, the urge/calling/will (whatever word you want to use) has been overwhelmingly powerful.
Over the past 6 months or so, I've thought about it multiple times a day. I won't go into all the detail I want to about the signs I've seen and heard that have lead me to believe I need to go asap, but I feel as if it needs to happen soon.
All that being said, here's my dumb question: how do you all finance your trip? I live in the United States, so just the plane ride over there is going to be pricey. I have absolutely no equipment purchased, no plans, and no money saved. (Well, some money, but certainly not close to enough to get me from Connecitcut to SJPP)
I'm recently coming back from being unemployed for close to a year. My savings are shriveled up. I currently have a part time job, and I'm hoping to stash away as much as I possibly can. So any money crunching/saving tips would be greatly appreciated. And any dollar amounts you all spent (from equipment, to airfare, to food while walking, etc.) would be hugely helpful. So I know how much I need.
Thank you all so much!
Buen Camino,
Sara