On our first camino, we were determined to walk every step. When we arrived in Monjardin, everything was taken up by German tour groups. And that was 10 years ago. So, being so determined, we and a Danish walker decided to sleep on park benches...
There really is no "average."
Go to gronze.com and look at the lodging at each stage.
It will tell you how many places to sleep and what they charge.
Though there's nothing wrong with your plan - I'd certainly budget for some taxis and buses...
Lots of good advice above. The best, in my view, is to start with the way you prefer. See if it works. If it doesn't, make course corrections.
On our first camino, well before the numbers leaped, we still left early from SJPdP and were glad we...
I think it IS best to start later than dawn, around 8-9am. You miss a lot of crowds that way. I try to walk no more than about 20K a day, so I generally get to my destination in the early afternoon. If I think there's going to be a bottleneck...
There's the fact that those who skip the "boring" bits still congregate on that section ; plus the fact that those who think they want to walk the Camino, but instead find out the opposite, the hard way, tend to congregate on that section too...
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