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  1. Rod Murray

    A layover in Canada , coming from the US

    Up to the point where Coronavirus impacted world travel, it was often possible to get a reasonable flight to many Camino starting points from Canada as many Canadian airlines offered direct flights to smaller cities (Porto for example) due to significant populations of expats from those...
  2. Rod Murray

    A layover in Canada , coming from the US

    Canada is imposing even stricter regulations on inbound travellers over the next weeks. Check the travel restrictions at https://travel.gc.ca
  3. Rod Murray

    Madrid Terminal 4 connection—pass security checkpoint again?

    What not to bring on a plane from Transport Canada for those travelling from here: https://www.tc.gc.ca/en/services/transportation-security/aviation/what-not-bring-on-plane.html
  4. Rod Murray

    Renfe Train Schedule for mid June and beyond

    In response to my own post from last year...I started checking regularly, every day and then, just when I got lazy, stopped checking every day, our travel companions, living in the Middle East, discovered the schedule had been updated! When I finally got around to booking a few days later, the...
  5. Rod Murray

    Senior Discount Card

    We did all our bookings online, as far in advance as possible to make tickets the cheapest (although we are not (yet) seniors. Booking well in advance was very inexpensive e.g Barcelona to Ponferrada 1st class Preferente was 45 euros This site gives volumes of info about Spanish train travel...
  6. Rod Murray

    Looong Toronto Layover

    Addendum - Hilarious! Just got an email from Vueling airlines yesterday apologizing for not responding to my email 5 months ago!!!
  7. Rod Murray

    Looong Toronto Layover

    We were in a similar situation in June when arriving in Madrid. We'd already booked our Toronto-Madrid tickets in January, then decided to go to Barcelona first, before starting our Camino. We booked 2 cheap tickets from Madrid to Barcelona, on Vueling, with a 3 hour lay over. Weeks after...
  8. Rod Murray

    Looong Toronto Layover

    WestJet and Air France, not being members of Star Alliance, e.g. Air Canada, are at T3. Confirm the Terminals at https://www.torontopearson.com/
  9. Rod Murray

    Looong Toronto Layover

    That is a great price to travel to Spain from Costa Rica! We flew from Toronto via Air Canada's inaugural direct flight to Madrid on their new 767 and it was quite pleasant, for our Camino in June (I assume that you are on the same AC flight based on your 7pm departure. Toronto Pearson...
  10. Rod Murray

    Transfer to Barcelona train station

    We arrived in Barcelona by plane and easily transferred to the Metro and passed Estacion Sants where your train to Pamplona departs in short order. You should have no difficulty making the connection.
  11. Rod Murray

    Leaving Santiago by train

    We were coordinating a group of us and when I found that the new schedule was live, I had to wait for a reply from our friends to confirm date/time and after one day, the fare went up €5-10 each! Still only €50 for SdC-MAD! We booked Preferenté tickets from BARC-Ponferrada for less tha €50 each...
  12. Rod Murray

    Leaving Santiago by train

    I found a treasure trove of useful info on train travel in Spain at this site: http://www.seat61.com/Spain.htm including the language preference selector, and when to expect the new timetable to be posted to get the widest choice of dates, times and cheapest fares. The Renfe timetable changes...
  13. Rod Murray

    Renfe Train Schedule for mid June and beyond

    Does anyone know when Renfe posts its summer schedule? I was able to book at train to get me to my starting point on the CF but not for my return to Madrid from SdeC in late June. I've read that it's posted 60 days before the summer schedule begins on June 15. Anyone have first hand experience...
  14. Rod Murray

    Flying in Spain on Vueling Airline

    Has anyone had experience using Vueling Airlines to travel to/from their Camino? If so, please add your positive/negative/neutral comments to the thread.

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