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    Free Airport Shuttle from Booking.com, is it real?

    B.com also "sells" shuttle services. Providing free taxi service for you may be one of their promotion strategies. I have reserved one for my trip in France next month to see how it works although I am very satisfied with SunTransfers when using its shuttle service in Europe and Southeast Asia...
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    Backpacks Check-in or carry-on

    When I flew Air Canada for my CF serveral years ago, their check-in counter in the airport provided me a large see-through plastic bag to "contain" my backpack and hiking pole as one a large bag and security-scan / checked it at a diffenret place, no hassel. Not many airlines provided such...
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    Do you need to stay at an albergue to access their luggage transfer service?

    In my experience, some don't. But they would direct the luggage transfer service sending the luggage to a nearby bar/cafe for you to pick up from it. The bar/cafe has a specific place to "store" the luggages. If the luggage is required to be delivered to next stage, it needs to be placed in a...
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    I'm looking for accommodations around CDG airport, Paris

    St. Christopher's Inn!?, (a backpacker hotel) It's close to Gare du Nord train station, walking distance to the Sacred Heart Cathedral, etc. https://www.st-christophers.co.uk/paris/gare-du-nord-hostel/
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    Best way to get to St. Jean Pied de Port from Ontario Canada

    Fly to Paris by Air transact; arrive Paris in the morning. Spend a day in Paris, to deal with "jetlag", if necessary, or/and some sightseeing. Stay in Paris overnight, take an early train, relaxingly, to SJPP. Stay in SJPP overnight and head out to "conquer" the Pyrenees energetically...
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    Do taxis take credit cards now?

    I may be too cautious for credit card number and pin be stolen, I do not use credit cards when it is not absolutely necessary.
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    Just starting & Lost already

    I tried to follow the "way-markers for Camino" to get out of Leon in 2017, they "suddenly" disappeared when I hit a busy area (I can't remember the exact place). It was 7:00 in the morning. I couldn't see a pilgrim in the street. There were not many people either. My solution was to go to...
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    Train cancelled from Paris to SJPDP - need help figuring out if a later train is available

    It appears to me that the "train" section between Bayonne and SJPP is often "replaced" by (shuttle) bus.
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    Volotea, a low cost airline based in Spain

    Just learned about this low cost Spanish airline, Volotea, available from Paris to Seville. It's my first time to learn abut it. Any comments will be greatly appreciated.
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    Euros

    always reject the automatic conversion and always choose Euros at the ATM or when paying by card. Agree totally It is how it works; If one choose to settle it in US dollars at the "Point of Sales", be it a ATM, or the portal device in a restaurant, the system will charge the amount first to...
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    Luggage courier - SJPP to Pamplona

    It was 2017, there was a "courier service" store not far from the "Pilgrim Office" which closed at 7:00 pm or 8:00 pm.. It was 8 euros from SJPP to Roncesvalles.
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    Bag transport with Jacotrans

    It was May in 2017. The albergue, where I stayed, did not allow transport service delivering to or picking up backpacks from it. My backpack had to be placed in a cafe nearby. I mistakenly placed my backpack in a wrong place in the cafe, the result is no backpack when I arrived at the...
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    Canadian Health Insurance Coverage

    If there is/are underlying conditions, the premium could be more.
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    Travel from Ontario (Frances)

    #1 - Online tools, e.g., flighthub.com, offer many flight options and price points. Play around with dates, etc. #2a - Chartered flights, e.g., Air Transact, their prices are relatively fixed. A round trip ticket between Toronto and Porto bought in May 2018 for May 2019 was C$630.00. #2b -...
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    Getting Back to Paris

    Just search a "make-up" date (Tue, July 17) for a coach from SDC to Porto in the ALSA site, www.alsa.com. It shows the prices and schedule. It has one coach leaving at 10:00 in the morning arriving Porto at 13:35. Another one leaving at 17:30 and arriving at 21:05.
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    Getting Back to Paris

    If one has time and has never been to Porto or wanted to re-visit Porto again, it could be a desirable option :-)
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    Madrid vs Porto?

    Last April, I stayed in a single-person in San Martín Pinario, Santiago de Compostela, for 23 euro including breakfast. The lunch was 10 euro including a bottle of wine and a bottle of water, even though I was the only person at the table. It is two minutes walk to the Cathedral. Highly...
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    Stay in Santiago or stay near airport?

    The San Martin Pinaro, formerly a "major" seminary and before that it was a Benedictine Monastery. I had a "single" room with private bath and "wash room" for 23 Euro per day including a "buffet" breakfast in mid May, 2017. The museum next to it was a church. The carvings on the back and seat...
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    Stay in Santiago or stay near airport?

    The taxi fare was €21 on May 23, 2017. On the other hand, the bus was €3.00 and leave the bus terminal or the Galicia Plaza every 30 minutes. The trip was an hour (?).

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