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I've read here and in other places complaints about exchange rates. Two suggestions:
1. Before starting, get a debit card from one of the banks that refund ATM fees. Schwab bank is mine, but I know there are others. In each city, get enough cash from an ATM to last till the next city big...
Hi Everyone
We are getting ready for our Camino and was looking at pre payment cards that one loads with money and use along the way at business's and ATMs
usually when travelling I take a mixture of a few days worth of cash and rely on my bank card to draw money out as needed but thought I'd...
We are due to walk the CP in June and wondered if any pilgrims on the routes or recently finished could shed some light on whether the Camino is still a cash economy since Covid ?(in the UK many small retailers stopped taking cash and used card machines)
Has anyone seen a similar shift on the...
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I am studing gronze.com and I am seeing prices in private Albrergues that are been followed by a " +" .
For examble , 25+.
Is this means that prices are depending from the season, number of staying days , number of group of pilgrims etc?
thank you
I've barely been out of the house for over 2 years, so before I head to the CF, I have a few questions and the threads here may or may not be outdated. My credit union has stopped being a reliable source of information.
Which Spanish and Portuguese banks with ATMs are on the Cirrus or Plus...
Hi. I'm Dan from Kitchener, Ontario, Canada. I am planning to hike the Camino Del Norte or Camino Frances in September-October 2022. The accommodation prices for Albergues on booking.com are much higher than any guidebook indicates. Is there an accurate resource for current Albergue pricing? If...
I am wondering what is a daily budget for food on the Frances? I'm also wondering if most restaurants of the type where you sit down for your big meal of the day typically take credit cards or is it recommended that you bring enough Euros for all dining?
Many thanks, Cynthia
I wonder how many Euros to start the journey with and how to obtain them on the journey. We are doing the Frances route and notice some accommodations take Euros only and no credit cards. Thank you.
I know cash used to be the preferred method of payment prior to Covid, but I'm wondering if that has changed. Will pilgrims who have been on the Camino in the past 2 years please chime in?
I am doing the Camino Frances in Aug - Sept 2022, (my first) and trying to come up an idea for the budgeting of the trip.
In my earlier research, (pre covid), most vlogs, blogs etc. reflected very low costs of lodging, ex: 8 - 15 Euros. Just a preliminary search for costs of albergues for late...
Hi, all. If this is not the correct location, I trust it will be re-routed.
I'm thinking about opening a new credit card in order to get the bonus miles and perks for my Camino travels (which is in October 2022). I have a Jet Blue card, which would indeed get me from SFO to Madrid, but flights...
Hi all
I was browsing across the threads for this route and I came across this guide, linked to by @Harington:
https://pilgrimstorome.org.uk/planning/
Within the pdf, on the section about budgets, it contains the following:
Italy: In Italy, you can walk nearly the entire route (with a...
I’ve recently been reading a couple news articles about inflation surging in Europe.
Wondering how that’s affecting northern Spain and towns on the Camino Frances?
I’m hoping to do a March/April Camino start from Roncevalles. A couple years ago when I was planning I was budgeting at about 30...
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I saw a post on the Le Puy forum where the posters daily cost was ~€33. Is this route more expensive than the Le Puy route? Thanks for any and all info.
Hi All, when I last walked the Camino (2016 and 2017) cash was pretty much the only way to go. I'm walking the Portuguese route from Porto in May 22 and wondered in the Covid era if this has changed.
Any info gratefully received :)
The title is the question. For those of you who have Le-Puy'd recently or those of you who live in France, what should I budget for daily costs in euros?
Particularly, what about food costs? I know that I will probably demi-pension most of the time, but if I decide to go out and have...
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