BROWNCOUNTYBOB
Active Member
- Time of past OR future Camino
- Camino Frances: 2015, 2017, 2019, 2021
My wife and I walked the camino frances in 2015, 2017 and 2019 (Sept-Oct each time). We wanted to keep hiking the camino every two years, but were concerned about the high number of pilgrims walking during the Jubilee year, so we decided to hike in 2020. We made private room reservations every night. Then the pandemic hit. Since it is unlikely that a vaccine will be available and/or travel restrictions lifted, I recently cancelled all room reservations for this fall. I will wait to cancel the flights in late August to ensure a better chance of getting a full refund, rather than vouchers.
Starting over again to make private room reservations for Sept-Oct 2021, I was wondering whether many places would not yet accept reservations. To my surprise, thus far I have made 34 of 40 overnight reservations (including in transit nights in Madrid, Pamplona, 2 nights in Santiago, and our last night in Madrid). I used Booking.com to reserve most nights, but contacted several albergues that we stayed at before, or used contact information from Gronze.com.
It's a great relief to make these reservations one year in advance for a Jubilee year. That said, I'm sure we'll need to make some adjustments in hiking and social distancing as needed with hopefully the worst part of the pandemic behind us.
Bob
Starting over again to make private room reservations for Sept-Oct 2021, I was wondering whether many places would not yet accept reservations. To my surprise, thus far I have made 34 of 40 overnight reservations (including in transit nights in Madrid, Pamplona, 2 nights in Santiago, and our last night in Madrid). I used Booking.com to reserve most nights, but contacted several albergues that we stayed at before, or used contact information from Gronze.com.
It's a great relief to make these reservations one year in advance for a Jubilee year. That said, I'm sure we'll need to make some adjustments in hiking and social distancing as needed with hopefully the worst part of the pandemic behind us.
Bob