Thanks for your weekly report, I realy look forward to it each time. It feels adequate and always with 'the feet on the ground'.
There was one thing you said
@ivar that I would like to comment about, that was your recommendation to use booking as your only "friend" for finding open albergues.
Most Pilgrim accommodations are not on booking, for reasons. So also on this moment, I would not recommend booking as a good source. You will not find most of the open albergues on booking.
One of the reasons for our albergue not to be on booking is that is simply very expensive (15% of income), but besides there are many more. Personally I do not like to promote one platform who nearly has a monopoly. Besides, for the camino's there are many very good other guidebooks, websites and apps, written by people with love for the camino. Each of them is trying to give good reliable information about each albergue. Information you can trust, more then the "push" information which booking gives.
On this forum you find list of albergues who are open or not. A few of them are:
Camino Frances - Made by
Gronze.com
Camino Frances - Made by
Miam Miam Dodo.
Camino Primitivo - A PDF made by
Raimund Joos
Camino del Norte - A link to a PDF list
Via de la Plata - Made by
Via de la Plataguide
Besides, also on the wisely app you find open albergues.
As an example of the booking situation, here is a screenshot from Gronze from albergues at the part of the Primitivo after Lugo. From the 7 accommodations only the 2 B&B's are on booking, all the albergues are not. 5 out of the 7 accommodations are currently open.