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If you are using booking.com I suspect many accommodations have not yet put their availability that far ahead. You will probably have better luck contacting the establishment directly or else waiting for a few more months
That's really helpful auburnfive. Makes sense. Thanks for taking the time to respond. Lots to learn here for my first Camino.If you are using booking.com I suspect many accommodations have not yet put their availability that far ahead. You will probably have better luck contacting the establishment directly or else waiting for a few more months
Nope. Just optimistic I guess.Post Covid do you know something we don't.?
Actually there’s been a bit of a post Covid 2021 surge on the chemin d St Jacques Le Puy to Conques. I arrived sept 20 assuming I could book a day in advance and be fine and that was definitely not the case. I prebooked for the next 10 days and had to try several places for each night. Many Europeans are making up for their cancelled 2020 plans. I’d prebook just so it’s not stressful for you.I am planning on walking Camino Frances from SJPDP in May '22. I'm trying to decide whether to use a travel service and prebook accommodations or go it alone. I'm already seeing accomodations sold out for my dates in some locations. Does anyone have a sense for what the Camino might look like in '22. Feels like there could be a surge with all the trips cancelled in '20 and '21.
If I or anyone could predict this with any certainty I would be in Las Vegas making zillions betting on sporting events. Whatever you think will happen gives you a 50% chance of being at least partially correct.I am planning on walking Camino Frances from SJPDP in May '22. I'm trying to decide whether to use a travel service and prebook accommodations or go it alone. I'm already seeing accomodations sold out for my dates in some locations. Does anyone have a sense for what the Camino might look like in '22. Feels like there could be a surge with all the trips cancelled in '20 and '21.
My husband (U.S.) is on the Frances now. He booked rooms prior to leaving in SJPP, Roncevalles (the hotel), Akreeta (just past Zubiri - shown in the movie, The Way), and Pamplona. Once he got into Spain, he booked ahead the next three nights using booking.com. So far, he has not had an issue finding accommodations, and he said, he hasn't observed any boarded up (closed) businesses since our last Camino Frances in '18.I am planning on walking Camino Frances from SJPDP in May '22. I'm trying to decide whether to use a travel service and prebook accommodations or go it alone. I'm already seeing accomodations sold out for my dates in some locations. Does anyone have a sense for what the Camino might look like in '22. Feels like there could be a surge with all the trips cancelled in '20 and '21.
Thanks much. I hope your husband has a great Camino.My husband (U.S.) is on the Frances now. He booked rooms prior to leaving in SJPP, Roncevalles (the hotel), Akreeta (just past Zubiri - shown in the movie, The Way), and Pamplona. Once he got into Spain, he booked ahead the next three nights using booking.com. So far, he has not had an issue finding accommodations, and he said, he hasn't observed any boarded up (closed) businesses since our last Camino Frances in '18.
As others have said, we simply don't know what will happen in May 2022. For that very reason, I would be reluctant to hand over my trip planning to a travel service.I'm trying to decide whether to use a travel service and prebook accommodations or go it alone. I'm already seeing accomodations sold out for my dates in some locations.
Really 5.5 km, really it seemed like a lot less than that straight up a slow rising road, but then it was always early in the morning every time I walked past it. I always stay at Palo Avelino in Zurbiri, it has a nice vibe.It might help anyone hunting for Arkretta or Akreeta on Godgle maps or other sources to spell the name correctly. Akerreta is 5.5 klicks after Zubiri. Off Camino, about 1 klick south of Larrasoana.
The most recent projections are that the virus could mutate several times yet before a sufficient innoculation rate has been reached. This could go on past 2025.I am planning on walking Camino Frances from SJPDP in May '22. I'm trying to decide whether to use a travel service and prebook accommodations or go it alone. I'm already seeing accomodations sold out for my dates in some locations. Does anyone have a sense for what the Camino might look like in '22. Feels like there could be a surge with all the trips cancelled in '20 and '21.
About 5K as I recall. In 2016 and this time, my husband walked the distance after reaching Zubiri. In 2018, we took a taxi from Zuberi, after lunch, to Akreeta.How far past zubiri is arkretta
You are full of "great news" all of the timeThe most recent projections are that the virus could mutate several times yet before a sufficient innoculation rate has been reached. This could go on past 2025.
The virus will continue to circulate and mutate as long as there is a place for it to propagate. And I also hear that Antarctica is not immune either.
Great. Thanks. This helps a great deal.As others have said, we simply don't know what will happen in May 2022. For that very reason, I would be reluctant to hand over my trip planning to a travel service.
"Going it alone" can include prebooking. You don't need a travel service to do that, although of course that is an option many people prefer.
With not too much effort, you can do the bookings yourself for the first few days (say, to Pamplona) and be sure that the cancellation policy allows you to cancel up until a few days or week before your planned arrival. Then wait until April to get a better sense of what is happening. However, it will likely be enough to book a few days in advance after you are on the Camino.
Can more true words be spoken???? How many mornings have I started out and then stopped for a coffee. Glancing at Gronze or my Wise Pilgrim app I see wow can't believe I walked 8 kilometers that was quick. Later that day after I stopped for a snickers bar and drink that I ate on the wall of little church in the middle of wherever. Glance at Gronze or my Wise Pilgrim app and say to myself just 3 K to go. Start walking and after what seems like forever i reach the top of the hill and that town I want to sleep in is so far in the distance I am numb with exhaustion and with my favorite camino sage words "What the F$%K I can't believe this S*#t! As a groan and mumble and drag myself into the town!!!Ah Don, those early morning kilometers. They’re always so much shorter than the ones that stretch out into the after-lunch afternoon
The Camino is a collection of trails, side trails and walks along highways, over hills and dale. In some places there is a nearby highway exit with motels, but it is not a uniformly parallel highway. You would need to compare a road map with a map of the camino, in order to confirm. In any case, along the Camino Frances, you are never more than a 30 minute taxi from lodging. The only question would be whether that accommodation has room for you on that day.Do I understand correctly that a couple of miles north from the CF there is a major auto highway with exits and motels and everything (wink)?
It's an interesting idea but my impression, based on my limited experience as a traveller on foot, on buses, in taxis and in rental cars*), is that the auto highway and motels, if there are any motels at all, do not play a role in the daily business of the pilgrim looking for accommodation.I have not yet walked- I have a question.
Do I understand correctly that a couple of miles north from the CF there is a major auto highway with exits and motels and everything (wink)?
I'm not sure that what you see as sold out is a predictor of anything.I'm already seeing accomodations sold out for my dates in some locations. Does anyone have a sense for what the Camino might look like in '22. Feels like there could be a surge with all the trips cancelled in '20 and '21.
I remember crossing the AP68 at Hospital de San Juan de Acre and Navarrete seemed to move further away the closer we got!Can more true words be spoken???? How many mornings have I started out and then stopped for a coffee. Glancing at Gronze or my Wise Pilgrim app I see wow can't believe I walked 8 kilometers that was quick. Later that day after I stopped for a snickers bar and drink that I ate on the wall of little church in the middle of wherever. Glance at Gronze or my Wise Pilgrim app and say to myself just 3 K to go. Start walking and after what seems like forever i reach the top of the hill and that town I want to sleep in is so far in the distance I am numb with exhaustion and with my favorite camino sage words "What the F$%K I can't believe this S*#t! As a groan and mumble and drag myself into the town!!!
My wife and I just returned from the Camino yesterday. I pre-booked myself, using Booking.com, our three week trip. We only stayed in hotels or private rooms in albergues, but didn’t see any place that was full. I’ve walked four other Caminos, booking ahead twice and “winging it” twice. I actually do like the certainty of a room or bed at the end of the day, but the spontaneity of the Camino really makes it special too. It’s probably too early to know what the Camino will be like next spring.I am planning on walking Camino Frances from SJPDP in May '22. I'm trying to decide whether to use a travel service and prebook accommodations or go it alone. I'm already seeing accomodations sold out for my dates in some locations. Does anyone have a sense for what the Camino might look like in '22. Feels like there could be a surge with all the trips cancelled in '20 and '21.
To be forewarned is to be forearmed.You are full of "great news" all of the time
Thanks Kathar1na... This is a really well thought out response. I appreciate it. Booking from SJPP thru Pamplona and then working just a day or two ahead is a great plan.I'm not sure that what you see as sold out is a predictor of anything.
The number of foot pilgrims has steadily increased by a few percentages year after year. Especially Galicia was prepared to receive a whopping number of 500,000 pilgrims this year - up from 350,000 pilgrims in 2019 (pre-Covid). I doubt that this number will be reached in 2022, even if there is bit of a surge due to cancelled trips in '20 and '21.
Besides, a large number of Camino pilgrims is made up by Spanish pilgrims, and they did walk in '21. Over 130,000 pilgrims so far this year who didn't cancel their trip.
The Caminos, especially the popular ones like the Frances and Portugues, will be busy next year because that's the way it is - Camino walking is becoming more and more widely known and becoming more and more popular. And May is a popular and busy month for international pilgrims anyway. If the restrictions on municipal and other albergues is lifted by May 2022, ie if or when they can use their full accommodation capacity again, then 2022 will be just that: yet another busy Camino year. At least that's my prediction. And my advice would be the same as always: book the first few nights, especially if you start with the section SJPP-Pamplona, and then either book ahead for the next day or for a few days if you want private rooms, or don't book at all if you are happy with shared dormitory accommodation.
I'm thinking of the Portuguese from Lisbon during that same time frame.I am planning to walk the Portuguese in April/ May 22
Ah yes I remember those stairs well. I took them much better at 58 then I did at 67 after a long day!I remember crossing the AP68 at Hospital de San Juan de Acre and Navarrete seemed to move further away the closer we got!
And when you do get there you have to stagger up that flight of steps - the final insult!
I noticed that Google did this in cooperation with the Xunta de Galicia which is the regional government of Galicia.I wonder how many new pilgrims there will be now that Google has promoted the Camino on their home page!
When did Google have a home page. When I open google it is white with a few of my icons that somehow ended up there from some websites.I wonder how many new pilgrims there will be now that Google has promoted the Camino on their home page!
¡Buen Camino! - Google Arts & Culture
Google Arts & Culture features content from over 2000 leading museums and archives who have partnered with the Google Cultural Institute to bring the world's treasures online.artsandculture.google.com
I would use a travel service. Booking is hard now. 2022 will be worse with less Covid concerns and still a Holy YeTI am planning on walking Camino Frances from SJPDP in May '22. I'm trying to decide whether to use a travel service and prebook accommodations or go it alone. I'm already seeing accomodations sold out for my dates in some locations. Does anyone have a sense for what the Camino might look like in '22. Feels like there could be a surge with all the trips cancelled in '20 and '21.
Really, who knows and how would this population know ?I am planning on walking Camino Frances from SJPDP in May '22. I'm trying to decide whether to use a travel service and prebook accommodations or go it alone. I'm already seeing accomodations sold out for my dates in some locations. Does anyone have a sense for what the Camino might look like in '22. Feels like there could be a surge with all the trips cancelled in '20 and '21.
No call for that attitude mate. It's a legitimate question.Really, who knows and how would this population know ?
maybe ask the same question on the WHO forums for some real advice with a basis of fact …
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