Backpack safe

Gazer

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• Mar 16, 2014

• #1

If your are going out from your hostel at night would it be safe to leave your backpack there or is the somewhere you can leave it

 

lynnejohn

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• Mar 16, 2014

• #2

Gazer said:

If your are going out from your hostel at night would it be safe to leave your backpack there or is the somewhere you can leave it

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@Gazer -
Here are a couple of discussions that members have had on this subject. Hope they're helpful!
Buen camino!

http://www.caminodesantiago.me/comm...pack-upon-albergue-arrival.24275/#post-187269

http://www.caminodesantiago.me/comm...once-you-reach-an-albergue.18673/#post-137528

 

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• Mar 16, 2014

• #3

If your are going out from your hostel at night would it be safe to leave your backpack there or is the somewhere you can leave it

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If you mean albergue by hostel, there is no alternative (unless the place has lockers), so you have to take your chances. Always take high value items with you wherever you go, even the shower. It is rare that clothes and other equipment is stolen. When is disappears, it usually is by mistake or misplacement.

If you mean hostal by hostel, then you are more secure. Private rooms lock and provide good security. Such rooms will cost between 20-35Euro per night for a single, and just a bit more for a double.

 

Dutch

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• Mar 17, 2014

• #4

I have been in maybe a handfull of albergues with lockers (big enough for backpacks). In all the other, everybody just leaves their stuff by the bedside and i have never seen anything go wrong. Not saying that it cant or wont, just that i have never seen it or experieced ot myself. 98% sure you'll be fine as well.