happyhippie13
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Porto ---> Santiago (2018)
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Although it is now six years since I walked from Porto to Santiago, I imagine prices have not jumped. The municipal albergues have a fixed price, for us it was €7. Pilgrim menus were also very reasonable. Shopping for bread, cheese, nuts, fruit and yogurt/milk doesn't add up to much. Tap water. A young German couple had a budget of €17 daily for the pair of them for the two weeks, splurging for three nights in Santiago, but the splurge included luxury spend of €9 per head for pilgrim menu in Case Manolo! Buen camino!Hey Perengrinos-
I have a dilemma. I bought my ticket to Lisbon in December when money was looking plentiful. A few months and a few unfortunate circumstances later and I’m broke for Portugal. I’ll be trying to survive off of 900 CAD for my 100 km/ 2 weeks in Portugal.
I’m scared because I have horrible travel luck. What if something comes up etc? Credit card is not an option for me. Does anyone have any budget tips for doing the caminho? I’m also unsure of where to start. Getting a compostela isn’t a huge deal for me since I have one for the Camino frances. Any ideas?
Are you going somewhere else other than the Camino? 100 km over 14 days is only 7.15 km per day. What are you going to do during the other 22 or so hours of each day?I’ll be trying to survive off of 900 CAD for my 100 km/ 2 weeks in Portugal.
Hey Perengrinos-
I have a dilemma. I bought my ticket to Lisbon in December when money was looking plentiful. A few months and a few unfortunate circumstances later and I’m broke for Portugal. I’ll be trying to survive off of 900 CAD for my 100 km/ 2 weeks in Portugal.
I’m scared because I have horrible travel luck. What if something comes up etc? Credit card is not an option for me. Does anyone have any budget tips for doing the caminho? I’m also unsure of where to start. Getting a compostela isn’t a huge deal for me since I have one for the Camino frances. Any ideas?
Porto!Hi,
Where are you starting from?
Porto!
From my limited experience of this route, I'd suggest that your money will go further in Portugal than in Spain. We found the food in Portugal to be better and cheaper than that in Spain. It might therefore be worth planning your itinerary and stages with this in mind.
As others have suggested, your budget seems more than ample, especially if you stay in albergues. You could therefore consider spending some it on a basic travel insurance policy. That might help ease those worries about your 'travel luck'!
Wishing you a Buen Camino.
That is plenty!!’Hey Perengrinos-
I have a dilemma. I bought my ticket to Lisbon in December when money was looking plentiful. A few months and a few unfortunate circumstances later and I’m broke for Portugal. I’ll be trying to survive off of 900 CAD for my 100 km/ 2 weeks in Portugal.
I’m scared because I have horrible travel luck. What if something comes up etc? Credit card is not an option for me. Does anyone have any budget tips for doing the caminho? I’m also unsure of where to start. Getting a compostela isn’t a huge deal for me since I have one for the Camino frances. Any ideas?
Hey Perengrinos-
I have a dilemma. I bought my ticket to Lisbon in December when money was looking plentiful. A few months and a few unfortunate circumstances later and I’m broke for Portugal. I’ll be trying to survive off of 900 CAD for my 100 km/ 2 weeks in Portugal.
I’m scared because I have horrible travel luck. What if something comes up etc? Credit card is not an option for me. Does anyone have any budget tips for doing the caminho? I’m also unsure of where to start. Getting a compostela isn’t a huge deal for me since I have one for the Camino frances. Any ideas?
Hey Perengrinos-
I have a dilemma. I bought my ticket to Lisbon in December when money was looking plentiful. A few months and a few unfortunate circumstances later and I’m broke for Portugal. I’ll be trying to survive off of 900 CAD for my 100 km/ 2 weeks in Portugal.
I’m scared because I have horrible travel luck. What if something comes up etc? Credit card is not an option for me. Does anyone have any budget tips for doing the caminho? I’m also unsure of where to start. Getting a compostela isn’t a huge deal for me since I have one for the Camino frances. Any ideas?[/QUOTE
HappyHippie13,
Just an FYI, I did the Portuguese in 2015, lots of peregrinos stay at the Firehouse (Bombeiros (sp?). For as long as you have a credential and your passport, your stay is free. I wanted to stay in one to try it, and i did it in Tomar, It was incredible.
Bom Caminho!!!
Texasguy
Hey Perengrinos-
I have a dilemma. I bought my ticket to Lisbon in December when money was looking plentiful. A few months and a few unfortunate circumstances later and I’m broke for Portugal. I’ll be trying to survive off of 900 CAD for my 100 km/ 2 weeks in Portugal.
I’m scared because I have horrible travel luck. What if something comes up etc? Credit card is not an option for me. Does anyone have any budget tips for doing the caminho? I’m also unsure of where to start. Getting a compostela isn’t a huge deal for me since I have one for the Camino frances. Any ideas?[/QUOTE
Hey Perengrinos-
I have a dilemma. I bought my ticket to Lisbon in December when money was looking plentiful. A few months and a few unfortunate circumstances later and I’m broke for Portugal. I’ll be trying to survive off of 900 CAD for my 100 km/ 2 weeks in Portugal.
I’m scared because I have horrible travel luck. What if something comes up etc? Credit card is not an option for me. Does anyone have any budget tips for doing the caminho? I’m also unsure of where to start. Getting a compostela isn’t a huge deal for me since I have one for the Camino frances. Any ideas?
Hey Perengrinos-
I have a dilemma. I bought my ticket to Lisbon in December when money was looking plentiful. A few months and a few unfortunate circumstances later and I’m broke for Portugal. I’ll be trying to survive off of 900 CAD for my 100 km/ 2 weeks in Portugal.
I’m scared because I have horrible travel luck. What if something comes up etc? Credit card is not an option for me. Does anyone have any budget tips for doing the caminho? I’m also unsure of where to start. Getting a compostela isn’t a huge deal for me since I have one for the Camino frances. Any ideas?
"Oh my gosh" was my first response to your post, happyhippie13, because I'm on my seventh Camino right now, and only once did I spend 900 CAD (outside of airfare -- I mean when I was walking). That was on my first Camino in 2010 when I didn't know yet how to budget. Right now I'm on the Camino Portugués, from Porto, and averaging 15-18 euro per day. If you have 900 CAD, that is sure to be plenty.
I spent my first three days on the Coastal route (walking the Senda Litoral), and it seemed a bit trickier to find space at albergues because many places had been pre-booked. So I pre-booked one place for my third night as I walked 48km that day and didn't arrive until 6:45pm. On the Central route, finding albergue space was easier.
If you're not sure of funds, I'd suggest starting in Porto rather than Lisbon. I go to the supermarket every day and make my own dinner (I like sandwiches). Is there anything specific you're concerned about?
Saving Money: 580 euros / 14 days = 41.50 Euros per day assuming you have all other transportation costs covered. Stay at a Muncipal Albergue, 5 Euros/night in 2018 on Camino Frances. Now you have 36.50 Euros per day for food. That’s enough for a big Bacon and 2 eggs plus coffee breakfast for 8 Euros, large Ham and cheese sandwich for lunch with beer/wine or soda 8 Euros, decent pilgrim dinner including wine/water 10 Euros with 10.5 Euros left over for snacks, wine, beer along the walk and/or after dinner socializing. To really cut food/wine costs, bring a backpack with a large amount of unused space for carrying food/wine. Most Municipals have good cooking facilities with adequately equipped kitchens (some municipals Albergues in Galicia may not so you may have to improvise...I think they put all their money into really nice monument trail markers) to prepare and then eat (including wine glasses) your meal. Some have communal butter in the refrigerator or olive oil for cooking along with Salt. To save more money, bring a bunch of large empty zip lock bags with you (for food storage) along with any spices you like to use when cooking, plus 14 days worth of instant coffee, cocoa or tea bags. Borrow a Bota or wine skin from someone before leaving home. Bring a light weight coffee mug and two silicone collapsible wine glasses. Bring a Spork and a rigid plastic camping plate. Buy a cheap steak knife in a hardware store or super market when you get to Europe (TSA won’t allow on flight) for cutting bread, cheese, meat, veggies etc… Then, once on the camino, buy vegetables that last awhile without refrigeration (onion, garlic, broccoli, cauliflower, spinach, root veggies etc…) use just what you need of the fresh ingredients and make a meal for one or make extra and invite someone to dinner, ask them to get the wine or make a salad etc… Put the leftovers in the heavy duty ziplock freezer bag and put in the Albergue refrigerator overnight & pack it in the morning to reheat for dinner that night. Hard boil eggs the night before for snacks, breakfast or lunch or salad the next day while traveling. Buy hard cheeses and processed meats that last “forever” for lunch or snacks or salad ingredients during the day along with your baguette. Drink you instant coffee/cocoa/tea at breakfast in the Albergue along with bread, cheese, jelly, butter that you bought. If you drink wine, buy it by the bottle for 4 Euros and transfer to your Bota (wine skin) and get rid of the weight of the bottle. Use your extra wine glass to invite someone to join you for a bit of your wine and bread and cheese and chorizo, all purchased “in bulk” fairly inexpensively. When socializing at night on the plaza, square or centro…buy your first glass of wine from the café/bar and refill it with your bota a few times before ordering your next one. If friends/pilgrims ask or give you a look, just let them know you had to cut costs drastically for the trip but did not want to miss out on socializing at night with them and other pilgrims. They will understand and they might enjoy the opportunity to buy you another glass of wine. I think you could still eat and drink well and never be hungry doing what I described above for 15 – 20 Euro a day and then have 16.50 to 21.50 Euro left over in your 36.50/day budget for emergencies or unexpected expenses. A person I traveled with this spring had to go to the hospital for foot problems twice. There was no charge. She was told for all pilgrims, any Camino issues from the waist down are treated for free. I’ve read of others who had bigger medical issues on the Camino and the hospitals never take your money upfront but instead bill you when you get home (a letter in the mail with a bill). It is a “reasonable” charge that you are then obliged to pay. Perhaps by the time you get the bill, which takes awhile, you have worked and accumulated some more cash to take care of the expense. I think you have enough. Maybe spend the 1st week of the Camino conserving cash using the methods above. Make a game out of it to see how little you can spend each day and still not miss out on anything. At the end of that week reassess your financial situation and decide if you want to continue the game or splurge a little bit. I think you will have a great Camino. If you are not a cook, start practicing now making some simple meals with the same simple ingredients you will have in Spain so it’s easy to repeat when you get to Spain. Saving money by shopping for food and then cooking it will eat into free time but it seems like a good tradeoff. You will have fun, new, different interactions with the locals when shopping. Good Luck and Buen Camino.
Santiago to Paris how?? I know I'm just going to take the 30 dollar flight from Lisbon to Porto but I'm lost after that!
Vueling airlines flys most nights at 7pm direct to Paris arriving at 9pm for a reasonable price ($60 - $80 US$) depending on the day of the week, but the price seems to spike high in August and then starts to come down in September...you'll have to check prices for your dates. The bus to the Santiago airport runs every 30 minutes for 4 Euro and a taxi is 21 Euro. Wishing you good luck...I can't see any way for you to fit the cost of a Paris - Canada return flight into your budget. Maybe St. James is reading this and the Camino will find a way to provide? Let us know how it all works out.
I walked from Port to Santiago last September for 2 weeks which cost 367.83Euro including a night at 30 Euro hostal in Santiago.So don't worry ! You have enough to cover 100km + domestic travel expenses + even some suveniors. I took the central route but they say the costal route is much prettier. However it seems more expensive as there are less chances to find albergues. Anyway, Buen Camino!Hey Perengrinos-
I have a dilemma. I bought my ticket to Lisbon in December when money was looking plentiful. A few months and a few unfortunate circumstances later and I’m broke for Portugal. I’ll be trying to survive off of 900 CAD for my 100 km/ 2 weeks in Portugal.
I’m scared because I have horrible travel luck. What if something comes up etc? Credit card is not an option for me. Does anyone have any budget tips for doing the caminho? I’m also unsure of where to start. Getting a compostela isn’t a huge deal for me since I have one for the Camino frances. Any ideas?
I’ll be a lone wolf here. Unless you’re 90 or have a stage 4 (something) what’s the urgency? One of the best things my Camino’s (3) have taught is patience. They’ve been here for 1200 years they’ll be here tomorrow, next month, next year. There comes a point where I think it’s a little irresponsible to travel without a practical reserve (think illness/injury/natural whatever’s). Be patient, save up and walk a year when you can focus more on the experience and less on ‘worry’.Hey Perengrinos-
I have a dilemma. I bought my ticket to Lisbon in December when money was looking plentiful. A few months and a few unfortunate circumstances later and I’m broke for Portugal. I’ll be trying to survive off of 900 CAD for my 100 km/ 2 weeks in Portugal.
I’m scared because I have horrible travel luck. What if something comes up etc? Credit card is not an option for me. Does anyone have any budget tips for doing the caminho? I’m also unsure of where to start. Getting a compostela isn’t a huge deal for me since I have one for the Camino frances. Any ideas?
just anxious about navigating trains for the first time solo through Europe
I’ll be a lone wolf here. Unless you’re 90 or have a stage 4 (something) what’s the urgency? One of the best things my Camino’s (3) have taught is patience. They’ve been here for 1200 years they’ll be here tomorrow, next month, next year. There comes a point where I think it’s a little irresponsible to travel without a practical reserve (think illness/injury/natural whatever’s). Be patient, save up and walk a year when you can focus more on the experience and less on ‘worry’.
I ended up getting it yesterday!Check out Flixbus from SdC to Paris, it's cheap. But I am confused because you say you haven't bought your return ticket yet? If you paid a 1000 for a one way ticket, I'd talk to the airline about a cashing in on a return ticket. The airlines are discounting tickets to the max right now. I just talked to a friend who got a round trip from the US to Madrid for less than $500.
When we walked the CF in 2013, we met an Italian guy named Mariano who started the Camino with 87 €. He made it all the way to Santiago by staying in Municipal albergues, donativos and also by asking people if he could make dinner for them, collecting a fee that was slightly more than what he paid and then pocketing a few euros for his trouble. His meals were great and it was nice to let someone else do the cooking! If he did the whole CF on 87€ in 2013, I am pretty sure that you have enough for the CP this year.
That could be tough at times but pretty doable. Last year I walked between Santaren and Porto, then to Vila do Conde, 10 days, 210 euros spend, Porto to Santiago - 9 days, 160-170 euros. Stayed both in municipal and private albergues, but went out for pilgrims' menu or just for salads most of the evenings, made my own breakfasts in the arbergues, had lunch on the go from snacks and coffee in the cafes. Cooked a couple of times as well. Had a great time there and then. Bom Caminho!Don't worry, it sounds like you have enough to survive. I am leaving Lisbon on 31st walking 4 weeks and I might only have £400!!!! I will have to find food and hostels with that!!!
There is also a recent thread here about budgeting on the Portuguese: https://www.caminodesantiago.me/community/threads/tips-for-a-tight-budget.56512/#post-639535.I’ll be trying to survive off of 900 CAD for my 2 weeks in Portugal. Any ideas?
I think a loan is fine if it fits your financial priorities - that will allow you to focus on the experience. A year from now I’d rather be paying off a lifetime of memories for a Camino than a sofa!!! Buen Camino !!!Thanks for the input. I have considered this but my tickets are unrefundable. I can’t fathom throwing away almost 1000 dollars as a student. My own fault but I think I’m just going to take out a loan and repay it in full once I return to my job.
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/36204113-two-steps-forwardHey Perengrinos-
I have a dilemma. I bought my ticket to Lisbon in December when money was looking plentiful. A few months and a few unfortunate circumstances later and I’m broke for Portugal. I’ll be trying to survive off of 900 CAD for my 100 km/ 2 weeks in Portugal.
I’m scared because I have horrible travel luck. What if something comes up etc? Credit card is not an option for me. Does anyone have any budget tips for doing the caminho? I’m also unsure of where to start. Getting a compostela isn’t a huge deal for me since I have one for the Camino frances. Any ideas?
My two young daughters and I hiked pretty much the full length of Portugal, connecting the RV and the PC and we didn't even use any bottled water...I mention the three of us as none of us got sick from that decision. Mind you not buying bottled water won't give you tons of money spared...but it was a cost we were able to eliminate.Hey Perengrinos-
I have a dilemma. I bought my ticket to Lisbon in December when money was looking plentiful. A few months and a few unfortunate circumstances later and I’m broke for Portugal. I’ll be trying to survive off of 900 CAD for my 100 km/ 2 weeks in Portugal.
I’m scared because I have horrible travel luck. What if something comes up etc? Credit card is not an option for me. Does anyone have any budget tips for doing the caminho? I’m also unsure of where to start. Getting a compostela isn’t a huge deal for me since I have one for the Camino frances. Any ideas?
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