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I'm sorry, I don't have an answer to your question, but I suggest that you make the title of your post less generic, perhaps Can I have my rucksack transported to municipal albergues?Hello. I am hoping to walk the camino frances, this coming fall and have a question regarding rucksack transfer. As I understand getting a rucksack transferred to a municipal albergue is not an option. I would very much like to experience some municipal albergues, at least in the larger cities. Are there any rucksack transfer companies that have a service that provides storage in their facility until I arrive at that location rather then having to deliver to a private albergue or hotel?
i didn't have a problem forwarding to the municipals I stay at. My procedure: Fill out the tag. Call the number on the tag and let them know where you are and where you are going. Take a picture of the completed tag. Later that evening and throughout the next day there will be so many discussions on where to stay that you might become confused as to where you're staying.Hello. I am hoping to walk the camino frances, this coming fall and have a question regarding backpack transfer. As I understand getting a backpack transferred to a municipal albergue is not an option. I would very much like to experience some municipal albergues, at least in the larger cities. Are there any backpack transfer companies that have a service that provides storage in their facility until I arrive at that location rather then having to deliver to a private albergue or hotel?
No, but they will deliver somewhere close by eg the bar opposite the albergue in BurgosHello. I am hoping to walk the camino frances, this coming fall and have a question regarding backpack transfer. As I understand getting a backpack transferred to a municipal albergue is not an option. I would very much like to experience some municipal albergues, at least in the larger cities. Are there any backpack transfer companies that have a service that provides storage in their facility until I arrive at that location rather then having to deliver to a private albergue or hotel?
Remember in Oregon we call them backpacks. We don't know fancy, schmancy English words like rucksack. Do you have a torch when you walk early in the morning or a flashlight????I'm sorry, I don't have an answer to your question, but I suggest that you make the title of your post less generic, perhaps Can I have my rucksack transported to municipal albergues?
Forgive my ignorance but what is the difference between a backpack and rucksack? I thought they were used interchangeably here.I'm sorry, I don't have an answer to your question, but I suggest that you make the title of your post less generic, perhaps Can I have my rucksack transported to municipal albergues?
I believe that you are correct. I think that rucksack is more common in British English. I'm sure that someone will correct me if that's not true.Forgive my ignorance but what is the difference between a backpack and rucksack? I thought they were used interchangeably here.
The rucksack is what you put your kit in.I believe that you are correct. I think that rucksack is more common in British English. I'm sure that someone will correct me if that's not true.
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I believe that you are correct. I think that rucksack is more common in British English. I'm sure that someone will correct me if that's not true.
The rucksack is what you put your kit in.
But what is a "kit." And would you also put it in a backpack?
Yes they have a number you can what’s app (last Camino) but I didn’t find it nearly as personal as Jaco trans. Also, the albergue owners encouraged the use of local businesses that provide baggage transport.According to their YouTube video, Correos does have a phone number that you can call.
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We've launched the new online reserve service for our backpack transport service from the Camino Post Office: Paq Mochilawww.elcaminoconcorreos.com
They also have a tracking system that will notify you when your backpack is picked up in the morning and delivered in the afternoon.
They also say this about Xunta albergues
The Xunta's public hostels do not allow the collection or delivery of rucksacks. However, you can do so at one of our partner establishments. You can find an alternative delivery / collection place or contact us at paqmochila@correos.com.
Rucksack transfer on the Camino de Santiago
Correos transfers your rucksack, suitcase or luggage along the Camino de Santiago stage by stagewww.elcaminoconcorreos.com
Ms Peacock. Great posting, advice I will definitely use ...CheersThere are also some parochials that do not accept baggage transports. Those that don’t accept will not have envelopes and allow you to leave your bags in the morning either. If you work with a transport company, they know all the albergues and will be able to instruct you as to the possibilities. It’s probably easier to work with a company like Jacotrans that provide a phone number than to work with Correos.
I have always been very happy with the Jacotrans service. They use local people who know all the albergues and where bags need to be left.Yes they have a number you can what’s app (last Camino) but I didn’t find it nearly as personal as Jaco trans. Also, the albergue owners encouraged the use of local businesses that provide baggage transport.
In Najera, the depot for bag pickup and drop off was just down the street from the municipal albergue. I think it was a bar or coffee shop which had the bag business as an extra. In Burgos, where I also served as a hospitalera at the Albergue Emaus, the bag drop off and pickup was at a nearby hotel. You have to find out from whomever is shipping your bag where to get it when you arrive in each town. As far as I know, that will also be the drop off point. The hospitaleros at the albergues will know, and will tell you if you go there first. But it is not their job to arrange this, or to be responsible for it. You make your arrangements with the business that you choose. And I am only describing the situation at the albergues which are served by volunteer hospitaleros. The situation at private albergues may be different. I have preferred to carry my bag myself, so except for one long stretch on the VdlP where I had my bag taken by taxi, I have no experience of arranging for such a service.Good to know. I read somewhere that some baggage delivery companies had their own depot's in some larger cities and held bags for pickup. Have you ever heard this?
You can do this with the Correos .I read somewhere that some baggage delivery companies had their own depot's in some larger cities and held bags for pickup. Have you ever heard this?
I am ten km from Santiago now and have had my backpack send forward to private, municpal and hotels I have stayed at starting at Sarria with no problems. When I arrive my backpack has always been there. I will say that not to many municipal Albergues have been open during my Camino walk. Where ever albergue or hotels you are in they will help you with the people that do the transport. This way you won't have to find one. One more day 27 May 2021 to Santiago and my Camino is done. Sad and happy I have enjoyed my Camino alot. Buen Camino. Natale from Napoli, ItalyHello. I am hoping to walk the camino frances, this coming fall and have a question regarding backpack transfer. As I understand getting a backpack transferred to a municipal albergue is not an option. I would very much like to experience some municipal albergues, at least in the larger cities. Are there any backpack transfer companies that have a service that provides storage in their facility until I arrive at that location rather then having to deliver to a private albergue or hotel?
Yep 7 Caminos and I get why. Just sharing my experience.The reason Correos is not very personal is because it's the Spanish post office! That's what "Correos" means. Because the camino is so important in Spain, they have developed various pilgrim services. But it's still a big, impersonal organization unless you run into someone very, very special who's an employee, I suspect!
I am French but I believe rucksack is what is used in EnglandI believe that you are correct. I think that rucksack is more common in British English. I'm sure that someone will correct me if that's not true.
The delivery companies will generally deliver wherever you tell them to. The answer comes down to "will municipal albergues accept delivery of rucksacks (or backpacks)?" That probably depends on the albergue. I have certainly heard of municipal, parochial, and association albergues refusing to accept them. Sometimes they are redirected to nearby bars or shops. I have seen that happen. But others may accept them. Probably best to phone the albergue in advance to be sure.There's an easy way to get the answer: contact the transport companies directly. The two main one are Jacotrans and Correos. www.jacotrans.es/en and www.elcaminoconcorreos.com. They can arrange transport for your whole camino, or just day-by-day on an ad hoc basis. Both communicate in English, and will tell you exactly which places they deliver to.
We used Correos once when my wife was hurt. They were very reliable, and I've heard the same about Jacotrans.
(I suspect the answer you'll get is "Sometimes").
I walked my first Camino, and had the intention of carrying my backpack all the way. However, right at the half-way point, I injured myself. In order to finish my Camino, I had to limit myself to 10km a day, and I ended up sending my backpack on as well. When I got home, I went to the doctor, and from an MRI, I was diagnosed with partial-thickness tears in the peroneal tendons in both of my feet. Surgery was not recommended, but this kind of injury means you have to be more careful.I walked my first camino back in 2000 when the only luggage transport was from Villafranca to O’Cebreiro and there were few private albergues so I am somewhat old school in my thoughts on the camino so my thinking is that if you can afford to have your luggage transported, you should be able to afford a private albergue.
But rather than rely on my own feelings, I just checked the website of the Spanish Federación Española de Asociaciones de Amigos del Camino de Santiago and the Google translation concurs with my thinking, “since the shelters will be destined for individual pilgrims who have to carry their luggage with them.” This is an explanation of why some of the luggage transport services arrange pick-up and drop-off at bars and the similar places. so if you are planning on using a munincipal albergue, you might want to reconsider the usage of a transport service.
One of the things I noticed on my last camino was that a lot of the people carrying backpacks were older. In the group I was walking with, the three of us that carried our backpacks were also the three oldest, and all in our 60’s. i Am planning on walking my next camino in 2025 to celebrate 25 years after my first, and even though I will be in my 70’s, I plan to carry a backpack.
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