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Asking for friends planning to walk the Frances from SJPP tp SdeC in 2025. What were folks who have walked during summer/fall 2024 been spending per day? They are a couple preferring a private room, no baggage transfers, standard pilgrim or del dia meals.
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Asking for friends planning to walk in 2025. What were folks who have walked during summer/fall 2024 been pending per day? We are a couple preferring a private room.
Thanks
Asking for friends planning to walk in 2025. What were folks who have walked during summer/fall 2024 been pending per day? We are a couple preferring a private room.
Thanks
Which Camino?
Start point?
Planned km / miles per day?
Private room in Hotel or in Albergue (possibly shared bathroom)?
Pilgrims meal or Menu del Dia?
Alcohol or not?
Bag transfer?


Enjoy your planning and Buen Camino
 
My costs for walking from SJPDP to SdC in September/October of this year were ~€29 per night for accommodation ( 33 nights in dorms, 8 in apartments or private rooms ). Other costs came to €27 per day, so around €56 per day. I did not forward my pack, so the other costs we mostly food/drink, ibuprofen :) and a small amount for entrance to museums/cathedrals. For most meals I either ate pilgrim meals where offered, when I had apartments I cooked my own food.
 
€2,-/day will present your project to thousands of visitors each day. All interested in the Camino de Santiago.
Asking for friends planning to walk in 2025. What were folks who have walked during summer/fall 2024 been pending per day? We are a couple preferring a private room.
Thanks
In recent years we have always had private rooms (pre-booked) and with a meal in a restaurant and other things, e.g. drinks, we spent an average of €100/day
 
Asking for friends planning to walk the Frances from SJPP tp SdeC in 2025. What were folks who have walked during summer/fall 2024 been spending per day? They are a couple preferring a private room, no baggage transfers, standard pilgrim or del dia meals.
Thanks
I did it this year. For two people in private rooms, food and drinks, €100 a day would be thrifty, €150 a day would be comfortable. €200 euros a day would make it really nice.

And to stick with that hundred euro a day budget you probably have to book in advance. Cheaper rooms go quick.

Mostly I stayed in Albergues this year, but the occasional private room was about €50 for a single. Hotels in Spain charge extra for the second person. That same room would've been about 60 or €70 for two people.

Sometimes when I tried, I could not get private accommodations at a price I was willing to pay, it would be closer to €100. So, even if your friends are on the thrifty scheme, you'd have to plan that sometimes it might cost more, especially if it's a busy time of year like around May or September.
 
Last year the complete Via de la Plata, this year San Salvador, Primitivo and Invierno. I budget $80, excluding travel costs. Split between albergues and private rooms. My general thoughts are that everything was higher in 2024, could be inflation or increased popularity of these routes.
 
€2,-/day will present your project to thousands of visitors each day. All interested in the Camino de Santiago.
My costs for walking from SJPDP to SdC in September/October of this year were ~€29 per night for accommodation ( 33 nights in dorms, 8 in apartments or private rooms ). Other costs came to €27 per day, so around €56 per day. I did not forward my pack, so the other costs we mostly food/drink, ibuprofen :) and a small amount for entrance to museums/cathedrals. For most meals I either ate pilgrim meals where offered, when I had apartments I cooked my own food.
Very interesting to read - I did the same route, same time, same length in 2014 and allowed €50 per day for hostels and food except for one day per week I gifted myself a private room for about €50 and a day off. I couriered my back pack roughly 10 times. Hostel prices then were €10-€15 per night. What are they now?
 
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Very interesting to read - I did the same route, same time, same length in 2014 and allowed €50 per day for hostels and food except for one day per week I gifted myself a private room for about €50 and a day off. I couriered my back pack roughly 10 times. Hostel prices then were €10-€15 per night. What are they now?
Hostel prices for me ranged from €10 to €24.50, with an average of €17.
 
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Respectfully as I stated in numerous posts everyone should (sadly) forget anything pre-COVID. Prices doubled and sometimes even tripled. €15-20/day in, say, 2018 will not never be back :(

This statement is simply SHOCKING to me - €100 is "thrifty"..... but I guess its neither here nor there
did it this year. For two people in private rooms, food and drinks, €100 a day would be thrifty, €150 a day would be comfortable. €200 euros a day would make it really nice.

I would agree with general assessment of €100-150 per day
 
Respectfully as I stated in numerous posts everyone should (sadly) forget anything pre-COVID. Prices doubled and sometimes even tripled. €15-20/day in, say, 2018 will not never be back :(

This statement is simply SHOCKING to me - €100 is "thrifty"..... but I guess its neither here nor there


I would agree with general assessment of €100-150 per day
It’s the ‘private rooms’ bit that pushes the cost. Drop that provision and the cost can just about halve.

I do sometimes query those flying in from the US or Australia / NZ and then looking to budget-Camino.
 
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You can still do the Camino on a tighter budget, but lodging, meals, and extras like luggage transfer really do add to the budget. In January 2024 I allowed 25 euros per day in Galicia (10 euros albergue, meals 15 euros) per person for my student group. Bumped this up to 40 euros in Santiago and 50 euros in Madrid. It can be done with some cooking of meals together, etc. We came in under about budget for a 14 day trip.

No alcohol included per university policy. Students bought their own coffees (or wine beer) when an open cafe was available enroute.

It is possible, but many people tend to spend much more on lodging, bag transfer, food, and drink.
 
Why do people on this forum try so hard to scare away potential pilgrims from going on the Camino?
Thats a bit of a sweeping statement.

I would think the estimate relates to if you want a private room, and whilst €150 is probably worst case scenario, €100 is probably a sensible amount to budget if you are that way inclined.
 
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I would say 100 to 150 euros for a couple or two traveling together and in private rooms. My husband and I usually budget about 75 euros a day and stay in albergues, but in truth spend less many days if we are cooking. Albergues where we choose to stay usually have places to wash clothes and also cook meals. I prefer that as I am diabetic and I can better control what is on the menu.

No one way is best, but some ways cost more than others.
 
Why do people on this forum try so hard to scare away potential pilgrims from going on the Camino?
Because in 2022 it cost me €40/day with only 4 private rooms and all communal rooms otherwise. No parochial or Munis to ve sure.... all pilgrim or menu del Dia food...
So for 2 people I think I'm on the ball... or would you rather me tell someone €5.00 day?
 
I do sometimes query those flying in from the US or Australia / NZ and then looking to budget-Camino.
I understand the sentiment. However in order for me to get to Camino I have to fly. Practically no choices here, lest I grow a pair of wings myself...
Don't fly 1st or business class so in the same spirit try to be budget conscious as much as I can.
But I can control my spending on Camino within reasons of my own preference. Never stayed at Leon Parador or anything like as much as I would've liked....
And as per my post above I was not looking for next to nothing cost, when I started planning I was thinking €20-30 surely not a shoestring budget... and it turned out to be about €40. Perhaps I should have skipped a meal...but somehow I doubt it would have made a difference on my airfare cost.
 
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Just my 0.02€s...

I mostly stay in municipals/private albergues. I like the albergue life (I'm 70), talking to/with others.

If the albergue has a decent kitchen, I make my own/share with others, dinner w/some wine. If the albergue has a communal dinner, I will accept and socialize that evening.

I enjoy a coffee in the morning; a cold beer (or 2) + tortilla/boccadillo during the day's walk.

My cost (2024 latest Camino) is normally averaging around 40€ on those days.

I can do it cheaper if I skip the beer(s), but that will never happen.
 
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I do sometimes query those flying in from the US or Australia / NZ and then looking to budget-Camino.
Why? I would understand if we were all flying first class but as far as I know we're not.

Speaking as a New Zealander, unlike the UK our Island isn't just a few kilometres from our nearest neighbour. As a result the flight costs are significant. Our exchange rate isn't exactly wonderful either. So we need to make the best use of the funds we have.

I have taken a number of flights from New Zealand, every single one of them has been the most economical option I could find. Wages in New Zealand are relatively low, living costs are high. It takes a while for many of us to save enough to travel internationally, so unless we're well off we have to budget.

Agreed, the flight costs from Australia and the United States are lower, however they are still significantly more than flying from the UK. Which if we all started from the same financial baseline would mean we had less in our pockets than you upon arrival. Therefore naturally we try and operate on a tighter budget, whilst you have more money for luxuries.
Why do people on this forum try so hard to scare away potential pilgrims from going on the Camino?
What do you mean? Do you think that the people above are trying to scare pilgrims away by posting unrealistic costs?

They're not, they are posting real life examples based on recent personal experience, not outdated figures or theoretical nonsense.

My personal experience is already dated (2023) and I spent 50 euros per day staying in a mix of Albergues and private rooms, self-catering somedays, eating out on others.
100 to 150 euros per day for a couple staying in private rooms (as per the Ops question) seems a reasonable assessment.
 
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It’s the ‘private rooms’ bit that pushes the cost. Drop that provision and the cost can just about halve.

I do sometimes query those flying in from the US or Australia / NZ and then looking to budget-Camino.
When you have spent the equivalent of £1000 or more on your flight, you need to save every cent you can.
 
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Why do people on this forum try so hard to scare away potential pilgrims from going on the Camino?
Is that a question? If you think 100-150 euros a day is a wild over-statement, the point needs to be made explicitly and backed up with evidence. But if someone is anticipating using luggage transfer and private rooms, their budget is probably a lot more flexible than most and 100 - 150 sounds realistic for that style of travel.
 
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I think @Peterexpatkiwi has it. The OP’s request was for private rooms and a reasonable diet avoiding the Michelin opportunities.

Route and timings will still have a bearing but I wouldn’t try a thirty day hike without the comfort of €3000 in my back pocket and the comfort offered by the thought that I could spend every one of them
 
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Why do people on this forum try so hard to scare away potential pilgrims from going on the Camino?
Remember, the OP asked for the cost of two people staying in private rooms.

And for that I think €100-€150 a day is about right.

Two thrifty people staying in Albergues could probably do it for about 75 or €80 a day. Less if you were self-catering when possible. But there are lots of spots where it is hard to find decent grocery stores.

I was just there this spring.
 
Thank you @Stephan the Painter for trying to bring this string back to my original request. I think there have been enough informative responses that I can pass along reasonable information to my friends. As for those who veered off topic to negativity...maybe time for another Camino? I'm not sure how to close this thread so I'm going to just shift to Unwatch at this point. Buen Camino everyone
 
The OP has asked to have this thread closed. If I thought there was likely to be new substantive information posted that would be of interest to the forum more broadly, I might think differently. But it makes sense to close a thread where the basic question has been answered and in which we’ve had to delete some of the more unnecessarily confrontational comments.
 
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