SYates
Camino Fossil AD 1999, now living in Santiago de C
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- First: Camino Francés 1999
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Last: Santiago - Muxia 2019
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Dear friend Sybille, you are so right. Will share a glass and a few tapas with you in May in SdC: I will be walking from Pamplona, atleast thats my plan.
Will do, and a (few) glass of wine and tapas will of course be donativo on my part!Looking forward to it! Make sure to tell me a few days in advance when you will be in town, so I can make time! BC SY
I agree that donativo is donate, not stay for free, but I also agree with you. I contacted a particular donativo albergue in Portugal recently to enquire about staying more than one night and I was quoted a set price per night, that didn't reall ring true for me that it was a donativo. My question is - is this word still relevant today?People should only pay what they can afford. A donation is just that.
I remember one albergue on the VDLP that insisted on €12 but still claimed to be a donativo! That's not right really.
Yes. Perhaps more than ever in a world where charity "Directors" claim salaries far higher than that of the Prime Minister; where National Lottery funding subsidises seats at the Opera to the tune of £300 per bum and local Arts Centres can't even get the salary of one administrator paid; where the only way a Donativo Albergue can get new mattresses is through the amazing generosity of a bunch of Canadians and others who will probably never stay there.My question is - is this word still relevant today?
... And why the hell would you want to "book" two nights in a Donativo? Get a room.
But unless you have excellent foresight I still not sure why you want to "book" in advance of arrival
Absolutely! But in considering this, it is good to remember a couple of things:People should only pay what they can afford. A donation is just that.
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