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Don't forget Masks, Hand Sanitizer, Sleeping Bag, Sleeping Pad and Contactless Credit/Debit Card..

Some of the albergues have pillows that are covered in the same kind of vinyl material that can be easily wiped down as the mattresses. Plus they can be covered with either (or both) a disposable pillow case, or the Pilgrim's own pillow case.
 
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Try the ‘bladder’ out of a wine box. Weighs nothing, costs nothing.

(Assuming you can find someone prepared to drink a couple of litres of distinctly average wine)
 
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Well some people do bring their own pillows already. But as I understood everything, it will continue as it has in most places already. Albergues providing a disposable sheet for the mattress and for the pillow. Not a lot changed except blankets not being provided. Some albergues almost did not change at all because they already had really good procedures.

Reality might be different.
 
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I had seen it before, too, though in Spanish. I'm used to the suggestions to bring my own water bottle, but I was a bit surprised to see the suggestion to bring my own cutlery and dinnerware.
 
Sleeping mats have gone out of fashion in the past few years because of the boom in number of places to stay. Mats were no longer needed. Now, with albergue capacity halved and many albergues not opening at all, there are likely to be lots more "opportunities" to channel your inner cowboy and sleep rough. Thus the sleeping mat suggestion.
You may need gloves, especially when shopping, handling money and cards, or just moving around with door handles, pack zippers, etc. or on transport... places where no soap and water are available. Gloves, masks, sanitizer, and spray cleaners are available everywhere. Don't freak out if and when someone takes your temperature with a touchless thermometer. My dentist does this, my pharmacist does this, my monastery chapel does this!
Smaller, family-run albergues and cafes still prefer cash. They handle it with gloves on. You still may have trouble paying with a card some places, so please carry some cash. The few donativos that are open don't have credit card machines.
People who insist on coming to the camino and walking this year really must have adequate insurance coverage, for your health and for the trip. Things may cost more this year, be prepared. The virus is still active. If an outbreak is suspected, you will be expected to get off the Camino and get yourself home immediately. If an outbreak happens where you are, you could be quarantined.
Be ready for anything.
 

A large number of the farmer's market open air vendors in my town, maintain two containers on their tables. One to insert paper money, which is harder to disinfect and another with coins to make change. Coins can be cleaned with hand sanitizer. Customers handle the money and not the vendor. Vendors indicated that there is an unintended consequence. Often the price of 1.80 is rounded up to 2.00 rather than make change. They very rarely lose money on a transaction. I find that the shopping environment, out in the fresh air, among vendors who have grown their own fruit and vegetables creates a conviviality which is not found while elbowing your way through to the lettuce in supermarkets.
 
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Well said, and thank you for putting the current smile on my face
 
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Perhaps this would work as an indoor tent (I’m kidding because I’m sure it weighs a lot.)View attachment 78214
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I don't think it includes the bed, which should cut down the weight a lot. I think it is designed to go around a twin-sized mattress in any bed you find, turning it into one of those "privacy pods" that some of the newer albergues have. Might be problematic in a bunk bed, though, depending on how much vertical space you have before you hit the top bunk (for lower bunk use) or ceiling (for upper bunk use).
 
Bumping this thread and hoping for advice for those who have walked / are walking the camino during the pandemic (especially the CP, but I'll take what I can get!). Do you recommend bringing a sleeping bag and pillow for albergues based on whether blankets and pillows are being provided? Apart from masks and sanitiser, is there anything else you would recommend bringing that might not have been typical for a pre-COVID camino?
 
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