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Tony Maguire

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20th August 2014
Hello, I've read on another Camino forum that the Express Bourricot transport service is finishing up in July. Has any body else heard this and if you have a reservation with them have you heard anything from them.

 
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Tony Maguire said:
Hello, I've read on another Camino forum that the Express Bourricot transport service is finishing up in July. Has any body else heard this and if you have a reservation with them have you heard anything from them.

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First of all - there's another Camino forum?!

What forum was this, and where did the information come from?

I'm pretty sure that Express Bourricot would make it clear on their website if they are going out of business in July!
 
trecile said:
First of all - there's another Camino forum?!

What forum was this, and where did the information come from?

I'm pretty sure that Express Bourricot would make it clear on their website if they are going out of business in July!
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Sorry, it was 1 of the many Camino Facebook groups. What it said was that the owners of Express Bourricot were selling the business in July due to burnout. I've emailed EB and am awaiting a reply
 
I have read that in THIS forum actually. But I have not contacted them directly to confirm. Best to do that rather than rely on hearsay. I will be on the Via Francigena this year though - so no reason to reach out myself at this time.
 
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Tony Maguire said:
Sorry, it was 1 of the many Camino Facebook groups. What it said was that the owners of Express Bourricot were selling the business in July due to burnout. I've emailed EB and am awaiting a reply
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If they don't yet have a buyer maybe they are waiting until July to put it on the market? I would be surprised if the business would just close completely this summer.
 
jeanineonthecamino said:
I have read that in THIS forum actually. But I have not contacted them directly to confirm. Best to do that rather than rely on hearsay. I will be on the Via Francigena this year though - so no reason to reach out myself at this time.
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Yes, it is at the start of the RETHINK thread. I don’t know whether it is first hand knowledge or something that had been heard. I asked whether the poster had spoken with the current owner Mayalen or the former owner Caroline who had sold Express Bourricot to Mayalen in 2016 or so but there was no reply to the question.
 
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Yes I got a reply saying business not sold yet, but my booking for September is safe
 
The best thing to do is to make sure your backpack is light enough that you don't need to have it transported. You really don't need very much, just some extra clothes, and a small sleeping bag. In my case I need extra camera equipment, but since I use gopros, it isn't very much. Of course, you may have some special needs that make you carry more stuff. One guy was carrying his sleep apnea machine.
 
Express Bourricot offers services other than daily pack transfer. They have a shuttle service that picks people up in Biarritz and Bayonne, and they deliver luggage direct from SJPdP to Santiago for those who bring an extra suitcase because they are traveling before and/or after their Camino.
 
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Tony Maguire said:
They provide other services beside bag transfer.
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Still the best thing to do is to have your backpack light enough that you don't need to ship it. Plus there are other places that can do services that Express Bourricot provides.
 
Although I am not a fan at all of backpack-transport for young and healthy people, there are always pilgrims who need it: people with shoulder- or backproblems and elderly people. In the albergue of Roncesvalles we regularly see people aged 75-80, and this transport makes it possible for them to walk a Camino. Furthermore they do the mountain-shuttle for people who could not make a reservation in Orisson or Borda, and who cannot walk all the way from SJPdP to Roncesvalles in one day. They pick people up at Orisson, bring them back to SJPdP, and bring them back the following morning to Orisson to continue where they stopped the day before.
 
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