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I guess there are plenty of reasons why people can do the full Camino. As for me, I live in Sweden, and we have minimum five weeks of vacation each year. Most people have the possibility to take it all in one go. We often take four weeks, and then we can save the fifth week until another year. I took six weeks off when I did the full camino. Paid vacation! Now I'm retired and still love walking. This summer I will do the via Podiensis from Cahors to SJPP. I did the first part last year.I was wondering how people find the time to walk a Camino?
My father and I walked from Sarria to Santiago last November and loved it and I was planning on doing the Portuguese Camino from Tui in September.
I'm now thinking I would love to do the whole Frances but with work commitments it is difficult to find the time.
I was wondering, do people take career breaks? Extended unpaid leave? Has anyone ever left a job in order to walk? I'm sure a lot of people are retired and many will be students having longer summer breaks. But people still working, how do they find the time?
I was wondering how people find the time to walk a Camino?
My father and I walked from Sarria to Santiago last November and loved it and I was planning on doing the Portuguese Camino from Tui in September.
I'm now thinking I would love to do the whole Frances but with work commitments it is difficult to find the time.
I was wondering, do people take career breaks? Extended unpaid leave? Has anyone ever left a job in order to walk? I'm sure a lot of people are retired and many will be students having longer summer breaks. But people still working, how do they find the time?
I am Swedish too and can take 7 weeks of paid vacation every year. I guess we are just lucky to be able to walk for so many weeks in a row.I guess there are plenty of reasons why people can do the full Camino. As for me, I live in Sweden, and we have minimum five weeks of vacation each year. Most people have the possibility to take it all in one go. We often take four weeks, and then we can save the fifth week until another year. I took six weeks off when I did the full camino. Paid vacation! Now I'm retired and still love walking. This summer I will do the via Podiensis from Cahors to SJPP. I did the first part last year.
I like your style. The thought of still working where I am now in five years time is enough to make me resign tomorrow though.Prior to my first Camino I came in one day and just told my boss I was taking 6w off 5yrs in advance. He kind of shrugged his shoulders - likely thinking "alot can happen in 5yrs". I reminded him every year. This had the effect of making it difficult for him to say "no", and also preparing him and my staff for my departure.
It wasn't until 3 months before I left that I began to see "panic" in his eyes. We did this "off the books" so to speak - since no one had ever taken such a large stretch of time off in a row (sans disability).
In the end - obviously - it all worked out.
So my guidance for anyone in the US or similar work environs is: ask early and often. Even the largest, most bureaucratic companies can make exceptions to formal policy if they are given enough time and if you prove to be sincere. Their option is to lose a good employee for the sake of a small accomodation. Normally they will choose wisely.
Well done, I know you'll be glad you took the step. Have a great Camino.Thanks for the reply's. It is interesting to know how people do 'make' the time.
I have asked for 4 weeks unpaid leave and to be able to tag 2 weeks holiday on to give me 6 weeks in September. Ill see what they come back with. I work for a large international company based in the UK.
On the HR website it says you can apply for a career break from 3 months to a year but no more than a year. Apparently its harder to give someone a months unpaid leave than 3 months as you cant offer someone else a secondment in your role for just 1 month.
To each his own. If my wife were still around, she'd go with me—or I wouldn't go.I'm self employed so I just need to make sure my wonderful wife and son have all the finances they need whilst I'm away for 35 days. I don't believe that my Camino would be possible when I was employed by a company unless I took unpaid leave. So long as you have a flexible understanding boss...!
If you shop around well in advance for the best fare, without pinning it to a specific date, you can save lots of money. Then whatever date gets you a good price is the date you start your vacation. This trip, my price BOS-BCN was US$159.10Some would think it is a lot of airfare to break up a Camino route, but really Camino's are a really inexpensive holiday compared to most other options.
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