Luggage transfer Ourense - Santiago

[Jenny Bray-Cotton]

Hi there,
My sister and I will be walking from Ourense to Santiago early September. My sister had a terrible car accident last February and is gradually recovering . She has her heart set on the Camino and is working hard to get her walking strength back. We will be walking Ourense-Cea-Dozon-Lalin-Sillede-Ponte Ulla-Santiago.
The walk will take all her strength and energy so we need to have our luggage transferred from hotel to hotel. Can anyone recommend an agency / luggage service company that could hep us.
Many thanks- Jenny

 

[peregrina2000]

Hi, Jenny,
Welcome to the forum. I am not aware of any company that transports baggage on the Camino Sanabrés, but there may be some. Since you indicate that you are going to be staying in hotels, you might find that the easiest thing is to book a package that includes hotel and bag transport. I did a quick search and found this one, http://viviendoexperiencias.com/viajes/la-via-de-la-plata-desde-ourense/ Camino Ways is probably the most popular organized group, though, and they do a package for the same stage, Ourense to Santiago: http://caminoways.com/ways/via-de-la-plata-camino-mozarabe/via-de-la-plata-section-10

A lot of us who do our own planning and staging are frequently surprised at what seem to be extremely high prices for the services offered, but if you are in need of luggage transportation, you may be stuck with having someone else make your reservations, figure your stages, etc. I am not sure if the municipal albergue in Ponte Ulla will take pilgrims with luggag transport, either, but if you go with one of these agencies you wouldn't be staying there anyway. Good luck with this, buen camino, Laurie

 

[Jenny Bray-Cotton]

Hi Laurie,
Thank you very much for your prompt reply! We did look at Caminoways who do actually stay at all the stages I named above. Part of the Camino for me is staying in the lovely Casa Rural's along the way eating fantastic locally soured food. Unfortunately, package agencies could not guarantee we would be staying in Casa's, all depended on the availability. So, I have decided to sort my trip independently and have already booked my Casa's along the route. Maybe I should contact all 6 indivially and ask them if they can arrange the transfer and at what cost.
Burn Camino. So looking forward to it this year !

 

[miguel_gp]

You could try contacting the Spanish Post Office who offer luggage transfer services on some of the routes. You can email them at mimochila@correos.com to check if the Ourense route is offered. They will respond in English to English requests.
There is also a video of their general services below.

 

[peregrina2000]

You could try contacting the Spanish Post Office who offer luggage transfer services on some of the routes. You can email them at mimochila@correos.com to check if the Ourense route is offered. They will respond in English to English requests.
There is also a video of their general services below.

Mig, that is a GREAT idea, why didin't I think of that!

 

[miguel_gp]

And at the very worst you could probably hire a local taxi each day to transport your bags between casas, although this could be quite costly.

 

[miguel_gp]

Hi Jenny,

I emailed Correos about Ourense - Santiago and here is their response:-

Good evening:
The price for the transport on every stage from Ourense to Santiago de Compostela is 20€/luggage (about 15 Kg, all the stages are included).
We need to know your personal data (name, cell phone number), how many luggage you want to be transported, as well as the date and the name of the first lodging where you start The Way. (If you have all your route planned, we’d thank you if you provide us with that information).
From there on, we will provide you with a PAQ MOCHILA card (see attached image) on your luggage, with an identification number (CODE). You only have to write on the destination square where do you want to send the backpack to. You don’t have to call every day to request the service unless you want to change or cancel the transport. We collect and deliver the luggage at the hotel/hostel the pilgrim wants (unless they had any internal regulation forbidding it)



The transport is done during the morning. We collect from 08:00 on and deliver always before 14:00.
You can reserve this service on the cell phone 606 618 341 or sending an email to mimochila@correos.com
The resevation of the service is confirme through a bank transfer with the total amount of the service (or in a Correos Post Office in The Way). If you agree, bank data will be sent to you.
You can visit our website www.elcaminoconcorreos.es and consult the different products Correos offers to Pilgrims.
Thank you very much.
Looking forward to your confirmation, we remain at your disposal.

 

[Jenny Bray-Cotton]

Hi Jenny,

I emailed Correos about Ourense - Santiago and here is their response:-

Hi Mig,
This is absolutely fabulous thank you so much, what a great price as well!
I would never have thought of the Post Office.
Will email them with all my details and let you know how I get on.
What a great forum this is!
Buen Camino all.

 

[miguel_gp]

No problem Jenny.

I am taking a group of 8 on the Ingles route in June and some of them require luggage transfer so I will be making use of the Correos Paq Mochila service as well. First time with them, although I have used TuiTrans on the Portugues route before and they were very good and reliable.

I hope all goes well. Verin to Santiago (via Ourense) was the first Camino I walked and I have very fond memories of the route.

Buen Camino
Mig

 

[Richo]

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No problem Jenny.

I am taking a group of 8 on the Ingles route in June and some of them require luggage transfer so I will be making use of the Correos Paq Mochila service as well. First time with them, although I have used TuiTrans on the Portugues route before and they were very good and reliable.

I hope all goes well. Verin to Santiago (via Ourense) was the first Camino I walked and I have very fond memories of the route.

Buen Camino
Mig

Miguel I see that they also do the Via de la Plata - although not all stages. Relieved to see that! Thanks so much for posting! http://www.correos.es/ss/Satellite?blobcol=urldata&blobheader=application/pdf&blobheadername0=content-type&blobheadername1=Content-Disposition&blobheadervalue0=application/pdf&blobheadervalue1=filename=Oficinas_Camino_de_Santiago.pdf&blobkey=id&blobtable=MungoBlobs&blobwhere=1365522702839&ssbinary=true

 

[David Missen]

Hi Laurie,
Thank you very much for your prompt reply! We did look at Caminoways who do actually stay at all the stages I named above. Part of the Camino for me is staying in the lovely Casa Rural's along the way eating fantastic locally soured food. Unfortunately, package agencies could not guarantee we would be staying in Casa's, all depended on the availability. So, I have decided to sort my trip independently and have already booked my Casa's along the route. Maybe I should contact all 6 indivially and ask them if they can arrange the transfer and at what cost.
Burn Camino. So looking forward to it this year !

Hi Jenny.
I am staging the camino from Ourense to Santiago for a group of 8 of us who will be walking in late September. I'd love to learn learn how you are finding the rural casas along the way. I'm looking at Ourense-Cea-Cstro-Dozon-Lalin-Silleda-Ponte Ulla-Santiago.

Thanks,
Meg,

 

[jprogers]

Hi jenny
I am walking this route in June and have managed to book some hotels. However i cannot find private acccomodation near castro dozon so may be pushing on towards Lalin. I too am interested in the casa rurals
Regards Jill

 

[SYates]

There is a CR in Casarellos http://www.gronze.com/galicia/orense/casarellos and at least one hotel in Botos/Estacion de Lalin see https://www.caminodesantiago.me/com...-february-abril-2016.38377/page-2#post-403802. Hope that helps, SY

 

[miguel_gp]

You could try contacting the Spanish Post Office who offer luggage transfer services on some of the routes. You can email them at mimochila@correos.com to check if the Ourense route is offered. They will respond in English to English requests.
There is also a video of their general services below.

Video link was broken so just adding the latest link

 

[Juno]

Hi there,
My sister and I will be walking from Ourense to Santiago early September. My sister had a terrible car accident last February and is gradually recovering . She has her heart set on the Camino and is working hard to get her walking strength back. We will be walking Ourense-Cea-Dozon-Lalin-Sillede-Ponte Ulla-Santiago.
The walk will take all her strength and energy so we need to have our luggage transferred from hotel to hotel. Can anyone recommend an agency / luggage service company that could hep us.
Many thanks- Jenny

The Casa Rurales are sure to know a local taxi service to transport your luggage and may even offer this service themselves for a small price or gratis. Some agencies do use occasional Casa rurales, depending on how close it is to the Camino. Some offer a taxi return service if they are out of the way. Spain is more agency do Ourense to Santiago but as you’ve already booked this may not be useful to you. All agencies I’ve booked through do Casa Rurals but not everywhere. I was glad to book Via de la Plata with an agency this year as so many Albergues were full, it being an extension of the Saint’s year.