Luggage transfer

[Bridin Ní Cheallaigh]

I'm planning on doing the Camino starting in St. Jean De Port in August. I am thinking of having my luggage transfered every day for the 14 days that i am there due to a bad back. I am wondering if using the luggage tranfer do i need to book accommodation etc before hand.
Thanks guys.

 

[FLEUR]

You can arrange it easily on a day to day basis. This was you can decide how far you plan to walk day by day. Lots of info on this subject on the forum.

 

[Deleted member 3000]

Municipal and parochial albergues generally do not accept bags. Private albergues may, but they do not guarantee a bed unless you have also reserved ahead. Hoteles and hostales will take reservations and bags. The various transportation services each have a list of where they pick up and where they drop off. Your bag will be stacked in the street awaiting the opening of the albergue, so be aware that it is not secure until the help shows up at about 1 p.m., and even then, very little responsibility is accepted for it.

 

[FLEUR]

On the CF I never found my rucksack stacked in the street. (Just once it was outside the albergue in la Faba along with about 20 others.) Mostly bags were tucked away in the albergues and pensions we stayed at. Sometimes we hadn't booked in advance but luggage was kept anyway. This was between Burgos and SdC and Finisterra. Prior to that I carried my rucksack.
Yes I agree the transportation system had a list of where they called to drop luggage. Agree also this does not guarantee a bed for the night. Mostly we decided the evening before where we would stay next day and then book, but not always.
This was our experience in Sep. / Oct 2015/16

 

[grayland]

I am always curious about the use of the word "luggage" in connection with the Camino.
Are people actually talking about a backpack...or do they refer to "luggage" which I think of as suitcases that are never intended to be carried on the back on a camino.

A suitcase or luggage is often mailed to Ivar at CasaIvar.com at the start of a Camino for use after arriving in Santiago...but as far as I have experienced..not sent forward on a daily basis.


Are backpacks now commonly referred to as luggage?
If you carry your own backpack do you call it "luggage"?
Curious...

 

[FLEUR]

I occasionally saw that some pilgrims used suitcases and that luggage was transported from place to place! I remember one couple from S.A. had a massive case that took up valuable space in the shared dormitory. As well as the luggage they also had a massive row! An interesting scenario!

 

[Faye Parlow]

Municipal and parochial albergues generally do not accept bags. Private albergues may, but they do not guarantee a bed unless you have also reserved ahead. Hoteles and hostales will take reservations and bags. The various transportation services each have a list of where they pick up and where they drop off. Your bag will be stacked in the street awaiting the opening of the albergue, so be aware that it is not secure until the help shows up at about 1 p.m., and even then, very little responsibility is accepted for it.

The municipal albergues are definitely taking transfer bags now