Orisson question

Jeanne from Washington · Dec 1, 2019

Hello,

I just received my confirmation reservation for the Orrison refuge for 10 April 2020! I'm so thrilled to have the choice to walk the Napoleon route if it's open. Anyway, for my question, my credit card was charged half the amount for a deposit. Will the other half be paid with my credit card in April or do I pay cash? Thanks for your time.

Jeanne

trecile · Dec 1, 2019

Jeanne from Washington said:
Hello,

I just received my confirmation reservation for the Orrison refuge for 10 April 2020! I'm so thrilled to have the choice to walk the Napoleon route if it's open. Anyway, for my question, my credit card was charged half the amount for a deposit. Will the other half be paid with my credit card in April or do I pay cash? Thanks for your time.

Jeanne

When I've stayed there they only accepted cash.

Jeanne from Washington · Dec 1, 2019

trecile said:
When I've stayed there they only accepted cash.

Did you have a reservation in advance charged to your credit card?

trecile · Dec 1, 2019

Jeanne from Washington said:
Did you have a reservation in advance charged to your credit card?

I did have a reservation paid for with my credit card via PayPal. Is Orisson now accepting credit cards? I thought that they only took PayPal.
You will find that most albergues, and bars/restaurants on the Camino only take cash.

Jeanne from Washington · Dec 1, 2019

trecile said:
I did have a reservation paid for with my credit card via PayPal. Is Orisson now accepting credit cards? I thought that they only took PayPal.

Yes, because I don't have PayPal. So did you pay the full amount or half amount in cash? I'm asking because I am also paying for my daughter and I want to make sure I budget enough Euros.

trecile · Dec 1, 2019

Jeanne from Washington said:
Yes, because I don't have PayPal. So did you pay the full amount or half amount in cash? I'm asking because I am also paying for my daughter and I want to make sure I budget enough Euros.

When there is more than one person they charge half on advance and the balance when you arrive. Plan on cash.

Jeanne from Washington · Dec 1, 2019

trecile said:
When there is more than one person they charge half on advance and the balance when you arrive. Plan on cash.

Thanks! Exactly what I needed to know.

Ian and Helen Miller · Dec 2, 2019

trecile said:
When there is more than one person they charge half on advance and the balance when you arrive. Plan on cash.

Thanks for your text, We just booked for Sept 2020, paid half and could not figure out how we pay the balance. Thank you again for you explanation. Ian and Helen

Louis Lloyd · Dec 3, 2019

We stayed at Orisson in 2018 the balance was paid in cash. We found more than 50% of Albergues accepted our preloaded debit card rather than cash.
Now on 10 April 2020 we will be at Coimbra as part of our Portugués Lisbon to Santiago Camino. And it will be my 70th birthday!

Jeanne from Washington · Dec 3, 2019

Louis Lloyd said:
We stayed at Orisson in 2018 the balance was paid in cash. We found more than 50% of Albergues accepted our preloaded debit card rather than cash.
Now on 10 April 2020 we will be at Coimbra as part of our Portugués Lisbon to Santiago Camino. And it will be my 70th birthday!

What is a preloaded debit card?

Louis Lloyd · Dec 3, 2019

Jeanne from Washington said:
What is a preloaded debit card?

So it is a Visa currency card (we are from Australia) which we converted Australian dollars to euros before we left on our trip. Then we used this card for 90% of our transaction, food, accommodation meals and other costs. We also used it at ATMs to get euro cash. We generally carried around 400 euros in cash

SueNZ · Dec 8, 2019

Jeanne from Washington said:
What is a preloaded debit card?

Hey Jeanne, I've just received my Transferwise card I ordered a few weeks ago. It's a debit card you preload with whatever currencies you'll require on your trip. I've not yet used it, but it looks like it could be just the thing to have with you. (Plus a backup card as well).

Margaret Butterworth · Dec 8, 2019

Of course these pre-loaded cards mean that you are paying for your holiday in advance, as opposed to afterwards with a normal credit card.

David with new Kit! · Dec 8, 2019

I use a Monzo debit card (Mastercard). You don’t need to ‘preload’ it in advance just make sure you have sufficient funds in your Monzo debit account in your own currency.

The benefit of this card (others are available) is you don’t need to pre buy currency. You only get charged the MasterCard basic fee, there are no bank or currency charges on top.

I used it in Cambodia and Vietnam in March and on the CF in September, it works a treat. You can also use it as a debit card at ATM when you need cash.

Trelene · Jan 25, 2020

Jeanne from Washington said:
Hello,

I just received my confirmation reservation for the Orrison refuge for 10 April 2020! I'm so thrilled to have the choice to walk the Napoleon route if it's open. Anyway, for my question, my credit card was charged half the amount for a deposit. Will the other half be paid with my credit card in April or do I pay cash? Thanks for your time.

Jeanne

Hi Jeanne. How did you manage to make a reservation? I am hoping to be there on the 11th April 2020

Jeanne from Washington · Jan 27, 2020

Trelene said:
Hi Jeanne. How did you manage to make a reservation? I am hoping to be there on the 11th April 2020

I sent Orisson an email last Fall. They sent me a reservation code at the time, but said I couldn't make the actual reservation until months later. At the later date, I sent them another email with the previous information in it. That's when they sent me the confirmation and I was able to pay the deposit. Hope this helps.

Margaret Butterworth · Jan 27, 2020

David with new Kit! said:
I use a Monzo debit card (Mastercard). You don’t need to ‘preload’ it in advance just make sure you have sufficient funds in your Monzo debit account in your own currency.

The benefit of this card (others are available) is you don’t need to pre buy currency. You only get charged the MasterCard basic fee, there are no bank or currency charges on top.

I've been looking into Up Bank in Australia, which seems to offer similar advantages to Monzo. Does anyone have experience with Up?

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