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Most albergue mattresses are vinyl covered and you are often given a very thin disposable sheet and pillow case. Cotton sheets are rare.What is on the albergue beds? A cotton sheet perhaps?
Almost every albergue provides a pillow.Should I bring a small light weight pillow, the size of an airline pillow perhaps ?
Thank you for all the advice so far. I do plan on bringing a big light weight scarf, maybe I can lay down on it. But I was thinking to make a fort /privacy curtain with my big scarf, around my bed, if and when I can.If you are in an albergue, some beds may have a paper sheet (disposible) Some may have a plastic cover. Some may have a cotton sheet and pillow case. I use a scarf as a pillow case which I can use for other things as well. Maybe get you a cotton sleeping bag liner rather than a silk one?
If you don't stay in albergues, but hotels or private rooms, you will almost always have sheets and blankets.
Yes, possible at times if you are in a bottom bunk. Mostly I found that I was just tired and didn't care about privacy after the first few days...when walking with my husband I almost always had to be in the top bunk despite my fear of heights since he is older and heavier and I didn't want to risk being squashed in the night when he had to get up...Thank you for all the advice so far. I do plan on bringing a big light weight scarf, maybe I can lay down on it. But I was thinking to make a fort /privacy curtain with my big scarf, around my bed, if and when I can.
Consider a peshtemal towel as a multi use towel/sheet/curtain/shawl/table cloth . . . .Thank you for all the advice so far. I do plan on bringing a big light weight scarf, maybe I can lay down on it. But I was thinking to make a fort /privacy curtain with my big scarf, around my bed, if and when I can.
Or a rayon sarong, which can also double as a towel and bed covering.Consider a peshtemal towel as a multi use towel/sheet/curtain/shawl/table cloth . . . .
peshtamel towel
Or, instead of a sleeping bag liner a cotton single (twin) bed duvet cover with the side seam unpicked most of the way and the odd tape ties added in case you do want to snug it up?
Use your travel towel to add a privacy screen. It will also dry quicker when hung out.Thank you for all the advice so far. I do plan on bringing a big light weight scarf, maybe I can lay down on it. But I was thinking to make a fort /privacy curtain with my big scarf, around my bed, if and when I can.
In the summer I take a lightweight tanktop dress that works well to take with me to cover without juggling too many clothing items in the shower. (You know the ones without hooks or anyplace dry to set anything?) The dress I took this year was marketed as a swimsuit cover up, but I also have a lightweight merino wool one. I also use my dress for evening activities or church, and I sleep in it at night so I can get up to the bathroom without worry of "scaring" anyone with my matronly and blindingly white body in the bunk room. I have a scarf (multipurpose) and a little mesh jacket to cover my shoulders and dress it up if needed. It all wads up in my stuff sack and comes out wrinkle free. I don't like to sleep in the same clothes I walk in although that works well for some people.I take a large thin cotton scarf which serves several purposes, including pillow case, bunk bed curtain, sun shield, fashion accessory. Controversially I also take lightweight pyjamas, for modesty as I can also feel confined in a sleeping bag liner and quite often wriggle out of it. I like to know I am wearing something fresh each night, and can put on fresh clothes when I wake up. I don’t consider this unnecessary weight as my pack still weighs 6kg.
My travel towel is tiny and would offer no privacy at all...Use your travel towel to add a privacy screen. It will also dry quicker when hung out.
Salty, you may find that the Lifeventure silk sleeping bag liner is far less confining than the liner you have tried. I am a fairly large man of 72 who finds it very roomy and who has no trouble getting in and out of it. It has a built-in pillow cover, is bug-treated and, in England at least, is a very reasonable price. Buen Camino! Tom
If you can sew you can add a zipper to a ready made liner.Is there no such thing as a decent sleeping bag liner with zippers? I don't like the ones that force you to shimmy in and out of them. I want to be able to get my legs in and out. I've been looking but haven't found anything.
If you lie on top of it, do you also use one of their blankets, or nothing? Is your goal to avoid any linens to do with the accommodation, or the uncomfortable linens themselves (or bedbugs or Covid)? Just trying to still figure out for myself. I hated the slippy ones, too, and am awaiting something from Sea to Summit. I also dislike the movement and tangle of the sack. Not sure I get quite how you did the loops.I have a very lightweight nighgown that weighs about 125 gr. and sleep in that.
When I bought my sleeping bag, it was important for me to find one that had a brushed cotton interior, not one of those slippy ones. Almost like flannel. I unzip the whole thing and either lay on top or under it, as there is always some sort of sheet on the beds, either disposable or cotton and I did find a lot of albergues using real sheets now and doing laundry instead of throwing away all those disposables. Good move.
I also bring my own pillowcase, just because.
I can't, but maybe I could hire someone to do it.If you can sew you can add a zipper to a ready made liner.
Not so many, since the liner is intended to go inside a sleeping bag, and having zippers on both seems excessive. Some liners have ties instead.Is there no such thing as a decent sleeping bag liner with zippers?
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