Priced out our Via de la Plata trek today

Anniesantiago · Oct 29, 2019

So Joe and I spent the day today booking and pricing our VDLP walk from March 5 to April 14, 2020.
We will walk from Zafra to Astorga, then spend Semana Santa in Segovia, 2 nights in Madrid, then fly home.
We are very excited to finally finish this route which we began in 2009 !!
I picked up a portion of it in 2013 to Caceres, but we're going BACK to Zafra so Joe can pick up his stages.

With airfare, 3 train rides (Madrid to Zafra, Astorga to Segovia, Segovia to Madrid), all of our lodging costs, $30/day each for food (we picnic a lot), and a bit of a buffer for taxis, etc., the grand total comes to about $2325 per person.

henrythedog · Oct 29, 2019

Anniesantiago said:
So Joe and I spent the day today booking and pricing our VDLP walk from March 5 to April 14, 2020.
We will walk from Zafra to Astorga, then spend Semana Santa in Segovia, 2 nights in Madrid, then fly home.
We are very excited to finally finish this route which we began in 2009 !!
I picked up a portion of it in 2013 to Caceres, but we're going BACK to Zafra so Joe can pick up his stages.

With airfare, 3 train rides (Madrid to Zafra, Astorga to Segovia, Segovia to Madrid), all of our lodging costs, $30/day each for food (we picnic a lot), and a bit of a buffer for taxis, etc., the grand total comes to about $2325 per person.

Staying at home is not ‘free’, so knock off the airfares and it’s about $300 per person per week? Incremental cost over staying at home, what - $150 per week? You would be crazy not to. Bargain!

nycwalking · Oct 30, 2019

Anniesantiago said:
So Joe and I spent the day today booking and pricing our VDLP walk from March 5 to April 14, 2020.
We will walk from Zafra to Astorga, then spend Semana Santa in Segovia, 2 nights in Madrid, then fly home.
We are very excited to finally finish this route which we began in 2009 !!
I picked up a portion of it in 2013 to Caceres, but we're going BACK to Zafra so Joe can pick up his stages.

With airfare, 3 train rides (Madrid to Zafra, Astorga to Segovia, Segovia to Madrid), all of our lodging costs, $30/day each for food (we picnic a lot), and a bit of a buffer for taxis, etc., the grand total comes to about $2325 per person.

Buen camino.

linkster · Oct 30, 2019

henrythedog said:
Staying at home is not ‘free’...

I wish you were doing my taxes.

Dennis52 · Oct 30, 2019

Anniesantiago said:
So Joe and I spent the day today booking and pricing our VDLP walk from March 5 to April 14, 2020.
We will walk from Zafra to Astorga, then spend Semana Santa in Segovia, 2 nights in Madrid, then fly home.
We are very excited to finally finish this route which we began in 2009 !!
I picked up a portion of it in 2013 to Caceres, but we're going BACK to Zafra so Joe can pick up his stages.

With airfare, 3 train rides (Madrid to Zafra, Astorga to Segovia, Segovia to Madrid), all of our lodging costs, $30/day each for food (we picnic a lot), and a bit of a buffer for taxis, etc., the grand total comes to about $2325 per person.

I plan on starting March 19, 2020

Simon B · Oct 30, 2019

Dennis52 said:
I plan on starting March 19, 2020

I am starting again oh 5 Feb - March to hot for me last year!!! Also had blisters the size of a galaxy.

Anniesantiago · Oct 30, 2019

Simon B said:
I am starting again oh 5 Feb - March to hot for me last year!!! Also had blisters the size of a galaxy.

Will you be posting updates? If yes, we will follow you.

domigee · Oct 30, 2019

Anniesantiago said:
So Joe and I spent the day today booking and pricing our VDLP walk from March 5 to April 14, 2020.
We will walk from Zafra to Astorga, then spend Semana Santa in Segovia, 2 nights in Madrid, then fly home.
We are very excited to finally finish this route which we began in 2009 !!
I picked up a portion of it in 2013 to Caceres, but we're going BACK to Zafra so Joe can pick up his stages.

With airfare, 3 train rides (Madrid to Zafra, Astorga to Segovia, Segovia to Madrid), all of our lodging costs, $30/day each for food (we picnic a lot), and a bit of a buffer for taxis, etc., the grand total comes to about $2325 per person.

Buen camino

Anniesantiago · Oct 30, 2019

Simon B said:
I have a blog which I started last year and will continue with - https://wordpress.com/posts/viadelaplata.home.blog
I fly out on 4 Feb to Seville and will get the bus up to Fuente de Cantos and start walking on 5 Feb.

Is there a word I should search on? This just put me at Wordpress but not your blog and not the posts about the VDLP. I also have blog posts about the stretches from Seville to Fuente de Cantos:

8 Days on the Via de la Plata: Sevilla

Joe making reference to San Roque If you don't know who San Roque is, read my blog on the "guy with the big-lipped dog." The na...

caminosantiago2.blogspot.com

And Zafra to Caceres:

VDLP 2013: Zafra, Finally!

Our plane got very much behind in Philadelphia. There was some sort of emergency and at one point we were number twenty-something in line ...

caminosantiago2.blogspot.com

Simon B · Oct 30, 2019

Anniesantiago said:
Is there a word I should search on? This just put me at Wordpress but not your blog and not the posts about the VDLP. I also have blog posts about the stretches from Seville to Fuente de Cantos:

8 Days on the Via de la Plata: Sevilla

Joe making reference to San Roque If you don't know who San Roque is, read my blog on the "guy with the big-lipped dog." The na...

caminosantiago2.blogspot.com

And Zafra to Caceres:

VDLP 2013: Zafra, Finally!

Our plane got very much behind in Philadelphia. There was some sort of emergency and at one point we were number twenty-something in line ...

caminosantiago2.blogspot.com

Try this - https://wordpress.com/read/feeds/92169445

Anniesantiago · Oct 30, 2019

Simon B said:
Try this - https://wordpress.com/read/feeds/92169445

So did you return October 3??

Simon B · Oct 30, 2019

Anniesantiago said:
So did you return October 3??

No I am going back on 4 Feb. Will hopefully be nice and cool.

Former member 35551 · Oct 30, 2019

The last week of March was hot????? Whoooooops! I may have to change my flights.

msbabb · Nov 2, 2019

Hoping to walk this route with my husband in spring or fall 2020, so will be following. Buen Camino!

DeansFamily · Nov 3, 2019

If there’s anything you need checked along the way we are glad to help.

Paddy Brock · Nov 4, 2019

msbabb said:
Hoping to walk this route with my husband in spring or fall 2020, so will be following. Buen Camino!

Hoping to start circa April 24th , 2020 and love to hear of others starting around that time , Paddy a 73 years young Irishman

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