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I was definitely told at the reception desk that the price doubled due to the holiday.
Like @Marc S., I cannot see that this has anything to do with a holiday period or a large congress or anything of the sort. Unlike him, I cannot detect that there is something odd going on with hotel prices in Burgos in general.
Story of my life ...(and I saw another one where this was the case, but can not find it now)
Yeah, I can't imagine that there are a ton of pilgrims walking right now.Actually, we just walked the CP and found all the albergues quite empty
Mine too.My bet is number 3
Of course it's always difficult to predict how things will be in the future. But albergue prices - different to hotel prices - usually don't vary from month to month or day to day. They are more likely to increase from year to year.Are there any predictions on the prices for albergues and municipales in the coming months?
The prices also often increase over the weekend. I've noticed that for years in Pamplona.I was definitely told at the reception desk that the price doubled due to the holiday. It was the Le Petit hotel and had a good location. Our room was large and had a lovely terrace.
Oh, how did you get that month map price thing? I've never seen that?I have no idea why the prices for these two establishment in Burgos (Art Burgos and Urban Burgos) have increased so dramatically. Are they fairly new on the Burgos scene? Maybe their original business model did not work out.
Like @Marc S., I cannot see that this has anything to do with a holiday period or a large congress or anything of the sort. Unlike him, I cannot detect that there is something odd going on with hotel prices in Burgos in general. Inflation in Spain appears to be around 5,5%, and like elsewhere in Europe it is a lot higher than what we are used to, and this has mainly to do with increased energy prices. I would expect prices for accommodation to increase a bit next year but nothing as dramatic as in the first post.
I had a look at the Booking.com map for one night and 2 persons in February 2022. Most of the hotels do not yet have their prices listed in Booking com. What is marked as currently available for February, is often apartments/suites. I picked three hotels near the Cathedral (Cordón, Méson, Marriott) and called up their current prices in Booking.com for November and February. Look for yourself:
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Below is a description of how it works on a desktop computer. On a mobile phone, it is slightly different, and you can only see the map but with less information. I did not manage to see the monthly overview on my mobile phone.Oh, how did you get that month map price thing? I've never seen that?
So I got THIS far, but I still can't figure out how you're seeing prices for every day in the month?Below is a description of how it works on a desktop computer. On a mobile phone, it is slightly different, and you can only see the map but with less information. I did not manage to see the monthly overview on my mobile phone.
You start by searching accommodation for a given date in a given town, for example Burgos and Friday 12 November. You click on Search. Then, in the list of available hotels, you choose one hotel and click on Show on map. In the window that opens, you click on show map again. You now see the map with the hotels in the area that are on Booking.com, you see whether they have rooms available on Booking.com or not, and the minimum price of a room for each hotel on the map. This is information for the day that you had chosen. You can close the window with the hotel info to get a better view of the map. You can zoom in and out.
For the monthly overview, you start as before, choose a hotel, click on Check availability, scroll down, and then click on the fields marked in the screenshots below. You see an overview of the minimum price of the chosen hotel for the chosen month and the following month. Left and right arrows allow you to see the monthly overview for other months.
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Thank you. This information helps me budget for my Camino next year. As I recall, in the past most albergues averaged around 6-7 Euro per night, that was a few years ago.Of course it's always difficult to predict how things will be in the future. But albergue prices - different to hotel prices - usually don't vary from month to month or day to day. They are more likely to increase from year to year.
There are exceptions, like San Fermines in Pamplona, and I think in Santiago prices can also be different on holidays for example. But otherwise it's not the norm as far as I know. Also, some albergues might charge a few Euros more in winter because of additional cost for heating.
I haven't walked the Francés recently, but looking at the prices Gronze lists, most albergues charge 10-15 Euros now for the bunk bed per night. There are still some at 7-8 and a few at 5 Euros. The Xunta albergues are apparently at 8 Euros currently. I wouldn't expect the price of them to get higher than 10 next year.
So I got THIS far, but I still can't figure out how you're seeing prices for every day in the month?
I mean, I can put dates in one at a time, but you're showing full pages of the month with prices.
I can't figure out how to see that?
It also works on my phone on the booking.com website, but not on the app.@Kathar1na, I love this tip! I never knew you could do this - and it is such a handy thing to be able to see the entire month spread out like that. Thank you so much for posting it!
@Anniesantiago, from the US, on a laptop, I could do it Kathar1na's way with a date, but I also found (by accident) that I could do it without dates this way:
For me, the photo that @Kathar1na showed of the entire 2-month spread with prices shows up at this point.
- Bring up any main hotel page without putting any dates in.
- Scroll down about 1/3 of the way until you get to the yellow box labeled Availability.
- Click on the white box (that is positioned within the yellow box) labeled check-in date.
That's interesting to note...good call, Trecile. I have the app on my phone which has some of my personal information on it. I would normally have thought the website more generic, so a surprise to find out it actually has extra features. I have not checked it out myself yet, but trust your words.It also works on my phone
Thanks. Got it.@Kathar1na, I love this tip! I never knew you could do this - and it is such a handy thing to be able to see the entire month spread out like that. Thank you so much for posting it!
@Anniesantiago, from the US, on a laptop, I could do it Kathar1na's way with a date, but I also found (by accident) that I could do it without dates this way:
For me, the photo that @Kathar1na showed of the entire 2-month spread with prices shows up at this point.
- Bring up any main hotel page without putting any dates in.
- Scroll down about 1/3 of the way until you get to the yellow box labeled Availability.
- Click on the white box (that is positioned within the yellow box) labeled check-in date.
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