Alison Chandler
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- Camino Frances - Sarria to Santiago (2015)
Camino Frances - Sarria to Santiago to Fisterra (2016)
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At least 60€ per day if you are staying in hotels. Knowing Spanish doesn't change the price of food. If you stray from menu del dia or from the local mercado you'll need more money.How much per day do you think I need to budget for? I will be staying in hotels so anticipate this will be breakfast included. But theres midday meals and dinners and drinks and all that. I speak good Spanish and like local food so expect that to help. (When I went last year I was on an organised trip with dinner included and a fast pace set with little stopping).
At least 60€ per day of you're staying in hotels. Knowing Spanish doesn't change the cost of food. If you stray from menu del dia or the local mercado you'll need more money.How much per day do you think I need to budget for? I will be staying in hotels so anticipate this will be breakfast included. But theres midday meals and dinners and drinks and all that. I speak good Spanish and like local food so expect that to help. (When I went last year I was on an organised trip with dinner included and a fast pace set with little stopping).
Thanks very much for this. On the speaking Spanish I only meant that I have come across people who have been nervous to go into places less obviously aiming at foreigners or have only chosen products they recognise and have ended up paying more as a result. What thinking was included in your 60 euros please?At least 60€ per day if you are staying in hotels. Knowing Spanish doesn't change the price of food. If you stray from menu del dia or from the local mercado you'll need more money.
Hi Alison , last year I spend about € 1400 and I walked 37 day's. Slept for 34 nights in albergues. When you only stay in hotels I think it will be around €60 /70 a day.How much per day do you think I need to budget for? I will be staying in hotels so anticipate this will be breakfast included. But theres midday meals and dinners and drinks and all that. I speak good Spanish and like local food so expect that to help. (When I went last year I was on an organised trip with dinner included and a fast pace set with little stopping).
Thank you for this. I was just looking for estimate for over and above the hotel room. and really just working out what I can do with the budget I have rather than how to pay for it (though your details are welcome) So just food and drink and anything else I have not thought of. Surely 2 meals @ 15 euros = 30 euros + 30 euros more for drinks should be OK?A hotel room will cost 20-40€ depending on shared bath or not, double room or not, and location. Menu del dia in the 10-12€ range and some money for fruit, Café con Leche etc. 60€ is actually quite a low estimate when I think about it some more. Also, you don't want to be caught short on money. Not every town or village has an ATM and it's definitely a cash society except in the larger cities. Hoped this helped!
another thing to consider is that spending all your notes in hotels is comfortable but i found that staying in the municipals and allergies really added to my social view of the world. met far more people and actually had great conversations in a very simplistic setting. don't get me wrong, i loved the nice hotels in burgos and leon, but felt alive with the peoples people in the hostels. so i suggest a mix!!How much per day do you think I need to budget for? I will be staying in hotels so anticipate this will be breakfast included. But theres midday meals and dinners and drinks and all that. I speak good Spanish and like local food so expect that to help. (When I went last year I was on an organised trip with dinner included and a fast pace set with little stopping).
Absolutely mi amigo but there are various reasons why not on this occasion.another thing to consider is that spending all your notes in hotels is comfortable but i found that staying in the municipals and allergies really added to my social view of the world. met far more people and actually had great conversations in a very simplistic setting. don't get me wrong, i loved the nice hotels in burgos and leon, but felt alive with the peoples people in the hostels. so i suggest a mix!!
I'm sorry, I should have added that breakfast was usually 2 coffees and rolls, lunch was usually sandwiches made by us that lasted for two days, some wine or beer when we stopped in the early afternoon and usually a pilgrims' dinner. Admissions to sights took up some and also stops at phamarcies. None of this was kept account of but the rest must have been for those little things like new socks, postcards and donations. I have been saying that the two of us must have spent a total of 60 euros a day but the calculations I just did came up with a figure of 72 euros a day, 20% more.That left us spending the rest of the money at 25 euros each per day.
Bananas are sooooo expensive in Spain In comparison to what we pay in Canada. How much do you pay? I fan regularly get them for 79 cents per pound.Bananas in Spain are surprisingly cheap - I was buying two or three every second day and I tried to shop in the small local tienda (to put some Euros back into the local economy). You can even get good bread/cheese/ (meat of your choice as necessary) in local shops to supplement your lunch requirements. The vino tinto with the evening meal is essential (imho). So your food costs should be around E20 - plus whatever your bed costs.
As for the inclusion of breakfast in room tariff - not always true, maybe do some research. The ATM/cash tip is useful. Cheers
I might be able to provide a high side bracket. Last year it was our 40 anniversary and so we celebrated. We walked 60 days, stayed exclusively in private rooms with baths including a number of expensive places (6 days in a Parador while recovering from an injury, la Perla in Pamplona, a couple of other Paradors, some very nice casa rurales, ...) and spent e8000 (e133 per day) for two people including rooms, food, meds and everything other than air travel. This year we are budgeting e120 per day and expect to spend e100 per day. So maybe an upper bound for one person would be e80-100 per day and I suspect e60-70 would be plenty.
I think I paid Euro 3 for 6 large ones - can't remember what they weighed. The other advantage of the Spanish bananas is that they come from the Canary Islands - so are usually only a day or so after being picked. How far did the bananas in Canada travel???Bandanas are sooooo expensive in Spain In comparison to what we pay in Canada. How much do you pay? I fan regularly get them for 79 cents per pound.
I managed e100 / day on my own on the CF. I guess it depends how much you eat and drink! (that was all costs) And I did not go 'over the top' by any means. Private rooms, modest hotels/CR, all meals, internet etc etc.
I am starting my fourth Camino when I leave for the airport today to fly to Madrid. I will walk to Santiago from there, starting Thursday.
On my past three Caminos, I averaged €56 per day. BUT, I regularly stay in hostals or small hotels, not albergues. So, my daily spend is higher.
If you stay almost totally in albergues, except the occasional treat or splurge on a private room with a private bathroom, you can likely cut this comfortably to about €30 per day. Remember, individual performance and spending rates may vary...
BTW, I have used www.booking.com for four years successfully, to secure lodging. Other than this, I use lodging web sites if they exist, e-mail, and in extremis ask someone who speaks better Spanish than me to call ahead to secure or confirm lodging, using my mobile phone.
I get bronchitis easily, and attract every foot fungus known to man if I stay in albergues, it's not personal vis-a-vis other pilgrims. I love to be around others. I just do not want their germs. Plus, I know that I snore and have to use the toilet at least four times each sleep cycle.So, as suffering is not voluntarily in my remit, as as I am blessed to be able to afford it, I choose to stay in private accommodations, for the benefit of all pilgrims near me.
Also, allow enough money for emergency clothing buys. Everything costs more in Spain. If you find you need an additional fleece layer, for example, expect to pay a good USD 100 for a decent one. (BTW - sizes run about two smaller as marked than in the US - my US male XL is a XXL or even a XXXL in Spain). Also, have an allowance for equipment or clothing that gets lost, broken, misplaced, etc. Life happens...
The Camino does provide...but there are occasionally, gaps in coverage...
Again thanks for this. Love this Forum!!! Is that 56 euros a day including accommodation costs? Like you I will not be staying in albergues and for very much the same reasons (apart from the fungus - poor you!). I do love the company of others but I also love the peaceful time after a shower in privacy in quiet with my journal or smartphone. I am trying here to separate out the costs that I can accurately predict by booking from home and those that are how things pan out on the way. This way I feel I can work out how long I can go for and therefore what journey I can do. Emergencies are another matter - and another budget heading. If they take me over budget well so be it! I will round up all the figures anyway!
I hope this helps.
sorry I thought I had!!!! oh poo! Will check!Alison: Was there something you wanted to ask?
Again thanks for this. Love this Forum!!! Is that 56 euros a day including accommodation costs? Like you I will not be staying in albergues and for very much the same reasons (apart from the fungus - poor you!). I do love the company of others but I also love the peaceful time after a shower in privacy in quiet with my journal or smartphone. I am trying here to separate out the costs that I can accurately predict by booking from home and those that are how things pan out on the way. This way I feel I can work out how long I can go for and therefore what journey I can do. Emergencies are another matter - and another budget heading. If they take me over budget well so be it! I will round up all the figures anyway.Alison: Was there something you wanted to ask?
non-Joostian? Que?What I've seen in this thread is that older members seem to manage getting by spending an average of about 25 euros per person per day beyond their lodging costs. And this seems to hold true for a wide variety of non-Joostian eating habits. So, maybe budget 20% more, 30 euros. If you are doing just the last 100 km then maybe budget an extra 10% to 15%, up to 35 euros for what may be more expensive meals. Add some more yet if you want the food to taste good.
Mind you my Camino was rather like that of Joost in the 'movie'. I kind of ate and drank my way across Spain
And this seems to hold true for a wide variety of non-Joostian eating habits.
non-Joostian? Que?
i was referred to as Joost many times...always a compliment and smiled while me and my 300lbs walked past them climbing the hills...lolWWJD --- What Would Joost Do?
This thread just made me laugh out loud on a conference call when I should have been listening (or at least muted).
Hmm - I'm not sure that e25 per person per day is managing to get by. We were not budget limited but since we were eating nearly evening meal out and many times an excellent breakfast was provided, we preferred not to eat large every evening. Based on that we rarely ate the pilgrim meal or the meal of the day, ate at a number of excellent restaurants, many times enjoyed an excellent soup and bread and a bottle of wine, and enjoyed pinxtos and tapas. As in all things your mileage may vary. We tend to eat light and I suspect you could double the food budget (but you may find that you have added more weight than you wishedWhat I've seen in this thread is that older members seem to manage getting by spending an average of about 25 euros per person per day beyond their lodging costs. And this seems to hold true for a wide variety of non-Joostian eating habits. So, maybe budget 20% more, 30 euros. If you are doing just the last 100 km then maybe budget an extra 10% to 15%, up to 35 euros for what may be more expensive meals. Add some more yet if you want the food to taste good.
Again thanks for this. Love this Forum!!! Is that 56 euros a day including accommodation costs? Like you I will not be staying in albergues and for very much the same reasons (apart from the fungus - poor you!). I do love the company of others but I also love the peaceful time after a shower in privacy in quiet with my journal or smartphone. I am trying here to separate out the costs that I can accurately predict by booking from home and those that are how things pan out on the way. This way I feel I can work out how long I can go for and therefore what journey I can do. Emergencies are another matter - and another budget heading. If they take me over budget well so be it! I will round up all the figures anyway.
So Question was does the 56 euros you suggested include accommodation costs?
i came in with 32 euros a day over 37 days to santiago with a mix of municipals, allergies and hotels. i had the pilgrim meal almost always but i decided to walk the frances sober to let in all my senses could handle. of course santiago was a celebration...lolYour question got me wondering so I looked up our ATM withdrawals during the Camino Frances and then I figured that the 47 days we spent in albergues cost us 20 euros a night and the 11 times we had private rooms cost us 35 euros a night (yes, 58 days!) That left us spending the rest of the money at 25 euros each per day. However a young lady we met about halfway through the CF had budgeted 15 euros a day for everything.
"I get bronchitis easily, and attract every foot fungus known to man if I stay in albergues, " Ah, yes, Albergue Crud. I remember choosing a bunk on the far side of the room from the poor lady who had it. (IMHO she needed to take a rest day, stay in a pension, and try to float away on her soup/water/wine consumption. But everyone is different.)I am starting my fourth Camino when I leave for the airport today to fly to Madrid. I will walk to Santiago from there, starting Thursday.
On my past three Caminos, I averaged €56 per day. BUT, I regularly stay in hostals or small hotels, not albergues. So, my daily spend is higher.
If you stay almost totally in albergues, except the occasional treat or splurge on a private room with a private bathroom, you can likely cut this comfortably to about €30 per day. Remember, individual performance and spending rates may vary...
BTW, I have used www.booking.com for four years successfully, to secure lodging. Other than this, I use lodging web sites if they exist, e-mail, and in extremis ask someone who speaks better Spanish than me to call ahead to secure or confirm lodging, using my mobile phone.
I get bronchitis easily, and attract every foot fungus known to man if I stay in albergues, it's not personal vis-a-vis other pilgrims. I love to be around others. I just do not want their germs. Plus, I know that I snore and have to use the toilet at least four times each sleep cycle.So, as suffering is not voluntarily in my remit, as as I am blessed to be able to afford it, I choose to stay in private accommodations, for the benefit of all pilgrims near me.
Also, allow enough money for emergency clothing buys. Everything costs more in Spain. If you find you need an additional fleece layer, for example, expect to pay a good USD 100 for a decent one. (BTW - sizes run about two smaller as marked than in the US - my US male XL is a XXL or even a XXXL in Spain). Also, have an allowance for equipment or clothing that gets lost, broken, misplaced, etc. Life happens...
The Camino does provide...but there are occasionally, gaps in coverage...
I hope this helps.
Cervezas in Spain are expensive, more so than house red wine. It's wine country, what can you expect? And DH doesn't like Estrella a bit, he switched to vino tinto.The cervezas in Spain are far cheaper than in England and the café con leche prices are a third of what Starbucks and Costa Coffee charge.
I am not sure how many caminos I will be doing, this could be my first and my last so I am not going to let a budget get in my way of doing what I want, eating what I like or sleeping comfortably. I want to make the most of my Camino but at the same time I am fully conscious of the fact that I am doing this on my own and my wife, lovely though she is, might well ask, "how much have you spent and on what" when she sees how much money I've blown.
Thanks to all you guys for supplying back-up evidence!
About 6-8 Times what we pay. Our bandanas arrive Green, turn yellow once brought home. They are actually also a different type, much larger than the ones from Canarias.I think I paid Euro 3 for 6 large ones - can't remember what they weighed. The other advantage of the Spanish bananas is that they come from the Canary Islands - so are usually only a day or so after being picked. How far did the bananas in Canada travel???
Beer in Spain is cheap. In general you should be ordering "una caña", which is a draft beer, typically less than 2 euro. A bottled beer will set you back 2 euro.Cervezas in Spain are expensive, more so than house red wine. It's wine country, what can you expect? And DH doesn't like Estrella a bit, he switched to vino tinto.
Cafe con leche at first open bar after leaving at oh-dark-thirty every day. Bocadillo around 9, split between two as they were mostly huge after Pamplona. Mas cafe--about every one to two hours, ahem, cycle time for the coffee. Tinto at quitting time with some snack, we really prefer to eat earlier than the Spanish, and heavy tapa would suit us better than eating at 8:30 or later. (and 8:30 is silly-tourist-hour there, real people eat much later. I guess.) One thing about sleeping in albergues most of the time, you have to be in by 10 or else.
Once you get into pulpo country the cost of the afternoon tapas is higher. Love that pulpo!
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