Hello, new to the Camino family, walking from SJPP, but planning on the comfort route, transporting luggage for each day and planning on staying in hotels/pensiones etc. Not the Auberges. Do we need any kind of sleeping bag/blankets/liners etc? Do the Auberges provide anything if we are stuck and have to stay in one?
thanks in advance
As you write clearly in your post:
You intend to stay in hotels, pensions, etc, and some of the answers are therefore a bit confusing.
- In hotels, pensions, hostals, etc. you do
NOT require any sleeping bag/blankets/liners/bedsheets, etc.
- I highly recommend that you book your nights ahead, because of the pandemic, more and more peregrinos choose such private accommodation. (If you want my Excel list, drop me a PM). Having booked, you can have your bag safely transported from one place to another.
- When you read the word "private albergue" in this forum, they are generally dormitory-style, but run privately, basically no different than the municipal albergues. But nowadays, many such private albergues have created an additional income by offering private rooms, often with en-suite bathrooms at very reasonable prices. Get updated information on
www.gronze.com and booking.com
- Finally, my advice is to carry a sleeping bag liner made of silk or merino, very light and compact; just in case. I used mine only once last year, in a pre-booked albergue with a private room that strangely and exceptionally did not have any bed sheets.....better safe than sorry.
With the above, your Camino will not be easier, but likely a bit more comfortable.
Ultreya