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Rob do you have any comments or suggestions on how to budget for a Camino?
Hi Chris. Great question and a hard one to answer.
Here is a video on the topic and I would suggest adding about 10% to the costs to bring them up to date.
I’ll also do a blog post now explaining it further. I’ll add that link here too.
https://youtu.be/O2O8CGmKH2A?feature=shared
Here is the updated blog post on a Camnino Budget. https://robscamino.com/general/your-camino-de-santiago-budget/
Hi Rob,
We arrived yesterday having walked the Camino Invierno from Ponferrada.
I must thank you for the inspiration you have given us to choose this particular Camiño.
We viewed your video clips before we left and are sure to watch them again when we get home.
The Invierno still has very few pilgrims. Some days we saw no one. The natural beauty was simply stunning.
What an experience. Where to next for us. Maybe the Primitivo.
Thanks again Rob
All the best,
Rob and Sarah Holmes.
Hi Rob and Sarah,
That’s great! So glad to hear you completed and enjoyed the Camino Invierno.
It’s such a beautiful route, and it sounds like you had a truly unique experience.
All the best to you both!
Buen Camino for the next one,
Rob
Hi Rob,
Fellow Aussi, aged 70, planning to walk for about 2 weeks with a friend late April, early May 2025, probably starting at Pamplona. Thanks for all your videos. Just saw your distance and speed video where you mentioned 3.5 kms/hr overall. How does this relate to your normal walking speed on the flat. I tend to walk 4.5 to 5 kms/hr. All the best, Bill
The 3.5 kph is my overall speed during the day. It’s just a planning figure and includes all my breaks. My actual ‘walking’ speed varies depending on terrain and energy levels. Anywhere from 4-5 kph.
Hi Rob, I really enjoy your You Tube videos and I’ve only just realised there’s even more info in your blogs. I’m planning to walk the VDLP in Autumn this year or Spring 25. I’ve heard accommodation can be a problem but you looked to be coping without any problems to speak of. Did you book ahead and if so, by how many days ? I do prefer not to book ahead but came unstuck a couple of times on the Norte. And a big ask but do you by any chance have a list of the accommodations you used during your splendid pilgrImage ?
Thanks in advance and also thanks for all the info you put out there. All the best, Derek
Hi Derek, I didn’t have any accomodation problems on the VdlP. Just use Gronze to see what there is that suits you. I’d prefer not to share a list as opinions vary, ownners change etc etc. But none were bad. I booked the first week as it was during Semana Santa. After that, maybe one day ahead or not at all. But I did not walk the Sanabres secion, I went North to Astorga. A tand out was the Donativo in Fuenteroble https://www.gronze.com/castilla-y-leon/salamanca/fuenterroble-salvatierra/albergue-parroquial-santa-maria and maybe the one in Alcuescar too. https://www.gronze.com/extremadura/caceres/alcuescar/casa-acogida-esclavos-maria-y-pobres But hosts change… your experience may differ.