Need to ship stuff home

[montyhiker]

Hola Pilgrims. I need to ship some extra weight home. Viana has a Post Office, which is where I’m heading. Will they have packing supplies there, ie: small box or bag, tape?
Any help is appreciated. Buen Camino!

 

[Sheesh]

Though I have no knowledge specifically for the Viana Correos, I have shipped things home from
Santiago post office. And yes they did have boxes and tape. Hope you are likewise lucky at the Correos in Viana.

 

[Anhalter]

Yes, they should have the required supplies to ship something home. No idea how big the office in Viana is, it might be rather small and they might not have everything. If thats the case, you could try Logrono, which in all likelihood has a much bigger post office.

 

[stevepjq]

I just checked out photos of the Viana correos office. They depict a rather full selection of boxes and other required shipping material. You should be fine there. That said, their hours indicate a daily closure of 2:30 PM.

 

[trecile]

Another option is to send your things to Santiago via Correos and pick up when you arrive.
You can either use Paq Peregrino and have it held at the post office in Santiago.

Send luggage along the Camino de Santiago

With Correos you can send your luggage to any point on the Camino de Santiago with the Paq Peregrino.

www.elcaminoconcorreos.com

Or ship to @ivar

Send your luggage to Santiago, we will store it for you (2024)

Send your luggage to me in Santiago de Compostela

casaivar.com

 

[Janade]

I second the suggestion to post your extra things to Santiago. I mailed a box from Longrono and it was waiting for me at the Santiago post office with no problem when I got there a few weeks later. I was very happy to lighten my pack by a couple of pounds!

 

[BRSmith13]

Hola Pilgrims. I need to ship some extra weight home. Viana has a Post Office, which is where I’m heading. Will they have packing supplies there, ie: small box or bag, tape?
Any help is appreciated. Buen Camino!

Ask yourself if your items are worth spending $50-100 dollars to ship. Consider donating them or ship to Ivar

 

[K_Lynn]

Hola Pilgrims. I need to ship some extra weight home. Viana has a Post Office, which is where I’m heading. Will they have packing supplies there, ie: small box or bag, tape?
Any help is appreciated. Buen Camino!

They should have everything you need. I mailed stuff from Burgos to Santiago and from Finisterre to Canada and in both post offices the staff were amazing. They boxed everything (in Finisterre she packed it all in a box and then realized it would fit in an envelope/bag and switched to that as it was the cheaper option), put puffy airbag padding around things, taped it all up and sent me an email confirmation with tracking information. I wish Canadian postal workers were half as helpful.