only pilgrims.com...issues

[Americanperegrino]

I'm trying to book a bed using this site. I'm not sure if its having tech issues, or? It will not allow me to click on a date and book a nite. Anyone have any ideas?

 

[CWBuff]

Never heard of it so never had any issues.
In fact I don't recall itvever being referenced on this Forum since I been a member
Why this site? Use booking . Com or contact any albergue directly

 

[Americanperegrino]

Some albergues will only book via this site, and not all use booking.com

 

[C clearly]

Fyi, the correct URL does not have a space between "only" and "pilgrims".

 

[trecile]

Some albergues will only book via this site, and not all use booking.com

You can't contact them directly?

 

[Peter Fransiscus]

I'm trying to book a bed using this site. I'm not sure if its having tech issues, or? It will not allow me to click on a date and book a nite. Anyone have any ideas?

You need to connect the words together

www.onlypilgrims.com

Buen Camino

 

[Tincatinker]

Comments on their Facebook page are instructive: https://www.facebook.com/onlypilgrims

Always better to book direct with the hostel. Contact information from Gronze

 

[dougfitz]

In fact I don't recall itvever being referenced on this Forum since I been a member

Its been discussed before, as early as a decade ago according to this search: https://www.caminodesantiago.me/community/search/10315177/?searchform=1&q=onlypilgrims.com&o=date

 

[Americanperegrino]

I finally got it to work!! It appears to me to be a VERY VERY basic system which overloads easily. I simply kept entering my date until it loaded.

Some Albergues REQUIRE this system to book. I never book an Albergue, instead relying on the Way to Find A Way. However, in this case I needed to..nuf said.

 

[Tincatinker]

Some Albergues REQUIRE this system to book

Really? Are you sure about that? Un-bookable Albergues remain un-bookable. Bookable Albergues tend to have a booking process even if it's as crude as a phone call. I cannot find any Albergue that requires me to use a particular secondary site. Some might post spaces on Berking.con and its ilk but I've ever encountered one that required me to use that global behemoth or its imitators.

I would be grateful if you could direct me to an Albergue that requires I use onlypilgrims to make a reservation.

 

[Americanperegrino]

Here ya go! I was referred via the Hostal itself....Times they are a changing

Hostel: Tio Pepe

Address: C. Teso de la Iglesia, 6, 24392 Villar de Mazarife, Leon, Spain

 

[Tincatinker]

Albergue / Meson Tio Pepe seem to have their own website with a booking facility. I see no direction to any other website. I would give them a call to confirm any reservation I think. Did you note the level of activity on the onlypilgrim Farcebook page? A bit quiet for a current player I thought.

 

[Kathor1]

Albergue / Meson Tio Pepe seem to have their own website with a booking facility.

On their website, when you click on the link for “Reservar”, it takes you to onlypilgrims.com. And they do say: “Solo admitimos reservas a través del siguiente enlace”. Anyway, the problem is solved, the booking is made.

 

[Tincatinker]

Thanks @Kathar1na, I’m in the pub and on my phone. Should probably keep my head down

 

[Little TT]

Yes we booked Tio Pepe via onlypilgrims , it all worked out fine.

 

[lucygray]

I finally got it to work!! It appears to me to be a VERY VERY basic system which overloads easily. I simply kept entering my date until it loaded.

Some Albergues REQUIRE this system to book. I never book an Albergue, instead relying on the Way to Find A Way. However, in this case I needed to..nuf said.

 

[lucygray]

Hi, just wanted to say I used this site to book beds this year in O’Cebreiro, had no issue at all with it then. I unfortunately couldn’t stay as had to end my journey early and thought the cash would be lost but I sent them a message and was told I’d get full refund, which I did a few days later. I had never heard anyone else referring to this site but just came across it on my search. I live in Australia so booking online for me is far easier than ‘giving them a call’ as some people suggest. Glad you got it to work.

 

[timr]

@lucygray thanks for the info. Sounds a very positive detail.

Just a tiny point.

I live in Australia so booking online for me is far easier than ‘giving them a call’ as some people suggest. Glad you got it to work.

When I was young even to phone another part of the UK was considered a major undertaking, and to call say Ireland, was rather like contacting Jupiter. I remember you had to book your call with the operator about an hour before and then get connected manually.

In Europe now, and particularly I would say in Spain and Italy the number of people in business who do NOT use Whatsapp is very small indeed. I am not sure how popular it is in Australia? I know that popularity does vary between territories. But I think it has become the default way to reach albergues/ostellos now - far more reliable generally than email (while for example in UK I would say email still usually effective). So in fact "giving them a call" is not as difficult as it used to be and certainly not as costly. And of course often easier to use Whatsapp in text mode, so you can use Google translate if you wish.

It allows you to make a personal contact, rather than use one of the large sites, and it is often a few euros cheaper. Someone posted the 'black swan' counter example to this when I made this remark some years ago. But I have used direct contact increasingly. Many places will still take your booking and allow you to just pay when you arrive rather like the 'olden times.' There is then a viable alternative to the online bookers and it doesn't take a huge amount of effort really.

I know some people are uncomfortable with Whatsapp, as part of the Meta stable, but it certainly is effective.

 

[Rick of Rick and Peg]

It [WhatsApp] allows you to make a personal contact, rather than use one of the large sites, and it is often a few euros cheaper.

Figure that a WhatsApp audio call will use 1 MB of data per minute. This is conservative; I've seen other estimates of half this or less. 1 MB on my plan would cost me one cent US.

 

[dougfitz]

In Europe now, and particularly I would say in Spain and Italy the number of people in business who do NOT use Whatsapp is very small indeed.

My recent experience in Norway was that WhatsApp is not widely used. I cannot recall any herberge or other place that I needed to contact having WhatsApp. Much the same in the UK. It made quite a change from Spain and Portugal where one could almost rely on being able to use WhatsApp.

 

[trecile]

. I live in Australia so booking online for me is far easier than ‘giving them a call’ as some people suggest

I use the Viber app to make very cheap phone calls to landlines and other numbers that don't use WhatsApp. $5 worth of Viber credits last me several Caminos, and I also can use it to call Europe. The calls are about 2¢ a minute. Getting the time zone right is the biggest hurdle.

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[Gary94123]

You need to connect the words together

www.onlypilgrims.com

Buen Camino

Try correcting the date backwards. Day/month/year

 

[Peter Fransiscus]

Try correcting the date backwards. Day/month/year

I think you gave the wrong person this answer.

 

[Gary94123]

I think you gave the wrong person this answer.

sorry

 

[Gary94123]

I'm trying to book a bed using this site. I'm not sure if its having tech issues, or? It will not allow me to click on a date and book a nite. Anyone have any ideas?

Try correcting the date backwards. Day/month/year

And, did it say "open" or "closed"? I am having difficulties, too.