Cost update

[Brian&Deb J.]

Asking for friends planning to walk the Frances from SJPP tp SdeC in 2025. What were folks who have walked during summer/fall 2024 been spending per day? They are a couple preferring a private room, no baggage transfers, standard pilgrim or del dia meals.
Thanks

 

[Tincatinker]

I allow €100 a day and bank any surplus

 

[J Willhaus]

Are you also shipping a bag? Will you eat only in restaurants daily? How will you manage laundry? These are all costs that are associated with private rooms. Between 100 and 150 euros per couple.

 

[donalomahony]

Asking for friends planning to walk in 2025. What were folks who have walked during summer/fall 2024 been pending per day? We are a couple preferring a private room.
Thanks

Asking for friends planning to walk in 2025. What were folks who have walked during summer/fall 2024 been pending per day? We are a couple preferring a private room.
Thanks

Which Camino?
Start point?
Planned km / miles per day?
Private room in Hotel or in Albergue (possibly shared bathroom)?
Pilgrims meal or Menu del Dia?
Alcohol or not?
Bag transfer?


Enjoy your planning and Buen Camino

 

[stewinyvr]

My costs for walking from SJPDP to SdC in September/October of this year were ~€29 per night for accommodation ( 33 nights in dorms, 8 in apartments or private rooms ). Other costs came to €27 per day, so around €56 per day. I did not forward my pack, so the other costs we mostly food/drink, ibuprofen and a small amount for entrance to museums/cathedrals. For most meals I either ate pilgrim meals where offered, when I had apartments I cooked my own food.

 

[Tim Floyd]

We budgeted 100 Euros a day per person. We stayed in modest but clean private rooms or small hotels, ate well, bought necessary supplies along the way, paid for laundry, and shipped my wife' bag. We had enough surplus for the occasional Parador splurge.

 

[Hans-Georg Goebel]

Asking for friends planning to walk in 2025. What were folks who have walked during summer/fall 2024 been pending per day? We are a couple preferring a private room.
Thanks

In recent years we have always had private rooms (pre-booked) and with a meal in a restaurant and other things, e.g. drinks, we spent an average of €100/day

 

[Stephan the Painter]

Asking for friends planning to walk the Frances from SJPP tp SdeC in 2025. What were folks who have walked during summer/fall 2024 been spending per day? They are a couple preferring a private room, no baggage transfers, standard pilgrim or del dia meals.
Thanks

I did it this year. For two people in private rooms, food and drinks, €100 a day would be thrifty, €150 a day would be comfortable. €200 euros a day would make it really nice.

And to stick with that hundred euro a day budget you probably have to book in advance. Cheaper rooms go quick.

Mostly I stayed in Albergues this year, but the occasional private room was about €50 for a single. Hotels in Spain charge extra for the second person. That same room would've been about 60 or €70 for two people.

Sometimes when I tried, I could not get private accommodations at a price I was willing to pay, it would be closer to €100. So, even if your friends are on the thrifty scheme, you'd have to plan that sometimes it might cost more, especially if it's a busy time of year like around May or September.

 

[el-pe]

Last year the complete Via de la Plata, this year San Salvador, Primitivo and Invierno. I budget $80, excluding travel costs. Split between albergues and private rooms. My general thoughts are that everything was higher in 2024, could be inflation or increased popularity of these routes.

 

[davejsy]

and shipped my wife

I had no idea they offered this service - did she still qualify for a Compostela?

 

[Tim Floyd]

I had no idea they offered this service - did she still qualify for a Compostela?

Funny. Good catch. She did qualify but she got there on her own power.

 

[susiestories]

My costs for walking from SJPDP to SdC in September/October of this year were ~€29 per night for accommodation ( 33 nights in dorms, 8 in apartments or private rooms ). Other costs came to €27 per day, so around €56 per day. I did not forward my pack, so the other costs we mostly food/drink, ibuprofen and a small amount for entrance to museums/cathedrals. For most meals I either ate pilgrim meals where offered, when I had apartments I cooked my own food.

Very interesting to read - I did the same route, same time, same length in 2014 and allowed €50 per day for hostels and food except for one day per week I gifted myself a private room for about €50 and a day off. I couriered my back pack roughly 10 times. Hostel prices then were €10-€15 per night. What are they now?