Albergue San Vicente de la Barquera change

[ivar]

Just got this message earlier today. Posting it here FYI.

Buenas tardes,
Me pongo en contacto con vosotros para informaros que el albergue de peregrinos de San Vicente de la Barquera, ubicado en el camino del norte va a cambiar de forma de trabajar la próxima semana, y pasará de ser un albergue de donativo a un albergue turístico.
Por éste motivo, os ruego que quitéis la información actual sobre el albergue (si es posible borrarlo), ya que en los próximos días podremos enviaros la nueva información con fotos actualizadas, tarifas, etc.
Hemos decidido empezar borrando para que la información no se solape y pueda crear dudas.

Google translate:

Good afternoon, I am contacting you to inform you that the pilgrims' hostel of San Vicente de la Barquera, located on the northern road, is going to change the way it works next week, and will go from being a donation hostel to a tourist hostel. For this reason, I beg you to remove the current information about the hostel (if possible delete it), since in the next few days we will be able to send you the new information with updated photos, rates, etc. We have decided to start by erasing so that the information does not overlap and may create doubts.

 

[wisepilgrim]

I got this message too, it looks like the new operators are getting the word out fast. I imagine that this is a direct result of the recent changes to the law in Cantabria discussed here.

 

[LTfit]

Strange as I stayed in this albergue last summer and it was not a donativo. I remember clearly when checking in that we all paid a fixed fee although I don't recall what it was.

I can think of two donativo albergues in Cantabria that will be affected: one in Ontón and of course in Güemes. I can imagine that Padre Ernesto will put up a fight.