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You’re really from New York?too shy to ask
At the beginning yes! When I hadn’t seen any pilgrims yet!You’re really from New York?
Yes, my credential and the stamps in it are a great souvenir and reminder of the places where I stayed each day. I just don't feel the need to collect stamps from every random place I pass through. I only get extra stamps at places where I have exceptional experiences.I like them as a reminder of where I while on camino, I take photos too as a reminder
Collecting 2 stamps per day on the Portuguese officially starts in Vigo when you follow the Coastal ( Vigo is about 60 kms from the Minho river)You’re really from New York?
Don’t forget once you cross over the river into Spain: two per day.
We’re doing the spiritual, is it still 2 from Vigo on or do I have to start tomorrow leaving Baiona?Collecting 2 stamps per day on the Portuguese officially starts in Vigo when you follow the Coastal ( Vigo is about 60 kms from the Minho river)
Or at the Central route in O Porrińo what is about about 15 kms from the same river)
The Variante Espiritual starts about 5 kms beyond Pontevedra.We’re doing the spiritual, is it still 2 from Vigo on or do I have to start tomorrow leaving Baiona?
Of course you can start collecting 2 stamps a day from Baiona. Memories for your caminoWe’re doing the spiritual, is it still 2 from Vigo on or do I have to start tomorrow leaving Baiona?
Might as well get in the habit now! I don't think that you are in danger of running out of room in your credential.We’re doing the spiritual, is it still 2 from Vigo on or do I have to start tomorrow leaving Baiona?
yep, my case when not staying at albergues or requesting the Compostela.Been binging on Rob's Camino YouTube page in prep for my own trek and he oftentimes says something along the lines of "For those who want to get their passport stamped..." which led me to wonder: Do some folks not get it stamped? I assumed I would but I was curious if some people don't care for it, etc., etc. Thanks!
I can't imagine walking the Camino without a credential. For me it's part of the while Camino experience.For my first two Camino’s I collected stamps/sellos for my compostela - now for the previous 5 I didn’t even carry a pilgrim passport as I don’t wish to collect another compostela so I don’t get any stamps. It is a little bit liberating but I also remember the feeling of completion in collecting the stamps so I wonder if I will return
i know - I am always regretful and flying by the seat of my pants on my subsequent Caminos - I do not endorse walking without a credential!I can't imagine walking the Camino without a credential. For me it's part of the while Camino experience.
Me too. I no longer ask for a Compostela but I still carry a credencial mainly for access to pilgrim albergues.I can't imagine walking the Camino without a credential. For me it's part of the while Camino experience.
For those who really, really like sellos they can do the same but put extra sellos on additional credentials. Then it's easy to find out where you stayed from the primary credential but you've still got your others. Be sure though that if you want the compostela the primary has two per day for the last 100 km (200 for cyclists). Maybe one for each sleep and another for second breakfast?I usually only get stamps where I sleep. Of course, if I want a Compostela I get a second one somewhere each day during the last 100 km, but I don't normally bother with that anymore.
I guess that depends on why you think the albergues are there and what you think the Compostela means.The question springs to mind, if people are not interested in collecting stamps or getting a Compostela should they be staying in albergues?
My understanding has always been that albergues and the earlier refugios are there to assist pilgrims on their pilgrimage to the tomb of the Apostle in Santiago. I do not see any essential link between a journey to the shrine of the Apostle and the collection of stamps and souvenir certificates along the way. My own business in Santiago is with the saint - not the pilgrim office whose understanding of pilgrimage I no longer share or endorse.The question springs to mind, if people are not interested in collecting stamps or getting a Compostela should they be staying in albergues?
Great answer.My understanding has always been that albergues and the earlier refugios are there to assist pilgrims on their pilgrimage to the tomb of the Apostle in Santiago. I do not see any essential link between a journey to the shrine of the Apostle and the collection of stamps and souvenir certificates along the way. My own business in Santiago is with the saint - not the pilgrim office whose understanding of pilgrimage I no longer share or endorse.
I love collecting stamps. I am a collector and have collected various things over the years. Lately, I try to restrict myself to digital collections, because space!Been binging on Rob's Camino YouTube page in prep for my own trek and he oftentimes says something along the lines of "For those who want to get their passport stamped..." which led me to wonder: Do some folks not get it stamped? I assumed I would but I was curious if some people don't care for it, etc., etc. Thanks!
Been binging on Rob's Camino YouTube page in prep for my own trek and he oftentimes says something along the lines of "For those who want to get their passport stamped..." which led me to wonder: Do some folks not get it stamped? I assumed I would but I was curious if some people don't care for it, etc., etc. Thanks!
I just arrived in Santiago today. Up until Sarria I just got one from were I stayed except the odd church. I’am not much of a stamp hunterYes, my credential and the stamps in it are a great souvenir and reminder of the places where I stayed each day. I just don't feel the need to collect stamps from every random place I pass through. I only get extra stamps at places where I have exceptional experiences.
I wasn’t planning to get stamps or a certificate. I was telling my 22-year-old daughter about the passport and the stamps, etc. and how I probably wouldn’t do it and she said “you have to get the stamps and certificate and then give them to me because I might walk the Camino some day and I’ll want to have that with me!”Been binging on Rob's Camino YouTube page in prep for my own trek and he oftentimes says something along the lines of "For those who want to get their passport stamped..." which led me to wonder: Do some folks not get it stamped? I assumed I would but I was curious if some people don't care for it, etc., etc. Thanks!
I know many of my friends and pilgrims here on the forum who have walked multiple times do not get compostellas anymore. I still get them and give them away. The first one means alot to me. The rest I give to family and close friends. This year I am going to dedicate my camino to my college roommate that passed away earlier this year. I want to put his name on the compostela. I know it is possible but what is the procedure?Yes, my credential and the stamps in it are a great souvenir and reminder of the places where I stayed each day. I just don't feel the need to collect stamps from every random place I pass through. I only get extra stamps at places where I have exceptional experiences.
I brought you @t2andreo as you graciously and have the great fortune of working in the pilgrim office.In my years of experience as a Pilgrim Office volunteer, I have seen the entire range of stamping.
Thanks for the information Tom.In my years of experience as a Pilgrim Office volunteer, I have seen the entire range of stamping.
There are pilgrims who combine multiple credencials to hold all their sellos. These folks collect the sellos, pretty much the same way others take photographs with their smartphones.
When they arrive at the counter at the Pilgrim Office, their credencials resemble huge origami paper sculptures. If staff are lucky, the pilgrim has already arranged the credencials in chronological order. If not, staff must do this.
Then, on the other end of the spectrum, there are folks who cannot seem to understand that you need enough sellos, throughout a Camino, to establish progress along a route - point to point - as well as the chronology involved.
They also did not read the credencial itself, or pay attention here in the forum, to understand that once you hit the 100 km threshold on any route (200 km if on a bicycle), TWO SELLOS are needed per day. It is really a very easy thing. Yes, I know it is in Spanish. But, that is what online translators are for.
When there are excessive sellos, staff and volunteers have to parse them to create a chronological narrative to support a pilgrims claims of having walked "X" route in "Y" days. This, of course, takes time.
Now that the Pilgrim Office arrival process relies almost exclusively on online pre-arrival registration of your personal data, significant time is saved at the counter.
This semi automated process works much in the same way that the new EU ETIAS visa free pre-arrival online process will work, and how the existing US ESTA process works for many non-US nationals traveling to the US. In all three contexts, you submit your personal information online, in advance of your arrival.
For the national border systems, you receive an admission code from the appropriate border authorities. In the pilgrim context, you receive a QR code to announce your arrival at Santiago to Pilgrim Office Security.
When Pilgrim Office security scans this QR code, you receive a queue order number. This also sends your data to the laser printer queue, so your Compostela and Distance Certificates (if requested) can be printed in a beautiful script font. When you arrive at the counter, your certificate(s) can be rapidly printed and delivered.
Then again, if a Compostela is not your goal, then it does not matter what you do. The issue here is that, if you change you mind, from NOT wanting a Compostela to wanting one, but you only have few and infrequent sellos in your credencial, staff have to look elsewhere to try to substantiate your claim to having walked a specific Camino to qualify - if possible. This is yet another, indirect reason, why using a smartphone on your Camino is a good thing.
In this case, the most common thing staff will do is to examine the meta data for your photographs to determine where the photo was taken and on what date. I have seen eligibility for MANY Compostelas "saved" this way. But, it takes an inordinate amount of time and patience.
So, just in case you MIGHT want a Compostela, please just get the sellos - one per day beyond 100 km if walking (200 km if by bicycle) - then TWO per day once you hit the 100 / 200 km threshold: Tui. Ourense, Vigo, Sarria, Ferrol, etc. by foot. Figure out the 200 km threshold if by bike.
Bottom line - if in doubt - just get the extra sellos.
I hope this helps.
Tom
You need to ask for a vicarie pro inscription on your Compostela. More about it in this thread: https://www.caminodesantiago.me/com...emory-deceased-relative-in-vicarie-pro.81620/This year I am going to dedicate my camino to my college roommate that passed away earlier this year. I want to put his name on the compostela. I know it is possible but what is the procedure?
Thank you so much. I will add this thread to notes in my phone.You need to ask for a vicarie pro inscription on your Compostela. More about it in this thread: https://www.caminodesantiago.me/com...emory-deceased-relative-in-vicarie-pro.81620/
You can( could) ask a Compostela for somebody else , the so called “ vicarie pro “ ruleI know many of my friends and pilgrims here on the forum who have walked multiple times do not get compostellas anymore. I still get them and give them away. The first one means alot to me. The rest I give to family and close friends. This year I am going to dedicate my camino to my college roommate that passed away earlier this year. I want to put his name on the compostela. I know it is possible but what is the procedure?
I brought you @t2andreo as you graciously and have the great fortune of working in the pilgrim office.
Thanks so much. I hope to give this to my friend's wife when I return home.You can( could) ask a Compostela for somebody else , the so called “ vicarie pro “ rule
but with the printed Compostela’s I do not know if this is still possible. Maybe one of the volunteers who recently served at the Pilgrims Office can answer this question
Anyway I found underneath information.
When I served as a volunteer in 2022 I wrote out several Vicarie Pro Compostela’s
I'Vicarie pro': to Santiago for another person - Flores de los Caminos a Santiago
It is possible for pilgrims to walk or cycle to Santiago for someone else. The Catholic Church states that the spiritual advantages thus acquired benefit the other person. There are, however, some conditions. It is April 2004. Like so many others I am on the road to Santiago to honour the memory...floresdeloscaminosasantiago.eu
Thats the way I feel. If you get into the habit of getting 2\day then you rarely if ever will wind up with either 1 or, God forbid, NONE!Might as well get in the habit now! I don't think that you are in danger of running out of room in your credential.
I got no stamps on my first camino but I've collected stamps assiduously on all subsequent caminos.Been binging on Rob's Camino YouTube page in prep for my own trek and he oftentimes says something along the lines of "For those who want to get their passport stamped..." which led me to wonder: Do some folks not get it stamped? I assumed I would but I was curious if some people don't care for it, etc., etc. Thanks!
You can be sure to get your credential stamped. If someone doesn't, it's probably their own choice or wrong place. The albergues and churches, most bars and restaurants are happy to give stamps to pilgrims with the official credencial.Been binging on Rob's Camino YouTube page in prep for my own trek and he oftentimes says something along the lines of "For those who want to get their passport stamped..." which led me to wonder: Do some folks not get it stamped? I assumed I would but I was curious if some people don't care for it, etc., etc. Thanks!
The Spiritual Variant IS recognized by the Pilgrim’s Office.The Variante Espiritual starts about 5 kms beyond Pontevedra.
If you have one stamp from Vigo and one past Vigo on the same day and you keep on collecting two stamps per day untill Santiago you can apply for a Compostela.
Although the Variante Espiritual is not recognized by the Pilgrims Office you have kms (102) enough for a certificate so also collect 2 stamps per day at te Variante Espiritual
The moral of the story is that not everyone who works at the Pilgrim Office enforces the rules, especially on long distance walkers. There is anecdotal evidence that most do not. Most is not the same as all. Each pilgrim can decide how important a Compostela is to them, how much of a pain it is to get a second stamp, and whether they want to risk getting that person at the Pilgrim Office who enforces the rules on everybody.Well I don’t know about this double stamp requirement from Sarria.
I get one stamp in my Credencial every day while on pilgrimage (except the odd time when I forget because I stayed in a hotel for example - then I write in the particulars of that O/N stop in my Credencial with a pen).
In this fashion I have 6/7K kms under my belt (or more accurately under my shoes!).
I have asked for and have received 5/6 Compostelas.
And - here’s the punch line: I have never gotten a double stamp on any 24 hours in the last 100 kms of any Camino I walked.
And nobody in the pilgrims office has ever questioned me about it.
Not sure what the moral of that story is!
Joan
PS
Even walking on Camino in Ireland I get stamps on my homemade routes (there I’m en route to get to St James Gate (for the church, for the symbolism and of course for the Guinness! And also to catch a boat to the continent). I get stamps in my Credencials on those treks too. These stamps are mostly from pubs and occasionally hotels or even shops - I even have the VAT ID stamp from the highest pub in Ireland (well they say it’s the highest) which shows I passed through there!
As a further aside - The oldest pub in Ireland is very near St James Gate - and will «stamp » your Credencial! And the Guinness factory itself stamps Credencials too (The free pilgrim pint there I’m afraid has been mythical for me).
Apparently these random stamps and the self -made penned ones are legitimate currency also - I have never been questioned about any of my ´stamps’ .
(Possibly have just set myself up to be pilloried next time I roll up!)
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