Luggage Transport - Why?

[trecile]

Can you please tell what company did you use to transfer your pack

Check out this thread:
Bag transport companies on the Camino - a list

 

[David61]

Can you please tell what company did you use to transfer your pack

Jacotrans and Correos. Very easy to use and reliable. Tip, do not leave anything of value in your pack. I know for definite my pack had been gone through at least once whilst in transit or before collection/post drop off.

 

[LesAnne]

My husband and I walked the Camino Ingles in 2019. This experience was only one week out of a multi week trip to New York City, a conference in Warsaw, a side trip to Vienna, and another conference in Abu Dhabi, which entailed packing for multiple seasons, needs, and scenarios, plus accommodating materials, books, and gifts received from the conferences. We were very grateful to use luggage transport.

We are returning to walk the Frances in September and will again use luggage transport. This time we are also attending a conference in Berlin in conjunction with the Camino, but the main reason is that we are now both in our late 60s, my husband has some health issues, and our previous experience with luggage transport was so pleasant that we never really considered not using a luggage transport.

Thankyou for your feedback. I wonder did you have a suitcase or a backpack please?

 

[Shells]

Thankyou for your feedback. I wonder did you have a suitcase or a backpack please?

In both cases (Camino Ingles, 2019 and Camino Frances, 2023), my husband and I walked with daypacks and had our suitcases transported. We experienced no problems and both of our Caminos were extraordinary experiences. I am returning in a month to walk the final 100ish miles of the Frances (Ponferrada to Santiago) with a couple of friends who were intrigued by my daily descriptions last fall and asked if I would accompany them this year on their own Walks. Both of my friends are in their late 60s, unaccustomed to walking great distances, and have medical issues. We are once again having our luggage transported, will walk with daypacks, and hopefully return with emotional baggage greatly lessened!

 

[J Willhaus]

Thankyou for your feedback. I wonder did you have a suitcase or a backpack please?

Some places don't accept a suitcase so check that when you make your decision.

 

[Wanieta]

Try as I might, I can't get my pack below 15 lbs including 2L water and, at 73 with arthritic knees, it's difficult. My plan is to tranfer about 5 lbs/day in a small pack and carry the remaining 10 lbs in my very comfortable backpack. I want to enjoy the journey, not struggle. Buen Camino!

 

[henrythedog]

Try as I might, I can't get my pack below 15 lbs including 2L water and, at 73 with arthritic knees, it's difficult. My plan is to tranfer about 5 lbs/day in a small pack and carry the remaining 10 lbs in my very comfortable backpack. I want to enjoy the journey, not struggle. Buen Camino!

If you’re crossing over to the other side, for perfectly sound reasons, you might as well ship 10 and carry 5. It’s not a competition other than against yourself.

 

[TulasiPriya]

Will follow this! Is driven by profit I think - a need/desire is seen (or invented) and paid services arise to satisfy that ..

but I do wonder if there is a correlation over the years between the rise of baggage transport and the ratio of religious pilgrims to hikers? (my assumption being that there is a rise in hikers and a drop in religious pilgrims - but only a guess) - and also, not judging, just interested.

I don't fit the categories - apologies ... I loathe wearing a heavy pack anyway (even a light one) and with my first aid kit it would have been completely not doable so I went down the route of designing and building a trailer - hey! luggage transport but by me for me!!

Have you shared any photos of it? I'd love to see it.

 

[TulasiPriya]

Can you please tell what company did you use to transfer your pack

If you type "luggage" or "luggage transport" (or some variation thereof) in the search, you'll find a lot of recommendations and lots of hits, some of which are about subjects that are good to know but you would never have thought of.

 

[trecile]

but I do wonder if there is a correlation over the years between the rise of baggage transport and the ratio of religious pilgrims to hikers? (my assumption being that there is a rise in hikers and a drop in religious pilgrims - but only a guess) - and also, not judging, just interested

It seems to me that many who are walking for religious reasons may be less likely to be regular hikers and thus more likely to want or need to use luggage transport.

Regular hikers are more apt to be fitter and accustomed to using a backpack, so therefore less likely to use luggage transport.

 

[J Willhaus]

Try as I might, I can't get my pack below 15 lbs including 2L water and, at 73 with arthritic knees, it's difficult. My plan is to tranfer about 5 lbs/day in a small pack and carry the remaining 10 lbs in my very comfortable backpack. I want to enjoy the journey, not struggle. Buen Camino!

If you are on the Camino Frances, it is unlikely you'll need 2 liters of water except maybe one day. The towns are close together and potable water is avaliable. That might help.

 

[NancyLee]

Am also returning to Camino Frances early Sept for an easy couple weeks of walking and then taking train to Barcelona to relax for several days. Just so many things have happened in my life during and since pandemic that I want a stress free pilgrimage to just process lots. Haven’t packed yet but hope I can manage my backpack but will use the transport option if necessary. I completed Camino Frances Sept 2019. Beautiful month to walk.