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Well I have done 5 caminos and tend to stay in private dorms. I am a very slow walker and do long days so need to have late check in. I always pre book where I can. I don’t want to carry a sleeping bag and have no ability to put up a tent! I guess I regard a dorm on the Camino as quite luxurious as I have stayed at a lot of dorms in non Camino places and the quality and the ‘behaviour’ is very different. I think many folks who stay in albergues probably don’t stay on dorms in normal life so really treat it with respect. I am used to lots of poor behaviour and bed bugs and no sleep off Camino, bit behaviour is largely exemplary on Camino.I have walked many Caminos and I have mixed feelings about this topic.
I usually try to book private lodgings in recent years when I walk on less traveled Caminos as I prefer to feel confident I have a place to stay at the end of the day since I am a slower walker. Some say I should stay in donativo albergues when possible because if I pay at least an equivalent to private lodgings it actually helps keep them alive for pilgrims who walk with less funds.
OTOH, I sometimes hear it takes beds away from pilgrims who rely on donativos to help them make it to Santiago on a shoestring budget.
There seem to be no clear rules. Are these merely opinions to be heeded or disregarded, and we all should do what "feels good and right" in our own thoughts?
Yep. It’s one of those really good topics for discussion among any assemblage of pilgrims anywhere any time.I have walked many Caminos and I have mixed feelings about this topic.
I usually try to book private lodgings in recent years when I walk on less traveled Caminos as I prefer to feel confident I have a place to stay at the end of the day since I am a slower walker. Some say I should stay in donativo albergues when possible because if I pay at least an equivalent to private lodgings it actually helps keep them alive for pilgrims who walk with less funds.
OTOH, I sometimes hear it takes beds away from pilgrims who rely on donativos to help them make it to Santiago on a shoestring budget.
There seem to be no clear rules. Are these merely opinions to be heeded or disregarded, and we all should do what "feels good and right" in our own thoughts and life?
@trecile, that breakfast does convince meThe breakfast should convince you
Chris I think you should stay at albergues of any type otherwise you would be depriving pilgrims of the pleasure of your company.Some say I should stay in donativo albergues when possible because if I pay at least an equivalent to private lodgings it actually helps keep them alive for pilgrims who walk with less funds.
Thanks, Rick.Chris I think you should stay at albergues of any type otherwise you would be depriving pilgrims of the pleasure of your company.
Obviously, if there are empty beds in the donativo then your presence and Euros will be appreciated!My question now relates more to if I avoid them, which leaves beds for the needy, or if I use them and pay generously, it helps keep donativos afloat, but at the same time takes a bed away from a more needy pilgrim.
You raise a valid point.My question now relates more to if I avoid them, which leaves beds for the needy, or if I use them and pay generously, it helps keep donativos afloat, but at the same time takes a bed away from a more needy pilgrim.
I couldn't agree more, that has been my experience too.mainly it has been folks looking for a cheap night who probably don’t need it. Put €5 in the tin or forget to pay. I don’t doubt people on low funds exist of course but they seem a very small number
This is a good point. Whatever you do, you are helping someone.Yes, a generous donation helps keep a donativo alive. Yes, your custom keeps those little family owned and run hotels and hostales alive.
YEah... just stop over for breakfast. Say you heard wonderful things about it@trecile, that breakfast does convince me, but since we are staying overnight in Las Medulas first, Casa Rosa is too close, being only approx.10km beyond and we already have plans to stay the following night in Sobredelo. I will try to stop in though, take look around and say hello as I have heard wonderful things about it.
And there are donativo albergues that are private, such as the one in Puente de Domingo Flórez.I did private albergues because I was pushing stuff forward via transport co so that was that. I also would like to point out that private ALBERGUE does not necessary mean private ROOM; there are plenty of private albergues
I think we all should do "what feels good and right" in our thoughts and life. I also think being better informed can help point those feelings in the right direction. ;-)I have walked many Caminos and I have mixed feelings about this topic.
I usually try to book private lodgings in recent years when I walk on less traveled Caminos as I prefer to feel confident I have a place to stay at the end of the day since I am a slower walker. Some say I should stay in donativo albergues when possible because if I pay at least an equivalent to private lodgings it actually helps keep them alive for pilgrims who walk with less funds.
OTOH, I sometimes hear it takes beds away from pilgrims who rely on donativos to help them make it to Santiago on a shoestring budget.
There seem to be no clear rules. Are these merely opinions to be heeded or disregarded, and we all should do what "feels good and right" in our own thoughts and life?
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