We’re on a budget but there’s always MasterCard! In my research, I found a wide range of daily spending habits. My goal is to keep our expenditures as low as possible but allowing ourselves to enjoy our Camino to the fullest. Because it’s so variable, I’m not planning to post our costs to get to Europe, but I’ll start with what I’ve spent in Europe before leaving Panamá. Of course we’ll spend more the first and last few days of the trip and more than I want to, but hopefully I’ll be able to keep track of everything, mostly for my own curiosity!

Express Bourricot – €38 ($41) – transportation for 2 from Biarritz, France to Saint Jean Pied de Port

Airbnb in SJPdP for 2 nights w/breakfast – $110
Pizza and salad dinner, Coke & coffee for Ray – €26 ($28.33)
Bottled water and 2 apples – €2.64 ($2.88)
2 bracelets – €6 ($)
Dinner and sodas – €14.50
Small waist bag for Ray – €17.50
One load of laundry -€4.50
One suitcase transport with clean clothes to Santiago for end of Camino – €70

Day 1 – 2 beds with dinner and breakfast in Orisson – €76.24 ($83.11)
Coffee and lunch at Orisson – €17.50
(They have a very captive audience as there is no other place to eat or drink for 6-7 hours.)
Lunches for Day 2 – €8

Day 2 – 2 beds and dinners in Roncesvalle – €44 ($48)
2 bananas and a hard boiled egg from roadside truck – €3
Afternoon coffee from albergue at Roncesvalle – €2.40
Laundry at albergue in Roncesvalle – €3.50

Day 3 – 3 coffees and 2 bananas – €5.50
1 Ham sandwich to share for lunch – €3.50
Hostel Suseia in Zubiri, including dinner and breakfast – €56
Laundry service at Hostel Suseia – €6

Day 4 – 2 sandwiches for lunch and 1 coke – €6.80
2 beds at Albergue Jesús y Maria in Pamplona – €16
1 coke for Ray – $€1.20
2 Pilgram’s dinners – €18
2 SIM cards for data on phones – €20
Dryer for still wet clothes €1

Day 5 – breakfast and multiple coffees – €8
Camino shell patch for Ray’s backpack – €4
Hotel room, paid for by our business – priceless
2 dinners –

Running Total in Dollars – $