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How to Plan a Spain Vacation with Insider Help from a Spain tour operator

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Planning a trip to Spain? Want some help from a Spain-based specialist to plan a Spain vacation? Take a look at the questions we at Totally Spain put to our clients when working on an itinerary. It might help you identify what you want to do, see and experience in Spain. And we also provide a checklist, to make sure you only book with an experienced company that cares about you, your likes and dislikes, and the type of Spain trip you want to take.

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Tipping in Spain – What & When to Tip

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Along with mealtimes in Spain, the topic of tipping and gratuities is one question that we often get asked about by our clients. Living and working here in Spain as we do (Totally Spain is Spain-based travel agent and specialist in custom travel to Spain since 2000), we’ve put together 15 concrete examples of when you should or shouldn’t tip in Spain below.  Guidelines are based on one or two people. Should you be more, then adjust accordingly the tip amount.

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The Many Ways of Doing the Camino de Santiago. What’s yours?

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Most mornings on our way to the office in Cantabria we pass a few Camino de Santiago walkers doing the coastal route as they walk from Güemes to Somo to catch the ferry to Santander. It’s lovely to see the ‘peregrinos‘ or pilgrims with the St James shell on their backpacks. And when we get to the office, we often continue with the St James Way theme as we organise quite a few custom trips for people wanting to experience the Camino de Santiago in a multitude of ways.

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Totally Spain’s Guide to a Romantic Spanish Break

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Is Valentine’s Day inspiring you to plan a little get-away to somewhere special, romantic Spanish break? Here at Totally Spain, we’ve been planning customised vacations including romantic holidays, engagement proposals, weddings and honeymoons since the year 2000. With all that experience under our belt, we though we’d share our insider tips on the perfect romantic break in Spain.

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Hotel Rooms in Spain – How to Book the Very Best

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We’ve been booking hotel rooms in Spain for clients since the year 2000 and part of that process is briefing clients on what to expect when they book their hotels in Spain and what extras they can ask for upon arrival. Because most of our clients here at Totally Spain come from the US, the UK, Canada and Australia, our advice is coming from an Anglo-Saxon perspective.

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