Béarn
Home is always sweet, but when home is southern France . . . well, why would anyone leave? This farm building dates from the 17th century and would be rather grand by medieval standards, like an expensive ranch house, but very much appropriate for a visiting Count.
Leaving home was definitely difficult for most pilgrims. Most had spent their lives in the immediate neighborhood, rarely travelling far, so setting out to cross "over the sea", enduring all the perils of the journey, could be traumatic. They had always been someone, but now they would be strangers, protected only by Christian charity.
Pilgrims could always request hospitality, however. The farmer would be obliged to provide a meal and a roof for the night; simple courtesy and no more. In this case, the farm lay on Fulk's estates, and the wealthy farmer was expecting the honor.
Yes, there were pilgrims who took advantage of hospitality to attempt to freeload their way to their destination; such a practice was more typical of shorter pilgrimages than ones to Jerusalem, where spending a goodly sum of money was unavoidable. But a pilgrimage to Canterbury or to Compostella could sometimes look very much like a holiday to Canterbury or Compostella.