Cheap Hotels in Japan

The year after my homestay, I came back to Japan with enough money to last me two weeks. I had nowhere to stay, hoping to just wing it until I got a job. I consider myself lucky that I found capsule hotels and youth hostels to stay at, though I was eventually kicked out of Higashiyama Youth Hostel in Nagoya for overstaying my welcome – I was living there, leaving each morning dressed in a suit and tie!

Now I’m a married man in my thirties, I prefer to plan ahead a little, so I was interested to see if this post’s sponsor, Hotel Reservations could fulfill their “Guaranteed Lowest Rates” claim on hotels in Tokyo.

I did a search on Google for Hotel Reservations Japan and found a different site, Japan-Hotels.net, in the top spot. A few clicks later I was transported to their slow loading partner’s website, Agoda.com. Looking for a fancy hotel, I decided on the very nice 4-star Park Tower Tokyo Prince Hotel, and clicked to get the rates for a standard twin room on April 14th….

I had time to make a cup of tea before the rates came up, but when they did, I saw one night would cost $267…Ouch!

Putting HotelReservations.com to the test, I searched for the same hotel, in the same kind of room, and on the same night. Low and behold, the resulting rate was… drum roll… $201.68. Wow! Not only that, but I didn’t have to wait ages for the page to load. Very slick.

With over a dozen quality photos, and a detailed description of the hotel, I was impressed enough to write this blog entry. As I you would expect, HotelReservations.com offers a host of services including flights, rentals, vacation packages, and importantly, an in-depth Frequently Asked Questions page.

If you live in Japan and can read Japanese, you might want to compare prices with some of the offerings on Yahoo! Japan’s travel pages. If however, you prefer to deal in English, or are looking for an overseas vacation, you should definitely check out HotelReservations.com.

My wife really wants to go to Hawaii next year, and with up to 70% off, you know I’ll be comparing anything she finds with Hotel Reservations.

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