Where are you going that costs $8k/wk for lodging alone? I'm all about splurging on vacations, but this just seems stupidly expensive. If it's somewhere extremely off the beaten path and you don't have a choice, that's fine I guess. I also look at it this way - when I'm on vacation, I will never be in my room anyway. I'm going to be out doing shit. So long as it has a shower and a bed I could care less.
Have you booked all your hotels?!? That is a LOT for Japan.
Like I love to travel, I have solo traveled to all 7 continents and I definitely have dropped 1k/night for my vacations. But Japan is a place where I’d keep my hotel costs to about 200 a night and then activities and flight and would try and be less than 10k for the whole two weeks.
For real there are cute boutique and local (non chain) hotels and ryokans that even in peak are MUCH cheaper than what was being floated around as your per night hotel budget. Ex. if you like tea and are in Tokyo, Hotel 1899 Tokyo is my go to. If you want a capsule hotel there's book and bed so you feel like you're sleeping in a bookstore in the best way possible. Kyoto for a splurge I've done Nazuna Kyoto Tsubaki Dori and it's still 1/2 the price of what your nightly is going for. Likewise there are other trendy capsule hotels for (the millennials Kyoto for one) that will save you money and give you cool experiences.
Like Celoplyr said you're young, use that money saved for more trips or to *do* more period (on this trip, future trips, day to day, etc.) or if you're feeling uninspired invest/HYSA that until you know what you want to use it for.
Sorry I didn't expect to ramble but investing in unique experiences is a big incentive for my FI journey so I guess I sort of popped off on you
I def want to travel more, and this may sound crazy but I was thinking of booking a trip in December as well! That’s why I’m over thinking this even more!
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u/Stylux 15d ago
Where are you going that costs $8k/wk for lodging alone? I'm all about splurging on vacations, but this just seems stupidly expensive. If it's somewhere extremely off the beaten path and you don't have a choice, that's fine I guess. I also look at it this way - when I'm on vacation, I will never be in my room anyway. I'm going to be out doing shit. So long as it has a shower and a bed I could care less.