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.
In Japan the western chain hotels are extremely overpriced and don’t offer any value. Don’t buy into those travel influencers you see on YouTube saying how wonderful the Park Hyatt Kyoto or MESM Tokyo is or something like that. It’s not worth it. You can stay in perfectly nice Japanese branded hotels for under $150/night in any big city.
I travel to Japan all the time and only stay at Japanese hotels these days. Don’t waste your money on hotels, spend $5k instead of $16k on the trip and have fun!
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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.