ACCOMMODATION
[onefourth type=”separate”]JAPAN[/onefourth] [threefourths_last type=”separate”]Rakuten Travel: This is the site at which we made most of our hotel reservations for our trips to Japan. The prices here seem to be more discounted compared to other sites for the same hotels.
Booking.com: This site had some special rates that sometimes beat the prices at the Rakuten site above.
JapanIcan: One of the top three sites we used to reserve our accommodation in Japan.
Japanese Guest Houses: Specially for Ryokans. Browse through the list of ryokans available on their site. Fill in the inquiry form and wait for their response. It is very easy! The site provides foreigners a FREE service where they help you call the ryokans and inquire about rooms and let you know what’s available via email. They won’t book anything until you tell them to.
[/threefourths_last] [onefourth type=”separate”]USA[/onefourth] [threefourths_last type=”separate”]Bidding Traveler: Walks you through a bidding strategy on Priceline.com and gets you a great deal on hotels.
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TRANSPORTATION
[onefourth type=”separate”]JAPAN[/onefourth] [threefourths_last type=”separate”]HYPERDIA: Gives you easy to understand and detailed stop by stop directions from origin to destination in Japan. Includes details such as duration, cost and the exact mode of transportation to take (e.g. Shinkansen vs bus etc…)
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