Originally Posted by
Q Shoe Guy
Have you tried Priceline , "Name Your Own Price"? It can on occasion work in ones favour it has for me in Amsterdam of late.
I'd be happy to take my chances as a solo traveller, but it's a bit too risky for this trip.
I believe it was someone on here who mentioned that the largest standard rooms in Tokyo were at the Ritz Carlton(but I could be mistaken).
The Pen's 51 sq.m. last year wasn't too shabby
Do you have any points you can use, such as Starwood/Hyatt/Hilton/Jal/ANA or have anything to trade that might get you into one of the nicer hotel chains on the cheap(ish)?
I've pretty much exhausted my hotel point balances, except for IHG, and there's nothing particularly attractive on offer there at the moment.
The JAL idea is interesting though, as my wife has a balance we could raid; I presume you're referring to the 10,000 miles = Y15,000 coupon for JAL/Nikko hotels deal? (Wasn't aware of this earlier!) JAL Yotsuya and Nikko Osaka seem like potential candidates, Nikko Ginza appears to be a bit of a dump and the rest aren't well located.