Originally Posted by
RichardInSF
Over in the Hyatt forum, it's reported that the Park Hyatt has quietly raised their service charge from 10% to 13%. Someone there commented that the Conrad and Grand Hyatt had done the same.
I tried a test booking at the Pen and it seems they are up to 15%!
Haven't checked other Tokyo luxury hotels yet. Anyone have any experience with them? Bear in mind when checking that there is a consumption tax in Japan, currently set at 5% of the room+service charge.
I know it seems small but in a country coming off from 20+ years of deflation, it really is significant.
We stayed a the PEN last week, and my bill includes 15.5% for service charges and government tax (so that would be 10.5% for service). This does not include the JPY200 pp "Tokyo accommodation tax."
When I reserved there was an odd note that as of some date the rate would go up, but I don't remember when, it may have been July 15.