Originally Posted by
outgoing
We have a trip to Okinawa booked for early March 2022 and I was considering this hotel (if we are allowed in that is which is not obvious given the current state of affairs) but is the 120K Yen a normal going rate there or they just did not load any "promo" rates? If so is it worth 80K points and more so is it worth flying to Miyako-jima from Okinawa (seems that they have plenty of flights between Naha and Miyako). We will only be there for 6 nights in total. I was otherwise thinking about booking Ritz Carlton but it seems that they didn't even load any rates there for March 2022. It ends in January 2022 but with much lower prices at about 50K Yen. This will be our first time to Okinawa but we were multiple times in Japan before (mostly Tokyo-Kyoto-Osaka corridor). When would it be best to book the hotels/ Thanks for any insights.
It’s a tricky one. I’m glad
CPH-Flyer had a better experience than I did as far as service goes, but if you’ve never been to the Japanese islands, I don’t know if this is the best hotel to do this at. Here’s a draft flow chart for this.
1) Are you married to Marriott points? If yes then just go here. Ritz won’t do upgrades etc (unless you’re a Ritz elite), and anyway, you
should try more than just Naha.
2) If the answer to 1) is No, then: are you married to chain hotels? Ishigaki has a very competent Intercontinental.
3) If the answer to 2) is No as well, then you have a whole plethora of options. Depending on how quaint / out of the way you want to go, something like Yoron would be ultra high on my list. The Precia there is “ok”, but the island vibe is special - it’s a 30 min flight from Naha, but you’re truly in another world - it’s the Japanese 80s bubble “that really wanted to be, but wasn’t”.
Which of the above is it?