Originally Posted by seigex

I already have it booked for my days for $502 for 4 nights. That's the best price between booking/agoda/direct that I could find unfortunately. But Agoda was being pretty weird, showing a cheap price, then after attempting to book saying it was 4 times what the original price was. Shinjuku's my favorite place to stay in Tokyo personally, but the reviews of the hotel are kinda meh. I also have a hotel booked in Kinshicho right next to the station (the Super Hotel I mentioned above), and right now I'm favoring. It's on the Sobu Rapid and Chuo Sobu lines which give me access to everything I need, but one late night in Shinjuku will cost me about 5000 yen in taxi fares if I miss the train

Also the pickins' for my dates I'm not using points, 12/29-1/2, are very slim at the moment. I'm checking constantly though to see what opens up.

Originally Posted by Objectivelyreal

Dormy Inn usually has a rooftop open-air public bath filled with citrus. You go in naked. That’s scary for squeamish Americans. Dormy also has (had?) free Ramen in the evenings and used to have free beer on tap at some locations. Very different from Toyoko Inn. All managers at Toyoko Inn are women, a reason to patronize that establishment. APA usually have decent restaurants on the ground floor. I’m beginning to wonder if you’ve actually been to these hotels more than once?