Originally Posted by
AdaQuonsett
Is there REALLY such a big difference in quality?
The hotels that you listed are certainly NOT all in the same class.
What you pay for is what you get - with the caveat (IMHO) that there is a law of diminishing returns at the upper end of the hotel spectrum.
(The difference in comfort between a 10,000yen room and a 15,000yen room is greater than the difference in comfort between a 45,000yen room and a 60,000yen room).
Originally Posted by
AdaQuonsett
The other thing that confuses us is the distances, eg, Narita to Park Hyatt is 1 hour 40 minutes whereas Narita to the Westin Tokyo we were told is only 1hour.
NRT to Westin in 60 mins. No way!
(unless you are some kind of street racer after midnight).
Getting to the Westin (in Ebisu) will take about as long as getting to the PHT (Shinjuku). Maybe slightly longer to reach the Westin - depending on traffic.
Originally Posted by
AdaQuonsett
Tokyo Airporter (which was mentioned in another post) will take us from Narita to Park Hyatt for 20,000 yen but the hotel says the rate is about 45,000 yen. Of course the hotel is going to be more expensive everywhere, but twice as much as a "normal" car service?
Yes.
Maybe the PHT sends an empty car from the hotel to Narita to pick you up.