Accommodations in Japan

In this post I want to talk about cheap places to stay in Japan. I did the normal searching and found hotels.com has some great deals, but wanted a place for myself. That is when I cam across an an amazing site called Airbnb.com . 

Airbnb is a site that people sublet their houses, apartments, condos, tree houses, really anything that has a place for you to sleep. The site is really easy to navigate and make reservations, and you can choose either to have your own place or share a place or even share a room. I decided that my own apartment would be the best. 

The apartment that I got is right next to a JR train station and its costing me only $60 a night. Now there are cheaper options but to have your own apartment in Japan as if you were living there is an experience. One of the other great things of this apartment is free wifi hotspot. Now I can throw the hotspot in my backpack and have free wifi everywhere I go. This will help out with when I need to check on train travel times, translations, and even uploading pictures and videos. Now I know this blog seems like an advertisement for Airbnb but I truly cant recommend enough this site.

Savings breakdown:

Hotels.com $61 a night with just one double bed =  $912.26 w/tax

Hotels.com $88 a night with two twin beds = $1327.25 w/tax

Airbnb.com $67 a night studio apartment = $911 w/airbnb service charge

Next post: Getting around Japan

 

TG