Top 5 Travel Hacks To Make Your Japan Dream Comes True
Travelling to Japan for holidays is everyone’s dream. Besides the language barriers that hinder most travelers around the world, high standard of living cost is another stumbling block. I’ve experienced enough all these during my last 3 Japan tours. Perhaps these top 5 travel hacks below could save you enough money to make your traveling to Japan a dream comes true!
Prepare your Japan travel bucket list precisely
In order to kill 2 birds with one stone, I did quite an extensive research on Japan travel bucket list that I’m planning to visit. On one hand, I learnt all tourist information on those hot spots, from where I should start off, by which public transports to get there and so on, hence saving hassles to communicate in Japanese with local people later. On the other hand, well prepared itineraries literally save me a lot of time and money. I knew when to go Universal Studio best with least crowds for instance, and where to buy the cheapest entrance tickets online!
Book your air tickets timely
The foremost travel hacks on Japan travel is to save on your flight cost. Air fares fluctuate according to season, Forex and demands. And we are talking about double or triple the prices from lowest to highest. High air fares could constitute up to 50% of the budget of your whole trip.
This should not scare you off though. Successfully slashing half of the cost and you are on the right track to realise your dream. I managed to save half of it by simply booking my flights during promotion of an airline. Some efforts have to put into searching for best price from not one but all available airlines flying to Japan! Do explore on all flight routes including those with a stop-over in between.
Secure your accommodations online
Sounds a no brainer? The travel hack here is to search, wait for promotion, search other booking websites, then only book your accommodation! Again, more haste, less speed. Don’t be over-excited after you have booked your flight. There are also plenty of discount coupons available online where you can apply on your hotels booking, such as Booking.com coupons.
Check your currency exchange rate frequently
Japanese Yen is not expensive. USD1 can buy JPY110. That said, Japan’s living standard is extremely high. It is comparable to what I found in Europe, if not higher! A bowl of ramen could easily set you off JPY500 or USD5. Fortunately, currency fluctuates regularly (just like MYR). From my experience, I saved as much as 10% on exchange rates by waiting a little longer knowing it is on the down trend.
Spend wisely in Japan
Japan is a shoppers’ paradise. You can always get what you are looking for, but more often than not, you will also buy what you don’t expect to buy in the first place. Simply because Japanese’s top-notch customers service as well as attractive packaging make spending irresistible. Foods likewise are all tastes as good as they look! Don’t expect to save some penny by keeping coins in your pocket either. Coin operated drinks vending machines are a stone throw away from your hotel!
What you could try to do is to control your spending. Spend ‘wisely’ or simply limit your budget for the trip. Though it’s hard, it could save you hundreds, if not thousands.
More travel hacks
Lastly, if you are visiting only a single city in Japan, booking “flights+hotels” as a package could save some extra bucks. Check out the ShopBack’s AirAsiaGo promo for package deals before booking your flight and accommodation! – Travel Feeder
About The Author
Cecil Lee
The author is an avid traveler and photography hobbyist who loves to share with others his travel and photo-taking experience in many popular tourist destinations around Europe, Asia and Australasia. Read the exciting stories with many photos captured on his journeys.
