Tours

I came across this website which took us on an extended discussion on tours we could possibly take.

http://www.affordabletours.com/Japan/

From Pete (06-27-06)

Hey there,
I was checking something at JTB Sunrise Tours and found that they have a JTB
USA where you can purchase tickets and such. If we go in October the round
trip airfare is $580...if we go in November it's only $480. Of course there is
a tax of $72 plus a fuel surcharge of $150, which would make November's fare
$702, still a great price. If we go this route however it would be beneficial
to stay at a ryokan for $300 to $500 since booking hotels separately still
gets expensive (taking us back into the $1500 range) and we go back to Expedia
having the best deals. Just more food for thought.

From Pete (06-27-06)

Okay,

If we stay here... http://www.toukaisou.com/index-e.htm ... then it's only 3300Y per person which is less that $30. This place does have a hostel on the 3rd floor for a little less. So if we stay ten days that's $300 and the $700 for the plane ticket which makes the trip a cool grand...not bad at all! That's IF we do November. It's a $100 more for October. I can go tomorrow! LOL. Anyway Toukaisou Ryokan will take a reservation without a credit card so maybe we should tentatively decid which month to go and I can make the reservations...no obligations. We just pay cash once we are there. I'm okay either month, $100 is not a great big deal but it's a lot of ramen and tonkatsu. :)