The secret to cheaper hotels in Japan: the coupons locals use
Japanese booking sites hand out limited-time hotel coupons all year. Most visitors have never heard of them.
Ask a Japanese friend how they book hotels, and they will probably mention coupons. Japan's big booking sites, Jalan and Rakuten Travel, release discount coupons every month. Locals plan trips around them.
What kind of discounts?
- Fixed amounts, such as ¥2,000 to ¥10,000 off a booking
- Percentage discounts, sometimes 50% or more, funded by local governments
- Coupons that can be stacked for even bigger savings
Why visitors miss them
The coupons are announced in Japanese, on Japanese pages, and released at 10am Japan time, which is the night before in the US. International booking sites don't show them.
What we do
We watch Japan's booking sites every day, check each coupon on the official page and post the start time in ET.
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