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I've stayed in a number of business hotels in Japan, and the ones I stayed in did provide room service. However, there may be limited food options available, they generally can't accommodate for food allergies and they may only provide room service during certain hours. So as Martina said, It's a great idea to grab snacks and food outside the hotel and bring it back to your room (if you check in early enough to do that!).
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One tip for Tokyo is to look at hotels in areas like Shinagawa or parts of Shinjuku where you have a lot of offices of global companies. Many of the hotels are a hybrid, catering to international business travellers with a dash of luxury at mid-range prices. Rooms on high floors with nice views, modern beds, and multi-lingual receptions are common. Cannot speak to room service, as I never used it, but all had a combini next door or attached directly to the hotel. Café and bakery density in the areas is pretty high too, so you can just take breakfast there.
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This whole video is up my alley. Thank you so much for making all these travel advice videos <3
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I loved this! I would love a travel trip video on common Japanese phrases and costumer service style interactions and expectation to help people not from Japan be polite to the Japanese people they meet in shops and restaurants even if we don't speak Japanese.
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i have to make a nonsense comment. so, around 2016-2017 i was studying english and watching Martina's videos on the old channel helped me SO MUCH, not only for her clear accent, but for the informal way and simple slangs all accompanied by subtitles in english. and now i'm basically improving a bit more my spanish and just discovered that there's spanish subtitles on the videos too?!!! i mean, this is so accessible! i think the subtitles are made by fans who go adding one by one on the videos. so i want to shout out to this awesome community here, THANK YOU SO MUCH EVERYONE, YOU GUYS ARE AWESOME!
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Actually Business hotels seem awesome as a solo traveler, cheap, in the center of the city, with all the basic amenity! I personnaly only use my room to shower and sleep on vacation.
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When I traveled back in November of last year, I was with my mom, my husband, and our then 3 year old. We stayed at a Mimaru hotel which was more like an apartment, but was budget friendly and allowed all of us to be in the same room for a good price. They were more "no frills" than a standard hotels; the housekeeping didn't come every day, there was no on site restaurant for meals, and the toiletries were just on a shelf at the main check in and you were responsible for grabbing what you needed. The plus side was it had a lot of space including a kitchenette that we used to make food. For some of the rooms we stayed at the rest of the trip, we ended up doing 2 rooms of two people because it was harder to find a quad capacity room. The Mimaru hotels were very nice and I would recommend them for people who are traveling with family or more than 3 people!
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some people also have to be aware that business hotels usually have a shower time where showers are only open from around 4pm-9am or something like that. same with checkin time, checking can be ridiculously late like 5 or 6pm sometimes and checkout as early as 9. and, back to the shower situation, the shower might not be a private shower stall but a public bath where you have to bathe naked with other people ala mini onsen that would fit like 5-10 people.
double check tall of that. if you're not comfy being naked in a public bath, i mean, you can still shower without being naked, but you'll look strange and could get even more unwarranted attention in a place where you don't want it.
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I love using business hotels when I travel to japan. Since I solo travel usually I don't like staying at capsule hotels (the other cheap option) cause most don't seem to have private bathrooms, and also i'm paranoid about my belongings.
The only thing I remember from my last trip was that if you are a light sleeper, definitely invest in buying earplugs cause the walls are usually thin, so soooo thin, and sometimes depending on positioning you'll either get a lot of street noise, or in an older business hotel building you can be put a few feet away from an elevator and end up hearing it all night!
Overall though, no matter where I've stayed in Japan, as long as I kept my expectations low it's never been too bad honestly, especially since I'm always just after a place to sleep and get clean and nothing more. Just as you said Martina, just doing a little research, compare reviews from fellow travellers and looking at photos can really tell you a lot!
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Another thing to be aware of is a double bed vs a semi double. In a regular double room you will most likely get a regular sized double bed. However in a smaller room, you might get a semi double which is narrower and can be uncomfortable for 2 adults. Also there's a difference between twin beds and a Hollywood twin with the latter being 2 twins pushed together.
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I am planning my trip and I tend to get soooo overwhelmed by everything related to transport and accommodation. I used to be good at these things as a solo traveler, but traveling with other people stresses me out beyond reason, so I'll take any recommendation and assistance provided. Thanks a million Martina ❤
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Thanks so much for this Martina! The part about checking the pics to get an idea of whether its a business hotel or not was a new one for me, which I will definitely be using.
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I've always booked my hotels in Japan via Booking and I was never disappointed. Capsule hotels are often very cheap and yet still clean and comfortable. Highly recommend if you travel by yourself 😊
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My biggest hotel issue on my latest Japan trip is that prices are by person, not by room. We had issues where a hotel looked like it was in budget but pricing is listed as "per person" and is actually 2x the listed if you're a couple, or the pricing is "room cost divided by number of guests", so one of those theme park 3-single-beds rooms for $300/night will be listed as "100/person" but if you're just 2 people that isn't true. In one case we booked using a 3rd-party service where the room was advertised as a "Queen bed room" but on arrival the staff told us that was a max 1 person room despite the bed size and we'd have to upgrade to a "Deluxe queen." Mainstream US hotels are happy to sell you, say- a single queen-bed room for a fixed price no matter how many guests as long as it isn't over the max for that room type, and the max is usually a "if you bring two kids and another adult sleeps on a cot" type of max.
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I always get excited when Martina posts. Love you!
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We ran into the smoking issue at a business-ish hotel in Kyoto. They were advertising online as having non-smoking rooms and non-smoking floors (and confirmed the same again at check-in). They had a lot of English-speaking staff and were a large hotel very much catering to tourists as well as business travelers. Early in the morning our room filled with so much smoke it was visible in the air as a bluish fog. We asked the front desk what was going on and if we could be moved to another room/floor because the smoke was enough to wake both of us from a dead sleep. That's when they finally told the truth- there were in fact no non-smoking rooms or floors in the entire hotel. It was essentially just a thing they said online to get tourists to book there. Ooooookay. Thankfully we were only there two nights.
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Martina I so enjoy your videos! Thank you so much for making them!!! You comfort me on my bad days. Its so nice to see someone else with EDS make content about their lives. Love you!!
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Martina would you do a video specifically on ryokans, how to find them, how to book them, and how to find ones with a private onsen? that world of traditional Japanese booking and the staying-there process is always so confusing and mysterious to me...
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Hi Martina, I'm totally digging the King Kogi vibes! Thank you for creating such fun and informative content!
Would you ever do a video with helpful tips for those who want to visit Japan but have food allergies like gluten or dairy? Thanks so much! ✨
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@Rosa-Pratincula
10 months ago
I would like a video of common scams, overpriced things, or sketchy situations that target tourists. I know Japan is pretty safe but as a solo female traveler I want to be aware.
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