Flashjeff
Pink Lady's Number #1 Fan
- 28 Dec 2003
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I don't know if any readers here experienced this, but here's a little something to keep in mind if you plan on traveling to Japan.
In June of last year, I made arrangements to visit Japan in August to see Pink Lady perform in their reunion tour. After several days of trying to find the right hotel, I settled on the Shinagawa Prince which was right across the street from the Shinagawa train station. It had been 25 years since I was last in Japan during my Navy days and didn't want to risk getting lost until I re-acclimated myself to the territory.
Anyhoo, when I made my reservation for the hotel online, I was quote a room rate of $83.00 for the cheapest room there for a seven day stay. Two and half months later when I arrived at the hotel for check-in, I was told at the desk that my room was $98.00 a night. To say the least, that floored me. When I told the clerk about the price I had been quoted, I was told that room rates flucuate with whatever the currency exchange rate happens to be at the time.
Fortunately, I had more than enough money to cover the increased room rate, so that wasn't a problem. Still, I was rather puzzled and slightly annoyed about the change in price. Of course, it could've been the other way around and I could've paid LESS for my stay. Since that had been the first time I travelled out of the continental U.S. since I retired from the Navy in 1995, I was pretty ignorant about that sort of thing.
This naturally begs the question: Are fluctuating room rates the norm for travel to Japan, or does that happen everywhere? Inquiring minds wanna know. And, like I said earlier, you might want to take my little adventure into account if you plan to journey to Japan.
In June of last year, I made arrangements to visit Japan in August to see Pink Lady perform in their reunion tour. After several days of trying to find the right hotel, I settled on the Shinagawa Prince which was right across the street from the Shinagawa train station. It had been 25 years since I was last in Japan during my Navy days and didn't want to risk getting lost until I re-acclimated myself to the territory.
Anyhoo, when I made my reservation for the hotel online, I was quote a room rate of $83.00 for the cheapest room there for a seven day stay. Two and half months later when I arrived at the hotel for check-in, I was told at the desk that my room was $98.00 a night. To say the least, that floored me. When I told the clerk about the price I had been quoted, I was told that room rates flucuate with whatever the currency exchange rate happens to be at the time.
Fortunately, I had more than enough money to cover the increased room rate, so that wasn't a problem. Still, I was rather puzzled and slightly annoyed about the change in price. Of course, it could've been the other way around and I could've paid LESS for my stay. Since that had been the first time I travelled out of the continental U.S. since I retired from the Navy in 1995, I was pretty ignorant about that sort of thing.
This naturally begs the question: Are fluctuating room rates the norm for travel to Japan, or does that happen everywhere? Inquiring minds wanna know. And, like I said earlier, you might want to take my little adventure into account if you plan to journey to Japan.