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Planning a Family Trip to Japan - Help a Newbie Out! 🇯🇵

Hey everyone,

Been dreaming of taking the wife and kid on a trip for ages, and Japan has always been our dream destination. We're thinking about going sometime in October or November this year for a week-long adventure.

This is our first international trip ever,Should we go with a travel package or try to plan everything ourselves?

We're also on a budget, so any tips on keeping things affordable in Japan would be a lifesaver! Speaking of budgets, does anyone have a rough estimate of how much a trip to Japan for a family of three (including flights!) might cost?

7mo ago
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SparklyPenguin
SparklyPenguin
Accenture7mo

Hello OP! Stayed in Japan for a while, Stay is going to be really expensive considering you’re going with your family (and would need a basic-good room).
-Commute is manageable wrt expenses -Get down in Haneda airport as it is closer to Tokyo -Google maps is reliable, but not precise.
-You’ll have to walk a lot! Please make sure you get a really good-comfy shoes -Always carry a bag for disposal of waste, Japan does not have dustbin-concept.

Would be able to estimate expenses for you If you have any itinerary in mind, which places you’d like to visit etc.

Roughly speaking, Hotel stay would be around 5-6k per day according to location (but very basic rooms).

SparklyPenguin
SparklyPenguin
Accenture7mo

-Take Metro/subways instead of cabs. Cabs are super expensive

MagicalBurrito
MagicalBurrito
Stealth7mo

@RealKeeper57 for now Tokyo, Kyoto and Mount Fuji... But I can change destination according to time and money,, I want to travel both city and country side.

ZestyQuokka
ZestyQuokka
Stealth7mo

Have you been to Japan before?

MagicalBurrito
MagicalBurrito
Stealth7mo

Nope it's our first international trip

ZestyQuokka
ZestyQuokka
Stealth7mo

Japan gets pretty expensive, what's your budget like

GoofyWalrus
GoofyWalrus
Atlan7mo

I would strongly suggest YouTube for research. I've been to 34 countries and TBH YouTube + maps were a lifesaver. It has advices for everyone and eveu budget. For example: during college it helped me travel on a budget since I was interning and funds were not too high. Now I travel in luxury so I plan accordingly. Couple of YouTube videos and you exactly know what to do. Never been disappointed

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