cheap UK to tokyo trip
Posted by cassoooooo@reddit | Shoestring | View on Reddit | 36 comments
Hi me and my boyfriend really want to go to tokyo this may or early june, i’ve looked everywhere last night and the flights are so expensive, with our budget we were looking at around 2,400 for both of us for flights and hotel.
Is this do-able (this is without spending money) or should we look elsewhere
PaleJicama4297@reddit
The price of jet fuel is a problem now and if Trump continues it is only going to get worse. Buy now and lock in. Read small print as last minute “fuel surcharges” could indeed happen. Good luck. As well it BLOWS MY MIND” how a large proportion of UK residents have never done Europe other than a jet2 holiday.
Haypiggy@reddit
There has been an alert not to travel to Asia or the Middle East and surrounding areas unless absolutely essential by the UK Government within the last 48 hours. You won’t be going to Japan anytime soon unfortunately.
If you were able to go now and there wasn’t a war going on you’d really struggle with that budget anyway. You’d really want to have that amount per person not as a combined budget.
I’d recommend taking this year to continue saving and then hopefully when you are able to safely travel you’ll be able to stay in a nicer hotel and take part in more excursions.
jhearn16@reddit
Surely the war doesn't affect this much because the cheaper flights go over Russia anyway
AltruisticWishes@reddit
😂
TinyIndependent7844@reddit
Japan resident here. Due to the PM being a bitch and keeps attacking China verbally, China issued a travel warning to Japan and keeps cancelling outbounds to Japan last minute
Haypiggy@reddit
If there’s been warnings not to travel to that country I wouldn’t risk it. There is also a war going on with Russia so would you want to go that way?
Also do you not watch the news? The war is massively affecting Japan and will do for a long time. Most flights will get cancelled last minute and everything will triple in price.
jhearn16@reddit
Flying to Japan via a layover in china will absolutely not have your travel insurance cancelled and is for the most part, completely safe.
The war is generally only affecting flights via the middle east, so flying via a chinese airline is both safer, unlikely to be cancelled, and pretty much always cheaper.
TinyIndependent7844@reddit
Japan resident here. Due to the PM being a bitch and keeps attacking China verbally, China issued a travel warning to Japan and keeps cancelling outbounds to Japan last minute
Haypiggy@reddit
I didn’t say it would I said it could if you don’t follow advice given. You don’t know what could happen by May and it might not be safe to travel that way at all.
It’s up to the individual at the end of the day but either way they would struggle with their budget so my advice in that aspect won’t change.
cassoooooo@reddit (OP)
thanks so much! i think it would be better to save and wait until everything seems okay, thank you anyway
Haypiggy@reddit
No worries! Your safety should always come over travel and this way you can definitely save up to make the trip more memorable! If it’s a dream trip for you both then make it worth it.
I hope you can find a cheaper and safer destination maybe in Europe in the meantime or keep saving! :)
AltruisticWishes@reddit
Really learn how to use google flights.
I'd guess that the cheapest way might involve two separate flights and a layover along the way.
Whatever you do, buy direct from the airline
techno-wizard@reddit
Check out flights with China eastern. You would change in Shang hai.
TinyIndependent7844@reddit
Japan resident here. Due to the PM being a bitch and keeps attacking China verbally, China issued a travel warning to Japan and keeps cancelling outbounds to Japan last minute
techno-wizard@reddit
China resident here. That’s good to know for future trips!
MyNameCannotBeSpoken@reddit
I'm wondering if you took a budget flight to NYC (maybe Norse Atlantic), then a budget flight to San Francisco (maybe frontier or Spirit), then Zip Air to Tokyo, that may keep you in budget it would take much longer and you'd have to sleep in airports a bit.
sitheandroid@reddit
I've checked Opodo (not the cheapest) and I'm getting a departure of 3rd June, return 15th June, on Finnair (London-Helsinki-Tokyo) staying at Hotel Meigetsu, double room for a total of £2,352 (less £225 if you sign up to the Amazon Prime discount).
You'll have food and transport on top of this. 10 to 12 days is a long time in Tokyo to not spend much money, even if it is a great place. You could consider dropping down to 5 to 7 days and you would still have a great time.
ImprovementOwn3658@reddit
Is that 2352 for one person?
sitheandroid@reddit
Nope, for 2.
groucho74@reddit
Your only realistic chance probably is to apply for a Russian visa and fly to gdansk, take a bus to Kaliningrad and then fly from Kaliningrad to Moscow then Beijing then Tokyo. Russian air space is open to Russian and Chinese airlines and Russia is not having a fuel shortage. Britain not so much lol.
jhearn16@reddit
I hope this is sarcasm but it's so hard to tell nowadays
groucho74@reddit
What part of it is wrong?
jhearn16@reddit
Because you can just fly from Europe to Japan via china
groucho74@reddit
I suppose Kazakhstan is also an option
Agreeable-Many-9065@reddit
You might as well tell them to charter their own hot air balloon than follow this advice 🤣
groucho74@reddit
One of us is deeply ignorant. Some countries are beginning to run out of jet fuel and some countries can produce much more jet fuel than they need. Some countries have to take huge detours to get to Japan from Europe. Others don’t.
Ignorance and arrogance together end very badly. Good luck!
cartwjon@reddit
I go this week and booked it last May, 5 nights in Tokyo and 4 in Kyoto, cheapest flights I could find and reasonable but cheap hotels (can’t do with sleeping in a shoe box/ capsule hotel) and it’s cost me £1800 roughly and that’s solo.
Flying with Juneyao Airlines so connecting in Shanghai and I’m not bothered about the current doings in the Middle East so I’ll be heading out
savehoward@reddit
What is the length of your trip for 2400 gbp?
cassoooooo@reddit (OP)
around 10-12 nights, i know that’s a lot but we are willing to stay in a budget hotel:)
savehoward@reddit
2400 gbp is probably not enough for 2 people round trip London to Tokyo for 10 nights. You would not enjoy Tokyo on such a low budget.
Your budget would work for a different cheaper destination such as Vietnam
jhearn16@reddit
Flights are around £600 return at the minute, so £1200 for two. A bit over a grand for hotels should stretch more than a week if you stay in cheaper places. Definitely doable
pisti81@reddit
https://maps.app.goo.gl/Z4snXBzy23j3y8tD6 On a trouvé cet hôtel sympa et avec des grandes ce qui est rare à Tokyo pour ce prix. Seul point un peu gênant, ils ne servent pas de petit déjeuner.
impala_aphex@reddit
look at Hot UK Deals and set price alert with word Tokyo and second one Japan as there are sometimes deals to Osaka, I think the cheapest return flights are with a stopover in China and cost between £400-500, April-May will be more expensive due to Sakura.
Doesitmatters369@reddit
op thats the answer you are looking for
Impressive-Sky2848@reddit
Not really possible at the moment. You don’t want to be flying through the middle-east, so don’t consider the low fares offerred along those routes (Ethiad,Qatar etc). The next options are with a stopover in China and just getting there and back will consume 4 days of your vacation and most of your budget.
ImprovementOwn3658@reddit
I doubt you'll find cheap tickets for this year, prices have skyrocketed since war - especially cause the middle east is a big transit point and lots of flights might not go ahead