Go To Travel campaign

[KyushuWoozy]

I understand some people here don't think it's a good idea to travel now (so you may want to skip this thread). For those who think it is okay to travel now (the Japanese government for example) here is a list of 16,000+ hotels participating in the Go To Travel campaign which offers up to 35% discount:

https://goto.jata-net.or.jp/assets/docs ... kuhaku.pdf

Irritatingly, it's just a list of names. No website, email address, street address or phone numbers

Here is the official website with all the details of how to apply for the discounts etc: https://goto.jata-net.or.jp. It's a total bureaucratic nightmare (surprise surprise) but we just booked a hotel in Beppu with 35% discount.

Hope this helps.

PS: although I'm a travel agency owner, I'm sharing this as a matter of information; we don't make a dime from this.

[Beaglehound]

Thanks, we are planning a trip to Tokushima (situation permitting) next month to adopt a dog, so may well make use of this for accommodation.

[Cracaphat]

Last Sunday the wife,daughter and I went to Maiko,near Akashi bridge for a one nighter,using the Go To campaign.Twas nice,with dinner and breakfast included,only costing about 21,000 yen after the 35% off. I'm sure the hotel appreciated people staying there.The staff have mouths to feed too.

[mule96]

People from Tokyo are still excluded, correct?

[taneandy]

We've made a couple of bookings for hotels through Rakuten Travel with the 35% discount automatically applied which have gone smoothly.
One other booking we had to apply for the refund afterwards, which required scanning quite a lot of documents for the online application.
I assume it'll probably take a month or two to get processed.

We stayed a couple of nights in Yufuin last week and were the only ones in the Ryokan both nights.
With almost zero foreign tourists at the moment I can imagine that weekdays are going to be really quiet in a lot of the main tourist destinations for the foreseeable future.

[AinT]

FYI if you book through agoda.com then the discount will be automatically applied for eligible hotels, as long as you can prove you are not a Tokyo resident. Used it for a business trip last week, got a 80m2 corner suite room in Osaka for ￥7000 per night, good stuff.