Airfare + Hotels are currently very reasonable for dates of Tokyo Olympics. Would you go?

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Would any of you consider to start planning a trip - taking the gamble that it will be:

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For sure. Especially with how forgiving airlines have become now with flight refunds and credits and change fees. Just make sure as much as you can book is either refundable by cash or credit.

eta: If you dont mind, let me know what type of deals you are seeing. My wife and I were planning to go to Japan sometime this year to visit family and were planning to avoid the olympics timeframe, but would consider going then if it isnt too bad.

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I was doing some research and airfare to Tokyo and nice hotels in Tokyo around the venues for the new dates of the Summer Olympics are super reasonable compared to the insane prices this time last year before the original scheduled dates..

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nice of u 2 give us some prices

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I would never fly over all that water and go to a country where I know nothing about.....

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and that's why you live in a house with wheels

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I would never fly over all that water and go to a country where I know nothing about.....

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Imagine being a pot smoker and claimed to do psychedelics yet be this close minded.

You're a strange bird pj.

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Tokyo is absolutely number one on my bucket list.

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I'd love going there when the Olympics aren't taking place

I'm going. Worst case scenario is that capacity is so low for each event that you can only watch a handful live, in which case you're still in Tokyo so it's still an awesome trip.

Key is that the current restrictions, which post 12/31 are effectively the highest in the world (i.e. no non-cotizens), have to be relaxed by a few levels.

I've always wanted to go to Tokyo and I've always wanted to attend the Olympics, so early 2020 I was trying to research some way I could go even despite the absurd costs but then covid made all that a waste of time

I'm not going to try to plan anything with so much uncertainty about spectators being allowed and possibly having to quarantine upon arrival. I'll try to attend another Olympics and go to Tokyo some other year. Probably better that way anyway since I can probably get a true Tokyo experience when the Olympics aren't there, and I've been to L.A. many times so I can just focus on the Olympics in 2028 when they host and not have to worry about trying to take in a new city since I've already done the touristy shite in L.A. Plus if I still have friends in and around L.A. by then I might be able to swing not paying for a hotel while I'm there which would be huge

100% I would go

This is all very helpful. I hadn’t looked into quarantine restrictions at all. That is definitely a major issue at the moment - as I wanted to go for 14 days total (including my travel days).

I just saw airfare for $1,200 round trip (a little more than double that for premium economy) and saw luxury hotels in good locations for under $150 a night.

Might start booking anyways and see what happens.