New Free California iPad App and California Mobile Website for Smartphones
If you’re planning a trip to California, or just want to dream about it, you will love the new free California iPad app and California mobile website for smartphones.
The Visit California iPad app gives travelers everything they need to plan the ultimate California vacation with the following features:
- A “My Trip“ tool to create a personal itinerary based on recommendations from California’s travel experts, location-based information from Google Maps, and restaurant reviews from Yelp.
- A “Trip Journal“ to save notes and photos from the road. And the ability to share travel ideas and information on Facebook and Twitter.
- An enhanced version of the “California Official State Visitors Guide,” featuring videos, slideshows, and other unique content from the editors of Sunset magazine and Visit California.
Watch this video and then head for the iTunes App store and search for “Visit California.”
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Guesthouses in Tokyo: Cheap Long-Term Accommodations
by Tim Chard, an American living in Tokyo, Japan
(Personal Blog: lovetravelbass.com)
Part 3 of a 3-Part Series
[NOTE: Tim, who is currently living in Tokyo and has personally explored the cheapest budget accommodations in Tokyo, will present three different options: free, short term, and long term. All three are based on having the strictest of budgets. Today he will present the LONG-TERM (one month and above) option.]
For those staying in Tokyo for more than a few weeks, your best option is a guesthouse. Guesthouses don’t require you to have resident status (a tourist visa is fine) and they let you have your own room. Some guesthouses even have dorms (2 people to 8 people), and these dorms can be as low as 30,000 yen ($370) a month. All of the guesthouses have a “common room” with a couch, TV, and a kitchen. This gives you the sociability of a hostel and the privacy of an apartment.
Guesthouses usually have some sort of “management” fee (money you don’t get back) and a deposit (money that you do get back). I have created a list of the most popular ones. Prices are the fixed rates and costs, not the rent.
Short-Term Cheap Hotels and Hostels in Tokyo
by Tim Chard, an American living in Tokyo, Japan
(Personal Blog: lovetravelbass.com)
Part 2 of a 3-Part Series
[NOTE: Tim, who is currently living in Tokyo and has personally explored the cheapest budget accommodations in Tokyo, will present three different options: free, short term, and long term. All three are based on having the strictest of budgets. Today he will present the SHORT-TERM option.]
Japan is expensive. Tokyo is extremely expensive. The cheapest hostels here are luxury suites in other parts of Asia. But don’t fret too much because there are short-term cheap hotels and hostels in Tokyo if you know how to find them.
Budget hostels/capsule hotels in Tokyo will run you between 1500-3000 yen ($18-$36) for a night. There are certainly more ridiculously-luxurious options, but until someone pays me to review those, I will steer clear.
Using HostelWorld, I found that the cheapest accommodation in Tokyo was 1300 yen ($16) at JGH Hostel. However, this was a far ride from central Tokyo in a prefecture called Saitama (not in that red circle I posted in Part 1 of this series), so I chose the slightly pricier, but substantially closer, Kawase Hotel.
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