This might sound dumb as fuck but am I okay to book through a hotel's website as a tourist instead of using a middle-man?
I've used Expedia for my last 3 trips to Japan with no issues, always booking APA hotels.
I've got bookings for later this year, and just yesterday out of curiosity I decided to check the APA hotel website to see what prices are like only to discover that Expedia is overcharging me by $600 for the exact same booking compared to reserving through APA themselves.
That's pretty fucked if you ask me.
I haven't paid yet as I chose to pay at arrival when booking through Expedia. Should I just cancel it and book through APA directly?
In fact, anyone have any recommendations for budget/mid-tier hotels in Tokyo and Osaka? Looking for approx $600-700USD/per week budget range. Because now I'm thinking about how much cheaper other hotels may be by doing direct bookings.
