I haven't booked AirBnB for a while, but IIRC before booking you can't see the actual exact unit, no? Only after booking then host will give you exact details?

I rebooked my flights to feb2021, cannot Sakura nevermind ba next year go skiing instead.

Mana tau I got some friends say I very optimistic and brave, that the covid situation won’t be resolved by then cos no vaccine.

What do you guys think, surely we won’t be so suay that 10 months from now still travel restrictions, right?

Can ba. To say that they can't recover implies that the virus will run for another 13-14 months leh. Absent a vaccine sure we will still be grappling with the virus, but IMO by then the world will be back to semi normalcy already (with maybe some additional safety / distancing measures still in place). No way we can survive a year-long lockdown.

Haha yeah when I first saw the videos I was like dafug, I’m not fully comfortable eating with extended relatives without communal chopsticks / serving spoon, this one total strangers wei.

https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2020/05/2...l/#.XskhMWgzaUn

>> The government is seeking to boost domestic tourism by subsidizing a portion of travel expenses once the coronavirus outbreak is brought under control.
>> The ¥1.35 trillion ($12.5 billion) program could start in July if novel coronavirus infections subside soon, Hiroshi Tabata, chief of the agency, told a news conference Wednesday.

Domestic leh. Remains to be seen what sort of stuff we (if the program really even is open to foreigners) can eventually claim. Maybe SKS tickets, domestic flights?

Obviously "right now" hardly anyone will dare travel, but end of the year, early next year, if the infection numbers go down, or if it's proven by more widespread testing that actually there's huge numbers of asymptomatic cases, and countries start to open up and stop quarantine for visitors ... why not?

October a bit unlikely ba, no vaccine, no herd immunity, look at US and South America, still record number of new cases leh.

I'll be more than happy if you are right, but I really don't see leisure travel reopening within this year. Business / essential travel by Q4, Leisure travel in Q1 2021 is my guess.

I mean closer to home, even SG and MY we half brother country also no idea when my parents (in MY) will be able to come visit my baby (in SG) ...

This post has been edited by deodorant: Jun 29 2020, 11:27 AM

proposal saja, my sister punya actual wedding supposed to be july now postponed indefinitely

Wah Japan 2nd wave even worse than 1st one, now almost 1,000 cases/day.



Covid has been with us for almost 6 mths. Looks like this year confirmed no holiday liao.

And my Feb 2021 ski trip looks less and less likely to happen. The way this is going I think even Sakura 2021 is NG, maybe next target is koyo 2021.

Was thinking between niseko and appi kogen cos I need childcare for my 1+ year old boy. but the way things are going i doubt it will happen, maybe have to do winter 2021/2022 season lol. by that time forgotten how to ski liao.

Japan slightly more expensive but the experience also much better. Better snow higher mountains bigger resorts much more variety.

Enrich cannot cancel and redeposit the miles / points?

Quarantine coming back also another question ba. No idea how MY/SG will treat returning holidayers. For me in SG as of now, coming back from Japan need to 14d quarantine at hotel, some more if so bad luck kena covid cannot claim subsidies or insurance for hospital costs, that’s a total deal breaker.

Having said that I moved my Tokyo flights to 4-13 April liao, cross fingers SG will relax restrictions by then 😂

Can win trip to Japan and bypass quarantine or not? If not then malasla 😂

You guys / gals think Nov this year will have any possibility to travel?
Otherwise I guess I will postpone again to Feb 2021 and see how. lol.

Haha oops
Yah I mean keep my Nov2021 flights
Or better just change it to Feb2022

Haha I went once and I think it was easily >75% tourists. I quite liked it actually cos of the ridiculous over-the-top-ness but I can completely understand that many others would find it waste of time and money.

I've never been to Hokkaido cos ski'ing there is expensive.
IMO if you think you'll ski more in the future, I would say bite the bullet and pay for 3 or 4 days group ski school to get the basics and right technique dialed in. My last trip I went to myoko kogen (akakura onsen) cos [1] reasonably cheap, and [2] got angmoh-run ski school there so got group ski school for many different levels. After 4 days my wife from beginner can follow me down red (intermediate) slopes, and I honed my technique enough to go down groomed blacks (advanced).

https://myokosnowsports.com/akakura/

But KNN after covid 3-4 years no ski don't know still know how to or not. Maybe need to ski school again.



This post has been edited by deodorant: Oct 8 2021, 02:25 PM

RegentCid share also no use, omicron come and cannot go JP for holiday at least until 2023 liao and that’s assuming no more new variants … if got then bye bye 2023 also 😂

This post has been edited by deodorant: Dec 22 2021, 02:28 PM