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Orginised self drive booking company 2017/7/2 13:38
Hi

Wife and I are wishing to attempt a 14 day self drive Japan holiday Tokyo to Osaka ?. I'm thinking the best way to go for first timers driving in Japan would be to book through a specialized travel agent that specializes in Japan self drive .
So I'm looking for recommendations as I live in Australia and can only find one company in England and this company lack any reviews

Thanks in advance
by diviva  

Re: Orginised self drive booking company 2017/7/2 22:54
No need such support.
You just book a "Toyota rent-a car" they providing English support
https://rent.toyota.co.jp/eng/
also "ETC card" rent for ExpWay(major toll road) fee discounted system.
https://rent.toyota.co.jp/eng/service/option.html#anc_etc

Car navigation can be used in English,
just enter the phone number to arrival spot(or near spot instead).
https://rent.toyota.co.jp/eng/service/navi.html
Also no need "Map Code" bc it is wasteful of time to investigate.
And Google Maps knows route and time well also "street view" works.
https://goo.gl/maps/Zs4rcqVTLb62

Aleady you know Japan is same traffic on the left, but the traffic rules and some tips are different.
(remember all, except travel tips in Hokkaido)
http://www.hkd.mlit.go.jp/topics/toukei/chousa/h20keikaku/e/e_all.pdf

New service called "Bebot" also started fr last month, but no recommend it bc it is still new.
("Times" is a famous big coin parking company which absorbed "Mazda" car rent.)

However, need "One-way drop off fee" for oneway plan.
https://rent.toyota.co.jp/eng/service/oneway.html
And in urban areas of Tokyo, Kyoto and Osaka parking fee costs will be more than 1000 yen per hour usual,
so using trains and buses are common in these areas.
(If being towed in urban areas, will fly away around 30000Y together with parking violation fine.)
http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-OXKQUe2kw0s/TzesHuOAHRI/AAAAAAAACxY/ogxjg3Ll...

So no recommend for all days.
by temolois (guest) rate this post as useful

Re: Orginised self drive booking company 2017/7/3 00:04
I prefer to use nissan instead of toyota, as they offer full coverage, in case of incident, you don't have to pay a penny, whiles for toyoto, you have to pay a fee to cover the cost of handling fee or the insurance claim, and I prefer to do a research before for hand for map code, it's more accurate than phone numbers.
And to add what temolois has mentioned about penalty fee, I think the time spent to deal with the situation is time consuming, and just to pay the fine, it could take a few hours, or just pay alot more for the rental company to deal with the fine.
by kms899 (guest) rate this post as useful

Re: Orginised self drive booking company 2017/7/3 10:56
Thanks for the advice . What worries me is when booking accommodation weather there is parking available on site or near by. I have no way of knowing when booking online
by diviva rate this post as useful

Re: Orginised self drive booking company 2017/7/3 20:09
Booking.com and most of the popular sites do state about paid or free parking for both non reserve or reserve space (must notify the hotel in advance), all the hotels I booked, I check if free parking is available, it's not hard to find, I skip those who charge additional fee like 1000-2000 per night. when using booking.com, I usual book those with free cancellation in case i change locations, once booked, you can contact them through booking.com and ask about parking or other request, book a few hotels with free cancellation in advance and choose which one you finally want, then cancel the other, but do read the details carefully.

In booking.com or Hotels.com, all the details are usually listed near the bottom of the page.
by kms899 (guest) rate this post as useful

Re: Orginised self drive booking company 2017/7/3 22:21
You can check at their web.
If no English page or even Google translate didn't work,
find the below words at top(with basic info) or access info page.
駐車場(chusha-jo) : parking
有/有り/あり(ari) : exist
無/無し/なし(nashi) : none
予約(yoyaku) : reservation
アクセス/交通案内 : access info (url using "access" a lot as directory=folder or file name of page)
Many sites using Google map with, use street view and find a parking "P" sign.
You may see it if not placed underground, behind the buiding or tower type.
https://youtu.be/KjtuI0FNn8c (height 1.55m=1550mm max mostly, also lift type)
https://s3-ap-northeast-1.amazonaws.com/pep-prd-private/upload/parking/2017012358859ae8737af.jpg
https://youtu.be/IWFVdeKQ5xI
(passengers except driver and baggage out first before parking start, bc it is narrow.)

If they contract near parking,
if you submitted a parking ticket to the front, will be free or discounted.
(駐車券 : parking ticket)

You can also search at "Goodle Map(.com)".
Please enter "(area name) ホテル 駐車場 無料".
If looking for a ryokan(traditional inn), input 旅館 replaced ホテル: hotel.
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