Originally Posted By schnebs Howdy, folks! I'm going to be in Tokyo next April for about 3 weeks; I plan to spend a ton of time at TDL for the anniversary, but since this is probably the closest I'm going to get to HKDL for a while, I'm wondering if a couple of days' side trip from Tokyo to Hong Kong to see HKDL is feasible (in other words, not a long plane ride or ridiculously expensive). Your thoughts or suggestions?
Originally Posted By Mr X I did exactly that. I was in Hong Kong for around 48 hours or so last year. It's about a 4 hour flight IIRC, and you can find plenty of cheap hotels in Kowloon that should fit your needs. Honestly, if you can swing it, I would recommend spending 3-4 days or more if you can...1 day at Disney and the rest in the city. In ANY case, if you go, please PLEASE do not devote more than a day to Hong Kong Disneyland. You will be able to see everything just fine in one day (arrive early just in case), and there is just WAY too much awsome city to explore to devote another day out by the airport (even with the pretty mountains). Good luck!
Originally Posted By WorldDisney Oh yeah, that's VERY easy. When I lived in Tokyo, I easily went to Hong Kong twice, once for a stopover and another time to just visit. Like Mr. X said, it's only 4 hours and you can probably find deals for around $400 round trip, maybe less, just depends where you are going. Also, I don't know if you booked your plane tickets and all that yet, but if you HAVEN'T, you can just book a flight to HONG KONG with a stopover in Tokyo for a few weeks and then go to Hong Kong later . I have no idea where you are, when you plan to visit but you should think about doing it that way, it will be cheaper and more efficient, especially since Hong Kong is a major hub of Asia. Who knows, it might actually be cheaper to fly into Hong Kong as your final destination while making Tokyo your 'stopover'.
Originally Posted By Mr X Hey WD, sent you some mail (finally!). Sorry it took so long. That's an interesting idea, the stopover deal. Does that really work for more than a day or two though? I figure they'd tag that as "seperate flights", no?
Originally Posted By WorldDisney OOPS, you DID say when you were going, sorry . Yes, April is perfect, it WON'T be high season, so you can get some good deals to Hong Kong from Tokyo, but if you try my idea, you can probably just get a better deal altogether. Also, you will be in Japan for 3 weeks? That's a good amount of time. I have no idea what you plan to do with all that time, but unless you plan on seeing most of the country with it, you should have more than enough time to go to Hong Kong for a few days. You will only need 3-4 tops, 1 day for HKDL and the other for Hong Kong itself. Seriuosly, DO IT!!!!!!
Originally Posted By WorldDisney Hi Mr. X , No stopovers just depend on the airline and the length of time you are allowed to fly on the ticket. Admittely, most stopovers are usually a week, but some can be up to 90 days or more. Perfect example, when I moved to Tokyo in 2003, I bought me a ticket FROM Thailand to L.A. with a 'stopover' in Tokyo on the way back to Thailand. Well, that 'stopover' was for 90 days in Tokyo, but because I had me a 6 month ticket. I purposely did that JUST in case I needed to leave the country if I couldn't get me a work visa in time . Fortunately, I didn't need to go back to Thailand. That's what makes travelling SOOOO great. If you play your cards right, you can always throw yourself an extra country or city for no price at all . In fact, I'm using that SAME idea for when I go to Peru this summer (yeah, I'll be sending YOU email on it very soon lol) and I will use L.A. as my 'stopover' although L.A. is actually my main destination and Peru is just a week sidetrip, but it's just easier to get a ticket from Asia that way.
Originally Posted By davewasbaloo Yep, stopovers are great if wanting to tour multiple destinations. Cathay do London to Tokyo with a stop over in HK for no difference in price!!!! Wonderful.
Originally Posted By Mr X Freakin PERU!! <---passes out. Man...that makes me need to start a new topic. Go to community in a few minutes!
Originally Posted By SuperDry <<< That's an interesting idea, the stopover deal. Does that really work for more than a day or two though? I figure they'd tag that as "seperate flights", no? >>> I think you might be confusing "stopover" with "connection." A connection is where you change planes at an intermediate city (within 24 hours for int'l travel), and a stopover is where you stay in the connecting city for more than 24 hours. Each fare has a set of rules that govern stopovers. It might be No Stopovers, 1 Stopover, Unlimited Stopovers, Stopover only at int'l gateway, 1 free stopover and add'l stopovers $50 each, or any number of other things. Generally speaking, the higher the fare, the more generous the stopover rules. I think what you're alluding to is a trick by which you push the limits of a connection. For example, let's say you're flying from LA to Tokyo, connecting in Hong Kong. If you book it so you arrive in Hong Kong at 6pm, you could catch a flight to Tokyo as late as 5:59pm the following day and have not not count as a stopover. So, you could easily go into town for the evening, stay in a hotel, see everything there is to see at HKDL in the morning , and still catch the onward flight to Tokyo, even on a ticket that had a "No Stopovers" rule. But once you have a ticket that allows stopovers, you can usually stay for weeks or months in the connecting city.
