Hokkaido tour package

[Piscesss]

Hi all....im plannin to go hokkaido during CNY'08. i went to natas fair yday but duno which tour agency to book with as the tour packages r all similar. Confused We r nw lookin at Chan Bros-$2560 n SA tour-$2603 (both include taxes)...any advise for those who had joined their tour b4??? Any recommendation of better tour agency beside tis 2??? n lastly, can advise on the nice places or food that canot be missed in Hokkaido??? tks...

[jpatokal]

omg!!! lk ttlly rad d00d the price wtf!!!? lk gag me w/ spoon!?!

And a friendly piece of advice: if you're going to Hokkaido in February, hang onto your butt with both hands, otherwise it will freeze off

[QRM]

Has anyone stayed at http://suibokuhirafu.com in hokaido?

As we are traveling with a 3 year old and I have not put a pair of ski on for over a quater of a century, being next to black runs etc is not so important, being close to good restaurants, shops and a bit of snow to make snow men is more of a priority these days.

Or if anyone knows of a kid friendly resorts there, I was told Cappella resort hotel is not opening till next year, and most of the current hotels are a bit dated?

Thanks

[Peruvia]

Has anyone stayed at http://suibokuhirafu.com in hokaido?

As we are traveling with a 3 year old and I have not put a pair of ski on for over a quater of a century, being next to black runs etc is not so important, being close to good restaurants, shops and a bit of snow to make snow men is more of a priority these days.

Or if anyone knows of a kid friendly resorts there, I was told Cappella resort hotel is not opening till next year, and most of the current hotels are a bit dated?

Thanks

Hi, i've just returned from Hokkaido with my 5 year old as well.

Hokkaido's rather big - Which part will you be traveling to?

[QRM]

We eventually stayed at the Hokkaido Hilton in Niseko which was great, we liked it so much we tried booking for Chinese new year but all the flights are full!! So reserved for next year.

[Peruvia]

We eventually stayed at the Hokkaido Hilton in Niseko which was great, we liked it so much we tried booking for Chinese new year but all the flights are full!! So reserved for next year.

Which airline did you guys check out?

Checked yesterday - SQ has seats available (at ridiculously high prices).

ANA has a great offer yesterday when i checked. Book by 31st Jan, fly before April i think. $900+ to Sapporo inclusive of transit & taxes.

I'm also trying to see if i can get a flight out to Hokkaido to do some skiing there!

[QRM]

It was SQ and Cathey, both full on the travel dates. ANA is available but they have really duff times and have to change airports in Tokyo which is nightmare.

[Peruvia]

It was SQ and Cathey, both full on the travel dates. ANA is available but they have really duff times and have to change airports in Tokyo which is nightmare.

Oh, You mean SQ & Cathay flies direct to Hokkaido?

[QRM]

CX do a direct flight to Sapporo from HK, so you can break the journey in HK visit Disneyland. or stay at the HK Airport hotel for the night and just walkover to the cx flight in the AM.

[jpatokal]

The other options are Korean/Asiana via Seoul and SQ+ANA via Nagoya (Chubu).