On the fence: Don't need a 14 day pass, but is the convenience it brings worth it?

Hi there,

Certainly, your questions makes sense but it up to you if it is worth it. For some £50 is quite a bit of cash, while not so much for others.

Let me give you some information, hopefully that will make deciding easier. So what would you personally get with this itinerary when using a 14 day pass.

-7 days of additional unlimited travel. Which sounds great but it looks like you'd just use it for local travel in Tokyo. This can still be nice as you just show your JR Pass whenever you get on the train and there's no need to buy any tickets or figure out the right fare. You can also use the Narita Express to Narita Airport (assuming you fly from there). The best reason I can come up with for getting a 14 day JR Pass would be to do day trips from Tokyo. This would quickly pay for the JR Pass, think of visiting Nikko, Kamakara, Yokohama, Hakone, Takao-san, the list goes on. Having a JR Pass gives you this flexibility without having to think about costs.

That said, if you want to live economic, then you may be cheaper off buying normal budget tickets and staying local in Tokyo.

Hope this helps,
Daniel

Hi Daniel, really appreciate your detailed response! I have learnt not just from your response here but your responses to many others as well, so thanks for being so thorough with your help!

You make a very good point about the day trips out of Tokyo that would also be covered by the JR Pass, I had not started thinking into much detail what I would actually be doing on my days in Tokyo yet - just thinking about the main itinerary above, but you have now got me thinking about the Tokyo day trips too - Hakone for example was definitely a day-trip I was thinking of doing.

Ok, thanks for pointing out that to me, definitely helpful!

Many thanks,
Nickylou :)