10/10 Exceptional
16 February 2023
* Vale is very clean and nice property. Expensive but it is worth it.
* There is a good 7-8 min walk to the main convention center.
* The onchen is located near Vale so that is nice (and free).
* There is a pool in the convention center but if you are visiting Rusutsu for the pool, I would suggest you go elsewhere.
* Breakfast was included (at the convention center). Three different choices but at best, the restaurants for breakfast were average. Dining is somewhat limited. However, the rooms have a kitchen so you can cook.
* Ski-in/out access is really nice.
* There is no daily room cleaning but it never felt necessary and really not a problem.
* Getting to the Westin hotel requires ~8-10 minutes talk to the monorail and then, waiting for a monorail, followed by a 3-4 minute monorail ride. Westin has some other dining options but expensive. There is an onchen at Westin that was also supposed to be free but when we tried to use it, Westin front desk told us that we can't use it. There is clearly some miscommunication on what is included.
* In general, relatively expensive but given the nice snow and the skiing, it was worth it.
John
John, 4-night family trip
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