Comparison
Your Wished Guide vs Klook — Japan travel experiences
Klook is a Hong Kong-based Asia-focused travel marketplace, strong in Japan-to-Asia inbound. They excel at attractions, transit passes, and packaged tours. Your Wished Guide is specifically for booking a licensed human guide for your own itinerary — a complement to, not a replacement for, Klook's attractions catalogue.
Criterion
Your Wished Guide
Klook
Platform fee to the traveler
9% (5% for Elite-tier guides)
Up to 25% commission charged to suppliers (reflected in listed price)
Klook Partner portal Guide verification
Yes — JNTA national-licensed only
Merchant-level vetting; individual Japan-guide licensing not displayed on listings by default
Language-matched guide search
First-class filter — 10 languages
Language shown per-activity; no guide-level language filter
Direct chat with the guide
Yes, pre-booking + post-booking
Messaging via Klook support / merchant; direct guide chat is rare
Cancellation policy
Sliding: 100% refund 7+ days out, 50% at 3-6d, 25% at 1-2d, 0% same-day
Varies by product — see each activity listing
Klook help center Why this matters when you book in Japan
- National licensing is legally required. Japan's Act on Licensed Guide Interpreters sets a legal threshold for who can lead paid tours for foreign visitors. Booking an unlicensed guide can void your travel insurance and create liability exposure. We only list JNTA-licensed guides — every one.
- Lower platform fee = more in the guide's pocket. The % a platform takes comes out of either your price or the guide's payout. Our 9% is roughly a third of the typical OTA commission — which is why serious Japan guides list with us directly.
- You talk to the actual guide before you pay. Japan trips are custom. Dietary restrictions, accessibility, interests — all easier to coordinate by chat with the guide than through a platform ticketing system.
Decide yourself
Browse Japan-licensed guides.
Filter by city, language, and style. Chat with any of them before you book.