AT first glance, Korea doesn t look to be the cheapest place to travel. As one example, take a walk down Gangnam s main drag and peruse the sky-high prices for clothes (they want how much for a t-shirt?!). Get away the luxury clothes and pretentious restaurants, however, and a surprisingly cheap side of Korea emerges. It ll never be as cheap as Vietnam or Cambodia, but you can confidently make it on US$40 a day and have enough left over for souvenirs.
Cheap: If you re traveling with some other people, you might find a love motel to be exactly what you need. They re clean, cheap rent a car comfortable, and surprisingly modern a growing number sport 42 TV s and desktop computers with internet. Rooms all have private bathrooms, and the amenities can be surprisingly nice. Expect to pay 30,000 60,000 won (US$26-53) a night split two, three, or four ways that comes out pretty nice. There s quite a few in the Sinchon area (line 2).
Cheaper: Hostels / Youth hostels / backpacking guesthouses. If sharing a room with other people is fine, 15,000 20,000 won (US$13-17.50) gets you a bed for the night often in a great location. If you like a bit of privacy, 20,000 30,000 won (US$17.50-26) nets you a private room. Note that most prices are quoted as per person rates a group of three or four might find a love motel to come out cheaper!
Cheapest: Jimjilbang it! Essentially a public bathhouse with sleeping areas and segregated bathing facilities, jimjilbang provide a great place to clean up and crash for the night. If coming to Seoul, check out this post on some of the better ones across the big city. Expect to pay between 8,000 12,000 won (US$7-10.50) per person. The biggest drawbacks: a relative lack of privacy, and you re sleeping on a mat on the floor. Most are open 24 hours, cheap rent a car but double-check before you pay the admission fee.
Cheap: Korean food is already pretty cheap without any tricks most Korean meals I ve enjoyed have been less than 10,000 won (US$9) (not including alcohol, of course). As a standard course, consider the samgyeopsal , or strips of pork grilled at your table. Between the meat and the banchan (side dishes), cheap rent a car you ll be full before cheap rent a car you know it.
Cheaper: There s more than a few franchises offering food about as cheap as it comes Jaws Food and Gimbap Cheonguk are the two that come to mind. For 6,000 won (US$5.25) or less, order some gimbap (rice and veggies cheap rent a car in dried seaweed), don-gga-seu (pork cutlet), or head to any college campus area. Hongdae AKA Hongik University (line 2 and the AREX) has a trendy nightlife cheap rent a car scene, while Konkuk University (line 2) in southeast Seoul has plenty of food amongst the side streets. It s not uncommon cheap rent a car to have your entire meal cost less than a trendy cup of coffee. Drawback: no candlelight or violins sweetly playing in the background.
Cheapest: Street food! Almost anywhere you go around Seoul, there s street food a-plenty. See this post for some pictures and what to get . Suffice it to say a few thousand won will get you back in the game. I ll steer the vegetarians cheap rent a car to the ddeokbokki (cylindrical rice cakes cooked in red pepper paste), which may be a bit spicy. The meat-lovers can enjoy the hot dogs or corn dogs, although the shish kebabs cheap rent a car are wonderful as well.
Cheap: It s really only the private museums that have expensive cheap rent a car admission fees. At 3,000 won (US$2.60), Gyeongbokgung is the closest thing Korea has to a main attraction. The location in central Seoul makes it close to almost everything, and the palace can take the better part of a day to thoroughly enjoy. The National Folk Museum is nearby and free.
Cheaper: A subway ride across town if you re the sort that prefers the journey to the destination, you might just enjoy a random ride around town. Seoul Sub urban has made it a point of getting off at random subway cheap rent a car stops throughout Seoul and seeing what s around.
Cheapest: It s pretty hard to beat free and that s precisely the price of most parks, cheap rent a car art galleries, cheap rent a car shopping centers, indoor spaces like The Story of Sejong , outdoor spaces like Gwanghwamun Plaza and Insa-dong, and a palace like Gyeonghuigung . There s also Buddhist temples, the National Museum of Korea, and Olympic Park, just in case your stay turns into a second week.
Cheap: Plenty of live shows are around the 5,000 10,000 won (US$4.50-9) price range, which seems to be a sweet spot for Hongdae. Keep your eyes peeled for posters, or check out koreagigguide.com to know what s happening in advance.
Cheapest: With locations open all night, Club FM serves up drinks in an unpretentious atmosphere at a better price you ll find in any other club. In case you haven t heard the inside joke, the FM stands for Family Mart , the nationwide chain of convenience stores. Quite a few of them have an outdoor patio complete with chairs cheap rent a car and tables for your party s drinking or eating pleasure. It s a great way to people-watch as well.
Great write-up! Granted this cycle can get old after a while, but for a fun nice-weather (or even during the winter) night out, this is a great crash course! I wish I saw one of these when I went to Tokyo!
CRASHING - everybody eventually does it. Coming to Seoul to party is fun. Trying to find a place to crash afterwards is not. Presuming you haven t already arranged to stay at a friend s house or reserved a hotel, there are plenty of 24-hour jjimjilbang to lay your head in Seoul. Five star hotels cheap rent a car they are not,
Where are you going to party this weekend? Just like my other flowchart cheap rent a car on where to go this weekend? , I present to you this flow on where to party when you re in Seoul. Note that while Seoul has plenty of party places, this flowchart focuses on Hongdae and Itaewon. Rock on.
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