Free travel in Korea

Korea is a small country. If you want to travel freely, you can make your own strategy. Let me tell you how to do it.

Figure 1: Gyeongbokgung Palace Scenic Spot in Seoul (taken in July 2008)

First, South Korea is small.

Which provinces in China have the same size? According to the comparison of land area, South Korea is roughly as big as China and Zhejiang Province, smaller than Jiangsu Province and larger than Chongqing, so traveling is not very complicated.

Figure 2: The subway route map of Seoul, South China (taken in July 2008)

Second, there are not many tourist cities in Korea.

There are three tourist cities in South Korea and the United States, Seoul, Busan and Jeju Island.

Travel to South Korea is mainly concentrated in these three cities, especially Seoul and Jeju Island, so it is easy to make a strategy if you are traveling independently. Seoul, the capital of South Korea, is home to a quarter of its population. South Korea also has major tourist attractions, from Gyeongbokgung Palace to Seoul Tower, from Myeongdong to Dongdaemun Business District, where you can eat, drink and have fun.

Figure 3: The seaside bridge in Busan (taken in July 2008)

3. Suggestions on South Korea's free travel strategy.

1. The focus of travel destination is Seoul, followed by Jeju Island. You can consider Busan if you have time.

2. Personally, I don't think the tourist characteristics of South Korea lie in the scenery, and seeing the scenery is not very attractive. But for female friends, the attraction of Korea lies in cosmetics and clothing;

3. South Korea and the United States have high consumption, but it can easily find affordable hotels and travel guides by using some domestic travel apps;

4. South Korea's domestic round-trip air tickets are not expensive because they are close;

5. South Korea's tourist visa needs to be handled by a designated travel agency, and it is handled according to dicing, which has a certain threshold. If the applicant's conditions in the United States are average, the visa refusal rate is high, but Jeju Island is visa-free for China tourists.

To sum up, if you want to travel freely in Korea, you can do your own raiders before you go. However, if the visa is uncertain and the language is worried about obstacles, you may wish to choose to travel with a group.

Self-help tours like to do their own raiders. Find out your favorite attractions and restaurants on the travel website, then book suitable hotels according to the distance, then check the traffic and special activities on the official website of each attraction restaurant, and finally check the traffic route on Google Maps. If you want to save time and effort, I personally recommend using the poor travel assistant to plan the whole trip.

Travel to Korea.

The price of going to Korea in different cities in China is different, and the price is different in different seasons. Generally speaking, it is cheaper in winter and more expensive in summer. Different places may cost hundreds of thousands. For example, the air ticket from Shanghai to South Korea is the cheapest, with a round trip cost of only about 230,000 yuan and a departure from Beijing cost of about 400,000 yuan. Changchun probably needs more than 450,000 yuan (I said round-trip air tickets. Of course, if you want to go, you have to buy a round-trip air ticket, which is the cheapest. And it must be an airline in China). So even if your home location is good, the air ticket is temporarily set at 350 thousand. 2 meals. Don't underestimate him. The cheapest food in Korea is Zhajiang Noodles. It still needs 4000 yuan to 5000 yuan. China restaurant doesn't even want to eat, and the cheapest food costs 20,000 yuan. Even if you only eat two meals a day. That will cost at least 150 thousand. Clothes in Korea are generally very cheap. About ten thousand yuan. I mean market goods. Things in the mall are much more expensive. Not to mention famous brands. But when you come, you should bring some gifts to your relatives and friends. So what's the total? I won. Don't say more. In fact, South Korea's consumption is generally ok, not particularly high. But I spent too much money on transportation. S just a personal opinion, it won't. It doesn't seem to cost much in a travel agency. If you have to go, you might as well go with the group. Honestly, I don't think it's worth it. It costs a lot of money to go to Korea.

First analyze these three modes of travel:

1. Group tours (all travel agencies arrange reservations in a unified way), which are low in price and tight in schedule.

2. Free travel (visa application, air ticket reservation, hotel, etc.), high price, plenty of time and free arrangement.

3. Semi-free travel (arranged by some travel agencies, you can enjoy some group discounts and arrange personal travel time), and the price is moderate.

Travel with a group

Price: 1500 ~3000 yuan

According to the departure city, the service content ranges from about 1500 RMB to tens of thousands of RMB.

Generally, 1,500 ~ South Korea tourism products are moderately 3,000 yuan, 4 days and 3 nights, 5 days and 4 nights.

Including visa fee, round-trip air ticket, accommodation fee, catering fee, tour guide fee, ticket fee, vehicle fee, etc.

Advantages:

The price is low, you don't have to arrange the scheduled items yourself. There is a special person to go to Korea and arrange the itinerary by car.

Disadvantages:

Almost all group tours need to go to shopping stores or add money to participate in additional projects in the local area;

No personal time, need to obey the overall arrangement of the team;

Low-grade check-in, the position is on the side.

Reservation:

Booking in major offline travel agency stores;

Online booking for Ctrip.com, Tuniu.com, Tongcheng.com and Hot Air Balloon Travel.com..

Suitable for:

1.* Travel abroad, and try to travel abroad at a low price.

2. Older, unable to judge or arrange matters related to outbound tourism.

Free travel

Price: 3000 ~12000 yuan

Visa: Korean personal tourist visa fee, the consulate will handle 260 yuan by itself;

The service fees charged by travel agents vary from 300 yuan to 800 yuan according to the travel agency.

Air tickets: round-trip air tickets from Beijing, Shanghai, Tianjin and Qingdao are 20,000 ~ 2,500 yuan.

Hotels: One night's stay in a hotel ranges from 300 yuan to 2,000 yuan.

Food, shopping and other consumption depend on what you buy.

Some products are more expensive or cheaper than *. The consumption level is similar to that of Shanghai.

Advantages:

The itinerary is completely free.

Disadvantages:

Need to prepare the strategy in advance,

All the contents involved, such as visas, air tickets, hotels, tickets, vehicles, subways, food, shopping, etc., need to be planned and prepared by themselves.

The price is high, because it is bought by a single person or a few people.

Reservation:

Ctrip.com, Qunar.com, Booking, Agoda and other websites.

Korean hotels book international air tickets.

Suitable for:

Have a certain economic consumption ability, do not like constraints, like to travel freely.

Semi-free travel (some group packages)

Price: 3000 ~8000 yuan

Air ticket hotel, air ticket visa, visa hotel,

Hotel team rooms, hotel food, hotel tickets, hotel shuttle,

The price of team rooms is applicable to other parts.

Advantages:

Because it is a part of tourism * elements, not only enjoy team price concessions, but also enjoy free travel.

Disadvantages:

There are no special shortcomings in the products with high cost performance and moderate value.

Reservation:

Air ticket hotel products: free travel products of major travel websites such as Ctrip.com, Qunar.com and Taobao Travel.

Travel discount, beehive special price, love travel, hot air balloon travel network and other travel tail goods special reservation,

Hotel pick-up, hotel ticket products: selling Korean hotel special rate team room pick-up.

Three-star, four-star and five-star hotels have special rates in Myeongdong, Dongmen, Hongda and other areas, and some of them are picked up for free.

Suitable for:

After 80s and 90s, customers not only pay attention to price and cost performance, but also expect to fully enjoy free shopping and gourmet experience.