Let's put it this way, I'm speaking from experience.

1. The flight ticket alone is about (depending on airline) RM1.5-2.5K alone. You may Google this yourself, visit MAS, Aseana, KoreanAir, AirAsia, Thai Airways, Cathay Pacific website. They all fly to Korea from Malaysia (might be a few others) - pay close attention to their pricing structure, flight schedule, etc. You will see - some offer cheap tickets but it'll take you 2 days to reach Korea coz you need to transit for 1 night elsewhere. In the example of AirAsia - cheap ticket but arrive @ 9.45pm in Korea, you'll waste the 1st day travelling coz don't tell me you can go sightseeing anymore if you arrive that late. By the time you reach town and cleared customs, it's a good 1 1/2 hour later.

2. You are going during peak season where everything is expensive, especially the accommodation. Try going any developed country in this world and you'll feel the prices during this period. BTW, Hotels in Korea can range between RM300-RM1000++ per night during normal period and prices jump during peak period.

3. I have only mentioned flight ticket and accommodation. There's your meal, local logistics (e.g bus, don't tell me you intend to walk to the airport and everywhere), skiing costs and tour guide fees to factor in.

RM5000K sounds kindof right ... I believe your trip is being arranged by a tour agency and someone need to make money as well from assisting and arranging the logistics.

Probably the people advising you on the prices have no experience flying to Korea nor have any understanding of the real world costs in Korea - you may ask them "Have you gone to Korea?" or bought the so called RM2-3K package themselves. Even if you were to get the cheapest ticket during promotions, it'll be about RM1.5-RM1.8K (calculate including of airport taxes, fuel surcharges, etc) Accommodations will set you around the same amount as well - at the cheapest price, you are likely to get a dorm of sort sort shared with a lot of people.

Quick & dirty calculations - it'll set you about RM3.6K~RM4K before factoring in your meals, skiing, local travelling, skiing costs & tour guide fees. And be careful of shoestring tours which many customers ends up fuming. RM2-3K to travel to Korea ? Quite impossible

Good luck on your decision making!

This post has been edited by hye: Oct 2 2011, 08:02 AM