For MAS that is normal. The cheapest I got to Seoul in RM2100 return so your deal is pretty good. If you want less than 1K you have to book AirAsia.

I just booked for Seoul in Dec for RM950 inclusive of luggage but excluding food and seat selection. If I include all it would cost me about RM1200.

Hi, just to share. The flight ticket I bought is Rm900, with meal and baggage, from air Asia. Is that a good deal? 1st time to Seoul. Traveling on early dec. No decision on tour guide or free n easy yet.

Hmm... By scrolling through some of the comments here, it seems like the majority of the people are traveling without tour guide. Thinking of doing the same too. Anyone care to be our travel companion? Two of us, spouses. Traveling in the early of dec. 7days. First timer. 😁

That is a very good deal because that already includes meal and luggage. The only other time I managed to get a better deal was in 2012 when I got a return ticket all in for RM800.

What are your travel dates like? I am going from 19 - 28 Dec. Itinerary is Jeju-Pyeongchang-Seoul. Three nights in every location.

This post has been edited by cynthusc: Mar 2 2014, 12:32 AM

I am traveling from 1-7 dec. To Seoul, no thorough itinerary made yet. It's costly on guided tour. So thinking to make it free n easy.

Hello Benny, pm me your email. I will share my itinerary or if you want pm me what you want to do and i will draft you an itinerary

Don't worry you don't need a guided tour to enjoy Seoul. Free and easy is definitely cheaper. This is going to be my fifth visit to South Korea so if you need any assistance on your itinerary do let me know.

anyone can recommend me a good texsi driver for me to go around Jeju ?

Hi all,

Will be going to Korea this coming end of March.
Usually how much of cash do you bring over there?
Was thinking of changing around RM500 first for the first 2-3 days use.

guys, wats the must buy thingy in south korea?

RM500 can only get 160,000 won. Errr. How many of you going? The bus ride from airport is already 16,000 won per person. Per meal per person with drinks is about 10,000won. T-Money you have to load about 10,000 won as per trip is 1000-1200 won. Can lah if you don't buy anything and eat cheap food only. BBQ is about 35,000 won per portion. A guy can easily eat two portions. You also need to pay entrance fee to certain sites so did you calculate that in?

When I went to Seoul for 6 nights I brought 800,000 won for two people but we had very good meals and a trip to Nami Island and a trip to Everland. Also includes a little shopping (about 200,000 won) and rental of a WiFi egg.

Break down what you intend to do and you will be able to budget accordingly. A cheap meal is about 10,000 won (a bowl of noodles or soup with rice and a drink). Kimbap and snacks from the convenience store is about 2,000-4,000 won. Beef galbi is expensive esp Hanwoo beef. We had two beef meals and each cost 45,000 won. Outside of Seoul, the beef is cheaper. At Hoenggye we paid only 20,000 won for one portion of beef. As I was there in 2012 with 4 other people, we ordered 8 portions and paid only 160,000 won. The ajumma also threw in a free bimbim naengmyeon and a bowl of galbi tang (about 6000 won each)

Just 2 of us we will be there for 6 nights, but plan to change the rest to USD first, coz I heard that it's slightly pricey to change MYR there.
That's why I planned just to change RM500 to won initially first, and change the rest later. Or is it better to change all to won straightaway?

anybody has experience using credit card in Korea? Which card has the best conversion rate? Maybank's master/visa?

does kt kumho accept cash? from what I read from their website, they only accept credit card.
anyone can verify this?

It used to be Maybank VISA/MC for many years until August last year. I was in Seoul November and December last year and surprisingly HSBC MC gave me the lowest exchange rate then. I did try Citibank VISA too and the exchange rate was slightly higher than Maybank VISA/MC.

I want to go to Seoul , but first time dunno where to start. Any noob guide to travelling to Seoul? preferably with good coffee and good food.

Strictly credit card only.. No cash.


Look at the first post in the first page of this thread..

may i know that use money is more valuable or use credit card for payment at south korea?

which rental accept cash then? maybe I reach there only find a rental car.

Ever since Maybank revised the admin fee for transaction made in foreign currency, cash is probably cheaper now. However, it depends on the cash exchange rate too. The exchange rate quoted by Money Master Mid-Valley for MYR/KRW now is RM3.13 = KRW1,000. But over here in Kota Kinabalu, money changers are selling KRW1,000 for RM3.06. So if you can buy your KRW at RM3.06, then i'm absolute certain cash is definitely better.