i went three years ago in 1st September. It was freaking hot..Coz its still the transition period..If u wanna be slightly cooling, go in Oct..

Thanks for the great advice bro, really appreciate it.

For honeymooners (2 persons), 8 days 6 nights, wife not fanatic shopper (maybe just do some moderate shopping), just decent spending, no need luxurious hotel, possible to do it under RM 15k including flight tickets?

Which one will you advise, airbnb or budget hotels?

sep still warm and hot. if you prefer cooler weather. go during middle of oct. some place foliage started also

Thanks Yvonne! Middle of Oct might not be able to make it, early Oct should be OK right? As long as it's slightly cooling like Genting Highland indoor, and won't sweat while walking around the street.

Seemed Sep is really not a good choice.

early oct still warm cause end of summer and wanna start transition to autumn but also depends on weather. guess at least better than sep. nowadays global warming issue, causing the weather also haywire. i just back from seoul last week. went there beginning of the month. thought will be getting warmer. who knows still cold especially the wind blows

if you are those easily sweat person, walking around on the street sure sweat.. need to walk alot if you r taking subway or public transport

Wah..RM15k is more than enough la..If budget hotel, budget airline(AirAsia), decent spending, RM7-8k can settle everything for 2 pax..

If lets say u have RM15k budget, can go stay at some nice and romantic hotel, take better airlines..give your wife some good memories =)

I see, thanks for the tips. Yup for sure going to walk a lot and using a lot of public transport.


Wow didn't expect that RM15k is more than enough, yup like you suggested, think will get better hotels but airline still think will stick with budget airline coz I think not much difference. 6 hours flight quite bearable 😃
Thanks a lot for the tips!

Yup, 8k is enough. Me & my gf went to busan & seoul last month for 7 days & 6 nights and we even take mas flight. We stay in airbnb. Foods price is a lil bit pricier, even street food is the same. Clothes, souvenir, transport all are not cheap. Only things cheap are the beauty product. U can get facial mask at rm1 per piece.

Hi eric, thanks for your info, for sure gonna get a lot of beauty products from there lol.

Btw is your airbnb accommodation nice? Roughly how much per night? I'm thinking of going for airbnb too. Wanna experience living in a Korean house a bit. Were you staying at the same place throughout the 6 nights?

i thought you mentioned won't shop lot? if you wanna buy cheaper beauty products, buy it during weekend. usually they have sales on weekend compare to weekdays. for 15k more than enough unless every meal you also spend on expensive restaurants, stay in nicer hotel or taking cab everyday eventhough our currency is weak compare to previously . i went for cafe hopping or keep makan around including some shopping me and my partner use around 7k++ for 7 days but we didn't go to any attractions except palace just for the fun of taking hanbok pics haha.. for some they might think expensive.. as different people have different travel style or budget

i didn't went to airbnb doesn't means living in korean traditional house such as hanok.. it can be apartment or condo.

Hahaha since Eric mentioned that beauty products are cheap, why not shop more?
Plan to shop a bit for some clothes and souvenirs too, but not too excessive coz worry later luggage becomes too heavy

For meals, plan to mainly just go for street food and some korean bbq. Also the fried chicken too since it is like soooooo popular.

Thanks for the airbnb tip, if that's the case then I think maybe I just stick with some decent hotels

Do you think 8 days 7 nights for Seoul + Jeju is good enough? Will it be too rush? Shall I add one or two more days? We are mostly the relaxing type of travelers, won't squeeze in too much places to visit in one day, coz as others in this thread say, holiday is meant for relaxing not rushing

beauty products is ain't cheap anymore compare to previously. also depends on what brand you are purchasing

impossible u everyday eat street food plus street food also can cost u a lot haha.. for me not really worth it. few times to try ok. if every time, the $$ better use it to take better meal hehehe.. eat some soupy foods too cause too much bbq and fried chicken will cause heaty haha

you may survey airbnb, guesthouse and hotel to compare the price..

9D8N or more would be better if you wanna explore Jeju. you need at least minimum 3 days to explore Jeju

Hahaha street food really that expensive in Korea huh? Then I will mix street food with some nice restaurant treats.

Thanks for the suggestion, then I think I will add two more days to my original plan, go for 10D9N instead of 8D7N. Didn't expect Jeju Island is so big

it's like our pasar malam food here lah. it may be cheap but the portion so small only. End up spending RM20-25 for pasar malam food.

There are 4 of us staying in airbnb. 2 nights at busan at rm580 & 4 nights at seoul at rm1700. Advantage is most of them provided free wifi at home & portable wifi which u can use outdoor. Try to find somewhere near to metro cos taxi are expensive.

As for beauty product, there many choices of shop. All of them having sales, giving free items as well. They are very competitive nowadays cos lesser tourist from china. Which is a good news to me. Less crowded.

Lesser toursist from China is really a great news! Guess it's a blessing in disguise :-)

Gonna lurking around this subforum for tips and info until the time comes. 4 more months to do more research

I just saw this video surfing the internet

How do you think guys? Is buying Durian snacks to my friend actually a terror?

Now I think it might be so funny

Just got Air Asia flight tickets to Korea in October, will be spending 11 days there.

Would like to ask about whether this plan is OK:

Day 1 reach Seoul around 3pm. Stay for one night.

Day 2 morning straight fly to Jeju from Gimpo, stay for 3 nights.

Day 5 morning fly back to Seoul. Day 5 to Day 11 spend in Seoul.

Because I worry if stay in Seoul first, when need to go to Jeju, need to carry heavy luggage (extra items from shopping trip in Seoul). While in Jeju I think won't shop much kot.

Is the above plan reasonable?

ok, looks fine.

but if u wan u can also straight away fly to jeju on the same u reached Seoul..u can take evening flight from Gimpo..Reach there then can check in..

Since that one night in Seoul macam hanging only lol