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[mrsquirrel]

Does anybody have the contact details for any goshiwon?

I was PM'd by another poster saying that yet another poster knew of one where they spoke English (would make booking easier)

Anywhere close to a subway but preferably near a central location.

Any other options of places to stay for a month?

Cab I stay in a love-hotel for a month or is that going to be seriously expensive?

[mithridates]

Yep, it's all here:

http://wiki.galbijim.com/Goshiwon

[mrsquirrel]

My mistake.

I didn't search properly before hand.

What are the occupancy rates like?

I don't fancy lugging a suitcase around with me from place to place getting depserate and crying in the street.

[mithridates]

They always seem to have somebody leaving in the next few days. It's best to email them a few days ahead of time. Most of them will let you reserve a room for a really small price, some 20,000 won or so that comes out of the first month's rent, just to let them know that you're serious.

[mrsquirrel]

Goshiwon Wiki is really good

It could do with sub notes saying which ones speak English

The myhomelivingtel looks really nice but no English on the website.

[mithridates]

Yeah, that would be good but I/we haven't phoned them to check, and they always switch staff too so somebody who spoke English well might be gone a few weeks later if he gets a better job. One that I stayed at started out with a guy in his 20s but the next month when I moved out there was an ajumma running the place.

Coco livingtel is also really good but it's very expensive and actually couldn't really be called a goshiwon. More like a one-room. No deposit though, so not quite an officetel either.

[mrsquirrel]

[chronicpride]

[mrsquirrel]

That is a bloody impressive service.