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Matt_22 · Joined: 22 Nov 2006

I'll be arriving next week loaded down with tons of luggage, so I'll need to take a taxi rather than a shuttle bus for my trip into Seoul. I'll be staying at a hostel in Jongno-gu, and am curious about the fare. Will it be uber-expensive? Do I have to do my homework to find a legit meter taxi a la Bangkok?

LarrytheGiraffee · Joined: 12 Feb 2006

It would be about 40-50000 won for a taxi into the city, if not a little more. There is plenty of luggage storage under the limo bus and you can use a luggage cart until your stuff is loaded. If you take the bus to Seoul Station there will be plenty of taxis waiting right there, so you wont have a problem transfering you stuff to a cab.

If that still sounds too difficult for you and you decide to take a cab they will all charge about the same amount. It isnt like Bangkok where you have to worry about which cab to take.

Have a good trip over!

Ya-ta Boy · Joined: 16 Jan 2003 Location: Established in 1994

Check into storing your luggage at the airport until you are settled into someplace other than the hostel.

ilovebdt · Joined: 03 Jun 2005 Location: Nr Seoul

Matt_22 · Joined: 22 Nov 2006

I am entirely new to Korea, so I was planning on having directions to the place written in Korean (as well as the phone number) for the taxi driver. I found a place in Jongno-gu - the Windroad Hostel - that seems like a secure enough place to keep my luggage.

I'll probably just make it simple and take the taxi all the way, as I'm going to be hauling two akward bags of over 20kg each, as well as a bulky over-stuffed carry-on. Thanks for the help everyone, and if you have any hostel/guesthouse suggestions, please let me know.

europe2seoul · Joined: 12 Sep 2005 Location: Seoul, Korea

spliff · Joined: 19 Jan 2004 Location: Khon Kaen, Thailand

You are making the mistake of bringing too much....keep it strictly at 20kg...trust me! Clothes are cheap here!

dimnd · Joined: 19 May 2005 Location: Western USA

I came at night and had lots of luggage and had to use a van. It cost me 72,000 won. I went close to Seoul immigration..Mokdong , Omogkyo

Tobacco Dreams · Joined: 05 Dec 2006

If you do get a taxi, just be careful NOT to take one which is marked "모범." These are the "model," or deluxe, taxis, which charge considerably more than standard ones. They're usually (if not always) black.

Flagfall on one of these model taxis will be around 4500 won. A standard taxi will start, I think, at around 1600. If in doubt, just glance at the meter when you get in the cab.

Wangja · Joined: 17 May 2004 Location: Seoul, Yongsan

There really is plenty of luggage space on the "limousine" buses. More in truth than in a taxi.

They cost around 12,000 KRW.