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djplatinum
Joined: 29 May 2006
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 Posted: Thu Jul 19, 2007 6:49 am Post subject: Hotel and Motel prices in Seoul? |
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Hey,
I was in Seoul last month teaching and I am coming back with my girlfriend to teach in about a week. We are just going to come back and do interviews and the like when we arrive, so we will be having to stay at a hotel or motel probably for a few days while searching for jobs. Does anyone know any good prices or places to stay in Seoul? Thanks in advance. |
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Tokki1
Joined: 14 May 2007
Location: The gap between the Korean superiority and inferiority complex
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| Posted: Thu Jul 19, 2007 8:20 am Post subject: |
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A typical yagwon (with fridge, cable tv, a nice bed and if you're luckily an ajummah who will wash your clothes for free) will run you about $30 a night. Screw the hotels.
I've lived in yagwons for months at a time. Gosiwons are cheaper but they suck ass. |
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Sine qua non
Joined: 18 Feb 2007
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| Posted: Thu Jul 19, 2007 8:31 am Post subject: |
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| Yeah, a typical yoegwan is the econo-route to go. |
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Tokki1
Joined: 14 May 2007
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| Posted: Thu Jul 19, 2007 8:47 am Post subject: |
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In han-gul it's 여관 or 고시원 if my spelling is up to par~  |
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djplatinum
Joined: 29 May 2006
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| Posted: Thu Jul 19, 2007 8:50 am Post subject: |
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Where can you find some in Seoul? Could someone give a quick description on how to get to one please and thanks.
Much appreciated so far. |
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jajdude
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| Posted: Thu Jul 19, 2007 9:03 am Post subject: |
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| Which area in Seoul are you planning to stay in? It doesn't matter so much as price is concerned, around 30,000 won per night can be found almost anywhere (I think). |
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Tokki1
Joined: 14 May 2007
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| Posted: Thu Jul 19, 2007 9:04 am Post subject: |
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They're EVERYWHERE. Just look for 여관. Some will have a sauna sign (like a dish with heat waves coming up from it). It's pronounced 'yaw gwan'. Get in a cab. Copy this down and give it to him:
외국사람입니다 I'm a foreigner
한국말을못해요 I can't speak Korean
여관에가고싶어요 I want to go to a yogwan
Or just memorize the han-gul for yogwan. Seriously they are not hard to find. BTW enjoy the funky red lights and mirrors on the ceiling and walls if you're lucky. And the drunken ajoshis doing strange things in the hallways. And possibly roaches. If you pay more than $30 a night you're being ripped off. |
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Sine qua non
Joined: 18 Feb 2007
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| Posted: Thu Jul 19, 2007 9:49 am Post subject: |
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| Tokki1 wrote: |
| Seriously they are not hard to find. |
Yep, yep.
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| If you pay more than $30 a night you're being ripped off. |
Unless it's a Friday/Saturday night or in a "busy" part of town (i.e., Itaewon, Gangnam, etc.), but then a short cab ride (and the informed intuition of a fiendly cabbie) can overcome that. |
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djplatinum
Joined: 29 May 2006
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| Posted: Thu Jul 19, 2007 10:02 am Post subject: |
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Alright awesome thanks.
Also, can you get these for multiple days so that you can leave your luggage in the room while going out and doing interviews or do you think they are too sketchy of places to leave your stuff at?
Thanks again. |
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pest2
Joined: 01 Jun 2005
Location: Vancouver, Canada
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| Posted: Thu Jul 19, 2007 10:05 am Post subject: |
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| djplatinum wrote: |
Alright awesome thanks.
Also, can you get these for multiple days so that you can leave your luggage in the room while going out and doing interviews or do you think they are too sketchy of places to leave your stuff at?
Thanks again. |
Yeogwans are better than nothing, but they're often dirty and sleezy. If you want a real hotel, its about 60-100$US per night. And u have to make a reservation. Last time I stayed at a yeogwan, the sheets still had splooge on them, there was poo on the toilet seat, and I am pretty sure I caught a cold virus. |
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Tokki1
Joined: 14 May 2007
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| Posted: Thu Jul 19, 2007 10:13 am Post subject: |
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Yogwans are great. I've lived in them for a total of probably 7 months over the years. They're generally clean, with all the amenities you need, and they're pretty safe. Just turn in the key to the ajummah when you leave and you'll be good.  |
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Sine qua non
Joined: 18 Feb 2007
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| Posted: Thu Jul 19, 2007 10:28 am Post subject: |
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| pest2 wrote: |
| Yeogwans are better than nothing, but they're often dirty and sleezy. If you want a real hotel, its about 60-100$US per night. And u have to make a reservation. Last time I stayed at a yeogwan, the sheets still had splooge on them, there was poo on the toilet seat, and I am pretty sure I caught a cold virus. |
Daaaammmmmnnnnnn!
Whatever you paid, you paid too much.
As for me, after seeing anything on either the bedsheets or the toilet seat would have been the first sign for me to get a refund and find a new place for the night. You are one accepting, non-judgemental mo-fo~~ |
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djplatinum
Joined: 29 May 2006
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| Posted: Thu Jul 19, 2007 12:32 pm Post subject: |
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Tokki,
Where is the best one that you stayed in for the money. Such as cleanliness and the like. In Seoul that is. Also, why did you spend so much time in them if you don't mind me asking lol |
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