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Inexpensive lodging near the airport?

 
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Lekker



Joined: 09 Feb 2008
Location: Seoul

PostPosted: Thu Jul 10, 2008 3:03 pm    Post subject: Inexpensive lodging near the airport? Reply with quote

A while back someone posted about where a decent priced hotel or lodging was near the airport in Incheon? I'm flying out Saturday, August 2nd, at 8:30 am. I want to stay somewhere close to the airport on Friday evening. Where can I stay within reason? Isn't there a jimjilbang in the airport? Cheaper is better.
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Lekker



Joined: 09 Feb 2008
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PostPosted: Thu Jul 10, 2008 4:10 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

bump.
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Dome Vans
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PostPosted: Thu Jul 10, 2008 4:13 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

How cheap are you talking?
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CentralCali



Joined: 17 May 2007

PostPosted: Thu Jul 10, 2008 4:18 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Go to the airport. On the arrivals floor, there is an information desk. Tell them you want to stay at a hostel near the airport. They will call the hostel's owner/manager who will pick you up at the airport and drive you the five or ten minutes it takes to get to the hostel. It's around 20,000 won a night and your room is one of the apartments in an officetel.

Sorry, but I don't remember the name of the place. I stayed there overnight in January. Very clean, very professional establishment.
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PostPosted: Thu Jul 10, 2008 4:26 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

CentralCali wrote:
Go to the airport. On the arrivals floor, there is an information desk. Tell them you want to stay at a hostel near the airport. They will call the hostel's owner/manager who will pick you up at the airport and drive you the five or ten minutes it takes to get to the hostel. It's around 20,000 won a night and your room is one of the apartments in an officetel.

Sorry, but I don't remember the name of the place. I stayed there overnight in January. Very clean, very professional establishment.


They are fantastic at that desk. My flight was delayed and I had no way of getting back to my home from the airport. Walked around the airport at 11:30pm phoning the various hotels was told it'd cost about 100 000won for a room. Went to that desk she did the phoning around and some guy phoned her back and I got one of those rooms for about 40 000 a night. Very happy with that. Great service-euh to have.

Lekker I can't beat the 20 000 won but mine would cost about 40 000 won and have the same pick-up/drop-off service. Really good.

Watch out for the fat guy working in the GS25 in the hotel area. I went in there to buy some beer, sneaky prik added on 6000 won before he'd even started scanning the stuff. Asked him to do it again and it was 6000 less. I have eyes!
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CentralCali



Joined: 17 May 2007

PostPosted: Thu Jul 10, 2008 4:29 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I think that's the same place. I must've gotten the price wrong. $40 for an apartment for one night's not bad at all.

About the GS worker scan-scam: Whenever I shop at an unfamiliar place, I always get the receipt and review it before leaving with my purchase.
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seoulteacher



Joined: 18 Nov 2005
Location: Seoul

PostPosted: Thu Jul 10, 2008 4:38 pm    Post subject: Re: Inexpensive lodging near the airport? Reply with quote

You've got the answers (above), but this is handy to know:

You can get general tourism info from a Gov't of Korea tourism phone service:

your area code + 1330...
(so, for Seoul info, dial: 02-1330)

They really are excellent, and have never failed me.
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Lekker



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PostPosted: Thu Jul 10, 2008 5:35 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

That's amazing. The cheapest I could find was 25,000 on some site but when I followed the link, it took me to the Best Western, which charges around 100,000 a night. BS. Scam artists left and right.
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Dome Vans
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PostPosted: Thu Jul 10, 2008 5:51 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Try the Incheon Airport Guest House. That costs 40 000 won. Can be booked in advance and is only 5 minutes drive from the airport. Their number is 032 743 0979. I've stayed with them three times before flying off.
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Yu_Bum_suk



Joined: 25 Dec 2004

PostPosted: Thu Jul 10, 2008 6:14 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Dome Vans wrote:
Try the Incheon Airport Guest House. That costs 40 000 won. Can be booked in advance and is only 5 minutes drive from the airport. Their number is 032 743 0979. I've stayed with them three times before flying off.


I'm flying out this weekend and apparently they're full. I'm just going to get a yeogwan near Gimpo and take the express train, I think.
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PostPosted: Thu Jul 10, 2008 6:20 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Yu_Bum_suk wrote:
Dome Vans wrote:
Try the Incheon Airport Guest House. That costs 40 000 won. Can be booked in advance and is only 5 minutes drive from the airport. Their number is 032 743 0979. I've stayed with them three times before flying off.


I'm flying out this weekend and apparently they're full. I'm just going to get a yeogwan near Gimpo and take the express train, I think.


There was a guy that the woman at the reception called that worked for a few of the hotels in the area. He seemed to know what was available and that was really last minute with me waiting at the airport on a Friday night. He said if I was ever stuck again to give him a call. (I PMed you his number)
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chris_J2



Joined: 17 Apr 2006
Location: From Brisbane, Au.

PostPosted: Thu Jul 10, 2008 6:52 pm    Post subject: Incheon Reply with quote

"Guesthouse Korea" at Airport City Plaza. 10 th floor? They have a free shuttle bus to Incheon Airport just 5 mins away. And they were cheap & clean. About 30k won, from memory.

http://www.guesthouseinkorea.com/InCheon/

Dormitory & Family Room
(with toilet and shower room)
Per Person /1 Night
20,000 (US $18.00)

Twin Room(with toilet and shower room)
2 Person /1 Night
48,000

Double Room
2 Person /1 Night
48,000

Single Room(with toilet and shower room)
1 Person /1 Night
38,000


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