Korean Job Discussion Forums

[MixtecaMike]

Outside of Seoul, how cheap can you get a room?

I arrive in mid August and will be looking for a job, so until I find something I'll need a place/places to stay. What are the rock-bottom places and how much a night?

I don't sleep in parks or cardboard boxes, but other than that I'm not too fussy about short-term accomodation.

[peppermint]

the going rate for a room in a yeogwan is around 30,000. They're easy to find and they're everywhere. Most are pretty clean, but they are love motels so you might get some noisy neighbors.

[MixtecaMike]

As long as they change the sheets

[prosodic]

There are boarding houses �ϼ��� near most universities. They're usually about 600,000 won per month and that includes breakfast and dinner.

[sadsac]

Check out this website: www.tour2korea.com. They have a list of guest houses and homestays that are good value.

[Son Deureo!]

[Len8]

You could stay in a Yoinsk. They are onlyW10,000 a night. They might do a deal with you if you want to stay longer. You get a bed and a TV. Toilet and shower you gotta cue up for though. You can use the local sauna for a better clean up though, and those are cheap. Some saunas and all chimchilbangs will let you sleep all night as well.
Saunas are usually W3,000 and chimchilbangs are W5,000

That's about the bottom of the barrel for waeguks. There are other places for Koreans that are cheaper, but i think they are bunks in comunal rooms so to speak

[JacktheCat]

Love Motels are where it's at for cheap places to stay in Korea.

For 20k to 30k you get a big double bed, tv, and your own private bath.

There're my lodging of choice when travelling around Korea.

[MixtecaMike]

Thanks to all who replied. If I could be so bold as to ask a further question, are Yoinsk and Love Motels generally found around the center of towns or on the outskirts, and is there an "accomodation zone" or are they scattered all over?

[bits]

Son Deureo,

Can you tell me where the goshiwon in Sinchon is?

bits

[VanIslander]

[Hyeon Een]

[VanIslander]

In Suncheon, there's a big renovated motel across the intercity bus terminal parking lot which has nice, newly decorated Spanish stucco rooms going for 20,000 a night. Great deal. Nice place.

In Wando there are several in the 30,000 won range, but check the rooms first. I'm glad I did because that town has a lot of run-down old motel rooms spruced up only on the outside.

As for minbak, often they ask for 40,000 or 50,000 won but they almost all can be bartered down to 20,000, the most I've ever paid. Come back at 9 p.m. and look ready to leave again (not desparate) and you'll pay no more than 20,000 won for a nice room.

The most I've ever paid for accommodations in Korea was 40,000 won at a motel in Seoul.

You can negotiate 15,000 won a night if you commit yourself to staying for several nights during the work week. Motels are small businesses and Koreans will negotiate on price, nine times out of ten in my experience. Even their refusal to change the price is just a first step in the bartering process. Seriously. Find a slow motel and offer 75,000 won for five nights. Return three times the same day to the same place. Be insistent but always with a smile and a look that says it's the best you can do.

[Hyeon Een]

[Atkinson]