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vox · Joined: 13 Feb 2005 Location: Jeollabukdo

Hi,

I'm going to be staying in Seoul over the weekend and I would like to know folks' recommendations for a good walk-in travel agency (good English, shops for a good ticket) so I can buy my winter air ticket.
Please include directions.

I know I can buy a paper once in Seoul and look at the ads. But I'd rather get it all done face to face, ticket in hand when I return on Sunday.

Many thanks!

venus · Joined: 25 Oct 2006 Location: Near Seoul

Xanadu or Marco Polo in Itaewon. don't have the addresses, but have used them before.

Do a yahoo search under - marco polo OR Xanadu, Seoul. they both have websites with contact info.

Good service at both. Prices differed though.

Roch · Joined: 24 Apr 2003 Location: Seoul

munji · Joined: 08 Sep 2006 Location: Daejeon

soviet_man · Joined: 23 Apr 2005 Location: Seoul

Xanadu Travel, Marco Polo and Unique Travel are all in the SAME building in Itaewon. Xanadu is on floor 6. The other two on floor 5. It is located just before Pizza Hut. It is quite feasible to go to the building after 10am on any Saturday and get quotes from all 3.

But there is no such thing as "walk in tickets" with any of those places - as in all cases they will take 24 to 48 hours to issue a ticket from the airline (so you will have to go back to pick it up).

The only people who can issue tickets "on the spot" are the airlines themselves. If it's Asiana or Korean Air, you could buy it straight from city air terminal at COEX where they both have ticket offices side-by-side.

Or if you know what airline it is, go straight to their office directly.

Roch · Joined: 24 Apr 2003 Location: Seoul

Ekuboko · Joined: 22 Dec 2004 Location: ex-Gyeonggi

Hotpants · Joined: 27 Jan 2006

I just used STA travel (located with TOP travel on 5thF of YMCA building next to Jonggak station) and they will send out your ticket by email (e-ticket) if you cannot come back to collect the ticket in person. Service and prices seemed fine.

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

Get an e-ticket in 30 minutes... Very Happy

Hotpants · Joined: 27 Jan 2006

BTW, I just picked up a ROUND TRIP ticket to the UK (via Hong Kong) from STA (mentioned above) for just 500,000. Seems cheap, huh? However, there was added tax at 300,000 which apparently is a standard norm these days. Wherever did such tax come from??? I new airlines had fuel and security surcharges, but the last time I flew, tax was only something like 60,000! A big jump in tax imo!