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Smithington
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 Posted: Tue Oct 15, 2013 3:55 pm Post subject: Cheap (but clean) hotels in the greater Itaewon area? |
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Can anyone recommend a hotel / motel in the greater Itaewon area that is both relatively cheap and clean? A friend in Busan wants to meet up in Seoul and stay the weekend. I have no ideas about Seoul hotels / motels, so if anyone is in the know I'd appreciate your recommendation.
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CentralCali
Joined: 17 May 2007
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| Posted: Tue Oct 15, 2013 6:18 pm Post subject: |
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| Don't waste your money on hotels in Itaeweon. Do a quick search on my user name here and you'll see a recent post in which I recommended a yeogwan near Seoul Station. That's close enough to Itaeweon for most purposes. The yeogwan is cheap, it's clean, and it's convenient. |
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hogwonguy1979
Joined: 22 Dec 2003
Location: the racoon den
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| Posted: Tue Oct 15, 2013 6:25 pm Post subject: |
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| Kaya and Rainbow hotels by Namyeong station are great. Itaewon is so overpriced. Also a ton of love hotels in the Namyeong, Samgakji stations area you just have to look around on the back streets. Finally if you insist on staying close to Itaewon, there is a motel on the main drag in Haebongchon |
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Smithington
Joined: 14 Dec 2011
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| Posted: Tue Oct 15, 2013 6:32 pm Post subject: |
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Thanks to both of you for your suggestions. Centralcali, those were excellent directions to the yeogwan. Good of you to take the time to post that information for others. Hogwanguy, how much is the hotel in HBC, and what's it's state of cleanliness? Do you know its name?.
Cheers to both. |
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hogwonguy1979
Joined: 22 Dec 2003
Location: the racoon den
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| Posted: Tue Oct 15, 2013 11:57 pm Post subject: |
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| Smithington wrote: |
Thanks to both of you for your suggestions. Centralcali, those were excellent directions to the yeogwan. Good of you to take the time to post that information for others. Hogwanguy, how much is the hotel in HBC, and what's it's state of cleanliness? Do you know its name?.
Cheers to both. |
Don't know the name of the hotel here in HBC but its right above El Mato restaurant. have had friends stay there they say its clean and around 30k but don't come here this weekend with the HBC fest going on, it will be right in the middle of the insanity and I bet they triple the price |
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BackRow
Joined: 28 Jul 2010
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| Posted: Wed Oct 16, 2013 8:46 pm Post subject: |
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| Well, the Banyan Tree Club isn't far, why not go there and enjoy their reasonable rates |
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Smithington
Joined: 14 Dec 2011
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| Posted: Wed Oct 16, 2013 9:41 pm Post subject: |
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| BackRow wrote: |
| Well, the Banyan Tree Club isn't far, why not go there and enjoy their reasonable rates |
What is that, exactly? |
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Smithington
Joined: 14 Dec 2011
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| Posted: Wed Oct 16, 2013 9:49 pm Post subject: |
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| Smithington wrote: |
| BackRow wrote: |
| Well, the Banyan Tree Club isn't far, why not go there and enjoy their reasonable rates |
What is that, exactly? |
Christ, I checked it. They want 6,600,000 won? Surely that must be a membership fee. Even a millionaire would be a fool to pay that much for a room for a single night (in friggin' Seoul). |
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wishfullthinkng
Joined: 05 Mar 2010
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| Posted: Wed Oct 16, 2013 9:58 pm Post subject: |
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| Smithington wrote: |
| BackRow wrote: |
| Well, the Banyan Tree Club isn't far, why not go there and enjoy their reasonable rates |
What is that, exactly? |
lol. he's just jerking your chain. the banyan tree is a chain of 5-star hotels found in the most desirable locations in the world and cost more per nite than many teachers make in a week.
that said, the ip boutique hotel is a real answer to your question. it's one of the cheaper "nice" and clean hotels in itaewon. |
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Smithington
Joined: 14 Dec 2011
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| Posted: Wed Oct 16, 2013 11:26 pm Post subject: |
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| wishfullthinkng wrote: |
| The ip boutique hotel is a real answer to your question. it's one of the cheaper "nice" and clean hotels in itaewon. |
Too expensive. Their cheapest rooms are still over $200. He's likely looking to pay less than half of that. |
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wishfullthinkng
Joined: 05 Mar 2010
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| Posted: Wed Oct 16, 2013 11:38 pm Post subject: |
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| then he will be relegated to a love motel. no other options. |
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Steelrails
Joined: 12 Mar 2009
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If you want to stay at a real hotel in Seoul, you have to pay at least $130 a night. That will probably get you a room at an Ibis/Best Western/Hamilton/Lotte City/an independent hotel (like the, errr, Lexington).
Anyways, don't be focused on the whole Itaewon angle, as that will severely limit your options.
Other than that, you're stuck in love motel territory. Also, just because it has "Hotel" in its name does not make it a hotel.
A hotel should have at a minimum, a restaurant, room service, fitness center, pool, and services. |
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edwardcatflap
Joined: 22 Mar 2009
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| A hotel should have at a minimum, a restaurant, room service, fitness center, pool, and services. |
A hotel should have at least a pool before it can call itself a hotel? That's a lot of pools. Or a lot of places where people stay that aren't hotels. The Ritz 'hotel' in London, for example. |
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Threequalseven
Joined: 08 May 2012
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| If you're at the Hamilton Hotel go across the main street and take your first left. You'll see a kebab shop on your left and a motel with a jimjilbang-style sign on your right. A room at that motel is just 30 or 35,000 won. The first night I stayed on the 3rd floor, and woke up with a throat infection that lasted a week. The next time I stayed there, though, I was in an actual motel style room on the first floor (where your door opens to the outside), and it wasn't bad at all. The noise can be a bother if you want to go to bed early, but the location is king. Would recommend only if you could get one of those motel-style rooms. Otherwise, it's the worst place I've ever stayed in my life. |
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Beeyee
Joined: 29 May 2007
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| Why has IPIC not come along yet to tell us about how he stays in the Banyan Tree with his VIP clients yet? Disappointing. |
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