| View previous topic :: View next topic |
| Author |
Message |
johnt11
Joined: 17 Nov 2006
Location: Busan
|
 Posted: Wed Apr 18, 2007 11:56 pm Post subject: Where do koreans go on holiday? |
 |
|
I have a week off in July and want to go somewhere relativeky cheap and easy. Do koreans have such a thing as the "package holiday"? I am not usually a fan of the package holiday but just want something where i can turn up at the airport and dont need to think about anything.
What are the likely locations and prices?
Any info is appreciated. |
|
| Back to top |
|
 |
willneverteachagain
Joined: 17 Dec 2006
|
| Posted: Wed Apr 18, 2007 11:58 pm Post subject: |
|
|
| canada |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
Yu_Bum_suk
Joined: 25 Dec 2004
|
| Posted: Wed Apr 18, 2007 11:58 pm Post subject: |
|
|
| Do you want to go on holiday in Korea or leave the country? |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
johnt11
Joined: 17 Nov 2006
Location: Busan
|
| Posted: Wed Apr 18, 2007 11:59 pm Post subject: |
|
|
| i would prefer to leave the country but i am open to suggestions |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
ttompatz
Joined: 05 Sep 2005
Location: Kwangju, South Korea
|
| Posted: Thu Apr 19, 2007 1:27 am Post subject: |
|
|
| johnt11 wrote: |
| i would prefer to leave the country but i am open to suggestions |
If you take a Korean Holiday package you will drag Korea along with you.
They are a zoo on wheels. Fully escorted from Incheon until you get back- on the plane, off the plane, on the bus, off the bus, sleep, wake, Korean breakfast, on the bus, off the bus, on the bus, off the bus, korean lunch, on the bus, off the bus, on the bus, off the bus, on the bus, off the bus, Korean dinner, on the bus off the bus, on the bus, off the bus, sleep, repeat for 3 days.
Book a flight to your favorite place to see, go and have fun. You can use English as a communication language in every tourist spot I have been to in east and southeast asia.
Cheap and EASY without visa worries would include: Thailand, the Philippines, Hongkong/Macau, Indonesia, and Malasia.
If you don't mind taking the time to get a visa you can include: Vietnam, China (Shanghai and/or Beijing). |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
Newbie
Joined: 07 Feb 2003
|
| Posted: Thu Apr 19, 2007 1:35 am Post subject: |
|
|
| Lots of cheap Korean packages for Thailand and the Philipines. As one poster noted though, if you take a Korean package be prepared to eat Korean food, drink Korean drinks, and do Korean tours. i.e. "look here. it's old. it's nice. let's move along. quickly. quickly!" |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
sadsac
Joined: 22 Dec 2003
Location: Gwangwang
|
| Posted: Thu Apr 19, 2007 2:01 am Post subject: |
|
|
Many Korean packages will not allow foreigners to join. You do not want to go on a Korean package tour. Book a flight to Taiwan or Hong Kong anf just do it on your own, it's so much better.  |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
Pak Yu Man
Joined: 02 Jun 2005
Location: The Ida galaxy
|
| Posted: Thu Apr 19, 2007 3:30 am Post subject: |
|
|
Do what I did with my family. Book a Korean tour and ditch them.
I told the tour guide we were going out on our own about 4 times. The first night we got back to our hotel there were a bunch of messages for us.
Are you OK?
Did you get lost?
Are you in the hospital?
I told the hotel dude to kindly tell them to F-off. |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
ChuckECheese
Joined: 20 Jul 2006
|
| Posted: Thu Apr 19, 2007 3:34 am Post subject: |
|
|
| The USA, if they can get the tourist visa. |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
princess
Joined: 16 Jan 2003
Location: soul of Asia
|
| Posted: Thu Apr 19, 2007 4:18 am Post subject: |
|
|
| ttompatz wrote: |
| johnt11 wrote: |
| i would prefer to leave the country but i am open to suggestions |
If you take a Korean Holiday package you will drag Korea along with you.
They are a zoo on wheels. Fully escorted from Incheon until you get back- on the plane, off the plane, on the bus, off the bus, sleep, wake, Korean breakfast, on the bus, off the bus, on the bus, off the bus, korean lunch, on the bus, off the bus, on the bus, off the bus, on the bus, off the bus, Korean dinner, on the bus off the bus, on the bus, off the bus, sleep, repeat for 3 days.
Book a flight to your favorite place to see, go and have fun. You can use English as a communication language in every tourist spot I have been to in east and southeast asia.
Cheap and EASY without visa worries would include: Thailand, the Philippines, Hongkong/Macau, Indonesia, and Malasia.
If you don't mind taking the time to get a visa you can include: Vietnam, China (Shanghai and/or Beijing). |
I totally agree. Organized fun is not my cup of tea.  |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
princess
Joined: 16 Jan 2003
Location: soul of Asia
|
| Posted: Thu Apr 19, 2007 4:22 am Post subject: |
|
|
| Pak Yu Man wrote: |
Do what I did with my family. Book a Korean tour and ditch them.
I told the tour guide we were going out on our own about 4 times. The first night we got back to our hotel there were a bunch of messages for us.
Are you OK?
Did you get lost?
Are you in the hospital?
I told the hotel dude to kindly tell them to F-off. |
True. My former manager told me I should just do a package tour to get airfare, hotel, and meals included. She said it is cheaper, easier, and I can ditch them once we arrive. But, this is what I would fear. You will get pestered as in your case here. I don't take a trip to be pestered. |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
mikekim
Joined: 11 Aug 2006
|
| Posted: Thu Apr 19, 2007 4:34 pm Post subject: |
|
|
| My God go to Hawaii. The outlet stores and the malls are stacked with Koreans buying all the LV and A+F they can. The girls have boxes of stuff bought by mommy or sugar daddy and the poor boys buy one thing and ask for 20 shopping bags so they can bring them home to carry their lunches for the whole year. Its hilarious. |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
Young FRANKenstein
Joined: 02 Oct 2006
Location: Castle Frankenstein (that's FRONKensteen)
|
| Posted: Thu Apr 19, 2007 4:47 pm Post subject: |
|
|
| Pak Yu Man wrote: |
| Do what I did with my family. Book a Korean tour and ditch them. |
Exactomundo. And if you want a cheap vacation, Korean package tours to Bali and Saipan are good (as long as you go only for the cheap air and hotel). Ditch them and go scubadiving or whatever, and eat the local cuisine. You would never do something like that if you stuck with the group. |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
seoulman1
Joined: 02 Feb 2007
Location: Jamsil
|
| Posted: Thu Apr 19, 2007 4:56 pm Post subject: |
|
|
| goto Japan. Its right next door and an exclusive trip from your home country would cost a million dollars. |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
|
FAQ
Search
Memberlist
Usergroups
Register
Profile
Log in to check your private messages
Log in
