Questions about traveling to South Korea

1. You need to apply for a passport yourself. After applying, hand it to the travel agency and they will help you apply for a visa. It is still necessary to bring your ID card.

2. If you go with a group, they will arrange Korean food for you. Koreans eat less oil and less salt when eating. If you like something saltier, you can ask the tour guide to get soy sauce and salt. If there are children or elderly people at home, you can bring some side vegetables (pickled mustard, bamboo shoots, dried radish, etc.) so that they will not be able to eat anything. If you really can't, you can go to a convenience store to buy instant noodles. They have many convenience stores.

3. I just came back two days ago, so the weather should be about the same. When I went there, the temperature was just right and very comfortable. There were some days when the sun was still strong, but the days when I went were mainly cloudy. On the third day, there was a typhoon and I was trapped on Jeju Island. Rain and typhoons are inevitable during this season. You can check the weather there before going. If it rains lightly, bring a few umbrellas. It is best to buy some thick raincoats. If there is a typhoon, the umbrellas will be useless. It was probably around 24-30° on the days I went there. Very comfortable.

4. As for hotels, the Korean government has long removed toothpaste, toothbrushes and the like in hotels for the sake of environmental protection. So you need to bring it yourself. Some hotels don’t even have shower gel. If you don’t buy a converter, you can rent one at the hotel front desk. Every hotel will have one. You can get your money back by paying a deposit of 1,000 Korean won (about RMB 6) and returning it the next day.

5. If you are flying from China to Seoul, South Korea, liquids and cosmetics cannot be carried with you and must be checked in. But when flying from Seoul to Jeju Island (they are domestic flights), you can bring liquids with you. However, it is flammable and explosive, and fruits and the like cannot fly anywhere, and you can only carry one lighter.

6. Since you are going with a group, it is inevitable that the tour guide will take you to various places to buy things. My mother bought a few ginseng sticks from Korea because she thought they were pretty good. As for which brand, I guess your tour guide will also take you there. If the tour guide takes you to their special Korean duty-free cosmetics store (all products are local products), be careful. Unless you know this brand, it is best not to buy it. I was taken to buy a lot of them. When I came back to check, I didn’t expect that this brand is not used by local Koreans at all. It is sold to tourists like us. If you want to buy, buy the brands you have heard of. But Korea’s Sulwhasoo is really good. The price is not cheap either. To buy watches, luxury bags, cosmetics, etc., you can go to Lotte Duty Free Shop. (Don’t forget to bring your passport. They are all picked up at the airport.) I compared the price in Hong Kong with the price in Rakuten, and Rakuten is really cheaper.

7. As for what to bring, as the previous ones said, you can also bring medicine. If you are in good health, I don't think you need it.

Note:

1. Don’t bring too much cash. Because it is limited. Just bring some money and a UnionPay card. If you want to change money, you can go to the bank in the airport or exchange it with the tour guide. You can also get discounts (some) by paying UnionPay in duty-free shops. The tour guide also recommended that we swipe the card, because the exchange rate is different every day, and the swipe of the card is converted according to the daily exchange rate.

2. I remember that you can’t bring kimchi back, and you can only bring some seaweed. Otherwise it will be very serious if caught.

3. If you want to make calls while traveling, you must first activate international roaming in China. When you arrive in Korea, try not to use the Internet as it is very expensive. Most of the prosperous places in Korea have free wireless internet, so if you want to surf the Internet, you can take advantage of that time.

4. You’d better check in the sunscreen. Take it out when you get there.

5. If you go shopping by yourself at night, or if there are elderly people or children, pay attention to the traffic lights. Because Koreans are very impatient, they follow the traffic lights and step on the accelerator as soon as the light turns green.

6. If you go out by yourself, you can get the hotel’s business card first. If you can’t find it, you can take a taxi back or ask passers-by.

7. Gasoline in South Korea is very expensive (about 15 yuan a liter), so taking a taxi is not cheap.

It’s all my experience just after I returned from the trip. I just typed it once and almost finished it. I actually pressed the wrong key and refreshed it. Almost crying.

I hope it can help you. I may have missed some places after retyping it. If you still want to ask anything, you can send me a message.

Wish you a happy journey~