hey guys what's up soon I'll be
traveling to Korea again so I thought
it's the perfect time to do this
frequently request the video for you
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first I want to give you an overview of
the main expense since you were gonna
have and how everything varies depending
on your location and your personal
preferences when it comes to traveling
and in the end I'm gonna tell you how
much we saved for our last trip so you
have a rough idea first of all the most
important and biggest expenses are the
flights and the accommodation the first
tip I can give you obviously is plan
your trip as far in advance as possible
for the flights it depends on where
you're flying from how long in advance
your booking and if you're booking
direct or transfer flights if you have a
fixed date it can be quite tricky to
find a good price because you just have
to take what you get
but if you're a little more flexible you
can sometimes have direct flights for
really good prices from Germany where I
live for example you can get direct
flights from 650 euros if you book
really early and get special offers at
your local travel agency or on the
Internet
what sort of time I just searched for
flights on Google flights I don't know
if it's called like that but yeah it
always shows me the cheapest options
around the internet and also Skyscanner
is a really good page and the holiday
season the prices for direct flights
from Germany to Seoul can go up 2,000 or
more euros talking about Economy Class
of course the closer you live to Korea
obviously the cheaper it gets for
example if you fly from the Philippines
- so I check that the flight takes about
4 hours and it's between 100 and 200
euros I think and for the u.s. it seems
to be similar to German prices maybe
slightly more expensive depending on the
airline you're choosing so here in
Germany we always get best offers from
Korean air
as Yana and if you want to have a
cheaper flight transfer fly it might be
an option for you I've seen offers in
the past of about 450 euros per flight
from Germany to Seoul and back it's a
pretty good offer but you have to keep
in mind that most of the time you have
one or two transfers in another country
with up to 24 hours between your flight
so I think that can be really stressful
and time-consuming and of course you
have to decide if it's worth it for you
so I personally would always go for the
direct flights because it's just more
comfortable and for me having more
vacation time and my destination is more
important for your accommodation you
have various options as well so you can
either go to a hotel which can be really
pricey if you're staying more than a few
days you also have motels available or
hostels with even shared rooms which
might be the cheapest option but we
prefer is definitely an air B&B you have
a huge variation of Airbnb is to choose
from in Seoul and the prices vary
depending on the area that you're
choosing we learned from electriss--
that it's better to look for an
apartment in your fav area because there
are also days when we don't want to
drive too far but just want to relax
near our apartment and so it's
definitely better to choose an area from
the beginning that fits your needs and
expectations for this time we booked in
Hongdae which is very youthful and yeah
the student area because we were looking
for somewhere we can go out and eat late
at night because it's just what we do
also our Airbnb has a free portable
Wi-Fi this time so that means we won't
need to get any SIM cards you don't need
one necessarily because there is nearly
everywhere free Wi-Fi anyways but if you
still decide to get a SIM card you can
get it directly at the airport and she
you can see the usual prices I always
got unlimited data for 30 days and it
worked perfectly next step when you made
it to the Incheon Airport is finding a
way to get yourself to so since the
distance between the airport and Seoul
is about 60 kilometers
you can't walk and there are basically
three different options how you can get
to so
the first one would be a taxi but that's
the most expensive one second option are
the two different trains you can take
the Express train which takes 45 minutes
to Seoul station and it's 9001 per
ticket or they all stop train which
takes 15 minutes longer and it's 4,500
won per ticket so I prefer the all stop
train because you can save 50% of the
price and the third option is the bus
which we paid 15,000 won each a good
thing about it is that it stops in
different areas of Seoul and that's
really convenient because the city is so
huge so yeah it really makes sense I
also love how in Korean long distance
buses you can adjust the seat to the
very back so you can sleep really nicely
and it takes between one and one and a
half hours depending on where you have
to get off for transportation around so
you can get yourself a t-money card at
the 7-eleven stores or also at the
ticket vending machines where you can
also charge them I think it's more
convenient to use the cards instead of
buying a single journey ticket before
every ride and you also save a few cents
per ride you just have to beat the card
on a sensor before you can get on the
train and you leave it again later when
you arrive at your destination it's
pretty simple and there's 1251 withdrawn
from your card for every right 10
kilometers or less and the transfers are
all free and that's incredibly cheap
compared to German transportation fees
Stefon thinking about how much money to
save for your trip to Seoul it really
depends on your personality and on what
you want to do on your trip if you're a
person who won 24/7 actions going to
amusement parks cinemas PC rooms and
shopping everyday you might need to save
a lot more money than people who just
like to take a walk through the park do
some sightseeing and enjoy the view from
them some mountains and also the length
of your stay place obviously a roll so
to give you a concrete example of how
much money we save for our last trip we
paid six hundred eighty euros each for
flights and such
and for our Airbnb apartment we paid 600
euros for two persons for two weeks the
apartment was located at Shin Dong
Station right now I don't really know
which part of they really was not much
going on at night and we barely found
any so this time we decided to book
somewhere else but all in all it was a
really nice area and we each pay 24
euros for the airport bus we spend about
40 years each on our to money cards to
get around Seoul so that makes thousand
44 euros each so far for travelling and
accommodation expenses and everything
else really depends completely on your
individual needs so we did quite a lot
of shopping last time we got ourselves
new glasses and new coats for the winter
so I think we spent about thousand euros
each last time and so including food all
activities and shopping we really went
all out last time also because we love
to go to different cafes every day and
yeah they can get really pricey but if
you want to spend less and still have a
great time that's definitely possible
you can find cheap food options in
almost every area you want to go budget
shopping I made a video about that as
well so I think you can really save a
lot of money easily so I think for two
weeks it can already be possible to have
a really nice time if you have about 500
euros left to spend in addition to the
travel costs so that will be around
thousand five hundred euros in total for
one person so you see there are really
many factors that you have to consider
when planning a trip and I really hope
that I could help you a bit with it so
please feel free to share your personal
experience or tips or questions in the
comments so we can all help each other
to plan our personal perfect trip and
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