now life and info at time where we focus on information that we do hope will come
in useful for your everyday life today we are going to talk about some useful
tips for people planning summer vacations in South Korea I'm happy to
say our goalie and he is in the studio with us
Rooney thanks for joining us let's start by explaining how people here in South
Korea are preparing to spend their summer vacations beard in South Korea or
overseas yes mark so data released by the South Korean government shows that
almost half the people have plans for a summer vacation according to the
Ministry of Culture Sports and Tourism survey last month on around 1,000 people
more than 48 percent of the respondents said they'll head somewhere this summer
and almost 70% of them are considering whether to spend their holidays in South
Korea and looking at a separate survey it was done among Korean employees by
unit an education service Institute it showed employees spend an average of
around 480 US dollars on their summer vacation this poll also showed why some
people in South Korea don't have vacation plans and when asked why more
than half said the financial burden is just too much well there really is a
shame that a lot of people are hesitating because of money issues but I
guess it's just the way the world is going at the moment unfortunately so if
you do have a tight budget do you have some tips on how people can save money
but also have the opportunity to let their hair down a bit mm-hmm so well as
you know Korea is a great country to travel by train and today I want to
introduce you to a special Rail Pass that allows passengers to enjoy a
limited rice but remember this is on special routes for a set period of time
coil trim development introduced this train tour package this year you can
either purchase a 3 day or 5 day pass and for three-day pass for adults is
around fifty US dollars per person the five-day pass is roughly $70 and
with this passed there a total of six sightseeing trains you can ride on and
they go on to different parts of the country for specific routes this is a
map of the different lines and there are different from regular trains because
you can go to special places like Paris on station just south of the
inter-korean border also inside one train there are some convenience
services you can enjoy such as a footpath for more information visit
Coyle travel calm okay well you certainly don't get a foot bath on the
KTX or the Cemil the regular train services here in south korea so that
sounds like a lot of fun but we should be honest here not everyone wants to
stay in South Korea during their summer vacation do you have any tips for people
who will be flying abroad this summer and maybe could you give us some ideas
about how to fly more comfortably because it can't get rather cramped
especially if you're in the economy section of the plane sure and there's
one way you can do that and only for a few extra bucks and this mainly applies
to people using low-cost carriers to fly internationally many low-cost carriers
in Korea provide a so-called extra seat service you can purchase an extra seat
or two for a relatively cheap price it's really helpful when you want to lie down
during the flight or are traveling with toddlers for domestic flights it's
around 10 US dollars and for international flights prices go up to
around 50 dollars however keep in mind that you can't purchase the tickets in
advance meaning you have to go to the airport and see if there's some vacant
seats left on your flight although some airlines do provide this service on
domestic flights it's mainly applicable to international ones since they carry
fewer people most of the time yeah that's very good information I wasn't
aware that was actually a thing you could do on these airlines it's
something I'm definitely going to try next time if I have a few extra dollars
lying around the place so besides from the very helpful
tips you've provided us all today can you give us anything we should perhaps
watch out for some pre travel precautions sure so when you use travel
booking websites be sure to check whether the flight or hotel are
refundable or you can cancel before you pay because they're happening rising
number of complaints related to this issue
yeah I've been caught out by that myself before and that really isn't nice
especially if you then have to go on and book another flight and another hotel
see you're paying double essentially thank you very much for your report
today it's very helpful so people know what to do during their summer vacations
thank you thank you