Travel to South Korea and Seoul on a Budget

Like another developing country, Korea offers lots of chances to pay top dollar for anything which will not necessarily enhance the trip. Here are some tips to enjoy Korea trip on a budget.

Where to eat
Tourists will not have to spend much money to eat well in Seoul, South Korea. In reality, if your budget is tight, you can stay nicely on Korean comfort food. Here are some ways to eat Korean foods for less than $5 USD (~5,200 Won) a meal:

The average Korean restaurant
Usually the restaurant will have some foods on the menu which are less than 5,500 won. Even the galbi restaurants in which galbi can be expensive will have Dwenjang Jjigae for a price of 5,000 won.

Kimbap Restaurant
Kimbap is one kinds of Korean fast food. Kimbap restaurants are the best places where you can get cheap, fast and quick food. Besides that, there are other foods as ramyeon noodles, fried dumplings, kimchi jjigae, bibimbap which sell less than 5,500 won.

Take Out Pizza
Pizza is quite expensive in South Korea. Some places as Domino pizza, pizza hut and Papa John can go upward of 25,000won – 30,000won. However, you can find out some small local take-out pizza shops as Pizza School. Pizza School is the favorite place for students who can get entire pizza pies with 5,000 won.

Lunch Boxes (Doshirak) Take Out
Some places in Korea specialize in purchasing the cheap and delicious doshirak sets. Hansot Doshirak is one of the best places to get Korean foods options for cheap prices.

Street Food (Bunshik)
The Korean street food trucks will offer simplest meals such as teokbokki, twigim and fish cake that is delicious and less than 5,500 won. It is a great way to feed two people.

Where to stay
If you are in big cities as Seoul and want to find out an affordable place to stay, here is some suggestions for you:

Jjimjilbang
Jjimjilbang is a Korean style sauna in which people can go to sit and relax in hot and cold rooms. Here visitors can watch TV, enjoy food and drink and overall relax. Jjimjibangs provide sleep over rates that stay under 10,000 won.

Guesthouse
Another great choice to stay in South Korea in budget is guesthouse. The guesthouses provide the same amenities which guesthouses in other countries provide: TV, laundry, wifi and other good stuff. The price is around 18,000 won.

Yeogwan
Yeogwan is motels where is not the most cleanest and modern places to stay. However, Yeogwan is a good place to stay when traveling South Korea on a budget. Here tourists can have the options to sleep on the beds or on the floor with Korean style blankets. The price of yeogwan in South Korea is around 20,000 won.

Sights and Attractions in Seoul

Here is a list of tourist attraction which might suite with budget travelers
- The National Museum of Korea
- Gyeongbokgung Palace
- Olympic Park
- Buddhist temples
- The Story of Sejong
- Gwanghwamun Plaza
- Insa-dong
- The National Folk Museum