Korea Budget Tour - Guest House

After I have got the flight tickets, I need to look for hotel accommodation.I never think of getting any guest house until my best friend suggested to me. Initially I called her if she got any hotel list for me. My priority is I want a clean and looks new hotel, near to Myeongdong or Namdaemun , near to subway... My budget is around RM200-RM250 per night. She told me with this price range I can only get guest house. I really have no idea what is a guest house and what different is it with a hotel. In my mind, I was thinking guest house is something we need to share toilets with others? OMG, that is something I can not tolerate with it. She then emailed me some guest house and hotels websites. she also gave me the Visit Korea Official site .


I went through all the links she gave me. Ibis Hotel is something I want! Sad to say it is expensive for us and beyond my budget ( about USD130 per room per night).

Myeong Dong Guest House was one of the suggestions from her. This guest house is not what I want ( after I checked its photos in the website ) . From the photos I can see the rooms are a bit old or I should say not up to my expectation.

I was a bit worry by then... I thought all the guest house is like this. Lucky I found this blog and she has got lot of useful posts in her blog. I read all her old posts and I have got so much information that I need, included guest house lists. With this post and this one here , I have shortlisted 2 guest houses. They look good to me and the price is within my budget. Further more most of the guest houses rooms have their own toilets ^ _^. What make me excited is the guest houses I shortlisted are actually located in very strategic place near Myeongdong and subway and some sightseeing places.

Why Myeongdong and Namdaemun are my chosen place to stay and not others? Simply because they are shopping heaven ! DON'T get me wrong. This trip is not gonna be a shopping trip. But what I am planing is we will go shopping after we finish our sightseeing everyday. Staying near to Myeongdong and Namdaemun so it will be more easy for us .

Now we can save our money by staying in the guest house. The price range is from 40000 Won to 70000 Won.