Ratings
South Korea was truly amazing. The 3 cities visited (Seoul, Gyeongju and Busan), the guided tours and the sights explored independently were all impressive. The Korean people were very friendly and welcoming, the food exceptional and the transport system world class. The 4 different hotels were all of a high quality and very well located to explore, eat and shop locally.
Considering the logistics of the trip, with 4 train journeys and 4 hotels in 8 days, everything went smoothly and for that credit has to go to Sam Barrow and Inside Asia for organising everything. The locally supplied mobile Wi-Fi device was invaluable, as was the preloaded Tmoney (Metro) card which was used a lot. The guidebooks provided and the specifically curated Travel Info-Pack were very helpful in ensuring stress free travel and sightseeing across South Korea.
Sam listened to my requirements for the trip I wanted, with the cities I wanted to visit in South Korea and the fairly inflexible travel dates I had in mind and managed to arrange an itinerary that was well suited to me.
I was told when I initially got in touch 6 weeks before my trip that normally a minimum of 8 weeks notice is needed to organise a trip of this nature, but Sam was very helpful and said she would make it happen, for which I’m grateful.
In the lead up to the trip Sam was regularly in contact with me to go over details and keep me informed and also ensured that when she was unavailable that her colleagues would support me.
I also spoke to Sam before my trip and she provided some invaluable recommendations for South Korea, with her having just returned from a visit there which was similar to my planned itinerary.
I found all the hotels to be very good in terms of accommodation, facilities and location.
At my final hotel in Seoul (Hotel Gracery Seoul) where I stayed for 1 night, due to needing to check out before 07:30am to head to the airport, I was not able to have the paid for breakfast at the hotel. I had asked the hotel the night before that most hotels in this situation would happily provide a takeaway breakfast/ sandwich, but this hotel refused. Something to note.
South Korea was truly amazing. The 3 cities visited (Seoul, Gyeongju and Busan), the guided tours and the sights explored...