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Travel style
Sets your hotel, food and transport baseline
Budget
~$55–80 / day
Guesthouses, street food, subway. Maximum Seoul, minimum spend.
Standard
~$160–220 / day
Mid-range hotels, sit-down meals, occasional taxi. The sweet spot.
Luxury
~$380–700 / day
5-star hotels, omakase, taxis everywhere. Seoul does luxury beautifully.
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Trip basics
Nights, people, departure city and season
7–10 nights is the most common
Hotel costs split automatically
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Neighbourhoods & activities
Tick everything you plan to do — filtered to match your travel style
🌸 Standard — Budget & Standard activities shown. Luxury dimmed.
Myeongdong — The epicentre of K-beauty in Seoul. Olive Young flagship, street food every 10 metres, skin care stores stacked five deep. Chaotic on weekends but that's the point.
K-Beauty
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K-Beauty Lipstick Making
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K-Beauty Make Up Session
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K-Pop Idol Hair + Makeup + Shoot
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Spa & Wellness
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Art de la peau Facial + Massage
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Skyview Spa Full Body Massage
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O HUI & WHOO Luxury Spa
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Food & Dining
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Myeongdong Street Food Walk
Free entry
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Korean Cooking Class + Alley Tour
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Gourmet Hanwoo BBQ with Chef
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Seongsu-dong — Old factory buildings turned perfume studios, indie cafes, craft workshops. My favourite neighbourhood in all of Seoul. Come on a weekday if possible — weekends are packed.
Perfume & Scent
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Lumiere Perfume Workshop
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Meomum Perfume Studio
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Perfume Making by .NOTE
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LAoC Private Perfume Class
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Craft & Making
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Ring Making — UNIU
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Mini Leather Bag Making
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Makgeolli Brewing Experience
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Photo & Experience
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K-Style Photo Studio
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Seongsu Half-Day Tour
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K-Beauty All-Day Full Experience
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The Foret Spa — Seoul Forest
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Hongdae — University energy, street performers every weekend, the best nightlife in Seoul. Street food is excellent and surprisingly cheap. Go on a weekend evening at least once.
Workshops & Classes
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Lumiere Perfume Workshop
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Ring Making — University of Rings
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Perfume Making by .NOTE
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Kimchi Class in Hanok House
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Korean Cooking + Hidden Alley Tour
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K-Pop Dance 1-Day Class
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K-Pop Idol Hair + Makeup + Shoot
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Nightlife & Food
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Street Food + Busking
Free
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Pub Crawl — Hongdae & Itaewon
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Korean BBQ — Where Locals Eat
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Gangnam — Wealthier, slicker, more spread out. The department store beauty halls are on another level — COEX Hyundai, Lotte World Mall. Less chaotic than Myeongdong.
Classes & Workshops
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Taekwondo 1-Day Class
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Korean Cooking Class in Gangnam
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K-Perfume — CASAMU Gangnam
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Premium Dining
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COEX / Hyundai Beauty Hall
Free entry
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Jason's Private Korean BBQ Table
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Gourmet Dry-Aged Hanwoo + Chef
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Klook Pass Seoul
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Jongno & Insadong — The soul of old Seoul. Gyeongbokgung Palace, Bukchon Hanok Village, Insadong teahouses. Less Instagram, more history.
Heritage & Culture
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Gyeongbokgung Palace Entry
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Kimchi Class in Hanok Courtyard
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Palace + Hanok + Gwangjang Tour
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6-Dish Korean Cooking + Alley Tour
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Rakkojae Hanbok + Tea Ceremony
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Han River & Namsan — Every Korean has a Han River memory. Sitting on the grass with fried chicken and beer, watching the bridges light up. It's free and it's one of the most genuinely Korean things you can do.
Han River
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Han River Picnic
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Namsan Hiking Trail
Free
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N Seoul Tower Observatory
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Han River Night Cruise + Gwangjang
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Seoul Night Tour — Palace + Markets
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Han River Sevit Island Yacht
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N Tower + Palace Exclusive Tour
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Private Yacht — Birthday / Proposal
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Seoul's Markets — Gwangjang is the one everyone talks about — bindaetteok, raw beef bibimbap, halmeoni in full aprons. Go hungry, bring cash, have no plan.
Gwangjang Market
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Gwangjang Self-Guided Wander
Free entry
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Gwangjang Street Food Tour
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Gwangjang Vegan Food Tour
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Han River Cruise + Gwangjang Night
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Palace + Hanok + Gwangjang Tour
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Namdaemun Market
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Namdaemun Self-Guided
Free entry
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Namdaemun Street Food Trip
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Shopping budget
Olive Young, fashion, souvenirs — set your total
Your selections
* Activities will be added once you calculate. Prices are estimates in USD.
Cost breakdown — all 7 items included in total
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How this estimate is calculated
These are average estimates, not exact quotes. Actual prices vary by season, availability, exchange rate fluctuations, and personal spending habits. Use this as a planning baseline — always verify prices before you book.
Flights
Estimated
Average round-trip fares by departure city and travel style, based on 2026 market data. Peak season adds 30–50%. Set a Google Flights alert 3–4 months out for the best deal.
Accommodation
Estimated
Per-night average by style: Budget $25–45 (guesthouses), Standard $90–160 (mid-range hotels), Luxury $250–650 (5-star). Prices rise significantly during peak season and holidays.
Food & Drinks
Estimated
Daily food spend per person. Budget ($22): convenience store meals + street food. Standard ($45): mix of local restaurants + occasional café splurge. Luxury ($130): fine dining + omakase.
Transport
Estimated
Covers airport transfer (one-way cost × 2) plus daily travel. Budget uses AREX + T-money subway. Standard uses airport limousine bus. Luxury uses private car transfers.
Shopping
You set this
The only figure you control directly — set via the slider in Step 3. This is your total Olive Young, fashion, and souvenir budget for the whole trip, not per day.
Activities
Klook listed price
Each activity price is sourced directly from Klook and reflects the listed price at time of writing. Multiplied by your party size. Prices may change — check Klook for the latest.
eSIM & Data
Estimated
Budget style: $12/person (10-day basic plan). Standard & Luxury: $18/person (10-day unlimited 5G, SKT network). Covers your entire stay without needing airport SIM queues.
Currency conversion
Live rate
All amounts are calculated in USD first, then converted using the live exchange rate fetched from open.er-api.com when you loaded this page. The KRW amount shown uses the same live rate.
✈️ Flight data: 2026 market averages
🏨 Hotel data: Booking.com listings
🎯 Activity prices: Klook listed prices
💱 Exchange rate: open.er-api.com (live)
Important: This calculator is a planning tool, not a booking engine. Prices shown are based on 2026 average market rates and may differ from what you actually pay. Flights in particular can vary by hundreds of dollars depending on when you book, how far in advance, and airline promotions. Accommodation rates fluctuate with demand — public holidays, K-pop concert weekends, and cherry blossom season in April all push prices up. We update the base rates periodically, but always treat this as a starting point for your own research.
Pre-book your selected activities
Lock in your spot before you land — most activities sell out in peak season.