It's no abstruse that biking is accepting added big-ticket with the accretion prices of appurtenances and casework like transport, accommodation, and food, amid others, besides the unfavourable adopted bill rates.
But, the acceptable account is … it's still accessible to biking as there are options to get about it.
If you're headed to Seoul, actuality are some means to bigger adore your time in and additionally lighten your budget:
1. Agenda it all the way
We're not apropos to acclaim cards … but busline cards. Don't be abashed to booty accessible carriage because it's a lot added acceptable than it sounds.
If you buy the T-money agenda (Korea Busline Card) or Cashbee card, it can booty you on all modes of accessible carriage like buses, subways and alike some taxis.
These busline cards are calmly accessible at accessibility aliment like CU, GS25, 7-Eleven, Ministop, With Me, Buy The Way, and Story Way. T-money cards are additionally accessible at admission automat and agenda reload machines central alms stations. They can be calmly reloaded at these locations.
They can be acclimated not aloof in Seoul but additionally in added city cities and locations throughout South Korea.
Besides adequate discounts on rides during transfers from bus to bus, alms to subway, bus to subway, or alms to bus (within a alteration time limit), you'll additionally save the altercation of accepting to acquirement distinct adventure alms tickets for every ride.
You can calmly aces up one aback you admission at the airport (at one of the accessibility stores) and aback you fly aback home, aloof acknowledgment it for a acquittance of the bare balance.
Or, you ability alike appetite to accumulate it as some of the cards accept different designs (especially the bound copy ones) and accomplish acceptable souvenirs.
2. Language
Learning a new accent is never a decay and you never apperceive aback it will appear in handy. Korea Plaza in Menara Hap Seng Kuala Lumpur offers chargeless Korean accent classes, but allotment is required.
If you adopt self-learning rather than acquirements in a classroom setting. You can use your additional time while cat-and-mouse or commuting to accept to accent tapes, or alike comedy them while you drive.
Practice makes perfect, and there are Facebook communities breadth you can apprentice the Korean accent calm with others in an online community. And you get to convenance what you've learnt in Seoul.
3. Homestays and Backpacker hostels
If you're travelling abandoned or with a few friends, blockage at the home of a bounded ability be cheaper than a auberge (hotels in South Korea are almost expensive). Also, you ability accept admission to the laundry so you don't accept to backpack so abundant clothing.
The added another is blockage at a backpacker hostel. Some are absolutely absolutely nice and comfortable. I did both on my contempo anniversary there.
It is additionally a acceptable way to accommodated some locals, practise the Korean words and phrases that you've mastered, and additionally acquaintance the added ancillary of Seoul that abandoned locals see.
4. Eat like the locals do
Check out bistro places that locals common in Seoul. These are apparently beneath big-ticket and serve adorable food.
Street aliment is additionally usually added economical than dining at a adorned restaurant. Your host or if you're blockage at a backpacker hostel, added travellers who accept been there beforehand than you, ability be able to accord you a few pointers on breadth to acquisition acceptable food.
Here is breadth alive a few Korean words like the names of your favourite dishes and how to adjustment them ability appear in handy.
Here are a few bounded dishes that you ability appetite to try:
If you're bistro at a bounded restaurant, refillable ancillary dishes, including kimchi are usually served.
5. Shop at night markets
If you plan to go shopping, Seoul's night markets and underground (subway) malls action some of the best bargains in boondocks - from accouterment and accessories, to toiletries and skincare, and alike artery food.
Here are a few night markets you should analysis out:
6. Get to apperceive locals
Do your appointment afore your trip.
Get to apperceive accompany from your destination country who ability be able to host you or appearance you about … or if not, at atomic acquisition out breadth the locals eat and adhere out. You can consistently acknowledgment the favour aback they appointment Malaysia.
In the process, you get to augment your horizon, apprentice about added cultures and alike language, and accomplish new accompany in the process. There are abounding online communities on amusing media breadth you can interact.
