Where does most of your Korea trip budget actually go?

Budget threads for Korea tend to follow a pattern: people plan carefully for flights and hotels, then get surprised by where the rest of the money went.

The usual suspects, from what travellers share

• Accommodation: the biggest fixed cost for most, especially in central areas.
• Food and cafés: easy to keep cheap, easy to overspend once café hopping starts.
• Shopping: skincare, fashion and souvenirs often blow past the plan, even with tax refunds.
• Experiences: studio photos, classes, clinics, concerts or theme parks.
• Transport: usually modest in the city, more with KTX trips and late-night taxis.

Tips people repeat

• Set a separate shopping budget before you go, and track it in a notes app.

• Leave suitcase space and budget for the last-day haul.

• Remember that tax refund rules have limits, so don't count on getting everything back.

What surprised you most about how you spent money in Korea?

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