Build Your Own Tour

Design a Tour to Fit Your Needs

When you get to participate in the creation of the tour, you are emotionally invested. You are likely to get more out of the tour, and you will enjoy it more if you participate in the planning. There is a significant difference in visiting a place you have read about, and chosen to visit over a tour that was designed by someone else.

This doesn’t mean that you have to do a lot of additional work. It just means that you look at the “Possibilities” section of this site and tell me what interests you and your family/ group. In the time allotted for the trip, I will create a trip that includes as many of those things as we can.

This is truly the best option for visiting Korea.

Suggestions for Creating Your Own Tour:

1. Keep it to seven or eight days. Traveling in Korea is not like a cruise or lying on the beach, it takes a little work. A shorter trip fits within most people’s budgets and fulfills all their needs. Also, it fits within schedules a lot better. Taking a week off work or school is much easier than 12 to 14 days.

2. Don’t spend all your time in Seoul. In many ways, Seoul is just like any other big modern city, but it doesn’t represent all that Korea has to offer. I am willing to bet that for most travelers, their favorite places in Korea are the small towns, the rural restaurants, and the history and cultural areas far from Seoul.

3. Stay away from the DMZ. Unless you are a Korean War Veteran, it won’t mean that much to you and it takes a long time to tour there and there is not much to see. One of the biggest complaints I hear from people is that they felt that part of their tour (with other companies) could have been better spent somewhere else. They wish they could have gone to another temple, see more mountains, or visit another place in Korea. It is not that the DMZ is not important, it is just not the best use of time if you want to experience Korea. Korea is so much more than the Korean War, and there is so much more to see that will bring you closer to Koreans than the DMZ.

4. Go Korean. Eat, sleep and be Korean. Lose yourself in the moment and see what it feels like to be Korean. Don’t worry about the food, or the accommodations, just be in the moment. I have had people tell me that Korea changed their life and the way they looked at the world. You cannot enjoy it if you are worried about the food, or where you are staying. It’s Korea! Do what Koreans do!