Travel: Korea - General

[verykiasumummy]

mummychia:

actually i plan to self drive in jeju

wow your hubby so adventureous ah?? i'm not sure the min. age for zipwire. I will also be taking the ferry

taking ferry is safer... i dun feel safe even by looking at the zipwire video... that is too dangerous... i may think twice even if my dd wants to go on that...

[verykiasumummy]

did anybody try going to the North/South Korea border?? i heard its called DMZ tour? any comments??

[mummychia]

verykiasumummy:

mummychia:

actually i plan to self drive in jeju

wow your hubby so adventureous ah?? i'm not sure the min. age for zipwire. I will also be taking the ferry

taking ferry is safer... i dun feel safe even by looking at the zipwire video... that is too dangerous... i may think twice even if my dd wants to go on that...

probably its a good experience to try, thats why your hubby wants to go for it. as age catches up, heart is weaker so i'll pass

when u going? i'll be there from 10 - 19 nov, not sure if still can catch the autumn foliage but i think at least the weather will be great.

[mummychia]

verykiasumummy:

did anybody try going to the North/South Korea border?? i heard its called DMZ tour? any comments??

my kids are still young so cant go. u going? i heard good reviews so will bring my kids when they are much older.

[coralie]

verykiasumummy:

hi mummychia,

i was planning to buy happycall too... but handcarry seems a little troublesome.. i'll consider that if its really a lot cheaper.. do u happen to know their tax rebate rate?

that is very kind of u to mention the stores... i've taken them down... this is my first time there and i really dunno much about korea... i intend to buy face masks as xmas pressies too.... hope they are alot cheaper than in sg... i've been to hk many times but kr is the first... if u going hk, maybe i can also share...

btw, i'm stopping over at hk during transit as we are not taking direct flight... will stop in hk for 2 days...

Don't mind my kaypo-ing here

The tax refund is listed here.
http://english.visitkorea.or.kr/enu/SH/SH_EN_7_1_4.jsp

Was in Seoul F&E for 6 days last Oct. You gotta keep the luggage that contains the stuff that you wanna claim refund when checking in at the airport counter. After getting your boarding pass, you need to go to the odd size check-in counter for the staff there to verify the item u wanna claim the tax refund. He will chop on the refund forms. To claim your money, the booth is somewhere behind a row of duty free shops after passing immigration

[pqy]

limcarmel:

i actually bought my gals winterwear from gap/old navy online. cheaper and nicer if u all are into online shopping.

Hi limcarmel, can i know what type of outwear u bought from gap/old navy online? I am thinking to buy from gap/old navy online also but don't know which is good as no information on the degree of the outwear can stand. I will going Korea in early Dec with my 2 young kids. tks

[mummychia]

coralie:

verykiasumummy:

hi mummychia,

i was planning to buy happycall too... but handcarry seems a little troublesome.. i'll consider that if its really a lot cheaper.. do u happen to know their tax rebate rate?

that is very kind of u to mention the stores... i've taken them down... this is my first time there and i really dunno much about korea... i intend to buy face masks as xmas pressies too.... hope they are alot cheaper than in sg... i've been to hk many times but kr is the first... if u going hk, maybe i can also share...

btw, i'm stopping over at hk during transit as we are not taking direct flight... will stop in hk for 2 days...

Don't mind my kaypo-ing here

The tax refund is listed here.
http://english.visitkorea.or.kr/enu/SH/SH_EN_7_1_4.jsp

Was in Seoul F&E for 6 days last Oct. You gotta keep the luggage that contains the stuff that you wanna claim refund when checking in at the airport counter. After getting your boarding pass, you need to go to the odd size check-in counter for the staff there to verify the item u wanna claim the tax refund. He will chop on the refund forms. To claim your money, the booth is somewhere behind a row of duty free shops after passing immigration

coralie

of coz dont mind, not kaypoh, this forum is for everybody. any input is much appreciated.
yes i'm aware & its better to pack a separate bag so as to make it easy for everybody esp for custom checks. it's also better to reach airport earlier to do tax refund (if any) as definitely will be long queue.

[verykiasumummy]

mummychia:

probably its a good experience to try, thats why your hubby wants to go for it. as age catches up, heart is weaker so i'll pass

when u going? i'll be there from 10 - 19 nov, not sure if still can catch the autumn foliage but i think at least the weather will be great.

i'll be there 15 to 24 nov...

hopefully it'll not be too cold.... my dd cant take coldness....

[verykiasumummy]

coralie:

Don't mind my kaypo-ing here

The tax refund is listed here.
http://english.visitkorea.or.kr/enu/SH/SH_EN_7_1_4.jsp

Was in Seoul F&E for 6 days last Oct. You gotta keep the luggage that contains the stuff that you wanna claim refund when checking in at the airport counter. After getting your boarding pass, you need to go to the odd size check-in counter for the staff there to verify the item u wanna claim the tax refund. He will chop on the refund forms. To claim your money, the booth is somewhere behind a row of duty free shops after passing immigration

hi coralie,

u r of cos welcomed... thks for the link u provided... so tax refund is 10% as stated there... thks so much....

[coralie]

Not all facial cosmetic shops can claim tax refund. Normally, upon paying, you have to tell them that you want to claim the tax refund and the sales staff will staple the receipt with the tax refund forms.


I was at Faceshop at Myeong Dong and they said cannot claim tax refund but the guy gave me a lot of freebies and samples instead Same thing happened at the Nature Republic at Coex. I was able to claim for Innisfree and Aritaum.