Tours & concierge

When you'd rather hand it to a person than a plan. A private day in one neighborhood, a Paju or Jeju trip, or a whole visit carried — every one of them me, not a team, not a franchise.

It starts with a message: your dates and how you like to travel. Not sure which fits? Ask, and I'll tell you straight. Prefer just the book — your days laid out to follow yourself? That's the $39 itinerary.

Seoul private tour

US$350 a day per group of 1–5 · US$450 for 6–10

Seoul is vast — each neighborhood feels like its own city. You pick one district and we walk it the way I do: the cafes I actually go to, a real meal, the shops with stories a map won't give you. Not a checklist — a day that moves at the neighborhood's own pace.

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Paju daytrip

US$450 a day per group of 1–5

An hour's drive north, and the horizon opens. Paju is the closest city to North Korea (the DMZ from Odusan Observatory), but it's also sound and design: Concino Concrete and Camerata, rooms built for sitting still inside music, and Book City, a district made of publishers. The daytrip out of Seoul I'd actually take.

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Jeju private tour

US$450 a day per group of 1–5

The one place in Korea I always send people beyond Seoul: an hour's flight to the volcano, forest roads, a coast you can drive for hours, and seafood off the boat. The island is bigger than you expect, and who drives you, and in what order, is most of the difference. One day only scratches it — give it two or three.

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Full care concierge

US$600 a day per group of 1–5 · US$700 for 6–10

For the dates you choose, I handle the details before you land, while you're here, and after — the restaurants, the cars, the clinics — and I'm with you on the day, adjusting it as it goes, Seoul to Jeju, high-end or casual. A concierge who walks with you, not one behind a desk.

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Booking, cancellation & refunds

These terms cover the tours and concierge above. The guide's 7-day pass has its own, simpler policy, inside the app.

Booking & questions

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