Korea in Summer: Itinerary for 3 Days 2 Nights in Jeju Island

Anyeong! Summer has come and it is really time for us to pack our swimsuit, wear our sunglasses and fly to the nearest island. This summertime, Noona has finally had the opportunity to fly to an island which she has seen so many times in TV, Jeju Island. Kajja~~~

Noona went with her Omma (re: Mum) and dongsaeng (re: younger bro) to South Korea last month and it was Omma's first trip after she broke her knee last year. Omma has been craving for a holiday but since we are not really sure if she can endure free and easy trip (i.e. Independent travel not by joining any tour operator), we decided to join a tour operator from Jakarta. The tour to South Korea includes 3 days 2 nights trip to Jeju Island so we thought the itinerary was quite good enough for us. Our tour seems to be consisted of mostly family with kids so Noona thinks this itinerary suits those travelling with kids the most. 

If you are looking for some inspiration for 3 days 2 nights trip in Jeju Island which is suitable for a family, hope this list can help you in the travel planning to Jeju Island:-

DAY 1

- Reached Incheon Airport in the morning around 10AM 

- Had lunch in Seoul and immediately made our way to Gimpo Airport

- Fly from Incheon to Jeju Island (2 hours 30 minutes)

- Drive from Jeju International Airport to Yongduam Rock/ Dragon Head Rock (15 minutes drive from airport) 

- Dinner at the restaurant opposite Dragon Head Rock

- Drive to Seogwipo (1 hour and 30 minutes)

- Check in at Days Hotel Jeju Seogwipo Ocean

DAY 2

- Visit Camellia Hill

- Visit Hello Kitty Island Museum & Cafe in Jeju

-  Visit Teddy Bear Museum

- Visit Mysterious Road 

- Lunch

- Visit Ecoland

- Visit Seongsan Ilchulbong (Sunrise Peak)

DAY 3 

Fly back to Seoul

Is AirBnB or short term rental allowed in Singapore?

Singapore is a country which derives a huge portion of its income from tourism. Hence, it is no wonder that all kinds of accommodation are offered in this tiny island in the Southeast Asia region. Having residing for long term, Noona has received a lot of questions on where to stay in Singapore whenever her friends/ family members want to go holiday here. The thing is, price has always come up in the discussion.

Other than being famous for tourism, Singapore is also famous for its well-known high living cost in the world. Yep, Noona is staying in one of the most expensive cities in the world oh my gawd.

Frugal travellers for sure have considered the cheaper option of staying in Airbnb (if you have not heard on this Airbnb trend, you can check it out here). In a gist, homeowner can advertise and rent out its room in Airbnb to guests for a fee which either charged per day or per week. 

Some rooms advertised in Airbnb are really good-looking and some owners even give out amenities to use like towels, toothbrushes, shampoo, soaps and hairdryer. Noona used Airbnb during her stay in Sydney before and yeah this kind of arrangement works and it was pretty affordable too. After all, not everyone is willing to churn out a huge amount of $$ even though the view from the hotel room up there is quite nice, right?

While the thoughts of renting a room via the listing offered at Airbnb in Singapore are tempting, the regulation and law involve properties rental in Singapore is very strict. After further research before letting Noona's cousin know whether he can rent accommodation from Airbnb, Noona has found out that a new law about this has been passed in early 2017. And the law said that short term home rental is in fact ILLEGAL. Omo omo!

Some points extracted from the news by Straits Times:-

• It is illegal for homeowners to rent out its entire apartments for less than 6 months.
• Number of unrelated tenants living in the same apartments is limited to 6 

Oh well, while the door seems to be shut (at least, for now) for visitors to use the seemingly wonderful option from Airbnb. The Singapore Government has promised that there are proposals in consideration to allow such arrangement for short term staying in Singapore. But Noona suspects it will come with its own set of rules and regulations. So yeah, fingers crossed.

If you still want to rent from Airbnb at your own risk, you must be prepared if there is suddenly an inspection by the government officials. You may have to be prepared to be thrown out from the accommodation that you rent and forced to find out accommodation immediately. Noona thinks this would be very disruptive to your otherwise fun day so please be safe than sorry.