It's clear that all hotels are different, both in price and in terms of comfort. However, each country has its own unique hotel experience, rooted in local traditions.

For example, in the UK, it's rare to find a hotel without a kettle and tea and coffee bags in your room. And milk for your tea, of course. In France, you'll typically be offered a light continental breakfast in the morning, while in Scandinavia, you'll find a hearty buffet. There are exceptions, of course, but they're just that: exceptions to the rule.

Hotels in South Korea also have their own unique characteristics. The food in hotels here is very generous. However, foodThe food is usually local (and, in our opinion, very tasty). Sometimes there's also some European cuisine, especially for those tourists who don't like new things in food. Even forks are sometimes available. You can ask for a bottle with your meal. sodzhuuThis, of course, costs additional (albeit relatively small) money.

The Korean hotel classification system differs from the European one. There are five categories: super deluxe, deluxe, first-class, second-class, and third-class hotels. Local first-class hotels roughly correspond to European 3*+ and 3* super hotels, while second-class and third-class hotels are 2*+ and 3*.

Korea also has small, inexpensive city hotels called yeogwans. There are typically many of them in any Korean city. Prices for a night at a yeogwan range from approximately $26 to $80 USD. Rooms are usually small but clean, equipped with air conditioning, a TV, a telephone, a shower, and a toilet. Tourists may be shocked by the lack of a bed in the room. Don't be alarmed! This is because yeogwans were originally designed for local residents, and local tradition dictates sleeping on heated floors rather than beds.

Hotel rooms are often equipped with super-sized toilets with a huge number of buttons on the remote control. Be careful when exploring this device! There are many "adventures" with these devices described online, from which our curious but inexperienced guests sometimes emerged soaking wet from head to toe, and sometimes with the room floor soaked.

There's usually a special flashlight hanging on the wall in the room. Its peculiarity is that it lights up as soon as it's removed from its usual place and goes out as soon as it's returned. The flashlight is apparently kept in the room in case of a power outage.

Some hotels have rooms equipped with a computer connected to the internet. However, there may be problems with the keyboard, which is printed with Korean letters. HangulBut if you have your own computer with you, then, as a rule, there are no problems with the Internet: Wi-Fi (usually free) is available almost everywhere.

Another very important point. When leaving your hotel, be sure to take the hotel's business card with you. Or simply ask reception to write down the hotel's name and address for you. It's best to have a piece of paper with everyone, just in case. Failure to do so could lead to serious problems when returning to the hotel. It will be very difficult to explain to a taxi driver where to take you, or to ask passersby where to go. Even if you memorize the hotel name and street address, it's not guaranteed to sound similar in Korean, and you may not be understood. A city map with the hotel marked on it, of course, wouldn't hurt either. This is especially true, of course, in large cities like Seoul.