familycruiserrr Posted January 27, 2010 #1 Share Posted January 27, 2010 I am looking for a recommendation for a reputable tour guide who can pick up in Inchon (port city) and give a tour of Seoul. Any suggestions would be so appreciated! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SANDRAMARTINEZ Posted January 28, 2010 #2 Share Posted January 28, 2010 I could not find any recommendations on the CC boards for a Seoul tour group. Took a look on the internet and found Happmize Travel Ltd. As I recall, came to find them through official goverment travel agency list. I personally can not speak to the quality of this tour agency as we will not be using them until March 13th. I will no doubt write a review when I come back. However, I can say that all email has been promptly responded to and I have felt well serviced by them to date. Another plus in my mind is that they accept credit card payment through Paypal, which if they do not produce, I can dispute payment via Paypal and/or credit card. There is a summary of what we opted for Intinerary-- [English-speaking guide] [All entrance fees] Pick up at Incheon Harbor Hanok Village Changdeokgung Palace/Biwon Garden Traditional Korean style lunch Gwangjang Market Cheonggyechesn Stream Drop off at Inchen Harbor For ten of us it is going to be around 75USD pp The contact was Jay Lee Sales Manager / Client Care Desk Happymize Travel Co., Ltd. Web. http://www.happymize.com Email. happymize@happymize.com Tel. +82-70-8627-8080 Mobile. +82-10-4428-4444 Hope this helps! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trece Posted January 29, 2010 #3 Share Posted January 29, 2010 We're on Ocean Princess at roughly the same time you're on Azamara and we'll be in Inchon two days after you. I've been looking for a guide company in a hit or miss fashion for two reasons: a) I've not found anyone on my thread interested in sharing tours and b) I'm not having much success with Japan, which is where the bulk of our cruise is, so I've been focusing on that country (one Japanese company quoted me US$1500 for a day tour! can you imagine?). Anyway I contacted Happymize and like you have to qualify my comments by saying I have not used them yet - but the "front office" experience has been extremely positive. Your itinerary appealed to us so I requested the "Sandra Martinez" itinerary! Anyway I just wanted to thank you for your response to the original post, it's been a big help to me. If you think you might be posting on Cruise Critic or could possibly e-mail me from your ship with any insights into your tour before I do mine, I wouldn't say no!! :) Thanks again for your post! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SANDRAMARTINEZ Posted January 30, 2010 #4 Share Posted January 30, 2010 (edited) Trece, Glad your experience with Happymize has to date been great, as has mine so far. The "SandraMartinez" itinerary was actually a custom collection of sites and activities I made up from a hybird of various cruise excursions highlights, recommendations from my former Korean neighbor, and an internet site of http://www.lifeinkorea.com/travel2/seoul (this site is a wealth of great info and photos). I really wanted to do so much more, but with the limited time the ship is in port, it was the best I could do with the time we had. Sorry to hear that you are having a time of it getting other CCers to join you in the private tours. Too bad that you are probably already committed to all aspects of the Princess cruise though, because we have a great group going in our Azamara Cruise leaving on March 6th and arriving in Shanghai on March 20th. We have 5 private tours going actually. As for your request for info re Seoul tour once we have actually taken the excursion with Happymize, if you email me at sandraalameda@hotmail.com on March 13th, I promise to email you back with a personalized take on our adventure and will try to answer any questions you may have. Edited January 30, 2010 by SANDRAMARTINEZ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ceb88 Posted February 8, 2010 #5 Share Posted February 8, 2010 please update about the experience with happymize travel, as I would also going to be in tour with them in end of march....hope they have a great service tour wise, I just dont want to be stranded waiting for them but never shows up... :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
askyoyo Posted February 10, 2010 #6 Share Posted February 10, 2010 Hi We are on Ocean Prncess 2/20 Shanghai to Tokyo, is that the cruise you will be on? Would you like to share shore excursions? There are 2 of us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dhoogheralf Posted February 10, 2010 #7 Share Posted February 10, 2010 Hi, We’ll be in incheon next march ( nautica of oceania cruises ) and we’ve set up a tour with jasmine ( mail@seoulcitytour.net ) (http://www.seoulcitytour.net ) She always responded quickly to any questions and emails. I don’t remember which site, but I had found one recommendation of a tourist we had used this company and had given a positive review. I hope this is helpful. Kind regards, Ralf belgium Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
diebroke Posted February 15, 2010 #8 Share Posted February 15, 2010 I understand the drive between Incheon & Seoul is 90 minutes each way. I am curious to learn from anyone who has done this trip if they feel it was worth spending 3 hours on a bus or whether it would be better to spend the day in Incheon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maui Cruiser Posted February 16, 2010 #9 Share Posted February 16, 2010 I understand the drive between Incheon & Seoul is 90 minutes each way. I am curious to learn from anyone who has done this trip if they feel it was worth spending 3 hours on a bus or whether it would be better to spend the day in Incheon. I dont know where the port is, but when my wife went in April she took the subway into Seoul and it was alot faster than driving. There is also supposed to be a new highway that opened in Incheon to Seoul that is supposed to make the trip faster as well. You could go out to the DMZ which is closer than going into Seoul. I really enjoyed that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ladybug1121 Posted August 7, 2010 #10 Share Posted August 7, 2010 Does anyone have a follow up to their trip to post? Or is it posted somewhere? I am very interested as we will be there next March. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
harbormaster Posted September 1, 2010 #11 Share Posted September 1, 2010 We are going to be in Incheon/Seoul and Cheju City in October. Would really appreciate knowing if these tour companies worked out well and how much you were able to do. Any comments would be appreciated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roq Posted November 29, 2010 #12 Share Posted November 29, 2010 How did it all work? We want to use them Was all OK? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kit23 Posted January 23, 2011 #13 Share Posted January 23, 2011 Hi, We’ll be in incheon next march ( nautica of oceania cruises ) and we’ve set up a tour with jasmine ( mail@seoulcitytour.net ) (http://www.seoulcitytour.net ) She always responded quickly to any questions and emails. I don’t remember which site, but I had found one recommendation of a tourist we had used this company and had given a positive review. I hope this is helpful. Kind regards, Ralf belgium We will be on the Nautica cruise on March 11th. Have you set up a tour for more than two people and where are you going. About what are they going to charge you? I am traveling with my daughter in law and would like private tours rather than ship tours. Thank you Karen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trav100 Posted January 24, 2011 #14 Share Posted January 24, 2011 I would also be interested if anyone needs 2 people to make up numbers on a trip - would we all get a cheaper per person if we combined a trip say of 10? Does the train go direct to Seoul from Incheon? Bound to be quicker than road isn't it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
happimize Posted February 9, 2016 #15 Share Posted February 9, 2016 (edited) I could not find any recommendations on the CC boards for a Seoul tour group. Took a look on the internet and found Happmize Travel Ltd. As I recall, came to find them through official goverment travel agency list. I personally can not speak to the quality of this tour agency as we will not be using them until March 13th. I will no doubt write a review when I come back. However, I can say that all email has been promptly responded to and I have felt well serviced by them to date. Another plus in my mind is that they accept credit card payment through Paypal, which if they do not produce, I can dispute payment via Paypal and/or credit card. There is a summary of what we opted for Intinerary-- [English-speaking guide] [All entrance fees] Pick up at Incheon Harbor Hanok Village Changdeokgung Palace/Biwon Garden Traditional Korean style lunch Gwangjang Market Cheonggyechesn Stream Drop off at Inchen Harbor For ten of us it is going to be around 75USD pp The contact was Alex Lee Sales Director / Client Care Desk HAPPIMIZE TRAVEL Web. http://www.koreatourbank.com Email. koreatourbank@happimize.com Tel. +82-70-8627-8080 Mobile. +82-10-3904-8080 ar Hope this helps! Trece, Glad your experience with Happymize has to date been great, as has mine so far. The "SandraMartinez" itinerary was actually a custom collection of sites and activities I made up from a hybird of various cruise excursions highlights, recommendations from my former Korean neighbor, and an internet site of http://www.lifeinkorea.com/travel2/seoul (this site is a wealth of great info and photos). I really wanted to do so much more, but with the limited time the ship is in port, it was the best I could do with the time we had. Sorry to hear that you are having a time of it getting other CCers to join you in the private tours. Too bad that you are probably already committed to all aspects of the Princess cruise though, because we have a great group going in our Azamara Cruise leaving on March 6th and arriving in Shanghai on March 20th. We have 5 private tours going actually. As for your request for info re Seoul tour once we have actually taken the excursion with HAPPIMIZE, if you email me at sandraalameda@hotmail.com on March 13th, I promise to email you back with a personalized take on our adventure and will try to answer any questions you may have. Also, I am glad to let you know Seoul and Jeju shore excursion for Oceania Nautica, is scheduled on 7, 8th March 2016. https://www.koreatourbank.com/category/all-tours/shore-excursions/ Edited February 9, 2016 by happimize Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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