Stop wasting money in South Korea! Money saving tips~
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- Опубліковано 1 чер 2024
- Living on a strict budget is never easy, especially while traveling or living abroad, but with these money saving tips I'll show you ways you can stop wasting money in South Korea while you study Korean at a language school or plan to become a English teacher~
I'm attending language school here in Seoul and I moved to South Korea about one year ago! Over the past year I've found numerous ways to save money while living in Seoul and this is just a short list of some of the tips I have! Let me know if you'd like a part two to this video in the comments below~
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Timestamps:
0:00 - IMPORTANT
0:47 - Added fees everywhere
2:02 - ATMs in Korea
2:41 - Getting cash in advance
3:57 - Where to live
4:45 - Don't go to convenience stores
5:25 - Cheapest place to buy food
6:47 - Fruits and vegetables are… wow
7:24 - 2+1!
7:41 - Throwing away food (food waste)
8:33 - Helpful? Let me know 👍❤️
8:47 - Frozen is better
9:10 - The student life is the cheap life
10:16 - Public transportation
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I have sooo many more tips... Part two?
As always, much love~
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Definitely do a part 2!
Yes part 2 Megan 😊
Yes please ☺️
Yes, part two please!
This video was exactly what I needed!! Have just arrived in Korea and could use all the advice I can get! Thank you for making so many useful, entertaining videos :) p.s: would love a part 2~~
Glad it was helpful! 🤗❤️✨ Look like part 2 needs to happen~ haha
I'm staying in Mapo-gu for language studies! Glad to hear that it's one of the cheaper areas to be in 🙌Looking forward to a part 2! ✨
Yes! It’s one of my favorite areas I’ve ever lived in in Seoul too~
Part two in the works 🥰✨
that's my hometown! (although I haven't been there since I was 8)
Loved those tips! Thank you!
Thanks for these tips!
I love these!
Thanks for the advice :)
thank you for these tips :)
Love NoBrand. Those smaller HomePlus Express and Lotte Express marts also have some good markdowns on veg and fruit if you go at night when they bundle and reduce the soon to expire stuff. The expiration date isnt a detonator tho. You can still get a day or two or more out of most things. And you can portion and freeze meat to get the most out of it. ✌
You’ve always got the tips! Thanks for helping others out 🥰✨
Love No Brand too! It's been 2 years since I moved from Korea. It's funny the things I forget about living there,
You always have the best tips! Thank you’re amazing
Thank you for all these helpful tips!
good tips and insights. thank you.
Great tips thankyou
Thank you so much for all the tips, I cannot stop watching :)
Your channel is my #1 go-to as I prepare for our trip next month! Thank you thank you for thinking of all the helpful tips you’ve learned.
Thank you so much for your videos. I am mixed Korean and Turkish but lived in America most of my life so although I know the culture and language I am somewhat detached from the daily lifestyle. Your videos are such a good help when I visit. Thank you!
Awww! I’m so happy to hear this! Thank you for the encouragement and safe travels 🥰✨
When you wanna cut loose y’all bring cash with you to bars! I think I got a 5,000 won discount or something for paying for my drinks in cash 👍.
Also for TMoney cards (transportation: taxis, subways, buses)…this is gonna sound so dumb but when you buy your card, that’s your card for your whole trip! (So also choose a cute/cool one lol) I thought it was like a hey you bought it and you put 20,000 won on it so when that’s all used up you gotta buy another. It was my third card that I realized, man am I dense. …Just bring your card to the convenience store and they’ll recharge it for you if you’re running low. Card to buy the TMoney card and then cash to charge the card. Also make sure whatever buses you’re hopping into aren’t the expensive ones! I think the blue line buses were more expensive than the green line ones (kakaomap will tell you which bus costs more or not)👍.
Great and very informative video. Keep up the good work. 😊💪
You are a legend! Thank you for all the helpful tips. I’m travelling on a budget so this is making my life easier.
Thanks for the tips!!
Happy to help! 🥰✨
Excellent video. Your videos really helped me prepare for my trip to Seoul. Been here for 3 days so far.
Love this! Super helpful :)
Glad you think so friend! hehe 😁
ty for all the tips!!!
Awwww! You're welcome~ 🤭✨
Thank you for making these videos!! I especially love the bit about getting cash in advance. I'm considering getting LASIK eye surgery done in SK, and it is so helpful to know the ins and outs of this process. Please make more content like this!! :)
Love your videos! Thank you for the helpful tips!!
Thank you for your constant support Rach 🥹❤️✨
thankssss! so useful.
I’m so glad you think so! ❤️✨ more helpful videos to come~
hey Megan , you are with beauty and brain !! I literally learned so many things at the same time enjoyed a lot ........ and i cant wait for part2
Thank you for the great tips!
Happy to help 🥰❤️✨
I really love this video you are so so helpful! The most helpful tip was the grocery stores. I'm going to be able to get some things. in the next video I'd love the best places to just grab and go get quick meals. I think you may have covered that in your street food tho hehehe but this is so great!
Thank you for the helpful tips!
You're so welcome! 😊
I'm watching your videos while working 😅 I'm going to have to rewatch later to take notes.
Hey Megan! Deffinitely looking forward to a part 2! I also think that frozen things is a good idea, but most of them are korean stuff, and I feel intimidated because I don't know how to cook them 😅
Found it helpful for my March 2023 visit for the first time!
Thanks for sharing!!
Happy to help 🥰✨
My friend and I are visiting Korea this March, and your videos are extremely helpful. So grateful for you 💖💖.
Great videos thank you for the help. Can you tell more about separating out the trash.
Thanks for the helpful tips. Love it😊🥰
I'm so glad! 🤗❤️✨
Omg, thank you! I'm going to Seoul next month. And I am already scared of prices and cost of living, so I am really looking into these videos. Thank you!
Great help the tips for Students or foreigners
My best friend is moving to South Korea for work and I’m loving your videos about tricks and tips!! :)
Thank you!
actionable advice, Thank you
yo this helped thanks :)
Thank you for the great video. Yes, please share more tips 😃
More helpful videos coming soon 🤗❤️✨
Fabulous tips ! ! So good to explain this to the peeps!
Yes, part 2 please!
Thank you so much!
I can't believe every tip was so useful, that's hard to come by on youtube LOL thank you so much for this
Probably one if the biggest compliments a UA-camr could ever receive 😱🤣♥️
So happy to help!! 🫂
Very useful tips👍
I’m so glad 🥹🫂✨
Thanks. I’m traveling tomorrow for the first time 😅
Excellent channel. I like how you do short and concise videos that are very informative but then you also do long format Q&As that are chill.
Thank you so much! Not looking to waste time in the short-form videos when there's important information that needs shared~ But I love the long Q&A's too! hehe
Thank you for the kind words 🤗❤️✨
I appreciate what you do.
I'm sure it'll help me in future.
Thanks. 👍🏻
Happy to help!! 🤗❤️✨
There are no words... smashed it again with another great video!! 👍 clearly they are helping so many people.. keep going and I'll look forward to part 2 💕 ❤️ 💙 💜
Thank you dear friend!! Your support is what keeps me going 🥹❤️✨
Thanks for all the tips! I'm happy to know that while I'm traveling I can stop by an E-mart to get food if I don't feel like eating out for the night!
Your videos are always so helpful and practical. You're truly making everything so much easier for me and all of your other subscribers. I can't thank you enough!
Thank you so much for taking the time to leave this incredibly kind comment! I’m trying my best to love you all as best as I can 🥹❤️✨
@@MeganOsten omg wow you responded, I'm really starstruck!!!!!
This video is so helpful, it made me think of things I wouldn't have
I’m so happy to hear this! Maybe I should make a part two 🤔
Thanks, Megan 👍 Very helpful to know about KB ATMs for my trip to S Korea next month. Google Maps shows a KB ATM very near my hotel.
Those are very good tips Megan and the one about freezing the trash in the freezer to get rid of the smell is very useful. 😊
Thank you dear friend!!!
@@MeganOsten you're welcome 😊
So helpful Megan! You remind me of one of my besties! You have her bright and funny personality and even her hands! So true! Love all your helpful info about Korea and visiting! I'm korean-american and I am so informed by your videos! And I love your cuuuute parents! God bless you and keep AMAZING contents comin'!
Thank you for the tips. A part 2 would be great, but also a video on how to get Korean classes in Korea would also be amazing.
Hi Megan, thank you for the awesome information! We're planning to come to Korea around Sept-Oct. Do you think you can make a video with topic like "Tips on visiting Korea after pandemic"? We've been to Korea few times before the covid time and just wondering what has changed since.
Thanks so much!
Another super useful video! Many of these, like buying food at grocery stores instead of convenience stores, also apply to USA and others
Thank you friend 🤗❤️✨ and you're right!
I'm planning my trip to Korea and all your tips are really good
I’m so glad you think so! 🥹❤️✨
Hey, this is a huge helper. Like dang. Like woah. This is gonna save me when I go to visit. I'll be there minimum of 3 months.
Great info with the credit card, that's the same for those of us in Korea who go back to the states or elsewhere and use our Korean credit card while abroad! Regarding cash, I haven't used cash in probably 3 or 4 years!
I was stationed at Camp Humphreys in the 90's. I love the RoK and would love to go back. Watching your videos brings back so many great memories.
Not all ATM's will accept foreign debit cards. That includes some international banks like Standard Chartered. Look for a sign that says "Global ATM" if you're trying to get cash. KEB Hanna seem to have those. Additionally, if you don't have a bank account in Korea, you must likely won't be able to buy online as most sites (including Samsung or other major sites!) will only accept Korean bank/credit cards.
Came back from an awesome Korea trip only to realize Chase Bank listed a slew of foreign transaction charges. Awww!! They got me! But now I know. I’ll use the right card next time. 👍🏼🇰🇷 great tips! Thanks
Thanks a lot for the video! Very helpful! Is there a way you can also eat at school cafeterias without being a students there or is it exclusively for attending students?
Hi Megan, did you cover those "points" that the cashiers already ask for when you buy something, whether it's Lotte, Daiso or your neighborhood mart? How about "cash receipts"? Would like to know if we can save some money by signing up for these options. Thanks!!!
Useful not only for Korea. Thank you ❤
You're welcome 😊❤️✨
Thank you so much! Very informative and the way you talk keep engaged!
V r landing first time SK in August 22! Any video what earlier preparation v should do to save money? What's cards, currency, transportation we should use to save money 💲💲😀 V will live in Andong for next.......
girly you are saving me and my bestie... we are going to south korea next year and we were so lost on what to do and how to do it regarding, well... everything! i'm watching so many of your videos and im now following you on insta. thank you so much, i hope you are very well, take care
Your videos are so informative! Can you make a video on how the subway trains work? I've always found Korean train routes/system confusing. Thanks!!
I have a video on subways!!! 😊❤️✨
@@MeganOsten Can't believe I missed it. Will check it out for sure. Thanks!!
Love your videos! You helped me a few months back with my travel from my quarantine location to an Airbnb and I will forever be grateful for that 💜
I’ll be back again in June so these tips are perfect!
Awww.... this makes me so happy to hear! ❤️✨
Safe travels coming back 🥰
Keep going~ keep going~~~ㅋㅋㅋ
part two please~~^^
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I will keep working hard 💪
You are so helpful to everyone. Great tips. That was the most stressful part of planning my trip-the money lol
I’m happy to help! 🤗❤️✨
I’m planning on making more videos on money/budgeting in the future~
very good info! I lived countryside and bought fruit from the alley markets. things is, you had to buy the basket of apples, not just pick out 3 or 4! same with oranges etc...I'd get a lot of apples for cheap.
Have a Great Stay There
Hey there! Korean Adoptee going to Seoul for the first time April 2023 :) my partner has a gluten and corn sensitivity. I was wondering if you have any tips for folks with food sensitivities? Thank you!
thank youuuu
Thanks for your video! So helpful 😄. Can I know where your university is located and if we can actually have our meal there. It looks good!
Thank you for your information. We going to South Korea in two weeks.
Again thank you.
Happy to help! Lots of other videos on my channel that will help you with your future trip~ safe travels 🥰✨
We are going to stay in Soul. May we contact you when we get there. We do not speak Korean a word. This is our first visit to Korea.
Thank you in advance.
good info. :)
Thank you~ 🥰✨
I'd like to thank you for all the tips immensely. Seoul/Ilsan--Apr 11--20 Jeju--Apr 20--24 Busan--Apr 24--28 Daegu--Apr 28--May 7. is our itinerary and I can't wait to meet new people and have more appreciation for the people that live here. So many nice people I didn't expect! But Seoul seems like the city of tourism. Still! I was not expecting it. I learned things from this video I never would have known otherwise! If I run into you I'll make sure to say hi!!
I’m so excited for you!! Enjoy your trip and let me know if you have any questions on anything while you’re here over on Instagram ❤️✨
@@MeganOsten thank you !
Hi Megan! Thank you for your suggestions. It is very helpful. Do you have any recommendations to do with kids in Korea? We are traveling with kids ages 13, 10, and 19 months.
Great tips! I would just add that a solution to food waste to flush it down the toilet. Then you don't have to buy bags at all! Just make sure to chop the food waste up real small.
Hahahaha I guess that works too!!
Hi! So when you say exchange some of the money at the Incheon airport when I arrive. What's the recommended amount of USD to exchange at the airport. Because after I arrive, I have dinner, and go straight to my hotel. Please advise. Thank you kindly. 🙂
I have a question. Would you recommend the Wise multi currency debit card? My school and a few people have said it's worthwhile. Have you got any experience with it?
I'm in the UK and I have a Halifax Clarity card which has no fees and an HSBC Global card for withdrawing cash. The latter has to be loaded first but that's not difficult using my banking app.
I saw you featured on another YT channel, I think it was a Korean channel (Dinggle)? Wow!
could you maybe make a guide on how to separate waste? In my country it's so different so I am really confused, specifically with things like PET or napkins that have a bit of food residue 😢
This is a video on my to-do list... but I might make an instagram reel on it so it can be finished quicker! I recommend you check there @MeganOsten
Please make a video on how to use Korean won money. The hardest part is when they only tell you how much it is, but you don’t have a screen to see the actual total cost. Any recommendations would be helpful, thank you.
Part 2 wanted
Heard that 😄✨
FYI: If you have the Citibank Costco Credit Card, there is no foreign transaction fee, either use your credit card or cash, plus you get points using your credit card and you can dispute it if something went wrong. S. Korea has Costco locations and you can use your membership card. Bring the cash you know you are going to need, only do exchange from USD to Korean won in the black market.
Hi Megan! Question, what's the best way to exchange money to US dollars to Korean won? Idk if have a video about exchange money?
I just opened a bank account at the bank at my school and kind of confused by the rules, etc. Can you do a video on the banking here? Like, I think they said if I withdraw 1M won I had to give them a reason for my withdrawal in writing. And is there a difference in opening the bank account under your passport versus after you get your ARC?
Anything
in Korea Crisps focus dessert that happen here many people not eat focus meal on crisps
i think food waste in the freeze is not a good idea. if you like to do. there is freezer for "food waste" from xiaomi. lock and lock etc..
The food waste is in a separate drawer within the freezer so I think it’s okay~ but thanks for the advice 😊
So, you can just walk inside the bank and do the exchange with the teller?
Is discover (the credit card) widely accepted throughout South Korea? Will most banks give a good exchange rate or what should I look for?
Credit cards can have worse transaction fees but I didn't want to speak on them just yet for legal reasons. I don't know many people with Discover cards abroad - usually they will apply for credit cards that are meant for travel (I use the Capitol One Venture card link in my bio) but I am in no way a financial advisor so I would recommend speaking with one/your banks about international fees and recommendations!