Gangnam Stay

I travel about 16 weeks a year and this was the worst accommodation I’ve ever been in. I arrived at 11:30pm. The state was in an unmarked building. There was no check-in or staff. When I walked in, I saw the bed was not made, and there was nothing but a mattress pad that clearly does not get washed sitting on the bed. This was completely unhygienic and disgusting. I messaged the owner and was told that there was a bag with bedding next to the bed. I looked through it, and there was a blanket and a pillow and no sheets. I contacted booking.com and they were completely horrific. I was told that someone would come over and bring a sheet. As a solo female traveler, I found this completely outrageous. This is how women get assaulted. I was not about to wait around for a strange man. I’ve never seen in my life to come to my apartment door in the middle of the night in an unmarked building with no security. I immediately left because I did not feel safe.

For this budget property was clean and location was excellent. Building is a little hard to find, don’t use the address in the description, that will take you to the back lane. From memory it’s Cresyn Tower 2. Ask the owner for the Korean address. Bed is very firm, which I didn’t mind, but something to be aware of. I also couldn’t find a fridge which I think was supposed to be there but I forgot to ask the owner about it. Great space if you have business at Kukkiwon for TKD activities.

Address is hard to find, use the Korean Address.