Staying in an Airbnb in Seoul

Keep the Korean address one tap away

Korea uses road-name addresses: a road name plus a building number, then your unit. The Korean version is the one taxi drivers, delivery apps and maps read best.

• Save it in our Taxi Show Card. It stays on your phone, and you can show it big to any driver.
• Paste it into Naver Map once and save the place, so "home" is always one tap away.
• For food delivery, add the building door code in the delivery note, or show the card below to the rider.

Three kinds of trash, kept apart

1. General trash: the official paid bag

Everything that isn't food or recycling goes in a standard trash bag (종량제 봉투), sold at convenience stores and supermarkets. Prices differ by district.

2. Food waste: separate

Food scraps go in a food-waste bin, a food-waste bag or, in big apartment blocks, a machine you pay with a transport card like T-money. Which one depends on your building and district.

3. Recycling: sorted and clean

Separate paper, cans and metal, plastic, glass, vinyl and styrofoam. Put clean vinyl in a clear bag.

When

• General trash and recycling go out from sunset to midnight on your district's collection days.
• Food waste: on the set day, until 22:00.
• Dumping trash the wrong way can bring a fine of up to ₩1,000,000 (rules vary by district). When in doubt, ask your host.

Quiet at night

Korea's rule on noise between flats treats 22:00–06:00 as night, with lower limits than daytime. Seoul's guide for residents also asks people not to run the washing machine or vacuum early in the morning or late at night.

Footsteps carry in Korean apartment buildings. Slippers indoors help (local tip).

Where to leave your bags

• Subway station lockers: in about 270 stations. Seoul lists 4 hours at about ₩2,000–4,400 depending on size and day. Pay at the locker kiosk or in the T-Locker app.
• T-Luggage: staffed storage and same-day bag delivery between some subway stations and Incheon Airport. At the airport the counters are on 3F (T1 opposite check-in B, T2 opposite H).
• Ask your host first: some let you drop bags early.

Find your two neighbors on day one

Search Naver Map for 편의점 (convenience store) and 빨래방 (self-service laundry). Convenience stores sell trash bags, top up transport cards and are often open late. A laundromat saves your last clean shirt.

Is my booking legal?

Korea has a homestay license for city homes rented to foreign tourists (외국인관광 도시민박업). Airbnb asks hosts in Korea for their license details, and removed officetel and goshiwon listings. If something feels wrong with a listing, contact Airbnb, or call 1330 for travel help.

1330 Korea Travel Helpline

Dial 1330 in Korea (+82-2-1330 from abroad). English, Japanese and Chinese, 24 hours a day, every day of the year.