About Korea Survival Kit
Korea Survival Kit is a small, independent site for travelers visiting Korea. We take the questions that come up again and again in traveler reviews — taxi overcharging, paying, apps that need a Korean number, cancelling a stay — and answer them with official numbers and simple calculators, in English, Traditional Chinese and Japanese.
Who runs this site
Korea Survival Kit is run by TOTALMAC (토탈맥), a small company in Korea that also makes the free calculator sites kWhmate and 계산메이트. We are not connected to any government agency, tourism organisation, taxi company, store or attraction mentioned on the site.
How we write and check
- Official sources first. Fares, refund rules, entry rules and ticket prices come from the official page of the city, agency, airport or attraction (Seoul and Busan city fare pages, VISITKOREA, Korea.net, Incheon Airport, each attraction’s own site). The source is linked next to the number.
- If we can’t confirm a number, we don’t show one. Pages say “See official site” instead of copying a price from a reseller, blog or search snippet.
- Calculators and pages share one set of rules. Every example on a page is computed from the same rules as the calculator, and our build stops if a hand-checked example no longer matches.
- Estimates are labelled. Our own estimates (for example the trip budget unit costs) are marked “check before you go” with the date we set them.
- No invented details. No made-up statistics, routes, reviews or “insider” claims; we describe what to check rather than guess.
When pages are updated
We re-check fares and rules when the official source announces a change, and pages show the date they were last checked. Exchange rates used for rough conversions are set by hand and dated. Policies of apps, platforms and stores change often, so those pages tell you what to confirm on the spot.
Found a mistake?
Email [email protected] with the page address, what looks wrong and, if you have it, the official source. We check it against the official page, fix it and update the check date. Results are always estimates: the meter, your receipt and the official agency come first.
Free to use — how the site is funded
All guides and calculators are free, with no sign-up. The numbers you type into a calculator stay in your browser. The site is paid for by clearly labelled affiliate links (Klook, KKday and Travelpayouts partners — marked “Ad” or “Affiliate link”) and may show Google ads. Partners and advertisers never see your inputs and never change our numbers or what we recommend checking. Details are in the privacy policy & affiliate disclosure; advertisers can see how ads work here.
Contact
Corrections, questions and partnership enquiries: [email protected].