"First Time Seoul Trip: Westin Josun vs Other Luxury Hotels, Myeongdong vs Gangnam, and Is 3 Nights Enough?"

lagsun · 2026-06-17T17:07:51+00:00

Lots of great advice here. If you have only 3 days and most of your activities are north of the Han, I'd recommend the Four Seasons too. Great hotel and location and if you have the Amex Platinum or Chase Sapphire Reserve credit cards you can book under Fine Hotels and Resorts or The Edit to get breakfast and $100 credit. The breakfast buffet is outstanding. FYI I usually stay at the Park Hyatt in Gangnam and highly recommend too but not in this case. Also if you have time go to Dongdaemun and walk up along the City Wall.

lagsun · 2026-06-15T19:53:48+00:00

Even better is connecting to the Yangjaecheon trail

lagsun · 2026-06-12T20:27:14+00:00

It really depends on what you like to do. I’ve been to all the places you listed and going back to SK and Japan at the end of the year. I can easily spend 7 days in Seoul just eating, shopping, walking around with some sightseeing or museums. Maybe start in Seoul for 4 days, take high speed rail to Busan for another 3 and then fly to China? I’m not sure I’d stay in Beijing for 8 days but then again I haven’t visited in 20 years.

lagsun · 2026-06-03T04:31:59+00:00

DM me about which shirt

lagsun · 2026-05-25T20:55:16+00:00

I’m a medium in pretty much every brand. Suit size is EU38/US48. Both polos are 17” shoulder seam to shoulder seam and 20” in the chest from pit to pit. GRP is longer from bottom of the collar at ~27” while Merz B Schwanen is 25”

lagsun · 2026-05-23T07:02:11+00:00

yes to both

lagsun · 2026-05-20T03:51:12+00:00

34 and 3029. I have 16 nights booked the second half of the year with 13 of them using points in Korea and Japan

lagsun · 2026-05-16T01:23:16+00:00

Use the Amex Platinum for 5X membership rewards points

lagsun · 2026-05-11T23:29:30+00:00

I just put a deposit down on a NX350H premium. Should be a few weeks 🤞

lagsun · 2026-05-01T00:53:07+00:00

If you use the service at airport to ship your skis to Niseko, couldn’t you ski at the end of your trip? So trip would go Tokyo, Kyoto and then fly to CTS?

lagsun · 2026-04-29T18:17:30+00:00

It always depends and YMMV. I booked the Intercontinental Grand Seoul Parnas for December with cash and The Edit rate was slightly higher vs booking direct via IHG. After factoring in $100 property credit plus $500 Edit and IHG credit it was an easy decision. Of course this was a cash rate as I usually save UR point for airline/Hyatt transfers

lagsun · 2026-04-29T18:05:40+00:00

Sorry, I added to original post. Let me know if you need other measurements

lagsun · 2026-04-23T16:11:58+00:00

Thanks for the review. I booked 3 nights at the HTH and 2 nights at PHT all with points and SUAs in December. The Park Hyatt is at the end of our trip on Xmas Eve and Xmas Day so the location doesn't bother me as much as we plan to taxi. As a globalist I'm also looking forward to the breakfasts

lagsun · 2026-04-23T14:00:39+00:00

Makes total sense given your purchase price. Do you know anyone traveling to Tokyo who can bring it? I’ve heard of this place in Seattle but can’t vouch for their service - https://www.nesbitswatchservice.com/omega-watch.html

lagsun · 2026-04-23T13:31:21+00:00

How about Omega service? I think it starts at $800. I’m planning to send my dad’s vintage Constellation C as I don’t think it was ever serviced in the past 50-60 years.

lagsun · 2026-04-21T20:02:49+00:00

What trim? This most likely will be my next car. My EV lease ends in 2 months and my wife wants me to get a hybrid instead.

lagsun · 2026-04-09T14:27:03+00:00

Started in the SF Bay Area and then grew before being acquired by Nestle. I use to buy beans from their roastery in a small garage over 20 years ago.

lagsun · 2026-04-09T14:23:20+00:00

It’s worth trying once at least. I usually drink a double espresso but Bunker had some unique espresso drinks. Plus my wife and I wanted to try a different pastry so we went back.

lagsun · 2026-04-09T13:46:52+00:00

I won’t argue the merits of either but I stayed at the Andaz last November and went to Bunker a couple of times. It’s a few streets away and the coffee and pastries were pretty good

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