raveling around Korea with Jay was amazing. I sincerely recommend it to everyone.I can’t express how much this means to me. It was my first international trip, and the first time I flew alone outside of Europe. Korea is a beautiful and safe country and with GoodMate travel You will know Korea like a local. You will visit places without tourists, eat delicious food at local restaurants and you will meet people from all over the world who will become your friends. Jay is the most patient and encouraging person, a great tour guide who shares his passion for traveling and meeting people. I really recommend traveling with GoodMate travel, I’m already planning my next trip with them.
I joined the Goodmate Hoonie tour back in October. It was one of the best trips I’ve ever had. The locations were carefully planned, the accomodation was very comfortable, tried authentic korean food at great local resturants, great group size and fun activities such as cooking class, yatch ride, rail bike, plus free time to explore. It felt like I was traveling with friends ! I highly recommend it.
Goodmate Travel and their tours are an out of this world experience! If you are looking to merge with the South Korean real flavour, have fun and feel like a local.. do not think twice.
I was the luckiest in the world to join Jae and a small group of like-minded souls to build together great experiences and memories while discovering a tons of things this country has to offer. The attention to detail, the care, the organization and the effort behind the scenes ensures you really make the most during the time you are there…. 그냥 해!
Words can’t describe how much this experience and trip changed my life. Korea has always been on my bucket list of countries to visit, so when this opportunity came to me, I decided to go for it.
Don’t get me wrong, I was very nervous and skeptical at first because I wouldn’t know anyone and it was my first international trip ever. It was also my first time traveling alone to a country that I didn’t know the language.
I was skeptical because I didn’t know anyone that had used GoodMate travel before, but I honestly just trusted the fact that they had prior videos of previous trips and trusted the fact that they were followed by other Instagram Korean influencers that I also followed.
I honestly went into this trip with no expectations and let me tell you, GoodMate Travel delivered and went above and beyond. Jae the founder of GoodMate Travel was beyond amazing.
He coordinated wonderful activities and the accommodations were beyond wonderful. As soon as I met him I knew he was such a genuine and nice person just by the way he expressed himself. You could feel the passion he had to share the beauty of his country with others. His energy just radiates and that alone helped make my trip 1000 times better. I wanted to know Korea through the eyes of a local and Jae delivered. We saw such amazing places and met amazingly people that joined us along the tour for different activities.
Jae did just an amazing job at helping us get out of our comfort zone by helping us order simple items in Korean, and as someone that is currently learning the language, this was something that I truly appreciated because it helped me practice. I love that Jae was passionate about travel and truly wanted to give us a local experience. He made sure to help us navigate the city well and truly took the time to get to know everyone. We traveled like locals, ate such amazing food from local spots.
I met such wonderful people on this trip, I was even confident to go out at night with others from the group and see the night life and meet locals at the bars and speak to them without being embarrassed of the little Korean that I know. At no point did I ever feel unsafe, of course you should always be aware of your surroundings, but overall Korea is a relatively safe country to travel, which is important as a solo female traveler.
Overall, I was extremely sad when the trip ended. I cried happy tears because I truly felt so close to my travel mates and Jae. They felt like family to me, which just shows how close and comfortable we all felt during this trip.
I hope to one day return and met up again with Jae and my travel mates. I 1000 % recommend GoodMate Travel to anyone that is looking to start solo traveling or just traveling in general. You will have such an amazing experience that only Jae and his team can provide.
Please please book with GoodMate Travel, no amount of words can express how amazing this experience was and how wonderfully planned everything was. It’s definitely worth your money.