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Tip & Check

by Seong So-won, Culture Editor, ntnss@mju.ac.kr

 You guys may make a plan to set out on a overseas trip on this summer vacation. For Myongji University students who have never been to any countries, or are not familiar with travel yet, MJP will introduce the way that you can buy flight ticket at a reasonable price, and some checklists needed when traveling.

<Tip>

1. Use App!

 Once your destination is decided, download airlines’s app to your phone and search for low-cost flights. It will make you buy cheaper plane ticket. If fortune smiles upon you, you can get business class seats at a economy class seat’s cost. So, pay attention to airlines’s app.

2. Use national flag carrier when Southeast Asia traveling

 There are a lot of events about special discount and accommodation. Also, you can sometimes get a discount for city traffic and meal when you use your destination’s national flag carrier.

ex) Indonesia : Garuda Indonesia , Philippine : Philippine Airlines, Cebu Pacific Air

3. Go soon for the good seat!

 If you can’t book the desired seat, going 5 hours earlier than issuing time is a good plan. When you ask seat next to emergency exit or in the forefront, they generally comply with request.

4. Use a low-cost airline

 Low-cost airlines are low-cost as their name, and also hold events frequently. However, be careful. There are cases that not a few users made a loss because ticket cannot be canceled.

5. Use mileage

 If you use only one airline consistently when traveling, the mileages are accumulated. you can upgrade the seats or buy the flight tickets cheaper by using it.

6. The low-cost chance differ with countries.

Usually, booking airline ticket 19 weeks before departure is the cheapest, and a trip on November is cheaper than any other months.

ex) Japan, Philippine, Thailand : November , England : March , Spain : December

<Check>

1. Passport / Visa / Plane Ticket : Check the departure, homecoming date, journey, and expiration date for certain. And in preparation for loss, make a copy of the front page with your picture, and keep in different place with passport.

2. Korean Money : For transportation expenses when moving between airports and paying airport tax.

3. Traveler’s Check : Surely make your signature, and change money at the rate of 7:3(money 7:traveler’s check 3).

4. Travel Insurance Card : There is no need to prepare when a group tour. But in the case of free independent travel, it is better to prepare to deal with accidents.

5. International Student ID &  International Driver's License : International student ID card has a lot of discount benefits for students. And if you travel by rental car, prepare the International Driver’s License with driver’s license.

6. Spare Pictures : prepare 2~3 pictures against loss of passport.

7. Phone card : If you have a lot of work to call Korea, it is better to purchase in advance.

8. Portable umbrella : In the case of raining or rainy season, telescopic umbrella is easy to carry.

9. Dryer : In some cases, there is no dryer at hotel. So check voltage and plug, and take it. Plug can usually be rented at hotel.

10. Razor : Hotel sometimes furnish a single-use, but it is good to prepare. If using electricity, check the voltage and plug.

11. Jacket / Cardigan : During the flight air conditioning, or due to weather condition of travel destination, there are differences of temperature. So prepare the lighter one.

12. Sanitary Napkin : It is not easy and usually expensive to get on the ground, it is good to prepare.

13. First-aid Medicine : currently-taken medication, antidiarrhea, digestive medicine, antinauseant, restorative drink, band-aid, and etc.

14. Present : Take some present to introduce Korean culture or gift to close friend.

15. Korean Food : If you can’t adjust well to foreign food, prepare tube packing red pepper paste(gochujang).

 Until now, we talk about the way that can lower the plane ticket which is the most taxing, and checklists needed when traveling, from a minor thing to a necessity. The thrill trip give is maximized when reserving ticket and packing for the journey. MJP hopes you guys have a cheaper and comfortable trip using tip&checklist that we introduced.