Plan your Seoul budget with calculators built on official figures
Hotel rates in Korea often leave out a service charge and VAT, tax-free refunds follow a fixed table rather than a flat percentage, and the cheapest way in from the airport depends on how many of you are travelling. These tools do the arithmetic using figures published in Korea and tell you where a real-world price can differ.
Calculators
Hotel service charge and VAT calculator
Add the 10% service charge and 10% VAT to a quoted rate, or work back from an all-in price.
Open →Tax-free shopping refund calculator
Check the refund for each receipt using the 80-band Global Tax Free table.
Open →Tipping in Korea: bill splitter
You do not need to tip in Korea. Split a bill evenly and see what you save compared with home.
Open →Seoul transit pass calculator (Climate Card)
Compare a short-term Climate Card pass with paying per ride.
Open →Incheon Airport to Seoul cost comparison
AREX, airport limousine bus or taxi: compare the cost for your group size.
Open →Guides
Hotel VAT refund in Korea: who qualifies
Which hotels take part, who is eligible and what to expect from the refund.
Open →Tax-free shopping in Korea, step by step
Instant, downtown and airport refunds explained, with the documents you need.
Open →How the numbers are kept honest
- Fares, tax rules and refund tables come from the operators or government pages that publish them. Each page shows when it was last checked.
- Where a figure changes by hotel, store or day (for example hotel VAT treatment or taxi time charges), the calculator says so instead of guessing.
- Nothing you type is sent anywhere. Calculations run in your browser.
HotelSeoul.biz is written by an independent editorial team. We do not sell bookings and we are not paid by hotels, refund operators or transport companies, so the comparisons are not shaped by commissions. Read who we are and how we check our sources.