[Jeonju] - WannaBe Design Hotel (워너비호텔)

Finally reached WannaBe Design Hotel from Jaman Mural Village by taxi. Located near to Deokjin Park, WannaBe is a stylish boutique hotel which is about 20-minute drive from Jeonju Hanok Village.

WannaBe Design Hotel (워너비호텔).

 

Supposedly, we checked-in here after we arrived from Seoul by bus,

then visit Deokjin Park (덕진공원) and Hanji Museum.

But, because kids wanted to play with Mint at Springtime Cafe, we ended up wandering in Hanok Village. It's around 6:00 pm and the sky was already dark when we stepped in the hotel.

 Receptionist / Information Counter.

 Lobby with PC, Printer and Microwave.

 최고의 시설 (Great Facility), 최상의 서비스 (Best Service),

칠절히 모시겠습니다 (Allow me to serve you)...

For breakfast and snacks, guests can head to Coffee Terrace at the ground floor of the hotel and help yourself with the toast breads or make a sandwich with ham, cheese and vegetables. Canned drinks such as coffee and energy drinks, bottled mineral water also free of charge. Too bad they didn't have banana milk as it's our favorite drink! ;P

 Daily Room Rate.

Breakdown of the charges for Premium Room (Room No: 905):

27 Nov 2015 (Friday) =  ₩80,000

28 Nov 2015 (Saturday) = ₩90,000

Additional charges =  ₩40,000 (for 2 nights)

(₩10,000 / person was charged as the accommodation is based on double occupancy).

Actually we wanted to stay in Suite on the first day, but suite not available on that day. Saturday rate for Suite is extra ₩30,000 from Friday or  ₩50,000 more from Monday to Thursday and Sunday. So, I didn't check whether it was available for Saturday.

 

₩210,000 for 2 nights stay at Premium Twin Room.

Wannabe Hotel was quite flexible to let us use the room without need to check-out on the second day morning, and then check-in again at night. As far as I know, you need to check out  most of the boutique or love hotel as they can rent the room out before you check in again at night around 7pm - 10pm depending on which day. So, it's so convenient for us to just leave everything in the room.

 

Queen and Single beds.

Maybe next trip we need 2 queen-size bed realizing that kids are no longer small babies that can squeeze on the single bed. So, hubby got the single bed and three of us had the queen size bed. Not having a good sleep as I barely move and stucked there. Therefore, the next day switched the bed with my hubby, because he can sleep comfortably anywhere.

The bed is comfortable and layered with adjustable warmer pad,

which is a very good thing for winter days.

Not only that, they also provided iPhone charger (black cable below the notepad) beside the antique phone.

Spacious room and fitted with wood timbre or laminating flooring. 

Although the design of the rooms look similar, but they're uniquely designed with different themes in every single rooms for customers to experience and discover.

Our room was eye-catching eccentric mustard yellow feature wall contrasting with grayish black wall and cobalt blue leather armchair. Clean and neat white bed sheet with black thread embroidery and overall interior designs make it looks stylish and high-class. 

 Inviting sitting area fix with coffee table and chair under the soft carpet.  

Flat screen TV with cable and satellite channels.

We'd love to explore other types of  rooms from Deluxe, Premium, Premium Twin and Suite next time because all the rooms are quite affordable especially on weekdays. Too bad we didn't have chance to stay at Duplex Suite. This room has it's own party room with Karaoke facilities. I think it's because youngsters rented it for fun partying with friends. Maybe it's the highest occupancy room especially on weekends.

Ensuite bathroom with Whirlpool tub with shower facility.

Enclose toilet separated from shower area were clean.

My kids' favorite corner because they love to have bubble bath

inside this changing color whirlpool.

 

Mostly all the love motel have the same toiletries pack with face mask,

toothbrush, makeup remover, ladies set, shaving cream, cleanser, and so on.

Not only that, they provided  hair dryer and straightener, hair spray and hair gel so that you can style your hair like you're just came out from hair salon.

Contact lens cleaning solution, air spray(?), Somang Coenzyme Q10 skin toner, emulsion,  hair brushes, comb, toothpaste were there too. Feel like you're using your own bathroom with almost everything there.

Shower gel and 2 types of shampoo and conditioner in big bottles which it's more than sufficient to use because it's not pathetic tiny travel-sized bottles that maybe barely enough for two person.

Frosted glass partition designed and suitable for romantic couple stay. 

But, it's kinda uncomfortable for us as kids were in the room. I'd to drag a chair so there's a place to put my clothes and towel as there's no railing or place to hang inside the bathroom. Couldn't even walk to basin as it's totally exposed from the bed.

Minibar with Maxim coffee, tea bags, and cold canned drinks inside mini fridge. 

27 inches couple high-end PC with internet connection. Not sure why all the motels I stayed provided two computers. But good to have as we use the USB ports to charge our handphones and cameras on top of multi plugs. 

 

 Hanbok photo collection on the wall ;P

I found this hotel from Yanolja, motel booking app in Korea. We didn't book from the app, because they didn't reply our enquiry. We went there only after KTO Jeonju assisted us to call them and confirm that the premium twin room was available. We're really satisfied with this hotel as it's affordable and totally worth the price.

We didn't go back to Hanok Village, so hubby went to convenience store

nearby the hotel to buy instant cup noodles and dosirak for dinner.

 

Tasty BaSsak Bulgogi Dosirak (바싹 불고기 도시락) - ₩4,000
and Sirloin Donkatsu Dosirak 등심돈까스 도시락) - ₩4,500.

WannaBe Design Hotel

Add: 전북 전주시 덕진구 덕진동2가 200-2

200-2 Deokjindong 2(i)-ga, Deokjin-gu, Jeonju. 

Tel: 050 7962 4747

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Jeonju Hanok Village Hotel

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Haeundae For U Hotel

 

12 hours in Busan

Our initial itinerary was from Yeongju -> Andong -> Geongju -> Masan (S-Train). I arranged that we can stop at Busan again to meet Oppa and his family. On our first trip here, we only spent  because we only spent 1 day and it's really not enough to explore this second largest city in Korea.

So sad that we're unable to meet Oppa and his family this time round due to unexpected additional visit to Buseoksa Temple in Yeongju.

From Busan bus terminal to hotel in Haeundae area took about half hour by taxi. By the time we reahed hotel was around 9:00 pm. S-train from Busan to Suncheon will leave at 9:19 am the next morning. Yes, we only have 12 hours in Busan! ㅠㅠ

We were so hungry, so after checked in the hotel, we quickly went for food hunting...

Lively Haeundae area even in cold weather at night!

We didn't bring map, just try our luck to see what we can have around the hotel. We walked around and saw a line of round signboards and a lot of people walking around that area. Then, we walked towards and crossed the road to take a closer look. According to Visit Korea website, this traditional market open from 09:00 am  to 22:00 pm. No wonder it's still busy as most of the stalls still open. 

It's Haeundae Market (부산 해운대시장).

부산광역시 해운대구 구남로41번길 22-1

According to Visit Korea website, Haeundae traditional market open from 09:00 am  to 22:00 pm. It explained why it's still busy at that hour.

and pojangmacha stalls gathered most of the crowds...

Pojangmacha (포장마차) 

We also wanted to have a quick bite rather than full meal. Especially when you see so many people standing to eat hot odeng that seemed so delicious really tempted us a lot. We quickly joined the crowds when we saw this pochangmacha have variety of popular street foods! They have yummy tteokbokki (떡볶이), twigim (튀김), mini gimbap (꼬마 김밥),  sundae (순대), odeng (오뎅),  soju (소주), makgeolli (막걸리), maekju (맥주), eumryosu (음료수). 

On top of those serve on the cart, you can also order ramyeon (라면), dalkbal (닭발), dalgttongjib (닭똥집), buchimgae (부침개), rabokki (라볶이), mikkulaji twigim (미꾸라지튀김),... 

We ordered pajeon, tteokbokki, twigim, mini gimbap and odeng.

After had our 'supper' we went back to hotel as we're so tired. We need to wake up early the next morning to go to Busan station.

Haeundae For U Hotel

Add: 636-3 ,Woodong, Haeundae-gu, Busan

This hotel is actually (love) hotel too. Well, this was not our first time staying in love motel. Haeundae area has a lot of love motels. We stayed in Wa Motel on our previous trip. We booked through Agoda too this time round. 

The room has simple interior, not as fancy as Wa Motel. Bathroom with bathtub and bidet toilet. Most importantly is the room is clean and without smokey smell.

Oh yeah, they also give the toiletries pouch that consists of toothbrush, razor, bubble bath, After Shave Skin, Woman Cleanser, After Shave lotion, Moisture Toner, Moisture Emulsion. I think they got from the same supplier, as the items were exactly the same. The only different was the hotel name :P

The room charge was around SGD 75.00, it's about the same price as Wa Motel. They provide free can drinks in the fridge, but Haeundae hotel didn't provide breakfast. You can have free coffee from the coffee machine at the lobby area.

Haeundae hotel is about 10 minutes stroll to the beach and subway. These love motels usually scattered around tourist areas and bus terminals that can cut down travelling time to the attraction spots. 

In my opinion, love motel is good option if you're looking for inexpensive and enjoy full facility of hotel accommodation.