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A person answers, in English — usually within a few hours.

Seoul · English-speaking concierge

Korea,
arranged around you.

Illustrative image: Friends walking through a lively Korean food alley at dusk

Naru is the Korean word for a landing — the place on the water where boats come in and travellers step ashore. We're the people waiting there.

A written proposal, in English, within one business day. No booking, no card.

Three things we take off your hands

What we do

01

The practical wall

Reservations · payments · the small walls

Korea is easy to love and hard to book.

Restaurant waitlists want a Korean phone number. Foreign cards get declined at the counter. The clinic, the KTX seat, the sold-out concert, the salon — all of it answers in Korean. We make those calls for you, in your name, before you land and while you're here.

Illustrative image: Travellers sharing a warm moment with a Korean food market vendor
02

Clinic days, interpreted

Interpretation · accompaniment · recovery days

Someone in the room who speaks both languages.

Skin, dermatology, wellness. We come with you, translate what the doctor actually said rather than what fits on a brochure, and then shape the quiet days afterwards around how your face feels — not around a fixed itinerary. We are not the clinic, and we don't sell you one.

Illustrative image: An interpreter and a visitor talking together in a quiet lounge
03

The days beyond Seoul

Private multi-day · licensed guides · a car

Most visitors see one city and leave.

Two to four days with a licensed guide and a car changes the shape of the whole trip — the coast, the mountains, the temple that lets you stay the night, the small towns with no English signage. This is the part almost nobody sells, and it's the part people remember.

Illustrative image: A pavilion, grassy hills and a walking path inspired by Gyeongju

How it works

No app, no cart. A conversation.

  1. 01

    Tell us the shape of it

    Illustrative image: A traveller walking between hanok roofs above the Seoul skyline

    Dates, who's coming, what you're hoping for. Rough is fine — most people don't know yet, and that's the point of talking to a person.

  2. 02

    We come back in writing

    Illustrative image: Tea being poured into ceramic cups beside a hanok garden

    A plan with real names, real times, and what each part costs. You'll see our fee separately from what goes to the restaurant, the driver, the clinic. Nothing is booked until you say so.

  3. 03

    Someone is on the other end

    Illustrative image: A coastal train following Korea's pine-lined eastern shore

    One coordinator, start to finish, in your timezone when it matters. If a plan breaks at 9pm on a Tuesday, you message a person, not a form.

Why Naru

Our advice isn't for sale.

Illustrative image: Travellers exploring a colourful hillside neighbourhood above Busan harbour
You see the money
Our coordination fee is quoted on its own line, separate from what the restaurant, the driver or the clinic charges. You always know what you're paying us for.
We're not the clinic, and not the shop
Korean tours have a long habit of routing you through commission stops. We don't run that model. If somewhere isn't right for you, we say so — that's the whole value of having us.
One person, start to finish
Not a queue, not a ticket number. The coordinator who writes your plan is the one who answers when something changes at 9pm.
Written before it's booked
Every plan arrives in writing with names, times and costs before anything is confirmed. You approve it, or you tell us what to change.

What things cost

You should know roughly, before you ask.

Most Korean operators make you request a quote to learn anything. Here is what these days actually go for in Seoul, so you can decide whether to talk to us at all.

Restaurants, tickets, KTX, salons
You pay the venue's own price. We don't mark it up, and we don't take a cut from them.
A clinic day with an interpreter beside you
Interpreter accompaniment typically runs $120–200 for the day. The treatment itself is billed by the clinic, at the clinic's price.
A private day in Seoul, guide and car
$330–550 is the going rate for a licensed private guide, depending on hours and season.
Two to four days beyond the city
$1,200–2,500 for a small group, including the guide, the driving and the planning.

These are ranges, not a price list. Our coordination fee is quoted separately and in writing, and you see the final number before anything starts.

Request a plan

Tell us your dates.

The more you tell us, the better the first draft comes back — the answers below are what a coordinator would ask you anyway. It takes about three minutes.

Prefer email? Write to hello@narutravel.com and a person will read it.

Where are you right now?
What should we take care of? (choose any)

This is a request for a proposal, not a booking — nothing is charged and nothing is confirmed until you've seen a written plan and agreed to it.