🎙️ Is South Korea safe for tourists in 2025?

In this episode of the Live Different Podcast, host Matt Wilson, CEO and co-founder of Under30Experiences (U30X), dives deep with a guest who's experienced life in South Korea first-hand — from solo travel safety to navigating cultural differences and understanding what it's really like to live abroad as a foreigner.

If you're a traveler, digital nomad, or planning your first trip to Asia, this episode breaks down exactly what you need to know — the good, the unexpected, and the reality behind the headlines.

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💬 Topics Covered:
- Is South Korea truly safe for solo travelers, women, and foreigners?
- How American tourists are perceived by locals 🇰🇷
- Crime in Seoul: fear vs. facts
- Cultural surprises Americans should prepare for
- Expat and digital nomad life in South Korea
- Travel tips for your first visit in 2025

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This Week in Travel News episode 1 on The Millennial Travel Podcast with Matt Wilson:

Happy Cyber Week Millennial Travel Podcast listeners!

A big part of my job as CEO of Under30Experiences is reading the travel news and analyzing where the industry is going, so I'm here to bring you all the top stories.

Updates from Under30Experiences:
-Over30Experiences launch! Group travel in your 30s and 40s!
-Digital Nomad Trips! 2-4 week co-working adventures.

Let's kick it off with Black Friday and Cyber Monday Deals...

- Afar Media had Your Ultimate Guide to Black Friday and Cyber Monday Travel Deals
- 🇮🇸 Iceland's Play Airlines
- 🧳Away Luggage
- 🎒Osprey Backpacks
- 🎿Backcountry
- 🌋Cotopaxi
- 🧗🏼‍♂️REI
- 💚Under30Experiences

- The Points Guy did a roundup of the Best Black Friday Flight Deals
- 🍀@aerlingus
- 🍁@aircanada
- 🇵🇫@airtahitinui
- 🐻@alaskaair
- 🇺🇸@americanair
- 🇭🇰@cathaypacific
- 🇪🇸@iberia
- 🇮🇸@icelandair
- 💙@jetblue
- 🇶🇦@qatarairways

- The Millennial Travel Guidebook: Escape More, Spend Less, & Make Travel a Priority is on sale for just 99 cents on Amazon!

- The travel restrictions have been lifted across Latin America
- Peru
- Ecuador
- Guatemala
- They all had testing or vaccine requirements and that was hurting the travel industry big time.
- Lots of friends
- We're thrilled to get to be back at places like Cusco, Machu Picchu, Galapagos, Quito, Tikal

- Lonely Planet's Best in Travel 2023 is out...
- 🏆The winners across 5 categories are:
- 🍝Eat: Lima, Peru, Umbria, Italy, Fukuoka, Japan, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Montevideo, Uruguay, & South Africa
- 🥾Journey: Nova Scotia, Canada, Bhutan, Parques Nacionales Naturales, Colombia, Istanbul to Sofia Train, Western Australia, & Zambia.
- 🫂Connect: Accra, Ghana, Albania, Sydney, Australia, Guyana, Boise, USA, & Alaska, USA.
- 📚Learn: New Mexico, USA, El Salvador, Dresden, Germany, Marseille, France, Manchester, United Kingdom, & Southern Scotland.
- 🏖Unwind: Dominica, Halkidiki, Greece, Jamaica, Jordan, Malta, & Raja Ampat, Indonesia.

- Less than 6 months until Real ID Requirements start for air travel in the USA!