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What Makes it a Story Tour?

KEY ELEMENTS:

  • Narrative arc

  • Experience-based

  • Drama-themed itinerary

  • Tangible souvenirs

  • Reflective element

  • Dedicated photographer

  • Digital Scrapbook

What is a Narrative Arc?

Other tours are a loose collection of famous places or Instagram-worthy spots. You get on a bus, are given a rough overview of what you will see, and then they tell you what time to be back at the bus.

Our narrative arc and story tour concept is designed around key experiences with daily themes that connect within and beyond the day.

Traditional multi-tiered Korean palace with wooden architecture, stone steps, and a stone-paved courtyard under a blue sky.
Performers in traditional Korean attire engaging in a dance or martial arts demonstration outdoors, with a large audience watching.
Nighttime cityscape of Seoul, South Korea, with Namsan Tower on Namsan Mountain, illuminated against a sunset sky.
A cityscape with a river flowing through a walkway lined with trees and modern buildings at sunset, with people sitting and walking along the riverbank.

Imagine…

From the moment we connect, you are given the opportunity to step into your own story. Every day is waiting to be written.

Every guest will be given their own script book that will include their detailed itinerary.

Three young women in traditional Korean hanbok dresses standing outdoors near a pond, surrounded by trees and greenery.

Daily Script

Rehearsal Materials: A list of recommended dramas or readings

Setting: Locations of where we will visit today

Director’s Notes: Additional context or back story—narrative arc integration

Characters/Cameos: Any special guests

Plot: The experiences for the day

Camera Angles: Key photo ops for the digital scrapbook. Photographer is provided.

Props: Daily hands-on activity with tangible keepsake/souvenir

Reflection: Guided reflection to ensure guests have a chance to connect to the overall experience

OST: Curated play list

Previews: A glimpse toward tomorrow and reminders

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Experience-Based

Drama fans want to experience what they have only seen on their screens. This might be a walk along the Han River, playing games they have only seen on variety shows, looking for “tropes” as they travel, visiting a jjimjilbang, walking along a fortress wall, eating street food, singing at a noraebang, and seeing Seoul Tower from a rooftop.

Meat grilling on a barbecue grill with tongs, with plates of raw meat nearby.

Experiences

(Based on Availability, Package or Season)

  • Traditional jjimjilbang (learn to make sheep ears from towels, drink sikhye, eat eggs)-- local feel, but with foreigner friendly staff

  • Chicken/ramen on the Han River

  • Noraebang

  • Drama studio tour

  • Hangeul lesson

  • Korean variety show-style games

  • Outdoor BBQ

  • Guest experts (Director Q and A)

  • Action school visit

  • Palace visit with or without hanbok

  • Ramen at the convenience store

  • Seoul Tower night view from rooftop bar/cafe

  • Iconic drama filming spots-- TBD based on popular dramas

City skyline with tall buildings in the distance, a bridge crossing a river, and green trees on both sides of the river under a clear sky.

Are you Ready to Write Your Own Story With Us?

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