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The refund Korea Customs publishes requires the purchased goods themselves, unopened and unused, confirmed out of the country at departure. A separate accommodation refund is widely promoted and no official page we could reach states whether it is currently in force.
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The tax is a flat amount per person per night, set by the room-only rate, and the top band went from 1,000 yen to 10,000. The property collects it, though the city says a booking site's price may already include it.
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Two countries, one trip, and two sets of rules that differ more than the two-hour flight suggests. What has a deadline, what has a hard ban, and what is cheaper bought before you leave.
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The rate was re-gazetted in December 2025 at ten ringgit per room per night, including bookings made through online platforms. It is charged per room rather than per guest, and the Act does not define the word that decides whether you owe it.
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No accommodation levy, a 10% service charge, 9% GST charged on top of it, and an explicit exemption letting hotels quote prices without either, which most Singapore businesses do not get.
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Section 38 of the Immigration Act puts the 24-hour notification on the house owner, landlord or hotel manager, in every case, including a private rental. The English version of the rule is shorter than the Thai one, and what it leaves out is the practical part.
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Two Asian regulators treat the same bottle completely differently. Japan asks what is in it and can require paperwork at any quantity; Singapore does not gate the import at all. Where each rule is published, and what neither one will tell you
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The order to do things in before an Asian trip: whether you need a permission at all, which one it is, what the portal will not tell you about time and cost, and when paying someone to file it is worth it.
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The base earn rate is the same at every tier, the better member discount applies to a much smaller pool of hotels, and the programme's own FAQ gets one of its multipliers wrong.
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Changi runs a free 2.5-hour city tour for passengers with 5.5 to 24 hours between flights. The two conditions that disqualify people are the visa rule and the one-entry rule.
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Eight hours in a hub you did not choose. Whether you may leave, whether it is long enough to be worth leaving, and what to arrange in advance so the time is rest rather than endurance.
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Five tiers, two separate currencies, and a minimum you can only earn by flying. A 25 percent reduction is running until March 2027, and it deliberately leaves the top tier alone.
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The programme behind Anantara, Kempinski and 53 other brands has no points and no award chart. It gives you dollars back that you spend against your own hotel bill.
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IHG publishes a benefit-by-tier table, and two lines in it matter more than the rest: base members' points expire, and free breakfast waits until the top tier.
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Turkish grants Star Alliance Gold at 40,000 Status Miles, and Gold is the benefit that travels. The tier below it can also be reached on flight count instead of distance.
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