A maru to arrive at
maruarrive is a place to book homes in Korea for stays of a week or longer, starting in Seoul and carrying on to Jeonju, Sokcho and Pyeongchang. Every home is run by AZMT.
The floor at the centre of the house
In a Korean home, the maru (마루) was the open wooden floor at the heart of the house. Every room opened onto it. Guests were welcomed there, meals were shared there, and on long summer nights the whole family gathered there.
We wanted the same thing for people who come to Korea for longer than a few nights: one place to come back to, with the rest of the country opening off it. From Seoul to the sea at Sokcho, the mountains at Pyeongchang and the old hanok streets of Jeonju.
Why we started
Travellers who want a week or more in Korea, and want to see more than Seoul, tend to run into the same four problems.
- Hotels get expensive after a week or two, and a hotel room is not made for living in.
- Every new city means a new booking site, new rules and a new way to pay.
- Outside Seoul, there is far less information in English to plan with.
- Short-term rentals are built for residents, with deposits, ID papers and contracts in Korean.
So many people spend a few days in Seoul and leave. maruarrive is our answer to that: longer stays, one way of booking, and homes run the same way in every city.
Every home is run by us
Every stay on maruarrive is operated by AZMT, a Korean company that runs hotels and residences in Seoul, Jeonju, Sokcho and Pyeongchang. We do not list homes run by anyone else. Most booking platforms connect you with many different hosts and act as a go-between when something goes wrong. Here, every stay has one operator, and it is the same one in every city.
The name and the mark
maru is the floor. arrive is the moment a trip begins: landing in Seoul, before it carries on to the rest of the country. It is also the word in Hotel Arrive, one of the hotel brands AZMT runs.
The circle is the home you stay in. In Japanese, maru (丸) also means a circle, and something done well. The three lines are the boards of the maru, the space that joins one room to the next. The middle board runs past the circle, for the part of the trip that goes further.
Colours from a hanok
The colours of the site come from the materials of a traditional house.
- Maru Inkthe ink stick
- Hanjimulberry paper on the doors
- Maru Woodthe floorboards
- Sandthe courtyard
- Dancheong Redpainted eaves
- Pinethe hills behind the house
How booking works
Stays connected to AZMT's booking system can be booked here directly: you see live rooms and the total for your whole stay before you enter any details. For the others, the booking button opens the stay on a partner site we work with, at the same price as booking there directly. How booking links work.
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