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Storing and Sending Luggage in Seoul

When should you leave your bags somewhere?

Luggage gets in the way most on the first and last days of a trip. You check out in the morning but fly at night, or you land at dawn and can't check in until 3pm. Dragging a suitcase through subway stations full of stairs, narrow alleys and crowded shops is hard work.

You have four options.

  • Leave them at your accommodation: the first place to ask. Most hotels and guesthouses hold bags for free before check-in and after check-out
  • Use a subway locker or a shop: put them somewhere along the way for a few hours. Station lockers are the cheapest
  • Have them delivered: drop them at your hotel or a station, and they are waiting at the airport or your next hotel in the evening. You never go back for them
  • Check them in at Seoul Station: on the day you leave, check in for your flight at Seoul Station and your bags go straight onto the plane

If your hotel is near where you're going anyway, leaving the bags there is enough. The options below are for when going back is a detour.

Subway lockers (T-Locker)

Most Seoul subway stations have T-Locker (또타라커) self-service lockers. They are run by Seoul Metro, with more than 5,500 lockers in around 270 stations.

There are three sizes. On weekdays you pay for the first 4 hours, then a charge for each extra hour.

  • Small (50×30×60cm): ₩2,200 for 4 hours, then ₩500 an hour
  • Medium (50×45×60cm): ₩3,300 for 4 hours, then ₩800 an hour
  • Large (50×90×60cm): ₩4,400 for 4 hours, then ₩1,000 an hour

Weekends and public holidays cost a little more. A carry-on suitcase usually fits in a medium locker, and a large checked suitcase in a large one.

Without the app

Pick a locker and pay at the kiosk next to the lockers. It takes cash, credit cards and transit cards, and you pay any overtime when you collect your bags.

Some kiosks decline foreign-issued cards. A topped-up transit card like T-money, or cash, is the safest bet. See the T-money guide for how to get one.

With the app

The T-Locker app shows whether a station has a free locker before you get there, and lets you reserve one. At stations busy with travelers -- Seoul Station, Myeongdong, Hongik Univ. -- the large lockers are often full by the afternoon, so check the app first if you have a big suitcase.

Good to know

  • Lockers open only while the subway runs, roughly 5am to midnight. Come back after the last train and your bags stay locked in until the next morning
  • They are not for storing bags for days. Bags left too long are taken out and sent to lost and found
  • Valuables, food and hazardous items are not allowed

Leaving bags at a shop (storage apps)

Luggage storage apps like Bounce, Radical Storage, LuggageHero and Nannybag let you leave bags at partner cafés, convenience stores and hotels. Partners cluster in the neighborhoods travelers visit most, like Myeongdong, Hongdae and Gangnam.

  • Pick a nearby shop in the app and pay, then show the booking at the shop and hand over your bags
  • These are international apps: sign up with email and pay with a foreign card. No Korean number needed
  • Expect around ₩5,000–7,000 per bag per day. That is more than a station locker, but size limits are looser and loss or damage is covered
  • You can only drop off and collect during the shop's opening hours

They are handy when the station lockers are full, or when where you're going is a walk from the station.

Staffed storage and airport delivery at stations (T-Luggage)

T-Luggage (또타러기지) is a staffed luggage counter run by Seoul Metro with Hanjin, a logistics company. Staff take your bags, and it takes large bags that won't fit in a locker.

  • Locations: Seoul Station, Myeongdong, Hongik Univ., Jongno 3-ga, Jamsil and Gimpo Airport stations
  • Hours: 9:00–22:00, every day
  • Storage: on weekdays, ₩3,000 (up to 20 inches) to ₩9,000 (over 27 inches) per 4 hours. Weekends cost more

It also does same-day delivery. Drop your bags at one station and they are sent to another T-Luggage station or to Incheon Airport.

  • Station to station: ₩17,000–31,000 on weekdays
  • Station to Incheon Airport: ₩20,000–31,000 on weekdays. You collect them at the Hanjin counter in Terminal 1 or Terminal 2
  • Weekends cost more, up to ₩45,000

For same-day airport delivery, drop your bags at the station before noon. They can be collected at the airport after 4pm. That works for an evening flight, not an afternoon one. Cutoff times can change, so check when you drop off.

Book on the website (tluggage.co.kr) by the day before, or walk in on the day. The website is available in English, Japanese and Chinese.

Delivery between your hotel and the airport

T-Luggage only connects stations and the airport. To send bags from your hotel, or have them delivered to it, use a private luggage delivery service. Zimcarry (짐캐리), with counters at Incheon Airport and Seoul Station, is the best known, and there are several similar services such as FreeLugg and Goodlugg.

  • Airport to hotel: drop your bags at the airport counter as soon as you land, explore the city empty-handed, and find them at your hotel in the evening
  • Hotel to airport: leave them at the front desk when you check out, and they arrive at the airport counter
  • Hotel to hotel: for the day you change hotels in Seoul, or move on to another city like Busan

With Zimcarry, same-day delivery needs your bags booked online by 11am, or dropped at an airport or station counter before 3pm, and they arrive in turn from 4pm. It costs roughly ₩10,000–20,000 per bag depending on size, with surcharges for some areas. Cutoffs and delivery times vary by company: FreeLugg, for example, delivers bags dropped at Incheon Airport by 3pm to your hotel after 7pm.

At Seoul Station, the Zimcarry counter in the main hall on the 2nd floor handles both storage and delivery, and you can also book it in Korail's app, Korail Talk. Useful on a day you arrive in Seoul or leave by KTX.

At Incheon Airport, the Zimcarry counter (Terminal 1, 3rd floor) and the Hanjin counter (Terminal 2) hold bags 24 hours a day. If you land at dawn with hours to go before check-in, you can leave your bags there.

Hotel delivery only accepts bags belonging to a guest staying there, and usually only at a place with front desk staff who can receive them for you. If you're staying somewhere unstaffed, like an Airbnb, check before you book. It also helps to tell your hotel in advance that bags are coming.

These services can also be booked through travel apps like Klook and KKday. You pay with a foreign card and don't need a Korean number, which helps if payment fails on the company's own site. For why a Korean number so often gets in the way, see the identity verification guide.

Checking in at Seoul Station (City Airport Terminal)

If you're flying out of Incheon, you can check in, drop your bags and clear immigration in advance at the City Airport Terminal in Seoul Station. Bags checked here come off at your destination. Spend your remaining time in the city with empty hands, take the Airport Railroad, and at the airport go straight through the dedicated departure passage on the departures floor (3F). Only passengers who cleared immigration at the city terminal use it, so there's no long line.

  • You need an AREX Express train ticket to Incheon Airport
  • Hours: 5:20–19:00
  • Check-in closes: 3 hours before departure (Terminal 1) or 3 hours 20 minutes before (Terminal 2)
  • Airlines: Korean Air, Asiana Airlines, Jin Air, Air Busan, Air Seoul, Jeju Air, T'way Air and Eastar Jet. Foreign airlines are not available, and some routes, such as flights to the US, are excluded
  • Bags over 150cm long, musical instruments and fragile sports equipment can't be checked here

It was renovated in August 2026, adding numbered queue tickets and self-service bag scales. Airlines and routes can change, so check the Airport Railroad website (arex.or.kr).

For an evening flight after check-out, this is the easiest option. Same-day delivery needs your bags before noon, but here you only need to arrive 3 hours before departure, and there's nothing to collect at the airport.

Choosing by situation

  • Evening flight after check-out, on a Korean airline: check your bags in at Seoul Station and stay in the city until 3 hours before departure
  • Evening flight after check-out, hotel near your route: leave your bags at the front desk and pick them up on the way to the airport
  • Evening flight after check-out, no going back to the hotel: have them delivered from the hotel to the airport when you check out, or drop them at a T-Luggage station in the morning for airport delivery
  • Afternoon flight: same-day delivery won't make it. Use a locker at a station on your way to the airport, or leave them at your hotel and pick them up
  • Arriving at dawn, before check-in: leave them at a 24-hour airport counter, or have them delivered from the airport to your hotel. If the hotel is close, drop them there first
  • Just a few hours: a locker at a station near where you're going next. If they're full, a shop nearby through a storage app

If you take the subway with a big suitcase, each station has particular exits with elevators. With lots of luggage and a group, a taxi may be easier. See the taxi guide.

Prices and cutoff times change often. This guide is current as of September 2026.