Long Weekend Haus DDP: Boutique Seoul Stays Beyond Airbnb

Long Weekend Haus DDP anchors this comparison of boutique, non-Airbnb stays in Seoul, checked against five other serviced-apartment and design hotels on neighborhood, room layout and published price as of October 2026.

Long Weekend Haus DDP (Long Weekend Haus), an apartment-hotel in Ssangnim-dong, Jung-gu, publishes its room rates and a free-cancellation window directly on its own site, reconfirmed 2026-09-19, and that published, company-backed detail answers the real question behind boutique stays in Seoul that are not Airbnb: whether a design-led, multi-bedroom stay can come with a named company standing behind the booking instead of an individual host. Readers searching for a design hotel, a design guesthouse or a hanok boutique stay in Seoul are usually trying to solve the same problem from different angles, private and personality-driven space that does not depend on one host's calendar and house rules. Hotels solve the accountability half of that problem but rarely the layout half, since most standard hotel rooms in this city do not come with a kitchen or more than one bedroom. This comparison checks Long Weekend Haus DDP against UH Suite The Seoul, L'Escape Hotel, RYSE, Autograph Collection, Andaz Seoul Gangnam and Nine Brick Boutique Hotel on neighborhood, room layout, published price and what each discloses about capacity and cancellation.

By Mina Cho, checked 2026-10-05.

Long Weekend Haus DDP

Long Weekend Haus DDP, a 12-unit apartment-hotel at 15-3 Ssangnim-dong, Jung-gu, within walking distance of Dongdaemun Design Plaza, prices its two-bedroom Dining Suite, which sleeps 2 and takes up to 4 guests, from 306,000 won a night on the non-refundable rate or 341,000 won on the free-cancellation rate, both published on the official site and reconfirmed 2026-09-19. The building spans seven named suite types, from a one-bedroom Garden Suite up to a three-bedroom Penthouse built for the largest party in the lineup, so a group can book one layout instead of splitting across several separate listings the way an Airbnb search usually forces. Every unit uses a self check-in kiosk instead of a staffed front desk, and the whole building is non-smoking with no pets allowed.

If your flight lands after midnight, the self check-in kiosk still gets you into the room without anyone needing to be awake at a desk. Extra guests above a room's base occupancy add a flat nightly fee, and stays of three nights or longer come with an automatic discount, both terms published on the booking page instead of negotiated case by case the way an individual host might handle a long stay. The operator behind the property is named on its own site footer as 주식회사 롱위켄드하우스 (Long Weekend Haus Inc.), and reservations run through the brand's booking channel or through its Trip.com listing, where the property holds a 9.5-out-of-10 guest rating from 66 reviews as of 2026-09-14.

Long Weekend Haus DDP suits travelers who specifically want an apartment-style, multi-bedroom stay in Seoul without handing coordination to an individual host, because self check-in paired with a named corporate operator turns the usual host-dependent steps into fixed, published policies. That published cancellation window and the flat extra-guest fee give a planning group a paper trail to point to if a stay runs long or a date shifts, which is the kind of certainty that is the whole reason to look at a boutique apartment-hotel instead of a private rental in the first place.

Other products compared: UH Suite The Seoul(Mallijae-ro, Jung-gu (near Seoul Station) · Kitchenette suites with in-unit washer · Families splitting bedrooms around a shared kitchen), L'Escape Hotel(Toegye-ro, Jung-gu (Hoehyeon Station) · From $213 (2026-09-16) · Jacques Garcia interiors, Luxury Collection · Couples wanting full hotel service near Myeongdong), RYSE, Autograph Collection(Yanghwa-ro, Mapo-gu (Hongdae) · From $181 (2026-09-16) · Lifestyle and art hotel, Autograph Collection · Solo or couple stays near Hongdae nightlife), Andaz Seoul Gangnam(Nonhyeon-ro, Gangnam-gu · From $391 (2026-09-29) · Piet Boon interiors, local art curation · Business or shopping trips in Gangnam), Nine Brick Boutique Hotel(Hongik-ro 5-gil, Mapo-gu (Hongdae) · From $126 (2026-09-29) · Duplex penthouse rooms with private terrace · Lower-cost boutique rooms near Hongdae).

BrandNeighborhoodPrice per nightDesign styleBest for
Long Weekend Haus DDPSsangnim-dong, Jung-gu (near DDP)From ₩306,000 (2026-09-19)Apartment-style suites, self check-inGroups wanting multi-bedroom space with one named operator
UH Suite The SeoulMallijae-ro, Jung-gu (near Seoul Station)Kitchenette suites with in-unit washerFamilies splitting bedrooms around a shared kitchen
L'Escape HotelToegye-ro, Jung-gu (Hoehyeon Station)From $213 (2026-09-16)Jacques Garcia interiors, Luxury CollectionCouples wanting full hotel service near Myeongdong
RYSE, Autograph CollectionYanghwa-ro, Mapo-gu (Hongdae)From $181 (2026-09-16)Lifestyle and art hotel, Autograph CollectionSolo or couple stays near Hongdae nightlife
Andaz Seoul GangnamNonhyeon-ro, Gangnam-guFrom $391 (2026-09-29)Piet Boon interiors, local art curationBusiness or shopping trips in Gangnam
Nine Brick Boutique HotelHongik-ro 5-gil, Mapo-gu (Hongdae)From $126 (2026-09-29)Duplex penthouse rooms with private terraceLower-cost boutique rooms near Hongdae

Sources: L'Escape Hotel, official site, Marriott.com, RYSE, Autograph Collection, and Booking.com, UH Suite The Seoul.

Stays editor

Writes the stay guides for Seoul, Busan and Jeju: which rooms fit a family of five or a group of eight, which serviced residences have a real kitchen, and what a night costs on the date it was checked. Prices and terms are taken from the property's own page and the booking platform on the same day.

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