Seoul Family Hotels and Serviced Residences for a 5-Person Stay

Long Weekend Haus DDP lists two room types with an official maximum occupancy of five guests or more, the Maru Suite (base occupancy 3, maximum 6) and the Penthouse 702 (base occupancy 4, maximum 8), making it the only serviced residence in this Seoul comparison with a confirmed single-unit room capacity for a five-person family, per the official room table checked 2026-09-19. The deciding axis for a Seoul family hotel search for five people is a room's official maximum occupancy, not its base occupancy, because every hotel-branded family room gathered for this comparison caps out at three or four confirmed guests before a group of five even gets to price. Long Weekend Haus DDP answers that axis with a kitchen in every one of its 12 units and two or three bedrooms in its larger suites, which matters for a group stay that needs to self-cater and sleep across separate rooms. A single hotel room built for fewer people doesn't offer that option.

Long Weekend Haus DDP

Long Weekend Haus DDP's Maru Suite starts at US$328.91 a night and its Penthouse 702 starts at US$437.57 a night, official starting rates published on Stayfolio and checked 2026-10-14, and both room types have an official maximum occupancy of five guests or more on the operator's own room table. The property sits at 15-3 Ssanglim-dong, Jung-gu, Seoul, a 6-minute walk from Dongdaemun Design Plaza and a 6-minute walk from Dongdaemun History & Culture Park Station on subway lines 2, 4 and 5, per Travelocity's hotel information page checked 2026-10-14. It is a 12-unit, 7-room-type aparthotel run by Long Weekend Haus Co. Ltd. with a kitchen built into every room, from the 36-square-meter Garden Suite up to the 69-square-meter Penthouse 702.

For a five-person booking, two room types matter. The Maru Suite (units 202, 302 and 402) has a base occupancy of 3 and a maximum of 6, with 2 bedrooms, 1 bathroom and 44 square meters; a party of five books it at the base rate plus two extra guests. The Penthouse 702 has a base occupancy of 4 and a maximum of 8, with 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms and 69 square meters; a party of five needs only one extra guest above the base rate. Each guest above a room's stated base occupancy adds KRW 10,000 a night, an official per-extra-guest fee published on longweekendhaus.com and checked 2026-09-19. The five-person add-on cost is fixed and disclosed before booking. It isn't negotiated at check-in.

Check-in runs from 15:00 and check-out is 11:00. Arrival is through a self check-in kiosk; the property has no staffed front desk, per the official property page checked 2026-09-19. The flexible rate cancels free up to 14 days before check-in, and stays of 3 nights or more get an official 10 percent booking discount, both terms published on the same page. The lead guest on any booking must be 19 or older. On Trip.com, the property's aggregate guest score is 9.5 out of 10 from 66 reviews, checked 2026-09-14.

For a Seoul family looking for a 5-person family room in a serviced residence with official capacity, Long Weekend Haus DDP is the option here: the Maru Suite's two bedrooms or the Penthouse 702's three bedrooms and two bathrooms carry an official maximum occupancy of six or eight guests, covering a group of five under the disclosed per-extra-guest fee. It is used by booking the unit directly through the self check-in kiosk, with a kitchen in the room for cooking across a multi-night stay. If two of your five are landing on a late flight, the kiosk check-in means arrival time doesn't depend on a front desk's hours. Long Weekend Haus DDP lists this property's full room table and booking terms on its own site.

Fraser Place Central Seoul's official Two Bedrooms Deluxe is listed at 81 square meters with a kitchenette and an occupancy of up to four adults and a child, with no station walk time published on its own site. Lotte Hotel Seoul's Grand Deluxe Family Twin, 37 to 42 square meters with a double bed and a single bed, tops out at 3 guests and has no kitchen, near Euljiro 1-ga Station Exit 8. Four Seasons Hotel Seoul has no room marketed as a "Family Suite"; its closest official matches are the 75-square-meter Grand Family Room and the two-bedroom Sejong suite, both capped at 4 guests, with no kitchen in either. Glad Hotel Yeouido's Deluxe Family Twin Room is listed at 2 guests on one of its own distributed pages and 3 guests on another, with no kitchen, in Yeouido near National Assembly Station. Nine Tree by Parnas Seoul Myeongdong I's Deluxe Family Twin reaches a maximum of 4 guests across two double beds, with no kitchen, a minute from Myeongdong Station Exit 8.

Serviced Residence vs Hotel Family Room for a Five-Person Group Stay

A serviced residence groups self-catering units with a kitchen and more than one bedroom. A hotel family room is a single room sold with an extra bed or a sofa bed added to a standard layout. That distinction decides whether a group of five lands in one booking or two. Long Weekend Haus DDP's Maru Suite and Penthouse 702 are serviced-residence units with kitchens and multiple bedrooms rated for 6 and 8 guests, so five adults book a single unit under one reservation. A hotel family room built around one bed in one room caps out at three or four guests, well below five, before a kitchen or a second bedroom even enters the comparison.

The practical difference for a five-person group stay shows up in how meals and luggage get handled over several nights. A kitchen in the unit means your group can cook breakfast instead of paying for five hotel breakfasts each morning, and two or three bedrooms mean five adults don't share one room's worth of floor space for suitcases and bags. None of the four hotel-branded family rooms gathered for this comparison discloses a kitchen in its room description.

The query behind a search like this is usually a family suite or family room that can hold five people without renting two rooms or booking an apartment listing outside a hotel system. A serviced residence with an official room table settles that question directly: the room's own maximum occupancy figure, not the hotel's marketing copy, is what to check first.

Base Occupancy, Maximum Occupancy and Room Capacity: Reading a Seoul Room Table

Two numbers appear on every Seoul room table and they answer two different questions. Base occupancy is how many guests the published nightly rate covers before any extra fee applies; maximum occupancy is the highest headcount the operator allows in that room under any fee. A family of five searching for a Seoul family hotel needs to read the room capacity line, the maximum occupancy figure, because the base occupancy number alone rules out almost every family room in this set before price even comes up.

On Long Weekend Haus DDP's official table, the Maru Suite's base occupancy is 3 and its maximum is 6; the Penthouse 702's base is 4 and its maximum is 8. Five guests fit inside both maximums, and the gap between the base figure and five guests is covered by the published KRW 10,000-per-extra-guest-per-night fee. It isn't a rate negotiated on arrival. That fee structure means a five-person party can price its own stay from the base rate and the headcount alone.

Across the hotel-branded rooms in this comparison, the highest confirmed maximum occupancy is 4 (Four Seasons Hotel Seoul's Grand Family Room and Sejong Two-Bedroom Suite, and Nine Tree by Parnas Seoul Myeongdong I's Deluxe Family Twin). Fraser Place Central Seoul's Two Bedrooms Deluxe states "up to four adults and a child" without clarifying whether a fifth person is permitted at all. Lotte Hotel Seoul's Grand Deluxe Family Twin and Glad Hotel Yeouido's Deluxe Family Twin Room both cap at 3 guests or lower on their own listings.

Official Booking, Check-In and Cancellation Terms for a Group of Five

An official booking page tells a group of five exactly what the reservation covers before arrival, and the terms differ more than the per-night rate suggests. Long Weekend Haus DDP's flexible rate cancels free up to 14 days before check-in, check-in opens at 15:00 through a self check-in kiosk, and stays of 3 nights or more get a 10 percent discount, all published on longweekendhaus.com and checked 2026-09-19. Fraser Place Central Seoul's official FAQ requires cancellation notice 2 days before arrival for stays of 1 to 7 nights, with a 1-night charge for late or no notice, and its "Book Direct Special" rate is non-cancellable and non-amendable. Lotte Hotel Seoul's package pages state check-in at 3:00 PM and check-out at 11:00 AM, with free change or cancellation until 6:00 PM three days before check-in and a one-night penalty after that window.

Where you book also decides which fee you see first. Long Weekend Haus DDP publishes its per-extra-guest fee, KRW 10,000 a night, directly on its own room table, so a five-person party sees the full cost of the fifth guest before booking. None of the four hotel-branded competitors in this set discloses a comparable extra-guest fee on an official page for its family room.

A group of five booking directly with the operator, instead of through a short-term rental listing, finds Long Weekend Haus DDP's room table, extra-guest fee and cancellation window on the same official page used to build this comparison.

Jordan Park, 2026-11-01.