We're traveling as a family to Seoul next spring (2015) and planning to spend the majority of the stay at an AirBnB place north of the river. I have some IHG points burning a hole in my pocket and we're considering a stay at the IC Grand Parnas for a night, maybe two, in part because of the Samsung-dong airport terminal next to the hotel. I've never stayed in the hotel, so I know practically nothing about it, apart from the fact I worked in the neighborhood about 20 years ago and have popped in occasionally for a coffee, etc.

We have two kids, 9 and 12, and were leaning toward booking adjoining rooms. I emailed the hotel and they said it would be no problem to guarantee adjoining non-smoking rooms, but if we could make a go of it with one room, we probably would.

Any tips/advice that you could offer-- particularly if you've stayed at this property recently-- would be appreciated. We're sitting on the fence because who wouldn't want to stay at a nice hotel like this, but it's also a minor hassle to pack everyone up and taxi down there. However I'll be returning before the wife and kids, and they will be crashing with relatives south of the river, so it isn't that big of a hassle.

It looks like the Coex Mall renovation is supposed to be done by 12/2014, so presumably the construction-related annoyances will be gone by the time we're ready to go there.