Carefree Travellers Explained

Alt Name:	Around The World Travel Package; Guided Adventure; Imagination Expedition
Genre:	Travel Variety Reality
Starring:	See below
Country:	South Korea
Language:	Korean
Num Seasons:	3
Num Episodes:	Season 1: 91 Season 2: 15 Season 3: 19
Runtime:	90 minutes
Company:	Genie Pictures^[1]
Network:	JTBC

Carefree Travellers is a South Korean television program that aired on JTBC.

Season 1 starred Kim Yong-man, Kim Sung-joo, Ahn Jung-hwan and Jung Hyung-don. Season 2 starred Park Joon-hyung (g.o.d), Eun Ji-won (Sechs Kies), Noh Hong-chul, Hwang Je-sung and Sung Hoon.^[2]

Season 3, also known as Carefree Travellers Returns (뭉뜬 리턴즈) premiered on March 7, 2023, with the same cast as Season 1,^[3] ^[4] and ended on July 18 the same year.

Airtime

Season 1

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November 19, 2016 – January 14, 2017	Saturdays at 9:40 PM KST
January 24, 2017 – December 5, 2017	Tuesdays at 10:50 PM KST
December 12, 2017 – May 15, 2018	Tuesdays at 9:30 PM KST
May 27, 2018 – October 7, 2018	Sundays at 9:00 PM KST

Season 2

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October 27, 2018 - February 9, 2019	Saturdays at 6:00 PM KST

Season 3 (Carefree Travellers Returns)

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March 7, 2023 - present	Tuesdays at 8:50 PM KST

Cast

Season 1, 3

Season 2

Park Joon-hyung (g.o.d) (Episode 1-11)
Sung Hoon (Episode 1-11)
Ko Eun-sung (Episode 1-4)
Yoo Seon-ho (Episode 1-4)
Eun Ji-won (Sechs Kies) (Episode 5-11)
Noh Hong-chul (Episode 5-15)
Hwang Je-sung (Episode 5-10)
Haha (Episode 1-4)

Program

It is a travel program whereby the cast travel around various countries in the form of package tours alongside participating travellers and invited guests, but without the usual managers, talent agents and various staff behind the scenes tagging along.

For Season 2, slightly different from Season 1, the cast, invited guests and participating travellers travel around various countries experiencing local cultures, based on the schedule tailored from the wish lists of the fixed cast and invited guests, and following local package tours.

For Season 3, instead of following package tours, the cast members (or only groups of special guests) go on backpacking trips on their own, with every aspect of the trip to be planned on their own, from accommodation to food to places of interest.

Episodes

Season 1

2016

Episode #	Tour #	Broadcast Date	Destination(s)	Guest(s)
	1	November 19	Thailand (Bangkok, Pattaya)	rowspan="7"
2		November 26
3		December 3
4		December 10
5	2	December 17	China (Zhangjiajie)
6		December 24
7		December 31

2017

Episode #	Tour #	width=130	Broadcast Date	Destination(s)	Guest(s)	Note(s)
8	3	January 7	Japan (Kyushu)	rowspan="2"
9	3	January 14	Japan (Kyushu)	rowspan="2"
10	4	January 24	Switzerland	Yoon Doo-joon (Highlight)	Jung Hyung-don did not travel for this tour due to his mother being ill at the time of travelling for this tour
11		January 31
12		February 7
13		February 14
14	5	February 21	Vietnam (Hanoi) + Cambodia	rowspan="4"
15		February 28
16		March 7
17		March 14
18	6	March 21	Singapore	rowspan="3"
19		March 28
20		April 4
21	7	April 11	Laos	Cha Tae-hyun	No broadcast on April 25 due to the broadcasting of the 19th South Korean Presidential Election debate No broadcast on May 9 due to the broadcasting of the 19th South Korean Presidential Election Day
22		April 18
23		May 2
24		May 16
25	8	May 23	Australia	Lee Kyung-kyu	rowspan="4"
26		May 30
27		June 6
28		June 13
29	9	June 20	Japan (Hokkaido)	Highlight (Yoon Doo-joon, Yong Jun-hyung)	Special appearance by Minho (Shinee) in episode 32
30		June 27
31		July 4
32		July 11
33	10	July 18	United States (Hawaii)	Jung Jae-hyung	Honeymoon Trip Special
34		July 25
35		August 1
36	11	August 8	Canada (Toronto)	Seo Jang-hoon	Former Korean folk/pop group Onions member, Lee Soo-young, is one of the participating travellers for this tour
37		August 15
38		August 22
39		August 29
40	12	September 12	Czech Republic (Prague) + Austria (Vienna)	Yoon Jong-shin Han Chae-ah	No broadcast on 5 September due to the broadcasting of the 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification match No broadcast on 3 October due to Chuseok
41		September 19
42		September 26
43		October 10
44	13	October 17	Vietnam (Da Nang, Huế)	Twice	Twice member Dahyun did not travel with the group due to an ankle injury^[5]
45		October 24
46		October 31
47	14	November 7	Japan (Osaka)	Lee Yeon-bok Kim Min-jong Kim Seung-soo Sunggyu (Infinite)	1st Anniversary Friends Special
48		November 14
49		November 21
50	15	November 28	Taiwan	Rain	rowspan='3'
51		December 5
52		December 12
53	16	December 19	South Korea (Suncheon, Tongyeong, Geoje)	Guillaume Patry Alberto Mondi Daniel Lindemann Sam Okyere	Carefree Travellers X Non-Summit Special First package tour within South Korea
54		December 26

2018

Episode #	Tour #	width=130	Broadcast Date	Destination(s)	Guest(s)	Note(s)
55	17	January 9	Zimbabwe + Zambia + Botswana + South Africa	Choo Sung-hoon	No broadcast on January 2 due to the broadcast of JTBC Newsroom New Year Special
56		January 16
57		January 23
58		January 30
59		February 6
60	18	February 13	Canada (Canadian Rockies)	Bae Jeong-nam	rowspan="4"
61		February 20
62		February 27
63		March 6
64	19	March 13	United Arab Emirates (Dubai)	Eun Ji-won (Sechs Kies)	rowspan="4"
65		March 20
66		March 27
67		April 3
68	20	April 10	United States (Grand Canyon, Las Vegas)	Jang Hyuk	rowspan="4"
69		April 17
70		April 24
71		May 1
72	21	May 8	South Korea (Gyeongju, Ulsan, Busan)	Guillaume Patry Alberto Mondi Daniel Lindemann Sam Okyere (with the mothers of the 4 guests)	Carefree Travellers X Non-Summit Filial Piety Package Tour Special Kim Sung-joo is absent from Day 2 onward due to the passing of his father-in-law
73		May 15
74		May 27
75	22	June 3	France (Paris) + Switzerland (Swiss Alps)	Seolhyun (AOA)	No broadcast on June 10 due to the broadcasting of JTBC Newsroom's coverage of the 2018 North Korea–United States summit
76		June 17
77		June 24
78	23	July 1	China (Taihang Mountains, Wanxian Mountain)	Jo Se-ho	rowspan="4"
79		July 8
80		July 15
81		July 22
82	24	July 29	Japan (Tsushima Island)	Rhyu Si-min Lee Ha-neul (DJ Doc) Yoo Byung-jae	Ahn Jung-hwan did not travel for this tour due to schedules relating to the 2018 FIFA World Cup at the time of travelling for this tour
83		August 5
84		August 12
85	25	August 19	Japan (Hokkaido)	Yang Hee-eun Seo Min-jung Hong Jin-young Lee Sang-hwa	Summer Special None of the cast members are involved in this tour
86		August 26
87		September 2
88	26	September 9	United Kingdom (London, Stonehenge, Seven Sisters, Brighton)	Jin Seon-kyu (with 4 of his friends from Jinhae)	Final tour for Season 1 No broadcast on September 23 due to Chuseok
89		September 16
90		September 30
91		October 7

Season 2

2018

Episode #	Tour #	Broadcast Date	Destination(s)	Guest(s)	Note(s)
1	1	October 27	Italy (Rome, Tuscany)	Haha Kwak Yoon-gy	First tour of Season 2 Eun Ji-won did not travel for this tour due to the passing of his father at the time of travelling for this tour
2		November 3
3		November 10
4		November 17
5	2	November 24	Mexico (Mexico City, Teotihuacan, Cancún)	Cha Eun-woo (Astro)	—
6		December 1
7		December 8
8		December 15
9	3	December 22	Thailand (Bangkok, Ratchaburi Province, Chiang Mai)	Mino (Winner)	Hwang Je-sung returned to Korea early due to other schedules
10	3	December 29	Thailand (Bangkok, Ratchaburi Province, Chiang Mai)	Mino (Winner)

2019

Episode #	Tour #	Broadcast Date	Destination(s)	Guest(s)	Note(s)
11	3	January 12	Thailand (Bangkok, Chiang Mai)	Mino (Winner)	No broadcast on January 5 due to the live broadcast of the 33rd Golden Disc Awards Hwang Je-sung was absent due to other schedules
12	4	January 19	Morocco (Marrakesh, Essaouira, Aït Benhaddou, Sahara)	Go Doo-shim Oh Yeon-soo Lee Hye-young Im Soo-hyang	Final tour for Season 2 None of the cast members are involved in this tour except Noh Hong-chul
13		January 26
14		February 2
15		February 9

Season 3

2023

Episode #	Tour #	Broadcast Date	Destination(s)	Guest(s)	Note(s)
1	1	March 7	Spain (Barcelona)	First tour of Season 3 No episode on March 28 due to internal issues, and a special broadcast was aired instead
2		March 14
3		March 21
4		April 4
5		April 11
6	2	April 18	Vietnam (Hanoi)	Noh Sa-yeon Lee Kyung-kyu Park Mi-sun Jo Hye-ryun Shin Bong-sun	None of the cast members were featured in this trip
7		April 25
8		May 2
9	3	May 9	Italy (Rome)	Pak Se-ri Kim Min-kyung Kim Dong-hyun Yun Sung-bin	None of the cast members were featured in this trip
10		May 16
11		May 23
12		May 30
13	4	June 6	France (Paris)	Kim Dong-hyun	Kim Dong-hyun only appeared from episode 14 Jung Hyung-don returned to Korea early due to illness
14		June 13
15		June 20
16		June 27
17	5	July 4	Thailand (Chiang Mai)	Koyote	Final tour of Season 3 None of the cast members were featured in this trip
18		July 11
19		July 18

Ratings

In the ratings below, the highest rating for the show will be in

red, and the lowest rating for the show will be in blue each year.

Season 1

2016

Ep. #	Broadcast date	Average audience share
		AGB Nielsen^[6]		TNmS Ratings^[7]
		width=100	Nationwide	width=100	Seoul Capital Area	width=100	Nationwide
1	November 19	2.933%	2.968%	2.7%
2	November 6	2.988%	rowspan="2"	3.3%
3	December 3	2.508%	2.7%
4	December 10	2.895%	2.964%	2.1%
5	December 17	3.592%	4.019%	3.4%
6	December 24	2.898%	3.066%	2.7%
7	December 31	4.512%	4.159%	3.7%

2017

Ep. #	Broadcast date	Average audience share
		AGB Nielsen		TNmS Ratings
		width=100	Nationwide	width=100	Seoul Capital Area	width=100	Nationwide
8	January 7	3.547%	3.811%	3.2%
9	January 14	3.535%	3.929%	3.6%
10	January 24	3.953%	4.184%	4.0%
11	January 31	4.558%	5.629%	3.5%
12	February 7	4.206%	5.007%	4.2%
13	February 14	3.879%	3.952%	3.6%
14	February 21	5.522%	5.893%	4.5%
15	February 28	5.221%	5.569%	5.3%
16	March 7	4.659%	4.782%	2.9%
17	March 14	3.864%	4.219%	3.6%
18	March 21	4.533%	4.292%	4.5%
19	March 28	3.513%	3.560%	4.2%
20	April 4	4.486%	4.787%	4.6%
21	April 11	5.206%	5.104%	5.8%
22	April 18	5.127%	5.569%	4.7%
23	May 2	4.217%	4.188%	4.6%
24	May 16	4.392%	4.292%	4.5%
25	May 23	4.788%	5.531%	4.5%
26	May 30	4.536%	4.530%	4.8%
27	June 6	3.897%	4.106%	3.8%
28	June 13	3.713%	3.900%	4.3%
29	June 20	5.317%	5.683%	5.0%
30	June 27	4.254%	4.231%	4.7%
31	July 4	3.839%	4.130%	4.7%
32	July 11	4.683%	4.983%	4.2%
33	July 18	4.843%	5.351%	4.8%
34	July 25	3.995%	4.643%	4.4%
35	August 1	3.764%	4.416%	4.3%
36	August 8	5.201%	5.579%	5.0%
37	August 15	5.101%	5.449%	4.8%
38	August 22	4.950%	5.329%	4.8%
39	August 29	5.123%	5.985%	4.4%
40	September 12	4.527%	5.106%	4.1%
41	September 19	3.843%	3.950%	3.8%
42	September 26	3.597%	3.994%	3.9%
43	October 10	3.396%	3.748%	3.1%
44	October 17	3.900%	4.207%	3.7%
45	October 24	3.105%	3.617%	3.3%
46	October 31	3.015%	3.227%	3.0%
47	November 7	4.094%	4.649%	3.4%
48	November 14	2.627%	2.551%	2.9%
49	November 21	3.096%	2.983%	3.1%
50	November 28	5.617%	6.313%	5.4%
51	December 5	4.148%	4.564%	3.5%
52	December 12	4.966%	5.534%	4.7%
53	December 19	5.702%	6.221%	4.8%
54	December 26	5.200%	5.487%	4.9%

2018

Ep. #	Broadcast date	Average audience share
		AGB Nielsen		TNmS Ratings
		width=100	Nationwide	width=100	Seoul Capital Area	width=100	Nationwide
55	January 9	6.122%	6.183%	4.8%
56	January 16	5.116%	5.187%	4.6%
57	January 23	5.393%	5.597%	4.8%
58	January 30	4.940%	5.531%	4.8%
59	February 6	4.516%	4.625%	3.9%
60	February 13	4.742%	5.353%	4.2%
61	February 20	4.069%	4.643%	3.7%
62	February 27	3.448%	3.177%	4.5%
63	March 6	4.317%	5.080%	4.4%
64	March 13	5.007%	5.685%	4.9%
65	March 20	4.681%	5.234%	4.8%
66	March 27	3.885%	4.245%	4.0%
67	April 3	3.712%	4.095%	3.4%
68	April 10	3.888%	4.169%	4.7%
69	April 17	3.594%	3.540%	3.5%
70	April 24	3.607%	3.688%	4.3%
71	May 1	4.118%	4.591%	3.9%
72	May 8	4.697%	5.186%	4.8%
73	May 15	4.051%	4.636%	3.7%
74	May 27	3.011%	3.539%	4.1%
75	June 3	2.928%	3.293%	rowspan="133"
76	June 17	2.449%	2.707%
77	June 24	2.355%	2.706%
78	July 1	3.305%	3.770%
79	July 8	3.604%	3.865%
80	July 15	2.704%	3.066%
81	July 22	2.315%	2.672%
82	July 29	2.538%	2.741%
83	August 5	2.065%	2.154%
84	August 12	1.663%
85	August 19	5.830%	6.327%
86	August 26	3.543%	3.567%
87	September 2	2.395%	2.325%
88	September 9	1.812%	1.815%
89	September 16	1.683%	rowspan="3"
90	September 30	1.308%
91	October 7	1.841%

Season 2

2018

Ep. #	Broadcast date	Average audience share
		AGB Nielsen
		width=100	Nationwide	width=100	Seoul Capital Area
1	October 27	2.170%	2.711%
2	November 3	1.520%	rowspan="2"
3	November 10	1.695%
4	November 17	1.966%	2.344%
5	November 24	2.075%	rowspan="5"
6	December 1	1.446%
7	December 8	1.657%
8	December 15	1.512%
9	December 22	1.999%
10	December 29	2.178%	2.529%

2019

Ep. #	Broadcast date	Average audience share
		AGB Nielsen
		width=100	Nationwide	width=100	Seoul Capital Area
11	January 12	1.572%
12	January 19	2.608%	2.895%
13	January 26	2.548%	2.974%
14	February 2	1.412%	rowspan="2"
15	February 9	1.387%

Season 3

2023

Ep. #	Broadcast date	Average audience share
		AGB Nielsen
		width=100	Nationwide	width=100	Seoul Capital Area
1	March 7	2.939%	3.350%
2	March 14	2.747%	2.829%
3	March 21	3.071%	3.107%
4	April 4	2.300%
5	April 11	2.436%	2.617%
6	April 18	2.646%	2.564%
7	April 25	2.644%	2.393%
8	May 2	1.988%
9	May 9	2.389%	2.051%
10	May 16	2.506%	2.731%
11	May 23	2.265%	2.315%
12	May 30	2.270%
13	June 6	2.563%	2.654%
14	June 13	1.836%	rowspan="4"
15	June 20	1.594%
16	June 27	1.718%
17	July 4	2.358%
18	July 11	2.732%	2.426%
19	July 18	2.180%

NR rating means "not reported".
TNmS have stopped publishing their rating report from June 2018.

Notes and References

Web site: FNC애드컬쳐, 뭉뜨·주간아이돌 제작사 지니픽쳐스 인수. Park. Hee-jin. January 15, 2018. The Korea Economic Daily. ko. February 6, 2018. January 19, 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180119120225/http://stock.hankyung.com/news/app/newsview.php?aid=2018011580156. dead.
Web site: Cast of Carefree Travellers 2.
Web site: '뭉쳐야 뜬다' 원년멤버 6년만 뭉친다…3월 첫선. Choi. Ji-yoon. January 30, 2023. Newsis via Naver. ko. January 31, 2023.
Web site: '뭉뜬 리턴즈' 정형돈 "자유여행, 동생들한테 큰 부담..서열 문화 병폐". Jung. Han-tae. March 7, 2023. HERALDPOP via Naver. ko. March 7, 2023.
Web site: Jung Ji-won. ko:트와이스 다현, 발목 부상…'뭉쳐야뜬다' 출연 불발. http://osen.mt.co.kr/article/G1110711233. OSEN. August 27, 2017. Korean. August 17, 2017.
Web site: Top 10 list for TV programs [select the date from drop-down menu] ]. . September 18, 2017 . Korean . https://web.archive.org/web/20170513095904/http://www.nielsenkorea.co.kr/tv_terrestrial_day.asp?menu=Tit_1&sub_menu=3_1 . May 13, 2017 . dead .
Web site: TNMS Ratings on Naver . . September 18, 2017 . Korean.