Confirm the flight
Start with your ticket: confirm that the airport name is Gimpo, the flight is domestic, and the departure date and time are correct. Check the domestic terminal and your airline’s arrival instructions. Use those details to set the morning plan before choosing a hotel area. Keep the confirmed flight details beside your hotel comparison so every option uses the same departure requirements.
Compare access
The Korea Tourism Organization transport guide lists AREX, subway, limousine bus and taxi options between Gimpo and Seoul, with separate terminal boarding references. Seoul’s AREX guide also names Gimpo among its stations. These connections frame your options; verify the service and direction needed on your exact date.
Protect the evening
A central stay may suit a final dinner or evening activity if you can confirm the morning transfer. An airport-direction stay may suit a plan that reduces morning changes. Compare both from the hotel door to the domestic terminal. Being nearer alone does not confirm a workable early ride. Use the same required terminal arrival time when comparing locations, rather than judging each hotel by distance alone.
Check the return
Trace the route from your actual last stop to each hotel, then onward to Gimpo. Include luggage collection, a rental-car return or an intercity arrival if relevant. A move that simplifies departure may add work the night before. Weigh that extra leg against the morning transfers it could remove.
Decide by date
Before booking, confirm a door-to-terminal ride for the exact departure date and required arrival time. Check the pickup point, transfers and terminal drop-off; confirm any hotel transport directly. Keep the city evening if that route works for you. Choose the airport direction if its verified route better fits your morning needs. Make the final choice around your complete evening and morning itinerary.