Carefree Travellers

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, and Sung Hoon.

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

Airtime Season 1 Air dateAirtime 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 Air dateAirtime October 27, 2018 – February 9, 2019 Saturdays at 6:00 PM KST

Season 3 (Carefree Travellers Returns) Air dateAirtime March 7, 2023 – present Tuesdays at 8:50 PM KST

Cast Season 1, 3 Kim Yong-man Kim Sung-joo Ahn Jung-hwan Jung Hyung-don

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) (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 DateDestination(s)Guest(s)Note(s) 1 November 19 Thailand(Bangkok, Pattaya) rowspan="7" rowspan="7" 2 November 26 3 December 3 4 December 10 52 December 17 China(Zhangjiajie) 6 December 24 7 December 31

2017

Episode #Tour #Broadcast DateDestination(s)Guest(s)Note(s) 83 January 7 Japan(Kyushu) rowspan="2" rowspan="2" 9 January 14 104 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 14 145 February 21 Vietnam(Hanoi)+Cambodia rowspan="4" rowspan="4" 15 February 28 16 March 7 17 March 14 186 March 21 Singapore rowspan="3" rowspan="3" 19 March 28 20 April 4 217 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 16 258 May 23 Australia Lee Kyung-kyu rowspan="4" 26 May 30 27 June 6 28 June 13 299 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 3310 July 18 United States(Hawaii) Jung Jae-hyung Honeymoon Trip Special 34 July 25 35 August 1 3611 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 4012 September 12 Czech Republic(Prague)+Austria(Vienna) Yoon Jong-shinHan Chae-ah No broadcast on September 5 due to the broadcasting of the 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification match No broadcast on October 3 due to Chuseok 41 September 19 42 September 26 43 October 10 4413 October 17 Vietnam(Da Nang, Huế) Twice Twice member Dahyun did not travel with the group due to an ankle injury 45 October 24 46 October 31 4714 November 7 Japan(Osaka) Kim Min-jongKim Seung-sooSunggyu (Infinite) 1st Anniversary Friends Special 48 November 14 49 November 21 5015 November 28 Taiwan Rain rowspan='3' 51 December 5 52 December 12 5316 December 19 South Korea(Suncheon, Tongyeong, Geoje) Guillaume PatryAlberto MondiDaniel LindemannSam Okyere Carefree Travellers X Non-Summit Special First package tour within South Korea 54 December 26

2018

Episode #Tour #Broadcast DateDestination(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) 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 7221 May 8 South Korea(Gyeongju, Ulsan, Busan) Guillaume PatryAlberto MondiDaniel LindemannSam 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 7522 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 (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-eunSeo Min-jungHong Jin-youngLee 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 DateDestination(s)Guest(s)Note(s) 11 October 27 Italy(Rome, Tuscany) HahaKwak 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 52 November 24Mexico(Mexico City, Teotihuacan, Cancún)Cha Eun-woo (Astro) — 6 December 1 7 December 8 8 December 15 93 December 22Thailand(Bangkok, Ratchaburi Province, Chiang Mai)Mino (Winner) Hwang Je-sung returned to Korea early due to other schedules 10 December 29

2019

Episode #Tour #Broadcast DateDestination(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 124 January 19Morocco(Marrakesh, Essaouira, Aït Benhaddou, Sahara)Go Doo-shimOh Yeon-sooLee Hye-youngIm 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 DateDestination(s)Guest(s)Note(s) 1 1 March 7 Spain(Barcelona) rowspan="5" 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-yeonLee Kyung-kyuPark Mi-sunJo Hye-ryunShin 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-riKim Min-kyungKim Dong-hyunYun 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 dateAverage audience shareAGB NielsenTNmS RatingsNationwideSeoul Capital AreaNationwide 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 dateAverage audience shareAGB NielsenTNmS RatingsNationwideSeoul Capital AreaNationwide 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 dateAverage audience shareAGB NielsenTNmS RatingsNationwideSeoul Capital AreaNationwide 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 dateAverage audience shareAGB NielsenNationwideSeoul 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