Carefree Travellers

Carefree Travellers
Also known asAround The World Travel Package; Guided Adventure; Imagination Expedition
Genre
  • Travel
  • Variety
  • Reality
StarringSee below
Country of originSouth Korea
Original languageKorean
No. of seasons3
No. of episodes
  • Season 1: 91
  • Season 2: 15
  • Season 3: 19
Production
Running time90 minutes
Production companyGenie Pictures[1]
Original release
NetworkJTBC
ReleaseNovember 19, 2016 (2016-11-19) –
July 18, 2023 (2023-07-18)

Carefree Travellers (Korean: 뭉쳐야 뜬다; RR: Mungchyeoya Tteunda; lit. Unite Together To Be Hot) 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

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

Season 3 (Carefree Travellers Returns)

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

Cast

Season 1, 3

Season 2

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

List of episodes (1 – 7)
Episode # Tour # Broadcast Date Destination(s) Guest(s) Note(s)
1 November 19 Thailand
(Bangkok, Pattaya) 		— —
2 November 26
3 December 3
4 December 10
5 2 December 17 China
(Zhangjiajie)
6 December 24
7 December 31

2017

List of episodes (8 – 54)
Episode # Tour # Broadcast Date Destination(s) Guest(s) Note(s)
8 3 January 7 Japan
(Kyushu) 		— —
9 January 14
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 		— —
15 February 28
16 March 7
17 March 14
18 6 March 21 Singapore — —
19 March 28
20 April 4
21 7 April 11 Laos Cha Tae-hyun
22 April 18
23 May 2
24 May 16
25 8 May 23 Australia Lee Kyung-kyu —
26 May 30
27 June 6
28 June 13
29 9 June 20 Japan
(Hokkaido) 		Highlight (Yoon Doo-joon, Yong Jun-hyung)
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
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 —
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

List of episodes (55 – 91)
Episode # Tour # 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 —
61 February 20
62 February 27
63 March 6
64 19 March 13 United Arab Emirates
(Dubai) 		Eun Ji-won (Sechs Kies) —
65 March 20
66 March 27
67 April 3
68 20 April 10 United States
(Grand Canyon, Las Vegas) 		Jang Hyuk —
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)
76 June 17
77 June 24
78 23 July 1 China
(Taihang Mountains, Wanxian Mountain) 		Jo Se-ho —
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

List of episodes (1 – 10)
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 December 29

2019

List of episodes (11 – 15)
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

List of episodes (1 – 19)
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

List of ratings (episode 1 – 7)
Ep. # Broadcast date Average audience share
AGB Nielsen[6] TNmS Ratings[7]
Nationwide Seoul Capital Area Nationwide
1 November 19 2.933% 2.968% 2.7%
2 November 6 2.988% NR 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

List of ratings (episode 8 – 54)
Ep. # Broadcast date Average audience share
AGB Nielsen[6] TNmS Ratings[7]
Nationwide Seoul Capital Area 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

List of ratings (episode 55 – 91)
Ep. # Broadcast date Average audience share
AGB Nielsen[6] TNmS Ratings[7]
Nationwide Seoul Capital Area 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% NR
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% NR
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% NR
90 September 30 1.308%
91 October 7 1.841%

Season 2

2018

List of ratings (episode 1 – 10)
Ep. # Broadcast date Average audience share
AGB Nielsen[6]
Nationwide Seoul Capital Area
1 October 27 2.170% 2.711%
2 November 3 1.520% NR
3 November 10 1.695%
4 November 17 1.966% 2.344%
5 November 24 2.075% NR
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

List of ratings (episode 11 – 15)
Ep. # Broadcast date Average audience share
AGB Nielsen[6]
Nationwide 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% —
15 February 9 1.387%

Season 3

2023

List of ratings (episode 1 – 19)
Ep. # Broadcast date Average audience share
AGB Nielsen[6]
Nationwide 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% NR
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% NR
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% NR
13 June 6 2.563% 2.654%
14 June 13 1.836% NR
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
  • NR rating means "not reported".
  • TNmS have stopped publishing their rating report from June 2018.

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