Carefree Travellers

Carefree Travellers
Also known as Around The World Travel Package; Guided Adventure
Genre Travel
Variety
Reality
Starring Season 1:
Kim Yong-man
Gim Seong-ju
Ahn Jung-hwan
Jeong Hyeong-don

Season 2:
Park Joon-hyung (g.o.d)
Eun Ji-won (Sechs Kies)
Sung Hoon
Yu Seon-ho
Country of origin South Korea
Original language(s) Korean
No. of seasons 2
No. of episodes
  • Season 1: 91
  • Season 2: 1 (as of October 27, 2018)
Production
Running time 90 minutes
Production company(s) Genie Pictures[1]
Release
Original network JTBC
Original release
  • Season 1: November 19, 2016 (2016-11-19) - October 7, 2018 (2018-10-07)
  • Season 2: October 27, 2018 (2018-10-27)
 – present
External links
Website

Carefree Travellers (Hangul: 뭉쳐야 뜬다; RR: Mungchyeoya Tteunda; lit. Unite Together To Be Hot) is a South Korean television program that currently airs on JTBC every Saturday at 18:00 (KST).

Season 1 starred Kim Yong-man, Gim Seong-ju, Ahn Jung-hwan and Jeong Hyeong-don. Season 2 will star Park Joon-hyung (g.o.d), Eun Ji-won (Sechs Kies), Sung Hoon and Yu Seon-ho.[2]

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 - Saturdays at 6:00 PM KST

Cast

Season 1

Season 2

Format

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.

Episodes

2016

List of episodes (1 – 7)
Episode # Tour # Broadcast Date Destination(s) Guest(s) Note(s)
1 November 19 Thailand
(Bangkok, Pattaya)		 N/A N/A
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)		 N/A N/A
9 January 14
10 4 January 24 Switzerland Yoon Doo-joon (Highlight)
  • Jeong Hyeong-don did not travel for this tour due to personal reasons
11 January 31
12 February 7
13 February 14
14 5 February 21 Vietnam
(Hanoi)
+
Cambodia		 N/A N/A
15 February 28
16 March 7
17 March 14
18 6 March 21 Singapore N/A N/A
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 N/A
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[3]
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 N/A
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 N/A
61 February 20
62 February 27
63 March 6
64 19 March 13 United Arab Emirates
(Dubai)		 Eun Ji-won (Sechs Kies) N/A
65 March 20
66 March 27
67 April 3
68 20 April 10 United States
(Grand Canyon, Las Vegas)		 Jang Hyuk N/A
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
  • Gim Seong-ju is absent from the tour 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 N/A
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
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

2018

List of episodes (TBA)
Episode # Tour # Broadcast Date Destination(s) Guest(s) Note(s)
1 1 October 27 Italy
(Rome)		 Haha
Kwak Yoon-gy
Go Eun-sung
  • First tour of Season 2
  • Eun Ji-won did not travel for this tour due to personal reasons

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.

2016

List of ratings (episode 1 – 7)
Ep. # Broadcast date Average audience share
AGB Nielsen[4] TNmS Ratings[5]
Nationwide Seoul Capital Area Nationwide
1 November 192.933%2.968%2.7%
2 November 62.988%NR3.3%
3 December 32.508%2.7%
4 December 102.895%2.964%2.1%
5 December 173.592%4.019%3.4%
6 December 242.898%3.066%2.7%
7 December 314.512%4.159%3.7%

2017

List of ratings (episode 8 – 54)
Ep. # Broadcast date Average audience share
AGB Nielsen[4] TNmS Ratings[5]
Nationwide Seoul Capital Area Nationwide
8 January 73.547%3.811%3.2%
9 January 143.535%3.929%3.6%
10 January 243.953%4.184%4.0%
11 January 314.558%5.629%3.5%
12 February 74.206%5.007%4.2%
13 February 143.879%3.952%3.6%
14 February 215.522%5.893%4.5%
15 February 285.221%5.569%5.3%
16 March 74.659%4.782%2.9%
17 March 143.864%4.219%3.6%
18 March 214.533%4.292%4.5%
19 March 283.513%3.560%4.2%
20 April 44.486%4.787%4.6%
21 April 115.206%5.104%5.8%
22 April 185.127%5.569%4.7%
23 May 24.217%4.188%4.6%
24 May 164.392%4.292%4.5%
25 May 234.788%5.531%4.5%
26 May 304.536%4.530%4.8%
27 June 63.897%4.106%3.8%
28 June 133.713%3.900%4.3%
29 June 205.317%5.683%5.0%
30 June 274.254%4.231%4.7%
31 July 43.839%4.130%4.7%
32 July 114.683%4.983%4.2%
33 July 184.843%5.351%4.8%
34 July 253.995%4.643%4.4%
35 August 13.764%4.416%4.3%
36 August 85.201%5.579%5.0%
37 August 155.101%5.449%4.8%
38 August 224.950%5.329%4.8%
39 August 295.123%5.985%4.4%
40 September 124.527%5.106%4.1%
41 September 193.843%3.950%3.8%
42 September 263.597%3.994%3.9%
43 October 103.396%3.748%3.1%
44 October 173.900%4.207%3.7%
45 October 243.105%3.617%3.3%
46 October 313.015%3.227%3.0%
47 November 74.094%4.649%3.4%
48 November 142.627%2.551%2.9%
49 November 213.096%2.983%3.1%
50 November 285.617%6.313%5.4%
51 December 54.148%4.564%3.5%
52 December 124.966%5.534%4.7%
53 December 195.702%6.221%4.8%
54 December 265.200%5.487%4.9%

2018

List of ratings (episode 55 – 91)
Ep. # Broadcast date Average audience share
AGB Nielsen[4] TNmS Ratings[5]
Nationwide Seoul Capital Area Nationwide
55 January 96.122%6.183%4.8%
56 January 165.116%5.187%4.6%
57 January 235.393%5.597%4.8%
58 January 304.940%5.531%4.8%
59 February 64.516%4.625%3.9%
60 February 134.742%5.353%4.2%
61 February 204.069%4.643%3.7%
62 February 273.448%3.177%4.5%
63 March 64.317%5.080%4.4%
64 March 135.007%5.685%4.9%
65 March 204.681%5.234%4.8%
66 March 273.885%4.245%4.0%
67 April 33.712%4.095%3.4%
68 April 103.888%4.169%4.7%
69 April 173.594%3.540%3.5%
70 April 243.607%3.688%4.3%
71 May 14.118%4.591%3.9%
72 May 84.697%5.186%4.8%
73 May 154.051%4.636%3.7%
74 May 273.011%3.539%4.1%
75 June 32.928%3.293%NR
76 June 172.449%2.707%
77 June 242.355%2.706%
78 July 13.305%3.770%
79 July 83.604%3.865%
80 July 152.704%3.066%
81 July 222.315%2.672%
82 July 292.538%2.741%
83 August 52.065%2.154%
84 August 121.663%NR
85 August 195.830%6.327%
86 August 263.543%3.567%
87 September 22.395%2.325%
88 September 91.812%1.815%
89 September 161.683%NR
90 September 301.308%
91 October 71.841%

2018

List of ratings (episode 1 – TBA)
Ep. # Broadcast date Average audience share
AGB Nielsen[4]
Nationwide Seoul Capital Area
1 October 27%%
  • Note that the show airs on a cable channel (pay TV), which plays part in its slower uptake and relatively small audience share when compared to programs broadcast (FTA) on public networks such as KBS, SBS, MBC or EBS.
  • NR rating means "not reported".
  • TNmS have stopped publishing their rating report from June 2018.

References

  1. ↑ Park, Hee-jin (January 15, 2018). "FNC애드컬쳐, 뭉뜨·주간아이돌 제작사 지니픽쳐스 인수". hankyung.com (in Korean). Retrieved February 6, 2018.
  2. ↑ Shin, Na-ra (October 1, 2018). "'뭉쳐야뜬다' 시즌2 온다, 박준형x은지원x성훈x고은성x유선호 합류 [공식]". TV Report via Naver (in Korean). Retrieved October 1, 2018.
  3. ↑ Jung Ji-won (August 17, 2017). "트와이스 다현, 발목 부상…'뭉쳐야뜬다' 출연 불발". OSEN (in Korean). Retrieved August 27, 2017.
  4. 1 2 3 4 "Top 10 list for TV programs [select the date from drop-down menu]". Nielsen Korea (in Korean). Retrieved September 18, 2017.
  5. 1 2 3 "TNMS Ratings on Naver". Naver (in Korean). Retrieved September 18, 2017.
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