Since travelling abroad was not possible due to the
COVID-19 pandemic, the reality show took place in Korea to run a traditional hanok guest house in
South Jeolla Province instead of opening a small Korean restaurant overseas. According to the series producer, Kim Sae-hee, the show's purpose was to show the guests (who were mainly foreigners who have lived in South Korea for less than a year for educational or business matters) part of the culture and "beauty of Korea" that they couldn't see freely due to the pandemic.
Casting On April 1, 2020, it is revealed that production had tried to take
Youn Yuh-jung,
Lee Seo-jin,
Jung Yu-mi and
Park Seo-joon abroad to film the third season of ''Youn's Stay'' but were unable to due to the COVID-19 situation. On October 26, 2020, the new addition of actor
Choi Woo-shik is announced. Choi is known for
Our Beloved Summer and the highly awarded movie
Parasite in which actor
Park Seo-joon also played. Choi joins as the new intern of the hotel, while Youn stays the owner and CEO. Others are promoted: Lee as Vice President, Jung and Park as managers. The part-time helper,
Shin Gu, does not appear in this show.
Filming While the initial plan was to produce a third season for the original program "''Youn's Kitchen''", the production had to face
the COVID-19 pandemic restrictions and shutdown in 2020, leading to major changes in the show format. First, the filming of season 3 which was planned for March 3, 2020 overseas was postponed until the second half of the year, monitoring the global situation. ==Viewership==