Last Minute Discount Travel
Last minute discount travel can be difficult to obtain, but may be worth the trouble. However, I feel it is necessary to dispel a commonly held belief: last minute discount travel is not written in stone, and I have had many friends and clients get burned in the past for their delay. It is human psychology at play; we can’t commit to a price today, when it might be so much cheaper tomorrow. Sadly, this is rarely the case.
Here are a few tips that will help you get those last minute discount travel deals.
Start with the experts. There are sites such as the aptly named lastminutetravel.com that specialize in last minute travel. Check out their site and search around. Then, use a travel agent and see if they have a special connection that allows them to beat that price. Another site is Travelocity, which has a last minute travel deals page.
Keep your options WIDE open. If you are flexible on dates, you may be able to get a good deal; if you can keep your destination flexible, you’ll get a better one; combine the two and you can get rock bottom last minute discount travel specials. I wish I had a dollar for every ridiculous travel special that I couldn’t take due to schedule demands. My personal favorites were five days in a four diamond hotel in Mexico for three hundred dollars, a flight from San Francisco to London for 299, and a similar flight to Budapest for 199. Oh the humanity! In conclusion, if you want to find the best last minute travel deals, make sure to be flexible in your dates and destinations, and research the top sites that cater to last minute travel. |