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Last Minute Travel |
Waiting until the last minute
to travel? Down to the wire? Expecting to get a better deal and lower price?
You may or may not - it all
depends!
has unsold airline seats, cruise
lines have cabins that are empty, and motorcoach tours have unfilled seats that
haven't been sold as the departure date approaches. If you have some flexibility in your travel plans,
take advantage of their need to fill those empty places in their profit
picture. We list some last minute websites for various travel
categories.
Since there is no legal definition as far as we know for using the term "last minute deals", it is
difficult to determine whether the price quoted is a deal due to a company
having unsold seats or cabins as the departure date approaches or because
the website has already purchased the seats or cabins at a discount from a
company and are reselling them. If the website selling the last minute
deals is the company itself, chances are they do, in fact, have unsold seats or cabins they are trying to sell as a departure date
approaches. In any event, the price will be better than the normal price.
As far as air travel, if you are booking a
flight the same day you are traveling, or within a week of your departure
date, you will pay big bucks. If you can travel at off-hours you may get a
break but don't expect any breaks on same day travel on most airlines regardless of the time of
day. See our
Standby
Flight Strategies box at the bottom of this page.
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Search The Web.
Sometimes the fastest way to find a last
minute deal is to do your own web search. We suggest you include
the words last minute deals along with what you are
looking for such as: Last minute deals Caribbean
cruises. If you don't find worthwhile links then be less
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Last Minute Travel
These
websites either offer last minute deals in many travel categories or list
websites that offer last minute travel deals. |
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Yahoo Travel
- Last Minute Deals. They have last minute deals in many categories.
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American Express Last
Minute Specials They have last minute deals in many
categories.
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AOL Travel
- Last Minute Deals. A good selection
featuring information from Travelocity.
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Expedia - Last Minute Deals They have last minute deals in many
categories.
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LastMinute.com
Last minute travel bargains for those living in selected countries.
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LastMinuteTravel.com
They specialize in last minute airline tickets and other travel packages.
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Priceline.com - Last Minute Deals This is their
Last Minutes
Deals page covering airlines, vacations, hotels and car rentals.
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Sherman's Top 25 Travel Deals.
Editor picks of last minute deals from Expedia, Travelocity, Priceline, Orbitz and other
travel web
sites.
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Travelocity Last Minute Deals.
An excellent selection from one of the premier travel websites.
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TripSpot
Last Minute Deals. Excellent links to websites offering last
minute deals in many categories.
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Last Minute Air
Travel
See our
Standby
Flight Strategy box at the bottom of this page. Here is a good article
about
last minute airline tickets. |
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AirTech.com
A good source of worldwide last minute travel deals, especially airline
flights.
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TravelFleaMarket.com
Another comprehensive site that covers all categories of last minute travel.
They have a nice, clean, well-organized interface.
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Last Minute Airline
Tickets. They have excellent information on last minute airline
tickets.
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Site 59
Last minute weekend getaways and vacation package deals. Select a
departure city and destination o Sun & Beach, International, etc.
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Last Minute
Cruises |
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VacationsToGo.com.
Save up to 75% on last minute cruise deals.
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Cruise411. Last Minute Cruise Deals.
Cruise deals for travel within the next 30 to 45 days.
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Last Minute Tours
Some tour companies are
now offering last-minute deals to fill up Motorcoach tours and river cruises
that are nearing their departure dates.
If they have a separate page for their last minute discounts, we link you
directly to that page. Otherwise, we take you to their home page. |
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GoAheadTours.com
Last Minute Deals. Go Ahead Tours is
a well-known leader of escorted tours with a focus on "cultural
discovery".
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Collette Vacations
Travel
Deal of the Week. This is a well-known tour
company that is now offering deals on soon-to-depart tours. They
offer several dozen travel deals with savings up to $500 per person.
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Grand Circle Travel The
tour deals on shown on their home page. You can save over a $1000 on
some tours. |
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Last Minute
Vacations |
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11th Hour Vacations
This is one of the most comprehensive web site we have found that covers
last minute travel, especially for vacation packages
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Expedia - Last Minute Deals. Deals from one of the two premier
travel websites.
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How2Vacation.com-Deals This is their
Travel Deals page that coves vacation package,
hotel, vacation rental and cruise deals.
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Travelocity - Last Minute Vacation Deals. A good selection of last
minute vacation deals.
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Orbitz - Vacation
Deals. This is the Orbitz Vacation Deals
page.
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VacationIdea.com This is their Last Minute
Vacation Deals section with some worldwide choices.
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VacationOutlet.com - Last Minute Vacations.
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Last Minute
Weekend Getaways
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About - Last Minute Getaways Good links to websites with bargain
weekend getaway deals. |
TripSpot.com - Last Minute Bargains. Excellent links to websites
with weekend getaway deals. |
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Radisson
Hotels. (hotel) Although selections are limited, they offer web deals for short-notice
weekend stays. These are posted on Wednesdays.
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Standby Flight
Strategies |
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is no longer going to the airport and hoping to get a discounted
seat on a specific flight that you think might have available
seats. Instead, it is going on an earlier flight than the one
you are scheduled for on the same day. |
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