Foreword

Short-notice traveling is a modern phenomenon that is increasingly happening around the world. Global travel is taking on a new character and transformational identity that morphs as the needs and demand of modern globetrotters and earth-dwellers change.

This, combined with the wonderful enabling technological advances that we have had in recent years, all contribute to almost on-demand and real-time travel solutions at our fingertips.

This how to guide has your best travel interest and budget at its heart and core. It will make the most out of your every journey, quest and world travel even and especially when booking last minute.

It will help you discover how to make the most of finding and getting the best travel deals and last minute travel bargains. It will help you to enjoy life, freedom, memories, others and exploration.

We are calling all nimble adventurers to join us in our 11th hour, last minute, short-notice quest and journeys around the globe. You will be pleasantly surprised at the real value and low cost of globetrotting these days, IF YOU KNOW WHERE TO LOOK AND FIND THE BEST LAST MINUTE TRAVEL DEALS.

It will offer some insights into how to capitalize on lifes unplanned or unfortunate events and highlight how to optimize or leverage cancellations, to have your best vacation deal at rock-bottom pricing. When you want it all, great value, low price, choice destination, on-demand and today, how would you get the best last-minute travel deals? Any ideas? If not, definitely keep reading YOU WILL NOT REGRET IT!


For those of us who want to make the most of last-minute travel online, there is not a shortage of information. This hidden and somewhat unexplored, under-utilized sector of the travel industry and market lies in wait, just ready for you to unearth, discover and capitalize on.

There are also numerous well-known travel-sites that optimize and open the doors to these offerings. Here are but a few of them (see the reference listing at the back of the text for more useful links and resources)

 Lastminute.com
 Ratestogo.com
 lastminutetravel.com
 lastminutetraveller.com
 travelzoo.com
 cheaptickets.com
 site59.com

 You can make the most of this market by becoming and being an informed, empowered and smart traveler or global village roamer by optimizing what the market has to offer. There are lots to take advantage of for all your quick and spontaneous getaways and last-minute travel plans.
If you run an online search on last minute travel, you will in all probability get over 10 million hits, which is not surprising at all, given that we are a mobile, nomadic, traveling global population with lots to do, people to see, all around the globe. Modern technology, like the internet places these travel options within our easy reach and enables us to not just rely on travel brokers, intermediaries or booking, reservation agencies any more. This is no longer the secret insider paradise. More and more people are taking a pro-active and hands-on approach in finding and finalizing their own travel plans. Moreover, they are doing so, saving money, booking directly with carriers and providers, and negotiating a better price, getting packages and discount travel deals, vacations, hotels, airfare, destination vacations. There are also however various niche specialists (like those mentioned above), trusted brands and go-betweens that capitalize and thrive in this market and that can easily get you top-notch travel deals, as experts to the Caribbean, Mexico and Florida and even Europe AT THE LAST MINUTE!
If you answered positively and honestly to any of the above, you are getting excited already at the prospects. The remainder of this book will help you maximize and optimize, even leverage and capitalize on this market.

 You will benefit from the largest selection, lowest rates, and one-stop travel deals, at even as much as 60% off the original booking or listing price for some deals and destinations.
 There will always be very hot rates and hotel deals, combination packages and discounted airfare to choose from we help you make sense of how they work, where to find and how to enjoy them most
 This guide will also help you make travel easy and getting top value for your travel investment dollar for last minute travel will be your rewards!

 It will be no surprise to you, that some of the big online providers like Orbitz, Travelocity and Expedia, have and offer constantly limited wholesale fares (that could be up to 70% off the list price!), partnering with the best in the marketplace, just trying to fill the seats, get rid of the rooms, emptiness costs money, which makes them more willing to drop the price and offer special rates and deals, discounts and offers that are hard to believe and refuse.

 Join the happy few, who have already discovered and tapped into this hidden travel market. You never know what you will find! It also adds an element of excitement to the hunt!

If you find yourself trying to find travel bargains and discounts, coupons and special deals, industry consolidators and travel brokers, super-saver air-tickets and travel packages or discount bundles will all become part of your travel and booking vocabulary. These are the nuts and bolts of the discount travel industry market sectors, which includes any and all last minute, short-notice and 11th hour travel needs and requirements.

Bargain travel and real time travel solutions for our fast-paced lives, that often offer us no choice but to wait until the last minute, now allows us all to tap into a hidden, soft-sell market that makes us benefit from the savings and opportunities that it ultimately and inherently holds.

We can explore and enjoy cheaper seats, tour value, budget traveling, even shoestring budgets and options with ease and confidence. Last minute cruise vacations become a reality easily and almost overnight of sorts.

The market is literally littered with travel directories and hot deals that will not last. It reflects real time availability with some smaller sacrifices on stopover, departure times, connections and the like BUT NOT ALWAYS! Sometimes these cheap all-inclusive getaways really have it all!

So, calling all nimble adventurers! There are lots to take advantage of and lots to explore to save you money on last minute travel. These deals might even include early bird specials offerings for limited time or subscription members, non-refundable travel packages

Whether you are considering travel to a sunny beach or paradise, the great outdoors, a getaway of a lifetime, visiting Las Vegas and the casinos, top seller tourist hot-spots, exotic islands, all-inclusive resort vacations, cruises, off-beat retreats, on a shoestring budget or travel under 0, even international destinations, there are lots of options to choose from and GREAT DEALS TO FIND! So, what are we waiting for LETs GO!