June 5, 2007

Discover The World Of Last Minute Vacations

Sometimes the best vacation deals are the last minute vacation offers.  Find out how to tap into the world of last minute vacations .

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Title: Awesome Discount Vacations

Author: Megan McGraa

My friend Joseph is famous for finding awesome discount vacations. He is practically the king of last minute vacations . Sometimes it will be something classy like a cruise, other times it will be a stay in a hovel-like hotel in Mexico. Either way, he seems happy. The amazing thing about it is that he can afford vacations at all. Joseph has always struck me as someone who lives above his means. He makes a decent living as a teacher, but it is nothing to write home about. Nonetheless, some of his discount vacation trips are pretty impressive. He took a cruise up to Alaska one year, and another year he stayed in a castle in Scotland. He is gone several times a year, and for the life of me I can't figure out how he manages it.

I finally was overcome with curiosity, and I asked him about
finding those awesome discount vacations. He smiled at me, and
said that his secret was smarts. When I wasn't satisfied with
this vague, infuriating answer, he finally leveled with me. He
didn't do anything unusual, he just made finding discount
vacations packages his hobbies. If you look at enough places,
you can always find an extremely affordable last minute trip one
way or another. It is just a matter of keeping an eye out.

When I begged and pleaded, he finally showed me his method for
finding awesome discount vacations. I was a little bit surprised
by a lot of it. I had figured that it would mostly involve
Internet vacation deals, but that only accounted for about half
of his trips. He actually spent a lot of time dealing with
legitimate vacation travel planners. He had several contacts in
the travel industry, and all of them knew to call him when
something special came along. He was known for being willing to
take vacations anywhere. His only priority was that they were
inexpensive and exotic.

Surprisingly, this made him a good client for several of his
business contacts. Travel agents are always looking for ways to
sell discount vacations. They get big kickbacks, you see, from
the tourist industry in regions of decreasing popularity. If
they can get people to come to an area that depends on tourism,
but that has recently fallen out of favor for one reason or
another, they can make a lot of money. Although Ryan's discount
vacation trips were never very expensive, combined they
accounted for a lot of cash flow. This is why the travel agents
were always willing to set up discount vacations for him.

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About the author:Megan McGraa has been traveling extensively for many yearspaying travel agent rates.

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June 5, 2007

Sarah said:

I often find out about deals that are probably similar to what your friend Joseph does, but I can never take them up :( I guess he must love being a teacher - all those school holidays!

Its actually fairly easy to find cheap holidays if you keep your eyes and ears open - there are lots of travel forums where people keep each other informed about the latest hot deals. Many airlines run newsletters that keep you informed of sales too. Usually they aren't anything to dig your passport out over, but every now and then there's a flight at an amazing rate - keep some cash in reserve for when that happens, and you could be globe-trotting for next to nothing.

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