last minute
With these 3 tips you can now find a real holiday bargain
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Do you still want to go where everyone feels like they are on summer vacation? With these 3 tips you will find a last-minute bargain that also deserves the name.
Where to start looking? The Internet is full of supposed last-minute bargains, the number of websites and offers is overwhelming – but the trips are far from being cheap. Because the stamp “Last Minute”, which suggests a cheap offer, can bear any trip, whether cheap or not.
We asked Kerstin Heinen, spokeswoman for the German Travel Association (DRV), how we should proceed if we still want to find a last-minute bargain. With the following three tips, your search for a last-minute bargain will hopefully be crowned with success.
1) Go to the travel agency
“Go to the travel agency!” is Kerstin Heinen’s most important advice. Because the travel agency employees ask about the wishes of the customers and then use their professional expertise to find the appropriate offers. They have access to the same trips that you can also be found on the Internet, but have the know-how and experience to identify real bargains.By the way: The tour operators offer their trips on all channels and they cost the same everywhere. In terms of price, it makes no difference whether you book online or go to a travel agency.
2) Be open
The key to finding a real last-minute bargain is to be as uncommitted as possible. Since “last minute” always involves remaining places, the following applies: the shorter a booking is made, the more flexible you should be – both with the travel destination and the hotel. In addition, those who are flexible about the day and time of departure also benefit. If you are willing to start early in the morning or late in the evening and soak up the sun on Madeira instead of Mallorca, you are sure to find a real bargain.
3) Keep your eyes open when shopping for vacations
Actually, only trips with a maximum of two weeks between booking and departure should be sold under the label “Last Minute”. But the term is not protected, and tour operators are also allowed to offer longer-term trips under this motto – the offers don’t even have to be cheap. Hence: Don’t be fooled by supposed bargainsbut take a close look and compare prices before you book.