often hear talk of last-minte or last-second, with special deals on travel packages, and I realize that although more and more deals are with the formula or the road agency and sites web who treat them, many people do not know what it is, and most importantly has a lot of mistrust. I'll try to
ears all in a clear and simple.
'll take a hypothetical example in Travel in the Red Sea in August on a 4-star hotel with full board and flights from Naples, with the airline Air Italy, the price of 1000 €
If you go to a travel agency to book a holiday in April to August, often you happen to find deals such as "first book" or "book now", since that package at 900 €, what does it mean?
That maybe in the travel agency or tour operators have developed a promotion that on a certain time before, for example, three months before you are entitled to a discount of 10%, after this period, the package is sold again € 1000, then from May onwards it found its real price.
We should go instead the agency one week before the start of that package, then go to the agency in August or late July.
may happen that the availability for that holiday is over, maybe because they have filled the air for that date or because they have filled the village.
Or it could happen that we find the package with the 30, 40 or even 50% discount.
Why?
Verify that the package is the same as that seen the first three months or in the Red Sea in August on a 4-star named foo with full board and flights from Naples, with the airline Air Italy (because it could also be that is another village or the departure is from another airport), we left with a lower price because the tour operators come under date of fear or need to fill the village and at least recover the costs down considerably from, as mentioned earlier spent at least to recover the costs.
What does this mean?
that for the same trip, even if the price is half have precisely the same thing three months earlier, I repeat the same trip, not because they often change the offer, but maybe because we casually look for a place with a hotel departing from an airport, and then after we watched, another hotel or another airport, and now look as if the price of a Fiat Punto petrol, and tomorrow the price of a ford fiesta diesel, I can not get the same prices because they are two different cars.
In short, a last minute is like when we buy something in the sales period. If I buy a sweater
December 20 I pay € 100 if they purchase during the sales on January 10, I can also pay 50 euro, but it's not that they give me the sweater without the sleeves.
So what's the problem or the risk of buying a last minute, so why should we buy a trip two months earlier?
because very often the availability for a place finish, so if we are determined to go alone in the hotel from that airport, and from that day, you should book in advance, especially if you're anxious and afraid to stay at home.
If you have some flexibility, you can also leave after two rounds or a day before the scheduled time, or maybe do 100 km to go to another airport, or even if you leave without going to force at that hotel but that's okay for another hotel or village with the same features (three stars and then was gone in another three stars) in the same locality, then you can start with a minute.
So Referring to the previous example might expect but knowing that maybe you will not go to the village smith in the village but 4 stars to 4 stars named Donald, and with full board, but always in the Red Sea, perhaps it could happen that instead of starting at the scheduled August 4, find a starting August 5.
But maybe accepted these small changes can save good money, sometimes even 50% of the price since the first two months .
Finally last thing, sometimes it may be that we do not trust the views offered on the internet but prefer to go to the agency.
Know that book on the Internet is a secure system, and allows you to find great deals, given that the online agencies have spent to-date prices and availability.
What precautions to take though? Make sure the site is trusted, or that accepts different payment methods, which the credit card take it on a system via a 128 Bit SSL encryption, which is an agency or site that has been around for years, that we find on the site all the phone numbers, addresses, VAT number and the number of license. Finally
also try to stay more calm area also find reviews or positive comments on other sites.
sure that I would recommend sending you a travel contract (by email is fine) and that the offer and the price is equal to that seen on the site, what did you guarantee the same agency in your home, but with more comfort and with interesting prices .
Online you can find a multitude of sites, portals and travel agencies, there Quilli board some of the most nominated, reliable and with the best prices :
Lastminuteclick.it (in my opinion among the cheapest)
Volagratis.it
Lastminute.com
Edreams.it
Expedia.it
