How To Get Seriously Cheap Last Minute Foreign Holidays Deals

Introduction

We all know someone like my friend Carol. She has done fairly well for herself and holds down a reasonable job. She works as a primary school teacher here in the U.K. but quite frankly her salary is nothing to write home about. Yet, (and this is the amazing thing), Carol always seems to be able to take the most remarkable holidays outside of term time. Amongst our group of friends she is known as the "supremo of cheap last minute foreign holidays" as she always seems to be away on some Caribbean cruise or safari in Africa. One of her very cheap family holidays last year wasn't quite so glamorous - she visited Argentina and stayed in some metal shack type accommodation, but when you are literally booking holidays at the last second you have to be prepared to take the rough with the smooth sometimes.

All in all, I know that Carol has had some great experiences and doesn't regret any of the holidays she has taken. She is the most travelled person I know, which can only enrich the lives of the children she teaches. A couple of months I invited Carol over to my house for dinner with an ulterior motive in mind. I had been curious about her ability to find the low-cost holidays for some time and finally my inquisitiveness had got the better of me. The moment I had served dinner I decided to ask her outright how she managed to afford so many wonderful exotic holidays each year. She stared back at me for a moment, with a somewhat perplexed look on her faced as if I was trying to pry into her soul for some dark secret she was keeping, then she merely gave the answer that I had been expecting all along. She told me she used websites like lastminute.com to source the best holiday at the best price. However there was more to it that this - to Carol what had started as a bit of fun had now become a regular pastime. Carol admitted that she spent a lot of her free time searching out the best deals.

Part of the reason for me asking the question of Carol was that I had a holiday planned and needed to find a cheap vacation myself. When I asked for her best tips she really surprised me. From what she had told me so far I assumed Carol found all of her low cost holidays by searching the Internet, but this was not the case. It transpired that Carol had many contacts in the travel industry itself and could receive a personal call from a call at any time with an offer of holiday at a discounted price. Because they had known Carol for a long time, they were familiar with her requirements exactly, they were well aware of her personal situation in terms of here availability and the fact that she would be willing to travel at a moments notice. Because of Carol's degree of flexibilty, this made her a very good contact to have for the travel agents which was reciprocated by the agents by giving Carol some of the best holiday deals available.

Conclusion

If you are looking for cheap last minute foreign holidays and very cheap family holidays, keep a close eye on sites like last minute.com. That said, it is equally important to develop a close relationship with your local travel agent, making them aware of your exact requirements in terms of location and price. It may also sound obvious but you need to keep up the contact with them.

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